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.
Below you can find the LU internal management rules and timetable for applications for the 2026 project grant to the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW).
The first deadline (Letter of Intent, see attachment 2 in the Management rules) is September 19 at 12:00. Send the LoI to Birgitta [dot] larsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Birgitta[dot]larsson[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)
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.
Call for grants applications 2025
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 85.2 million in grants to 39 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 2025:
- 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.
The Foundation attaches great importance to the projects:
- scientific quality,
- innovation potential and potential for exploitation, directly in healthcare and/or through subsequent market development,
- the ability to generate new collaborations within and between higher education institutions.
Applications must relate to concrete and practically oriented research and for each type of project the following applies:
Innovative research projects in life science:
- Maximum grant amount per application: 2 million SEK
- Maximum project duration: 2 years.
- The application must contain a well-developed innovation plan that includes the research's potential for exploitation and market development through new products/services.
Innovative research projects specifically in ATMP and/or cancer:
- Maximum grant amount per application: 3 million SEK.
- Maximum project duration: 2 years.
- The application must contain a well-developed innovation plan that includes the research's potential for exploitation and market development through new products/services.
Equipment critical for the implementation of specific innovative research projects in the above-mentioned areas:
- Maximum grant amount per application: 2 million SEK.
- The application should concern equipment within the scope of a specific innovation project. Equipment that meets the needs of several research groups within the life science field at their respective universities will be prioritized. A plan for making the equipment accessible must be included.
- Applications for equipment not linked to a specific innovation project will not be granted.
Stage 1
The Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, Lund University of Technology, and Malmö University are invited to prioritize a maximum of fifteen proposals for recipients of grants. Only one application per principal applicant can be prioritized. In stage 1 applications are made the respective university but must be registered and submitted via the Foundation's application system: https://ansok.matspaulssonstiftelserna.com/sbs/mp/minsida/signup
Information about Lund University to be filled in the application portal:
Address:
Lund University
Box 117
221 00 LUND
Bank details:
Bankgironummer: 5051-4728
Applications must be registered and submitted via the Foundation's application system by no later than May 7, 2025. Subsequent prioritization will occur as above.
Stage 2
In stage 2, applicants will receive notification from the respective institution whether their application has been prioritized or not. Subsequently, prioritized applications will be opened for possible adjustments in the Foundation's application system.
Adjusted applications must be resubmitted to the Foundation via the application system by no later than August 20, 2025.
Applications are prepared by the Foundation's Committee of Research and Innovation Councils, after which the Foundation's Board of Directors decides on funding. Notification of the grant will be made by the Foundation in October 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Lund University:
birgitta [dot] larsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se, tel 046-2220831
Malmö University
lars-ola [dot] nilsson [at] mau [dot] se, phone 040-6657512
Mats Paulsson’s foundation for research, innovation and societal development: info [at] matspaulssonstiftelserna [dot] com, phone 0431-445157
Instructions for applications
Instructions on the format of the application (PDF 186 kB, new tab)
More information
Read more about how Mats Paulsson's foundation supports research on their website
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.