Apply for grants and scholarships
On this webpage, we publish calls for research funding that come to the attention of the Faculty Office.
The faculty’s travel and research grant
Researchers, doctoral students and members of teaching staff and others can now apply for the Faculty of Science travel and research grant. The deadline for applications is 12 February. Note that you must include a certificate from your supervisor if you are a doctoral student.
Apply for the faculty’s travel and research grant (staff.lu.se)
The faculty’s funding for infrastructure
Researchers can now apply for the Faculty of Science’s funding for infrastructure. The application deadline is 3 March.
- Call for applications and instructions (PDF, 106 kB, new tab)
- Download the application form (Docx, 40 kB, new tab)
All employees can apply for funding for mobility in Europe
As an employee of the University, you are eligible to apply for funding from the Erasmus+ programme for things like teaching or professional development in Europe. You can apply for funding throughout the year.
Erasmus+ mobility programme (staff.lu.se)
STINT funding for strategic internationalisation
The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) provides funding for the renewal and development of internationalisation strategies at university level. Lund University can participate in up to two applications per call and therefore carries out an internal selection among the project proposals.
The application deadline is 2 February.
STINT funding for strategic internationalisation (staff.lu.se)
Funding for a research stay in Paris
The French Institute and others offer funding to enable doctoral students and researchers to spend a month in Paris working on a project at a French institution.
The application deadline is 2 February.
Funding for a research stay in Paris (ifsuede.com)
Grants for research abroad
Doctoral students and postdocs can now apply for a scholarship from the Hans Werthén Foundation for a year of scientific work abroad.
The application deadline is 7 March.
Scholarship from the Hans Werthén Foundation (iva.se)
Funding to collaborate with researchers in the UK
The British Academy is launching a call for proposals under the Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration to foster collaboration between UK and EU researchers. Applications are evaluated on an ongoing basis, with an application deadline of 5 March.
Funding to collaborate with researchers in the UK (thebritishacademy.ac.uk)
Nominate candidates for the University’s Agenda 2030 Award
You can now nominate candidates for Lund University’s Agenda 2030 Award, which recognises outstanding research that contributes to sustainable development.
The deadline for nominations is 31 January.
Nominate candidates for the University’s Agenda 2030 Award (agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se)
Apply to the postdoc programme in imaging of biological material
Researchers in fields such as physics, biology and chemistry can now apply to a postdoc programme within AMBER (Advanced Multiscale Biological imaging using European Research infrastructures), an EU-funded project. The project is coordinated by the LINXS Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science in Lund.
The application deadline is 24 February.
Apply to the postdoc programme via the LINXS website
Seed funding for research and education collaborations with selected partner universities (GloHub)
Postdoctoral researchers and teaching staff, along with colleagues at the National University of Singapore, UC Berkeley and the University of Melbourne, can now apply for funding to promote collaborations.
The application deadline is 31 March.
Funding for instrument, technology and method development
Research engineers, instrument developers and others can now apply for funding from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research to develop new tools and methods.
The application deadline is 25 March.
Apply for funding for instrument, technology and method development (strategiska.se)
All staff can apply for funding for professional development in Europe
As an employee at the University, you can apply for funds from the Erasmus+ programme for purposes such as training, workshops, staff weeks and job shadowing in Europe. Applications can be made throughout the year.
Funding international collaborations and mobility
As an employee of Lund University, you have many opportunities to receive funding from different programmes if you work, or plan to work, abroad.