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.
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.
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).
Applicants must write a maximum of one-third of a page (in a Word document without a template or signatures) describing why the project and the composition of the project group are important. This text will be included in the faculty’s justification submitted to the Research Board, and if the application is selected by Lund University for submission to KAW, the text will form part of the Vice-Chancellor’s letter. The text should be written as if authored by the Dean.
This text must be submitted together with the LoI (Letter of Intent, see attachment 2 in the Management rules) no later than at 12.00 noon on September 19th 2025. 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.
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.