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Located in the Botanical Garden in Uppsala, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (scas) is a national institute for advanced study. For the academic year 2026-27 the Collegium offers residential fellowships for senior and early-career scholars from all countries. The fellowships give fellows the opportunity to concentrate on their own research interests, free from the teaching and administrative duties of ordinary university life. Fellows are, however, expected to be active members of the Collegium’s scholarly community and to participate in seminars and other academic events outside their own fields of specialization. Scholars may apply for a full academic year (September – June) or one semester. The available programmes are:

The General Fellowship Programme
Open to scholars mainly in the humanities and social sciences, this programme is the backbone of the Collegium’s fellowship programmes. Scholars from diverse backgrounds, institutions, and countries are encouraged to apply.

The Barbro Klein Fellowship Programme
This programme is open to scholars from across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, with an emphasis on research on cultural and social diversity, cultural heritage and creativity, societal structures and public resistance, and varieties of cultural expressions from local and global perspective.

The Human Past Fellowship Programme
This programme aims to attract fellows pursuing research on different aspects of the human past, combining methods and materials from different disciplines. Its primary focus is on research work relating to three major migration events: The Indo-European-, Bantu- and Austronesian expansions. Fellows may come from a wide range of disciplines, such as archaeology, genetics and linguistics.

The scas-Nordic Fellowship Programme
This programme is open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences who hold a position at a university in the Nordic countries (Denmark,Finland, Iceland and Norway, as well as the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Ã…land). The eligibility criteria differ between programmes, and between senior/early-career positions. For full details about the programmes, the eligibility criteria and how to apply, please see: