The Swedish Bank Research Foundation (Bankforskningsinstitutet, BFI) awards scholarships especially for PhD-students, carrying out high-quality academic research on financial institutions and markets.

Call for scholarship applications 2026:
Individual scholarships for PhD students to cover living costs and related research expenses for up to one year at a time. Individual scholarships for post-doc researchers can also be considered. Applicants who have received a scholarship can be considered for supplementary grants to cover costs of special research expenses that are essential to a particular project as well as travel grants. Applications for these grants are made on a separate form.
The size of the grants for academic year 2026/2027 will be determined by the foundation's board of directors at its spring meeting.

In academic year 2025/2026, grants to projects conducted for an entire year were (in SEK):
Doctoral Candidates
Personal scholarships 320,000
Insurance (Health, accident) and retirement contribution 75,000
Research expenses 30,000
Post-doc Researchers
Personal scholarships 500,000
Insurance (Health, accident) and retirement contribution 100,000
Research expenses 50,000

Applications for grants must be submitted by e-mail to anneli.sandbladh@hhs.se not later than Friday April 10, 2026. Please include the application form, an updated CV and, if available, your research papers. A letter of recommendation should be sent directly by the advisor to anneli.sandbladh@hhs.se before the deadline.
Application forms are available on the web: http://www.hhs.se/BFI
Further information on the grants is provided by Professor Clas Bergström, e-mail: Clas.Bergstrom@hhs.se