Economy - useful for grant applications
Here you find useful information for grant applications. Some information is only available in Swedish. If you don't understand Swedish, please use a tool like Google translate to help translate the text.
Salary scales
Salary scales without social fees (LBK) and overhead (OH).
Research overhead 2025 departments
Department of Experimental Medical Science (EMV): 25%
Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund (IKVL): 24%
Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM): 25,7%
Department of Health Sciences (IHV): 23%
Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö (IKVM): 23%
Department of Translational Medicine (ITM): 24%
Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC)
and Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM): 23,73%
Salary calculation 2025
Social fees:
- Persons born 1937 or earlier: 17,87%
- Persons born 1938-1955: 28,08%
- Persons born 1956-1958: 34,29%
- Persons born 1959-1965: 55,5%
- Persons born 1966-1987: 56,74%
- Persons born 1988 or later: 56,74% (on salary up to 7,5 income base amounts)
Vacation supplement: 1,288%
Formula for hourly wages
Monthly salary x social fees x vacation supplement divided with 165
Change basic account of salary
Change basic account of salary (in Swedish, Excel 30 kB)
Scholarships and grants
Information about grants calendar and grants
Rent, user fees and subsidies
Rent and user fees are decided on a yearly basis, based on the budget, which is decided by the Faculty of Medicine Board.
Rent and user fees 2025 (in Swedish, PDF 201 kB, new tab)
Rent and user fees 2024 (in Swedish, Word 16 kB)
Rent and user fees 2023 (in Swedish, PDF 123 kB, ny flik)
Calculation of cost an subsidies for office and lab spaces 2025 (in Swedish, Excel 19 kB)
Calculation of cost an subsidies for office and lab spaces 2024 (in Swedish, Excel 27 kB)
Contact
Jörgen Malmsten
jorgen [dot] malmsten [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (jorgen[dot]malmsten[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)