The Karolinska Institutet Foundation Scholarships 2024-25

The Karolinska Institutet Foundation Scholarship is offered by the Karolinska Institute as an annual foundation scholarship for students. Applications may be submitted based on academic qualifications and/or financial needs. The scholarships are awarded from several different foundations based on proposals by a grant board.

Eligibility for The Karolinska Institutet Foundation Scholarship :

• Applicants registered at the basic and advanced level at Karolinska Institutet are eligible to apply.
• Applicants must have completed 1 year of study at KI to apply for financial need. 
• For applicants looking for financial needs, the candidates not eligible for full student aid, or only eligible for partial aid are given priority.
• Applicants with scientific experience, not just from projects or degrees, but also from basic to advanced education, and not doctoral students or PhD holders, can apply for scientific merits. 
  • The remaining period of study must correspond to at least 1 year.
• Applicants must not be doctoral students or hold a PhD degree.

Application Process for The Karolinska Institutet Foundation Scholarship :

All eligible candidates must complete and submit the applications online through the KI Prisma system. The application should include the following components:

• Transcript from Ladok
• Proof of registration for the autumn semester of 2024 from Ladok
• Certificate from CSN (or equivalent student grants from another EU country), stating that you are not eligible for student aid. 
  • For internationals not eligible for CSN, no certificate is required
• Research plan (max 3 A4-pages)
• In the supervisor's certificate, it must be certified that the applicant has carried out scientific work other than project work/degree work within the education at the basic or advanced level and is not a doctoral student/disputed student
• Progress report for those previously awarded this grant.

Value of The Karolinska Institutet Foundation Scholarship :

The amounts awarded generally vary between SEK 5,000 and SEK 20,000.