Table of contents (direct links to subject):

1. General principles for the allocation of research grants

2. When to apply for research grants

3. When are applicants informedabour the outcome?

4. How to apply for research grants

5. Payment and report of granted research grants

1. General principles for the allocation of research grants

IFAU decides upon the allocation of research grants after the usual scrutiny of received applications. The applicant shall have documented research competency in the area. Graduate students can only apply for grants if the project leader is a researcher with a Ph.D. Applications are evaluated by an expert committee and ranked on basis of established scientific criteria. The following criteria apply:

• The project shall concern research aiming at evaluating measures motivated by labour market policy, studies of how the labour market works or an evaluation of effects of measures within the educational system.
• The research should be oriented towards results that are relevant for political considerations.
• In due time, possible databases constructed within the framework of the project shall also be at the disposal of other researchers. If personal data, as defined in the Data Act, are included, permission must be obtained from the Swedish Data Inspection Board.
• Since a majority of the researchers at IFAU are economists, we would welcome applications from researchers in other disciplines.
• Grants are not given as honoraria or in addition to the researchers’ normal salary.
• Grants are not given to project leaders who have not fulfilled their duties towards IFAU.

2. When to apply for grants

IFAU has one permanent deadline for applications each year. Applications for research projects must have reached IFAU by October 1, at the latest.

3. When are applicants informed about the outcome?

IFAU’s scientific council meets in November in order to make proposals for decisions on the applications. In practice, the proposals from the scientific council are also decisive, since the Director-General has committed to following the recommendations of the scientific council. Granted research grants are then available from January 1 the following year upon written request to IFAU.

4. How to apply for research grants

The application for the project shall be done via e-mail and consist of the following three parts:

4.1

Special application form (can either be downloaded from our homepage or ordered from IFAU). If the application concerns a project running over a longer period of time than one year, the required funds for the coming years must be stated in the application. Travel expenses, material and other items must be separately accounted for.

4.2

A separate enclosure states:

1. the aim of the project, its general outline, its theoretical framework and method as well as its relation to other research in the area,
2. the researcher’s competency and qualifications for the project and his/her present form of employment
3. required resources, cost statement and possibilities for co-financing. In particular, travel grants, material and other equipment shall be accounted for and motivated. The separate enclosure must be short and concise (7 A4-pages at most, double spacing).

4.3

The CV of the project leader (including a list of published work).

5. Payment and report of granted research grants

5.1 Payment

Payment is made every three months upon written request.

5.2 Report and distribution of research results

Progress report

Grants to research projects shall be reported yearly in a progress report. The progress report shall contain a short summary of the status of the project and a list of the publications produced within the project.

Final report

All research reports shall be presented at a seminar at IFAU. When the project is finished, the project leader shall submit a paper (not more than 50 pages) that (when this is possible, after a refereeing process) can be published at IFAU.

Notwithstanding how the research results from projects supported by IFAU are spread, it must always be shown that the Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation has supported the work.

The project leader is also responsible for reporting publications made after the final report has been submitted to IFAU.

5.3 Financial report

The project leader shall submit a financial report every year, showing how the grant has been used in the previous year. Upon request from IFAU, the project leader shall also show copies of receipts etc for other expenses than salary costs that have been charged to the project. Funds that have been paid out but not used should be returned to IFAU in connection with the final financial report.