“without a view to making a profit for a given individual person or organization, promote scientific training and research and also the care, upbringing and education of children and young people. Moreover, but only insofar as not to contravene the main purposes of the Foundation as specified above, the Foundation may also promote charitable, social, artistic, sporting or other purposes of public benefit...”
The Crafoord Foundation granted SEK 38.9 million for scientific research spring 2011.
The 2012 deadline for applications has passed. The next deadline for applications will be in February 2013. The form will be available as from December.
The main purposes of the Crafoord Foundation are to promote scientific training and research.
The purposes of the Foundation include promoting Swedish scientific training and research without a view to making a profit for a given individual person or organization. Grants for research are awarded to applicants at Lund University, Linnaeus University, Malmö University, Kristianstad University College, the University of Halmstad, Blekinge Institute of Technology, and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences at Alnarp.
In 2010, the Crafoord Foundation received about 500 applications and granted SEK 55 million (SEK 77 million in 2009) for scientific research.
Correspondence
The Crafoord Foundation
Box 137
SE-221 00 Lund
Sweden
Visitors
Malmövägen 8
SE-222 25 Lund
Tel +46 46-38 58 80
Fax +46 46-38 58 85
crafoord@crafoord.se
The Crafoord Prize is presented in the spring of each year on “Crafoord Day” in either Stockholm or Lund. It is received from the hand of His Majesty the King of Sweden.
