Lund University Get Started Funding

Lund University's (LU) call for Get Started Funding is aimed at researchers from Lund University and select partner universities in non-EU/EEA countries newly associated or soon to be associated to Horizon Europe (Canada, Korea, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK and Ukraine)*. Funds of up to 60 000 SEK per award are available to develop collaborations which have the potential to lead to externally funded research projects and joint publications. Projects with UK, Swiss, or Ukrainian partners may receive up to 25 000 SEK. Researcher teams (LU + partner university) are invited to submit applications in any academic field. Applications will be evaluated based on predetermined quality criteria. If all applications that adequately fulfil the key assessment criteria cannot be funded, priority will be given to new collaborations and researcher teams that include early career researchers.

*Canada (McGill University, McMaster University, Université de Montréal, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto), Korea (Korea University, POSTECH, Seoul National University), New Zealand (University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago), Switzerland (ETH Zürich, Université de Genève, University of Zürich), UK (Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of Oxford) and Ukraine (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv).

Activities eligible for funding:

• Workshop/meeting costs, such as room rental, food, technical support, etc.
• Travel expenses and accommodation of participants

Salary costs, consumables and scholarships for students are not eligible.

Allocation of funding

The total expenses for activities and travel costs cannot exceed 60.000 SEK (25.000 SEK for projects with Swiss, UK and Ukrainian partners). Funds will be transferred to the department of the LU applicant at the end of the funding period.

Application guidelines

The application has to be submitted by the LU researcher through this application portal and shall include:

• Aim of the collaboration
• Description of the activity
• Timeline of the activity
• Letter of interest from the researcher at the partner university (e-mail is sufficient)
  
• CV of each of the researchers (LU and partner university).
  

Key assessment criteria

• Strategic value of the research collaboration
• Complementarity of the research partners/team
• Potential for subsequent larger research/collaboration projects and/or to generate external funding.

For more information please contact Teresia.Rindefjall@er.lu.se