Sven and Dagmar Salén's Foundations Sven and Dagmar Salén Foundation Sven and Dagmar Salén Science and Culture Foundation Sven and Dagmar Salén's foundation, background and purpose Sven and Dagmar Salén's science and culture foundation, background and purpose The management of the foundations What are the foundations NOT doing? How to apply for a grant Full-year scholarships Contact Information regarding the processing of personal data Notices Sven and Dagmar Salén's foundation, background and purpose The foundation was established in 1968 by shipowner Sven Salén. The foundation began distributing grants in 1970 and has since distributed just over SEK 100 million in current monetary value. At present, the foundation distributes approximately SEK 2 million per year. The purpose of the foundation as stated in the statutes is to promote: Child or adolescent care and education or training Care of needy elderly, sick or listening Scientific teaching or research The Board's priorities between these purposes have in recent years resulted in a clear practice which means that about 80% of the grants now go to scientific research and about 20% to children and young people's education and upbringing. The purpose of "caring for the needy, sick or listening" has been judged by the board to be outside the foundation's capacity. The foundation provides support for work and initiatives, where amounts of the order of magnitude that the foundation can distribute are judged to be able to make the greatest possible benefit. Therefore, the foundation has, for example, given grants to: Project starts - The Foundation does not support such research projects that fall within the scope of the Swedish Research Council's area of responsibility. Many research projects or other ideas that fall within the foundation's purpose may, however, need grants to be sufficiently specified, so that grants can later be applied for from elsewhere or to be pursued so far that the project's form and possibilities can be demonstrated to other donors. Interdisciplinary projects - Ideas about projects on or around the boundaries between different scientific disciplines often have difficulty being heard by the larger research support bodies. In such cases, the foundation can fulfill an important research-promoting task even with limited financial support. Enskilt forskarstöd – Anslag för utlandsresor och mindre omfattande projekt kan nämnas som exempel. Barns eller ungdoms vård och fostran – Bidrag kan utgå till organisationer med en verksamhet som på ett menings- och verkningsfullt sätt gör insatser inom detta område Tryckningsbidrag: Grundläggande skall vara att skriften bedöms betydelsefull för att sprida resultat av forskningsarbete. Populärvetenskapliga framställningar kan endast komma i fråga efter särskilt övervägande. Arbetet skall ha anknytning till och ha utförts i akademisk miljö, med en eller flera forskare dokumenterat verksam/verksamma vid universitet eller högskola Stöd till utgivning av festskrifter och vänböcker skall ges endast undantagsvis Grants for projects related to education, spending time for research at universities outside Sweden or participation in conferences. Strong motivation must be presented - An invitation from the organizer or university must be attached to the application.