Appendix 7
Funding and Research areas – Development Research 2008-2013
This is a compilation of VR funding granted the past six years to development research, put together
to be used as supporting material in the thematic overviews. The statistics is describing what
research areas have received funding, and is mainly focused on project grants.
Funded projects, all types of grants 2008-2013
Below is a table of all approved applications each year. International postdoc, International planning
grant and project grant Uforsk 2008-2012 are all applications transferred to VR from Sida. The
approved project grants within Medicine and Health (2011-2012) are only partially funded by Global
health funding. Please note that some project grants approved by Sida may not have been
transferred to VR depending on funding period, and are missing in this compilation. Only funding
going out through VR is included at this time.
2013 VR received 371 Uforsk project grant applications, and 137 applications for International
collaboration grants – Swedish Research Links.
International postdoc
International collaboration grant - SRL
International planning grant
Project grant MH (partial funding Global health)
Project grant U-forsk
Total
2008
2009
76
12
54
16
88
70
2010
50
50
2011
2
43
2012
1
47
13
35
93
16
36
100
2013
47
41
88
The classification of these funded grant applications are the basis for the following statistics,
however most graphs include only Uforsk and MH Global health project grant funding, unless
otherwise specified.
About the classification
All applications have been classified according to the SCB classification of research areas (Statistics
Sweden, www.scb.se). The SCB codes are divided into six areas: Natural Sciences, Engineering and
Technology, Medical and Health Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities.
These area classifications are divided into more specific classifications, e.g. 1st Natural Sciences; 2nd
Mathematics; 3rd Geometry. When applying for VR grants, the applicants can name up to three
relevant scb codes, at the most specific level (3rd).
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Main themes
Firstly, a look at the project grant funding transferred from Sida (2010-2012) and the project grant
funding approved at VR (2013), divided into the three main areas (based on SCB classification) of the
overview.
Project grant funding 2010-2012, per area
Political,
economic,
social
48%
Project grant funding 2013, per area
Global
health
27%
Political,
economic,
social
34%
Nature and
environment
25%
Global health
34%
Nature and
environment
32%
Below is the same division, but the main SCB areas are specified within each theme. See page 4 for
funding levels.
Project grant funding per scb-code
100%
90%
80%
70%
Engineering and technology
60%
Agricultural sciences
Natural sciences
50%
Medical and health sciences
40%
Humanities
30%
Social sciences
20%
10%
0%
2010-2012
2013
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Division of funding
Below, granted funding to Swedish Research Links is dived into the three themes (based on SCB
classification).
Swedish Research Links funding (tSEK) 2008-2013, per area
30 000
25 000
Global health
20 000
Nature and
environment
15 000
Political,
economic, social
10 000
5 000
0
2008
2009
2011
2012
2013
Below is an overview of project grant funding (tSEK), per theme and scb-code (first and second level).
Nature and Environment
Agricultural Sciences
Other Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Biotechnology
Animal and Dairy Science
Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries
Veterinary Science
Natural Sciences
Biological Sciences
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Chemical Sciences
Engineering and Technology
Other Engineering and Technologies
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Biotechnology
Nano-technology
Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineering
Total
2010
11 882
2 700
0
0
9 182
0
18 855
8 525
10 330
0
8 700
0
0
8 700
0
0
0
39 437
3
2011
4 700
0
0
1 400
3 300
0
6 900
2 700
4 200
0
7 500
0
0
0
0
2 700
4 800
19 100
2012
18 090
6 195
0
0
8 295
3 600
18 125
5 595
12 530
0
2 595
0
0
2 595
0
0
0
38 810
2013
17 699
6 582
1 200
0
3 594
6 324
21 482
3 966
13 111
4 405
6 778
1 346
1 346
1 370
1 370
1 346
0
45 959
Total
52 371
15 477
1 200
1 400
24 371
9 924
65 362
20 786
40 171
4 405
25 573
1 346
1 346
12 665
1 370
4 046
4 800
143 306
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Political, Economic, Social dimensions
Humanities
Other Humanities
Languages and Literature
Social Sciences
Other Social Sciences
Economics and Business
Social and Economic Geography
Sociology
Political Science
Educational Sciences
Total
2010
Global Health
Medical and Health Sciences
Other Medical and Health Sciences
Health Sciences
Clinical Medicine
Medical Biotechnology
Basic Medicine
Total
0
0
0
66 665
40 250
0
10 515
3 650
12 250
0
66 665
2011
3 090
3 090
0
54 848
16 550
2 400
23 448
2 700
9 750
0
57 938
2010
27 350
0
26 350
0
0
1 000
27 350
2011
45 594
0
15 696
11 798
850
17 250
45 594
2012
0
0
0
64 710
26 290
9 295
18 775
3 000
7 350
0
64 710
2012
33 015
0
11 115
9 540
650
11 710
33 015
2013
2 667
1 339
1 328
46 107
19 938
7 300
0
5 424
12 189
1 256
48 774
2013
47 457
1 026
17 388
15 636
2 329
11 078
47 457
Total
5 757
4 429
1 328
232 330
103 028
18 995
52 738
14 774
41 539
1 256
238 087
Total
153 416
1 026
70 549
36 974
3 829
41 038
153 416
The graph below shows the division of project grants, into the six main SCB classification areas (1st),
per year. This graph correlates to the percentage graphs on page 2.
Project grant funding (tkr), per scb-code (1st)
160 000
140 000
120 000
Engineering and technology
100 000
Social sciences
Natural sciences
80 000
Medical and health sciences
60 000
Agricultural sciences
40 000
Humanities
20 000
0
2010
2011
2012
2013
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The graph shows the project grant funding, divided by the second level SCB code. As the funds are
scattered over the many classification codes of this level, all areas with less than 20 mSEK for the four
year period have been summarised into Other.
Project grant funding (tSEK) per scb-code (2nd)
160 000
Other
140 000
Biological Sciences
120 000
Agricultural, Forestry and
Fisheries
Clinical Medicine
100 000
Earth and Related Environmental
Sciences
Basic Medicine
80 000
60 000
Political science
40 000
Social and Economic Geography
20 000
Health Sciences
0
Other Social Sciences
2010
2011
2012
2013
To get a more specific look at the second level classification, the funding has been divided into one
graph per theme.
Political, economic, social dimensions
70 000
60 000
Educational Sciences
50 000
Languages and Literature
Other Humanities
40 000
Sociology
30 000
Economics and Business
Political Science
20 000
Social and Economic Geography
Other Social Sciences
10 000
0
2010
2011
2012
2013
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Global health
50 000
45 000
Other Medical and Health
Sciences
40 000
35 000
Medical Biotechnology
30 000
25 000
Clinical Medicine
20 000
Basic Medicine
15 000
10 000
Health Sciences
5 000
0
2010
2011
2012
2013
Nature and environment
50 000
Agricultural Biotechnology
45 000
Chemical Engineering
Other Engineering and Technologies
40 000
Nano-technology
35 000
Animal and Dairy Science
30 000
Environmental Engingeering
25 000
Chemical Sciences
Civil Engineering
20 000
Veterinary Science
15 000
Envirnomental Biotechnology
10 000
Other Agricultural Sciences
Biological Sciences
5 000
Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries
0
2010
2011
2012
2013
6
Earth and Related Environmental
Sciences
Appendix 7
The third level of classification codes
Over the last four years of project grants, these are the fifteen most funded areas, in the most
specific classification:
Third level classification code
Total funding (SEK)
(granted 2010-2013)
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (e.g. Peace and Conflict Research, Studies
on Sustainable Society)
Public Health, Global health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Economic Geography
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and
Globalisation Studies)
Microbiology in the medical area
Infectious Medicine
Economics
Human Geography
Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and
Health Economy
Climate Research
Globalisation Studies
Agricultural Science
Immunology in the medical area
International Migration and Ethnic Relations
7
76 808 333
52 202 167
35 488 000
26 538 833
24 045 833
23 011 000
18 994 500
17 250 000
16 422 000
15 715 833
14 454 000
12 750 000
11 476 667
11 067 167
8 900 000