Scholarships
Uppsala Student Union has a long tradition of awarding scholarships. On this page we collect all scholarships relevant to students in Uppsala, our own scholarships and those of other actors.
If you cannot apply on their website, follow these steps:
1. Click on the scholarship to get to the form
2. Copy the form
3. Fill in the form
4. Send the form to stipendium@uskar.se or leave it at the reception at the student union building
The Gustaf Fröding Scholarship is a literary scholarship awarded for three years to a Swedish poet. The prize money is approximately SEK 110,000 per year. Because of the large sums involved, it is one of the largest literary prizes in Sweden.
Members of the Uppsala Student Union are entitled to nominate a poet writing in Swedish. Based on the members' nominations, a jury will choose three names that members can then vote between. Here is a list of previous winners of the scholarship.
To nominate you must be a member of Uppsala Student Union.
Send the name of the person you want to nominate to stipendium@uskar.se
The application is open 29 Nov - 20 Dec.
Nominate the person for the Martin Scholarship - if your candidate wins, you as the nominee will receive 10,000 SEK and your candidate will receive 30,000 SEK!
The winner will also receive:
Mentorshipand coaching from five leading entrepreneurs and sales managers
Access to valuable networks and relationships that open doors for the future
Access to exclusive opportunities
Scholarship for Finance Students 2025
Are you writing a C- or D-level thesis on finance? If so, you have the chance to receive the Kortio Finance Scholarship.
About the Finance Scholarship
This is a thesis scholarship aimed at promoting general knowledge in economics. We are targeting students who are writing a C or D level essay in the subject of finance. The prize is 5 000 SEK.
The scholarship gives women who want to, or have just started a business, SEK 100,000 that enables the realization of their idea.
Submit your application for the scholarship via the form on their website. The deadline to apply is December 31, 2025. To be eligible, you need to identify yourself as a woman, be of legal age, registered in Sweden and the company you are applying for must not have been started before January 1, 2025.
Have you written an essay on cycling? Then you can apply for the Cykelfrämjandet essay grant. The winning entry will be awarded SEK 10,000. Application closes January 15, 2026! Apply on their website.
The essay can be written in a variety of fields, such as: urban planning, infrastructure, cultural studies, history, technology, health, economics, etc. Examples of studies can be changed community planning to meet an increasing number of cyclists, attitudes to cycling in politics and the media, the history of the cycling movement, innovations linked to the bicycle as a means of transport or effects on public health and the economy when more and more people cycle.
The Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation awards up to 12 scholarships each year - of SEK 250,000 each - for study abroad for a period of at least six months. The studies must be at Master or PhD level. Two scholarships are awarded in each of the following six subject areas: agricultural and forestry sciences, biology, social sciences and humanities, musicology, art history and literature.
The scholarships are intended to provide financial support for longer stays abroad for applicants and their families. The scholarships can be used to finance both living expenses and the costs of the course itself. The budget of the application must indicate how the grant will be used and the report submitted to the Foundation after the completion of the study abroad must describe how the funds have been used. If the Foundation so requests, more detailed documentation/verifications must be submitted showing how the funds received have been used.
The application is open 1 Dec - 31 Jan.
Read more on their website.