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Other grants

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Here you find grants from external funders who have reached out to the faculty. You will also find information about support you can get in your application process.

Please note that there might be some grants with information only in Swedish, published on the Swedish web page. Click on the link to the Swedish page in the upper right corner (På svenska) to check and compare.

Call for grant applications 2026

The Mats Paulsson’s foundation for research, innovation and societal development promotes scientific research in life science. Since 2019, priority is given to supporting research projects with high innovation potential and relevance to society in the near future.

Since 2019, the Foundation has awarded SEK 104.2 million in grants to 47 research projects of this type at Lund University and Malmö University.

With the above-mentioned focus, the Foundation invites the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University and Malmö University to prioritize applications within the following project types in 2026:

  • Innovative research projects in life science
  • Innovative research projects specifically in ATMP and/or cancer
  • Equipment critical for the implementation of specific innovative research projects in the above-mentioned areas.

Applications for stage 1 must be registered and submitted via the Foundation's application system by no later than 28 April, 2026.

For further details about the call and application instructions, please see below.

Call grants Mats Paulsson's foundation (PDF 160 kB, new tab)

Instructions Mats Paulsson's foundation (PDF 182 kB, new tab)

Faculty contact

Birgitta Larsson
birgitta [dot] larsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (birgitta[dot]larsson[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)
+46-2220831

Call for applications for infrastructure investments within the Faculties of Medicine, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Engineering, as well as regulations for the handling of applications, and information about Lund University's central call 2026

More information about the calls

Contact DoD and NIH

For help with applications to U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) contact the Lund University Research support.

Research support (Lund University Staff Pages)

Last updated: 8 Apr 2026 | webbredaktionen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se