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Start your AI journey: For organizational learning and practical use of artificial intelligence in municipalities and civil society in 2023

This the offer is aimed at municipalities and civil society organizations that want to practically explore how artificial intelligence based on machine learning can improve part of their own operations and at the same time have clear span class notranslate potential for societal benefit.

This web page has been machine translated. If there are any uncertainties, please refer to the Swedish text.

The offer in brief

What can you apply for?

Project that wants to evaluate, build knowledge about and demonstrate the potential of machine learning for business processes in municipalities and/or civil society organizations. The projects must build on existing data.

Who can apply?

Municipality or civil society organization shall be coordinator. Companies, universities, university colleges and institutes can participate as participant in the role of expert resource on artificial intelligence/machine learning

How much can you apply for?

Funding can be granted with a maximum of SEK 600,000 per project. The grant may correspond to a maximum of 80% of the project´s eligible costs.

Important dates

  • Take part in the presentation from the information meeting

    Join the powerhouse!

    This the offer is part of Vinnova's and AI Swedens's multi-year gathering of power for AI in municipalities and civil society.

    Join the kraftsamlingen now to not miss news, activities and collaboration opportunities: AI Swedens newsletter for the kraftsamlingen.

    On the AI Swedens page for the power collection, you can read about project, events and much more. Register your organization and tell us about your use cases and plans.

    Here you will find a basic introduction to the power collection, at Vinnova and AI Swedens respectively.

    Tips from Strängnäs municipality which started its AI journey

    "Choose a meaningful trip. Then you will be able to complete it. For us, it was a report of concern." Says Frédéric Rambaud, digitization strategist Strängnäs municipality

    "To be curious about AI and dare to be brave leaders. You go out even if you don't really have the answers." Says Frida Fallström business developer Strängnäs municipality

    Certificate of support of minor importance - de minimis

    This form must be attached for those applicant who wish to invoke the support basis for de minimis.

    Certificate of support of minor importance - de minimis

    How to apply

    To apply for funding, you need to log in and complete an application form in our eServices portal. The application form contains questions about your project, the participants taking part in the project and your budget. 

    Download document templates for your attachments

    Plesae download the templates for the documents you need to attach to your application such as a CV or project description.

    CV mall (docx, 54 kB) Instruktion för avsiktsförklaring att bifoga ansökan till Starta er AI-resa 2023 (pdf, 102 kB) Projektbeskrivningsmall (docx, 49 kB)

    This happens when the call for proposals is closed

    When your proposal has been registered, we email a confirmation to the person responsible for the user account as well as to the project manager and the signatory. This may take a few hours after the call for proposals closes. If you have not received a confirmation within 24 hours after the call for proposals closes, please contact us.

    When the call for proposals is closed, you cannot change or fill in any new information. Then you can only supplement your proposal if we ask for it.

    Who can read your proposal?

    Applications submitted to us become public documents. But we do not disclose information about the business, inventions or research results if it can be assumed that someone will suffer financial damage if the information is shown.

    This means that we must hand over the documents if someone requests them. But we keep confidential the information that we judge could mean financial damage if it is disclosed.

    This is how we handle public documents and confidentiality

    Any questions?

    If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

    Anna Bjurström

    Programme manager

    +46 8 473 30 89

    Jonny Paulsson

    Programme manager

    +46 8 473 32 42

    Eva Nyström

    Administrator

    +46 8 473 31 21

    Reference number 2023-00885