Funding opportunities

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Open calls and opportunities

This list contains open calls that has come to our knowledge. We are specifically monitoring FORMAS, VR, Swedish EPA, Fysiografen, the facultys travel grants, Stiftelsen Oscar och Lili Lamms minne, and Crafoord foundations for open calls and opportunities. Other funders (see full list list below) are monitored to a limited extent.

News flash - there are now several interesting calls released under Horizon Europe, see Horizon Europe support page (left margin).

December

• MIRAI2.0 - Seed funding for collaborative projects and courses,  for both research and innovation projects and courses for doctoral students and postdocs. Deadline December 1. Link to staff.lu.se
• Pufendorf - Theme, deadline Dec 14. Link to pi.lu.se
• Formas - Mobility grant for early-career researchers. Deadline Dec 20. Link to formas.se

January

• IIASA - YSSP Young Scientists Summer Program for PhD students. Deadline Jan 12. Link to IIASA.ac.at
• KVA - Scholorships for biosciences, call open Oct 15 - January 15. Link to kva.se

February

• Formas - Socially sustainable housing supply for all, call open nov 3 - February 7. Link to formas.se
• Energimyndigheten - Cirkulär ekonomi och resursanvändning inom planetens gränser. Deadline Feb 14.
  Link to energimyndigheten.se
• VR - Research Infrastructure, deadline Feb 14. Link to vr.se
• VR - International postdoc NT, call opens Jan 18, deadline Feb 21. Link to vr.se

March

• Formas - The connections between climate change, water and biodiversity. Call open January 1 - March 30. Link to formas.se

April

• VR - Starting grant NT, call opens March 15, deadline April 18. Link to vr.se
• VR - Project grant NT, call opens March 15, deadline April 18. Link to vr.se
• VR - Development Research, Network grant Swedish research links. Call opens March 15, deadline April 18. Link to vr.se
• VR - Starting grant Development Research, call opens March 15, deadline April 18. Link to vr.se
• VR - Project grant Development Research, call opens March 15, deadline April 18. Link to vr.se
• VR - International postdoc Development Research, call opens March 15, deadline April 18. Link to vr.se

May

• Pufendorf - ASG, deadline May 10. Link to pi.lu.se
• VR - Development Research, Project grant Sustainability and resilience. Call opens April 19, deadline May 23. Link to vr.se

June

July

August

September

• VR - International postdoc NT, call opens Aug 16, deadline Sept 12. Link to vr.se

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Pivot-RP

In Pivot-RP you can search for research funding opportunities in all scientific fields, from both national and international sources. You can also search for funding to participate in research conferences, and for post-doc funding. And you can sign up for e-mail updates etc. Read more and log in via the LU Finding research funding page:

Link to staff.lu.se

List of funders 

List of funders of interest for CEC researchers. For funders with annual calls, the month of the deadline is stated within brackets. Note that many funders, Formas and VR especially, have more calls than just the annual ones.

Lists of funders are also compiled by LU Research Services.
Link to Swedish and Nordic Funders on medarbetarwebben.lu.se
Link to International research funders on staff.lu.se
Link to Funders of post-docs and academic conferences on staff.lu.se

Governmental funders: Research councils, Governmental agencies

• FORMAS (April) Link fo formas.se
• FORTE (February) Link to forte.se
• Swedish Research Council / Vetenskapsrådet "VR" (March) Link to VR.se 
• Vinnova Link to Vinnova.se

• Region Skåne Environmental Fund (June)  Link to utveckling.skane.se
• Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management / Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten Link to havochvatten.se
• Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency / MSB. Link to msb.se
• Swedish Energy Agency / Energimyndigheten (continous) Link to energimyndigheten.se
• Swedish EPA / Naturvårdsverket Link to naturvardsverket.se 
• Swedish Space Agency / Rymdstyrelsen (March-June) Link to rymdstyrelsen.se
• Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket) Link to tillvaxtverket.se

Foundations and private sector

• Carl Tryggers Stiftelse (May) Link to carltryggersstiftelse.se
• KSLA (September, Spring) Link to ksla.se
• KVA Link to kva.se
• Lantmännen (September) Link to lantmannen.com
• Olle Engkvist (continous) Link to engkviststiftelserna.se
• Ragnar Sellbergs foundation. Waste and recycling Link to ragnsells.com
• Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Link to rj.se
• Skogssällskapet (October/November) Link to skogssallskapet.se
• SSF - Swedish Foundation for Strategic research Link to SSF.se
• Stiftelsen Lantbruksforskning (June) Link to lantbruksforskning.se
• Stiftelsen Oscar och Lili Lamms Minne (June) Link to stiftelsenlamm.a.se
• STINT Link to stint.se
• Svenskt Vatten (March, September) Link to svensktvatten.se
• Södra Research Foundation Link to sodra.com
• The Wallenberg Foundations Link to wallenberg.org

Other organisations with funding opportunities

• Baltic University Program for PhD-students and Teachers in higher education Link to bup.fi
• Cefic-LRI (Long-Range Research Initiative) (September). Link to Cefic-lri.org
• Climate Change AI Link to climatechange.ai
• Fulbright Comission Link to Fulbright.se
• Handelsrådet research projects, postdoc support, PhD stipend (early summer) Link to handelsradet.se
• LINXS Link to LINXS.se
• NordGen Link to nordgen.org
• SIDA Link to SIDA.se
• Smart Built Environment (November) Link to smartbuilt.se
• Swedish Insitute Link to si.se
• Viable Cities Link to Viablecities.se

Funders with special interest in junior researchers

(Some may also fund experienced researchers)

• Craaford (February) Link to craaford.se
• Fysiografen (September) Link to Fysiografen.se
• Humbolt Research Scholarships for postdocs and experienced researchers (March, July, November) Link to humboldt-foundation.de
• IIASA, Austria: YSSP for PhD-students (January), Postdoctoral fellowships (unclear), Science Communication Fellowships (February) Link to IIASA.ac.at
• Ragnar Söderbergs stiftelse Link to ragnar.soderbergs.org
• Åforsk young scientists, collaboration projects, research projects (March), Travel grants, repatriation grants (september), entrepeneurs. Link to aforsk.com
• National geographic (Stipend) Link to nationalgeographic.com

Lund University internal calls

Under construction

• BECC. Link to BECC.lu.se
• LU Faculty travel and research grants (February, September) Link to staff.lu.se
• LU Faculty of Science grants and scholarships Link to science.lu.se
• LU Funding for commissioned education
• LU Funding for equal opportunities initiatives
• LU Infrastructure (March)
• LU Oscar II scolarship
• Pufendorf Theme (January), ASG (May, November). Link to pi.lu.se

Funders aimed at consortiums

• Belmont Forum Link to belmontforum.org
• Biodiversa+ Link to Biodiversa.org
• Mistra Link to MISTRA.org
• Nordforsk Link to Nordforsk.org
• Nordic Council of Ministers Link to Norden.org
• Novo Nordisk Fonden Link to NovoNordiskFonden.dk

Prizes and Awards

• Cefic-LRI Innovative Science Award (no award to be granted in 2022). Link to cefik-lri.org
• The L’Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science Sweden Prize with support of The Young Academy of Sweden (September). Link to sverigesungaakademi.se
• The KTH Great Prize (proposals can be submitted on an ongoing basis). Link to kth.se

Sustainability Forum Funding page

Sustainability Forum has a nice collection of open calls and funding news in the For researchers section:

Funding opportunities on sustainability.lu.se

Grants calendar

The Grants Calendar is presently not updated by CEC staff, so relevant calls may not be included.

The Grants Calendar lists calls according to the deadline date, and you can easily select the calls according to categories, type of funding or search by free text. To access the Grants Calendar you log in with your Lucat ID. 

Grants Calendar on med.lu.se