Other grants
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
The Faculty of Medicine's handling procedure for applications for the 2026 calls for project grants from the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation (MAW) and the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (MMW)
The deadline for Letter of Intent (LoI) for the above calls is Monday 1 December 2025. LoI should be sent to birgitta [dot] larsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se
Please note that the LoI submitted to the Faculty of Medicine must contain the following:
- The information described in Appendix 1 of the Management rules linked below
- A maximum of one third of a page (in a Word document without a template or signatures) where it must be described why the project and the project group's constellation are important. This text will be included in the faculty's motivation that is submitted to the Research Board. If the application is selected to be submitted to the foundations by LU, the text will also be part of the Vice-Chancellor's letter. Formulate the text as if it were written by the dean.
- In addition, applicants must complete the checklist (Appendix 2 of the Procedure Order) as far as possible. The faculty then adds the remaining information.
More information about the Wallenberg Foundations can be found on their websites:
The MMW and MAW foundations have announced that they intend to alternate annually between open project calls and targeted/thematic calls. The upcoming call (2026) is open (i.e. without a specific theme) and the call for 2027 is expected to be thematic/targeted.
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.