Research Funding News 1 2025 Research Services, Lund University |
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New year, fresh look!
(And thank you for your patience) You have probably noticed that it’s been a while since the last newsletter (if you haven’t… never mind). To make an incredibly long and boring story super short, let’s just say that LU's new Outlook sp*m filter has forced a new look (platform) upon us. But, all facelifts aside, on the inside we are still the same. 😊 We are aiming to return to our normal publishing scheme, i.e. thrice per semester.
Without further ado, dig in! /Research Services
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The Researcher's Guide to Compliance
New to Lund University? Or as experienced as a researcher gets? It doesn’t matter, the Researcher’s Guide to Compliance is of relevance to all, since it may be difficult to stay on top with the laws, regulations and practices that relate to your research. The Guide is a good place to start to learn the basics of what you need to observe as a researcher, or to revisit in order to learn about changes or just refresh your memory.
Visit the Guide on the Staff Pages | | | | |
Grants Days 2025!Discover the next step in your research journey over two days focused on research grants. Grants Days 2025 aims to deepen your knowledge of the research funding landscape and provide you with valuable insights into how to successfully obtain grants from external funders. You will meet and network with representatives from key Swedish funders and be inspired by successful researchers. Submit your interest to attend, or begin by reading more about the event on our blog. | Faculty travel and research grants now open for applicationResearchers, doctoral students, lecturers or readers at Lund University can apply for the faculties’ travel and research grants. A few are also open to undergraduate students including Master’s students. Deadline for travel grants is12 February, for other grants it's 25 March 2025.
Visit the Staff Pages to learn more and apply | | | University-wide funding for research infrastructureThis annual call focuses on those research infrastructures that are of interest to more than one faculty, and that support and enable research of very high scientific quality. An infrastructure can be granted support for a maximum of 5 years, and the maximum sum to apply for is SEK 5 million. The call closes 3 March 2025, at 16:00. Read the full call on the Staff Pages | A Beginner´s Guide to Swedish AcademiaJoin EURAXESS Sweden and the Young Academy of Sweden in getting to know the Swedish research landscape! How? By attending a Teams webinar on the 11 February, at 15.00-16.00
where the Young Academy of Sweden presents the book ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Swedish Academia’. Sign up to attend the webinar, no later than 7 February | Seed funding for research and education collaborations with select partner universities (GloHub)Researchers with a PhD degree who are employed at Lund University and colleagues at National University of Singapore, UC Berkeley and University of Melbourne can apply.
Application deadline: 31 March 2025
Visit the Staff Pages for further information and application form
| | | Information meeting on the Nagoya ProtocolDoes your research involve genetic resources and/or traditional knowledge associated with such resources? If so, you may have an obligation to follow the Nagoya Protocol. Welcome to an information meeting on how to follow the Nagoya Protocol at Lund University. The meeting will be held in English and online via LU Zoom.
When: Friday 14 March, 13.00-14.00 | Where: online via LU Zoom. If you have questions, please contact Tina Trollås (tina.trollas@fs.lu.se). Register your attendance now or begin by reading more about the information meeting on our blog. | | | | Sustainable Idea ExplorationThe call is an opportunity for researchers at Lund University to explore the innovative potential of their research and finance activities outside the scope of existing projects. It will support the development of early innovative ideas from projects that can contribute to sustainability. Deadline for applications: 28 February 2025 Further information on the LU Innovation web page | | | | ERC Advanced Grants workshop, 20 MarchResearch Services invites you to an ERC Advanced Grants workshop via Zoom. The workshop is run by Yellow Research and will provide you with an in-depth overview and practical information on the ERC Advanced Grants scheme, as well as deeper understanding of the proposal format and the key issues relating to planning and writing a proposal. The workshop is open for those planning to apply for an ERC AdG grant in the upcoming 2025 call as well as those interested in applying for an ERC grant further on. Date: 20 March 2025, 9:00-12:00 | Location: Zoom Register for the workshop via this form (by 18 March) | JRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership programme
The ambition of the programme is to establish strategic collaborations between universities and the JRC, the European Commission's in-house research service. The programme facilitates dual PhD projects, where universities partner up with the JRC to jointly design, host, and supervise doctoral research. For researchers this is an opportunity to better understand the research needs in the EU policymaking process. Applications from Sweden are especially encouraged. The application deadline is 18 March. Further information on the JRC website | COST Info Day 2025COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organisation that funds bottom-up research and innovation networks. This online info session is open to all researchers at any career stage and from any field of research, especially young researchers. Date: 18 February 2025, 10:00-11:45 Further information and details on how to register | European Defence Fund WP 2025The latest work programme for the European Defence Fund has been published. Over €1 billion will be spent on defence collaborative R&D projects. Prioritized areas include ground combat, space, air and naval combat, as well as energy resilience and environmental transition. The deadline for submissions is 16 October 2025. Further information on the European Commission website | | | More countries can participate in Horizon EuropeAs of 1 January 2025, Switzerland and Korea are associated to Horizon Europe. This means that organisations from these countries can participate as beneficiaries in projects and receive funding from the programme. Switzerland is associated to more or less the full programme, and Korea is associated to pillar II collaborative projects. The transitional arrangements that are now in place until formal associations are signed apply to calls which have 2025 indicated in the call year. This is a great opportunity for researchers at Lund University for further collaborative research with partners in and beyond Europe. Further information on the associations of Switzerland and Korea | | | Swedish funding requiring central management | Selected calls from other fundersFor a more exhaustive list of calls directly relevant to you, try the grant database Pivot-RP, to which Lund University subscribes. | ÅForsk Research and Travel Grants
Research grants: Projects must relate to the foundation focus areas, i.e. Energy, Environment, Sustainability, Development of Processes, Infrastructure, Materials, Products from Renewable Sources and Safety. New and bold ideas are encouraged. The size of a grant is normally within the interval of 400 000 SEK - 1 900 000 SEK. Deadline is 10 March. Travel grants: Travel grants can be applied for for three purposes: Conferences abroad, Thesis abroad and Study visit abroad. Deadline is 9 February.
Visit ÅForsk's website | International post-docs and moreDo not miss the upcoming deadlines for post doc funding from the Swedish Research Council (VR). The following calls are currently open: medicine and health, natural and engineering sciences, humanities and social sciences (deadlines 18 Feb.), and artistic research (4 March). VR has a ‘smorgasbord’ of calls currently open or about to open, amongst others Research project grant within humanities and social sciences (4 mars), and Distinguished professor grant (4 March) plus Starting- and Consolidator grants (19 March) within medicine and health. Visit VR's website | | | Prince Daniel's research grant for promising young researchersThe Swedish Heart Lung Foundation is offering a grant aimed at particularly promising young researchers. The grant consists of SEK 2 million per year over a three-year period, a total of SEK 6 million. Deadline is 12 March. Further information (Sw.) + application guidelines (Sw.) | Career Grant for Early-career ResearchersFormas invites early career researchers to apply to one of two tracks are available, Career age 0–3 after PhD and Career age 4–7 after PhD, respectively. Funding amount is up to SEK 1.5 million per year for max 3-4 years. The research question must fit within Formas’ areas of responsibility: Environment, Agricultural Sciences, and Spatial Planning. Interdisciplinary research questions are encouraged. Deadline is 19 March. Visit Formas' website | The Swedish Cancer Society – special efforts
The Society announces larger, special effort grants (3-10 MSEK) for research that can help solve highly important issues. The goal is to enable projects that are especially costly and thus difficult to finance within the framework of the regular grants. Currently announced efforts are: Early discovery – opens 5 March, deadline 24 April Clinical treatment studies – opens 6 March, deadline 25 April Note that the Funds regular grants run as normal, to be opened in March. Information on all calls will be posted on their webpage. | | | Wenner-Gren Foundation ScholarshipsThe following grants are open for applications until 10 March 2025. Guest researcher scholarship – intended to facilitate foreign senior researchers work visits in Sweden. Postdoctoral fellowships for education in Sweden – intended for Swedish researchers, to invite foreign researchers to their research group. Sabbatical scholarship – intended for Swedish senior researchers, usually professors, to work at foreign scientific institutions. Travel scholarships – intended for short-term active participation abroad in international congresses, symposia, workshops and courses. Visit the foundation website (Sw.) | SSF Instrument, Technology and Method development
Suggested projects are to enable scientific or technical breakthroughs by developing new instruments and/or methods and/or techniques. Each project can apply for 6-10 MSEK, which will be paid out over a three-year period. SSF encourages high-risk projects with the potential to result in important innovation. The call is mainly aimed at researchers and research engineers. Deadline is 25 March, 14:00.
Visit SFF's website | Fulbright programsFulbright grants are awarded to students wishing to complete a master's or doctorate degree or conduct research in the United States.
Grants are open for most fields of study. For degree-seeking applicants, the minimum period of stay is one academic year. Visiting student researchers may apply for 4-12 months.
Grants are SEK 50 000 for non-degree research, and SEK 100 000 for master's or Ph.D. degrees. Deadline is 22 April. Visit Fulbright Sweden | | | |
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