Applicants for IFS grants:
Eligibility exceptions
Eligibility exceptions can be considered under proven special circumstances, such as maternity / paternity leave, ill health, and caring commitments. Your eligibility will be calculated by deducting the total time of leave from the total time you post PhD. Email proof of leave with a brief description of your circumstances to applications@ifs.se .
Institutional Affiliation
Applicants must be attached to a national or regional research institution (eg, university, non-profit research center, or research-oriented NGO) in an eligible country (see below). The institution is expected to administer the grant, guarantee that the applicant has a source of income, and provide basic research facilities.
Researchers employed at international research institutions are NOT eligible for IFS grants. However, researchers doing part of their project at an international institution can apply for an IFS grant if their principal affiliation is with a national institution.
Eligible for IFS support are low and lower income countries and the IFS cut off point for country eligibility is the middle income GNI threshold (for 2018, USD 4,905) plus 5%, USD 5,150
For details see: Gross national income per capita 2017, Atlas method and PPP - World Bank, July 1, 2018
Formerly eligible G-20 countries which are no longer eligible include Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa.
Countries that were once part of the former Soviet Union are also not eligible ..
The list below is based on GNI per capita, Atlas method for 2017 and published in 2018.
Eligible countries are :
Afghanistan algeria angola bangladesh benin Bhutan bolivia Burkina Faso Burundi cambodia cameroon Cabo Verde Central African Rep. chad Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rep. Ivory Coast djibouti Egypt, Arab Rep. El Salvador eritrea Eswatini ethiopia Gambia, The Ghana guinea Guinea Bissau
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Haiti honduras Kenya kiribati Korea, DPR Lao PDR Lesotho Liberia madagascar malawi mali Mauritania Micronesia, Fed.Sts. mongolia morocco mozambique Myanmar Nepal Nicaragua niger Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea |
Philippines rwanda samoa São Tomé and Principe senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands somalia South Sudan Sri Lanka sudan Syrian Arab Rep. tanzania Timor Leste Togo tunisia uganda vanuatu Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Yemen, Rep. Zambia zimbabwe |