Lund University Get Started Funding
Call Autumn 2026

Lund University's (LU) call for Get Started Funding is aimed at researchers from LU and select partner universities in prioritised countries/geographical areas (Global Hubs)*. Funding is available to develop collaborations which have the potential to lead to externally funded research projects and/or joint publications. Projects with listed European partners receive SEK 32,000 and projects with listed partners outside Europe receive SEK 75,000. Researcher teams (LU + partner university) are invited to submit applications in any academic field. Applications will be evaluated based on predetermined quality criteria. 

*Partners outside Europe

Australia (University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, UNSW, University of Queensland and Monash University), Botswana (University of Botswana), Brazil (University of São Paulo and University of Campinas), Canada (McGill University, McMaster University, Université de Montréal and University of Toronto), Chile (Catholic University of Chile and University of Chile), Hong Kong (The University of Hong Kong and HKUST), India (IIT Bombay), Japan (University of Tokyo, Tohoku University and Waseda University), Namibia (University of Namibia), New Zealand (University of Auckland and University of Canterbury), Singapore (National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University), South Africa (Stellenbosch University, University of Johannesburg and University of Cape Town), South Korea (Korea University, POSTECH and Seoul National University), USA (University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania and New York University).

*European partners

Belgium (KU Leuven), Denmark (Copenhagen University), Finland (University of Helsinki), France (Université Paris-Saclay), Germany (LMU Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Netherlands (University of Amsterdam), Switzerland (ETH Zürich, Université de Genève and University of Zürich), UK (Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow and University of Oxford), Ukraine (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv).

Activities eligible for funding:
Direct as well as indirect costs for the project can be covered by the amount granted, e g costs for workshops/meetings, travel and accommodation for participants from Lund University and the partner university in conjunction with visits.

The grant cannot be used for salary costs and scholarships.

Allocation of funding
Funds of SEK 75,000 per award are available to develop collaborations with partners outside Europe. Funds of SEK 32,000 per award are available to develop collaborations with European partners. Granted funds will be transferred to the department of the LU applicant after submission of the final report.

Application guidelines
The application must be submitted by the LU researcher through the LU application portal and shall include:

• Aim of the collaboration
• Description and timeline of the activities for which funding is applied
• 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

• Quality and feasibility of planned activities
• Strategic value of the research collaboration
• Sustainability of collaboration: potential for subsequent larger research/collaboration projects and/or to generate external funding.

Priority will be given to applications that clearly demonstrate the potential impact of the proposed activity, that involve or plan to involve organisations other than universities from the broader research and innovation eco-system of one or both partner universities, and to applicants that have not previously received Get Started and/or GloHub Funding.

New collaborations will be prioritised. Established collaborations must show how they will continue to develop, for example, by defining a new research direction in order to be considered.

The assessment is conducted by representatives from the Lund University Division of Global Engagement. Please use language that is appropriate for evaluators who may not have specialist knowledge in the scientific field of your project. Focus should be on the collaborative aspects of the project, rather than the research itself.

For more information please contact impactactions@global.lu.se