{"id":281,"date":"2026-06-22T12:18:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgrs.se\/the-birgit-and-gad-rausing-foundation-for-humanities-research\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T10:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:46:59","slug":"the-birgit-and-gad-rausing-foundation-for-humanities-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgrs.se\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birgit and Gad Rausing Foundation for Humanities Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Promotes high-quality scientific research in the humanities \u2014 history, languages, literature, art, archaeology, and history of ideas \u2014 at Swedish higher education institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apply for funding<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Applications are closed. New application period in summer 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The foundation supports the entire breadth of the humanities. Interdisciplinary projects are welcome, as is research bridging the humanities and adjacent disciplines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Archaeology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research within prehistoric and historical cultures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research within ancient, medieval, and modern history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Literature<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Literary history, textual criticism, and book history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Languages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Linguistics, philology, and translation research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Other subjects within the humanities that the Foundation considers to fall within the scope of its purpose. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Foundation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The foundation was established in 1985 by Birgit and Gad Rausing with the purpose of supporting humanities research at Swedish universities and higher education institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Foundation’s Board<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Consists of prominent representatives of Swedish academic life. The assessment is carried out by experts in the respective subject areas, with scientific quality and the originality of the project as the primary criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Humanities research deepens our understanding of what it means to be human.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Promotes high-quality scientific research in the humanities \u2014 history, languages, literature, art, archaeology, and history of ideas \u2014 at Swedish higher education institutions. Apply for funding Applications are closed. New application period in summer 2027. Subject Areas The foundation supports the entire breadth of the humanities. Interdisciplinary projects are welcome, as is research bridging the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-281","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgrs.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgrs.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgrs.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgrs.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgrs.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgrs.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgrs.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgrs.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}