The Council for Working Life and Social Sciences, FAS, has decided to fund positions in the following area:
Youth research within FAS’ areas of responsibility
- Two junior research positions
The duration of the positions is four years and they should start during 2007.
Applicants must have obtained their Ph.D.s when applying. The time between receiving the Ph.D. and applying may not exceed five years. Parental leave, a longer period of military service and general practice for newly examined medical doctors should not be included in those five years. For more information, please consult the university legislation Högskoleförordningen (1993:100, 4 kap, 10§, 21§ p.7.).
Submitting an application
For application deadline please go to eKlara's start page.
The application should be submitted electronically via eKlara, http://eklara.fas.se. At the same time, a printed hard copy should be posted to FAS together with:
- Proof of your doctoral degree, grades and other documents that support your application.
- A certificate from the department head or equivalent at the intended home institution, testifying that you are welcome to carry out your research there.
- Four copies of your dissertation and other scientific works (not exceeding 10 in total) that support your application.
Mark all appendices of your application with the reference number.
The consignment may be sent by post to FAS, Box 2220, 103 15 Stockholm, Sweden, or delivered by company mail or courier to FAS, Wallingatan 2, 111 60 Stockholm, Sweden.
Applications that have not been received by FAS in a signed hard copy version with the necessary appendices will not be taken into consideration.
Processing
Position grants are applied for in open competition. The evaluation process is primarily based on the research merits of the applicant but also on the applicant’s future research plans. The most important selection criteria are:
- Scientific competence of the applicant.
- Quality of the applicant’s research plans.
- Relevance of the research in relation to the research area of the call
FAS will contract external experts for the assessment of the applications.
The decision will be taken by the FAS board.
Application form and instructions
The application form is available in eKlara/Söka medel (Apply for grants)/Anställning (Fellowship). Complete instructions for the form and the appendices that should be submitted to eKlara – projektbeskrivning (project description) and meritförteckning (CV) – can be found below and in the application form under the link Anvisningar till denna sida (Instructions for this page), as well as under the blue icons.
The working process of writing and submitting an application is described in Handledning för eKlara (eKlara guidelines) on eKlara’s start page.
FAS contact persons
Questions should be directed to FAS’ research secretaries, www.fas.se/huvudomraden, or to:
Professor Erland Hjelmquist, Secretary General
Tel: +46 8 775 40 71, e-mail: 
Kenneth Abrahamsson, Programme Director
Tel: +46 8 775 40 91, e-mail: 
Questions concerning eKlara:
Susanne Gabrielsson, Programme administrator
Tel: +46 8 775 40 84, e-mail: 
Instructions
Instructions for how to apply can also be found in the application form under Anvisningar till denna sida (Instructions for this page) and under the blue icons.
The work process in eKlara is described in Handledning för eKlara (eKlara guidelines), which can be downloaded from the eKlara start page. The guidelines contain important information that is not repeated in the instruction.
To be able to submit an application via eKlara you need a user account. A person who has previously submitted an outline or application to FAS has a user account. To create a user account, go to För att skaffa användarkonto (To create a user account) on the start page.
Log into eKlara, go to Söka medel (Apply for grants). After having read the instructions on the page Söka medel (Apply for grants), go to the form Anställning (Fellowship).
Ansökningsformuläret (Application form)
Sökande (The applicant)
The application should be written using applicant’s eKlara account to ensure that the right person is registered as applicant with FAS.
Projekttitel på svenska (Project title in Swedish)
In the text field is already written Anställning: Leave this text and add Ungdomsforskning – forskarassistent (youth research – junior research position). The project title may not be longer that 200 characters including spaces.
Projekttitel på engelska (Project title in English)
In the text field is already written Fellowship: Leave this text and add the English translation of the Swedish project title, maximum 200 characters including spaces.
Projektets hemvist (Home institution of the project)
Fill in the institution where you intend to carry out your project activities.
Your registered home institution will appear automatically. If you wish to change this information, please mark the box Annan institution (Other institution) and fill in the new home institution (university/college, institution or equivalent) in the appearing empty text field.
Söks hos FAS (Amount applied for from FAS)
Fill in the amount you request from FAS, divided into budgetary years. The amounts should be indicated in Swedish crowns without any spaces or signs between the numbers. The amounts should include social fees and surcharges for administration and rental costs.
Sammanfattning (Abstract)
Give a brief description of earlier research and future research plans.
The abstract should be able to stand on its own, which is why you should make no references to other parts of the application. The purpose of the abstract is to inform FAS’ evaluators and decision makers about the project. It is also important that laymen can understand the abstract.
The abstract may not exceed 2,000 characters including spaces.
Projektbeskrivning (Project description)
The appendix should be written using the eKlara appendix template Projektbeskrivning (available in Swedish as well as in English). Please follow the instructions available in Handledning för eKlara (eKlara guidelines) about how to handle the appendix templates etc.
The project description may extend to a maximum of ten A4 pages. It should include:
- Definition of the research area. Describe the problems you will work on and the methods you will use.
- Place the research area in relation to earlier research.
- Name possible collaboration partners, within and outside of Sweden, with whom you plan to or have already established contact.
- Account for your current plans to publish scientifically and how you plan to spread information about the research and its results outside the research community.
Please also include the estimated costs per year for your activities, divided into salary costs, research costs (according to the flat rate indicated below) and overhead and rental surcharges. The totals should be entered in the application form under Applied for from FAS.
Calculations of salary costs should be based on salary requests including social fees. Also include the monthly salary for year one and the percentage of social fees that is applied by the proposed employer.
FAS grants a flat rate of SEK25,000 for research costs. In cases where research costs surpass this amount, this should be specified and justified.
If the institution is covered by the agreement between FAS and SUHF – for further information go to eKlara/Söka medel (apply for grants) – the maximum rate for administration and office rental costs is 35 percent. For projects at institutions where rental costs are covered by the county council, this rate is 18 percent. Other research institutions receive a flat rate of 30 percent. It is the responsibility of the applicants to find out the applicable rate.
Meritförteckning (CV)
The appendix should be written using the eKlara appendix template Meritförteckningar (CVs). Please follow the instructions available in Handledning för eKlara (eKlara guidelines) about how to handle the appendix templates etc.
The CV should include information about education, employment, as well as scientific and teaching experience (if you have participated in research projects or received external research funding under your own name, please fill in the project title, the funding agency, the amount and year), and a list of research publications. Publications that are enclosed with the application should be marked in the list.
The CV may be maximum two A4 pages plus a publication list.
Submit and print the application in eKlara
When the form has been filled in and the appendices are in place, click on the button Skicka in (Submit). As a confirmation of receipt to FAS, a page will appear in eKlara indicating the FAS reference number of the application and instructions on how to print the hard copy that should be signed and posted to FAS.
