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Current opportunities for researchers at partner universities
At Lund University, we firmly believe in working across national and institutional boundaries to address global challenges. Together with our partners, we strive to understand, explain and improve the world around us. Discover the ways you can engage with us.
Partners from Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Switzerland, Egypt and Ukraine, see here:
Get Started Funding for research collaborations
Partners from National University of Singapore, UC Berkeley and University of Melbourne, see here:
GloHub Seed funding for research and education collaborations with Lund University
Partners from University of Chicago, see here:
University of Chicago – Seed funding for research and education collaborations
Consistently ranked among the top 100 universities globally, Lund University is known for its wide range of disciplines and unique research infrastructures. These elements are also cornerstones of the broad and dynamic Lund Innovation District.
In turn, this creates excellent conditions for impactful collaborations in education, research and innovation worldwide.
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The Get Started Funding initiative aims to strengthen research engagement with selected partner universities in countries that have recently joined the Horizon Europe programme. It encourages collaborations across all academic disciplines that have the potential to lead to externally funded research projects and joint publications.
The funding is intended to cover costs for workshops/meetings, travel and accommodation of participants from Lund University and the partner university. Salaries and scholarships are not eligible.
See below for eligibility, funding and application details.
The following universities in Canada, Egypt, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, South Korea and Ukraine are included in the call:
Canada
- McGill University
- McMaster University
- Université de Montréal
- University of British Columbia
- University of Toronto
Egypt
- American University of Cairo
Japan
- University of Tokyo
- Kyoto University
- Tohoku University
- Waseda University
New Zealand
- University of Auckland
- University of Canterbury
- University of Otago
Switzerland
- ETH Zürich
- Université de Genève
- University of Zürich
United Kingdom
- Imperial College London
- University of Cambridge
- University College London
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Glasgow
- University of Oxford
South Korea
- Korea University
- POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
- Seoul National University
Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
The funding in this competitive call amounts to SEK 32,000 for collaborative activities with partners from
- Switzerland
- the United Kingdom and
- Ukraine
and SEK 75,000 for activities with partners from
- Canada
- Egypt
- Japan
- New Zealand and
- South Korea.
The funding is aimed at researchers with a doctoral degree employed at Lund University and research colleagues with a doctoral degree employed at the selected partner universities.
The application can only be submitted by your Lund University colleague. See 'The application process' below.
These are the evaluation criteria:
- Quality and feasibility of planned activities
- Strategic value of the research collaboration
- Sustainability of the collaboration: potential for subsequent larger collaboration projects and/or to generate external funding.
Priority will be given to applications/applicants that:
- clearly demonstrate the potential impact of the proposed activity
- involve or plan to also involve organisations other than universities from the broader research and innovation eco-system of one or both partner universities
- have not previously received Get Started Funding.
The application period is from 26 February to 15 April 2026.
Activities can start after the award has been granted. They must be completed by 1 December 2026.
The application process
Only Lund University researchers with a doctoral degree can submit the application. To be considered for funding, please contact your Lund University colleague or find a new contact in our research portal:
Learn more about the Lund Innovation District
Lund University researchers are referred to the Staff Pages for more information.
The GloHub funding initiative aims to strengthen engagement between Lund University and
- National University of Singapore
- UC Berkeley and
- University of Melbourne.
It encourages collaborations across all academic disciplines that have the potential to lead to a sustainable partnership, externally funded projects and/or joint publications/education initiatives.
The funding is intended to cover costs for workshops/meetings, travel and accommodation of participants from Lund University and the partner university. Salaries and scholarships are not eligible.
See below for eligibility, funding and application details.
The following universities can participate:
- Lund University
- National University of Singapore
- UC Berkeley
- University of Melbourne.
The amount of funding is SEK 75,000. The call is competitive and only a limited number of projects will be funded. Activities can start after the award has been granted and must be completed by 1 December 2026.
To qualify, the participating researchers must:
- be employed at
- Lund University
- the National University of Singapore
- the University of California, Berkeley,
- or the University of Melbourne
- have obtained a doctoral degree.
The application can only be submitted by your Lund University colleague. See 'The application process' below.
- Quality and feasibility of planned activities
- Strategic value of the collaboration
- Sustainability of collaboration: potential for subsequent larger collaboration projects and/or to generate external funding
Priority will be given to applications/applicants that:
- clearly demonstrate the potential impact of the proposed activity
- involve or plan to also involve organisations other than universities from the broader research and innovation eco-system of one or both partner universities
- have not previously received GloHub funding
The application period is from 26 February to 15 April 2026.
Activities can start after the award has been granted. They must be completed by 1 December 2026.
The application process
Only Lund University researchers with a doctoral degree can submit the application. To be considered for funding, please contact your Lund University colleague or find a new contact in our research portal:
Learn more about Lund Innovation District
Lund University researchers are referred to the Staff Pages for more information.
The funding is aimed at researchers and teachers with a PhD degree employed at Lund University, as well as colleagues with a PhD degree employed at the University of Chicago.
The funds of SEK 75,000 per award, are intended to explore and develop collaborations that have the potential to lead to a sustainable partnership, externally funded projects and/or joint publications/education initiatives.
The activities – joint workshops, meetings or a specific smaller project – can start after the award has been granted and must take place by 1 December 2026.
The call is open for applications in all academic fields.
Activities eligible for funding
- Workshop/meeting costs (facilities, food, technical support)
- Travel and accommodation costs for participants from Lund University and University of Chicago in conjunction with visits
- Direct as well as indirect costs may be covered by the awarded amount
Salary costs and scholarships are not eligible.
See below for eligibility, funding and application details.
The amount of funding is SEK 75,000. The call is competitive and only a limited number of projects will be funded. Activities can start after the award has been granted and must be completed by 1 December 2026.
To qualify, the participating researchers must:
- be employed at
- Lund University
- University of Chicago
- have obtained a doctoral degree.
The application can only be submitted by your Lund University colleague. See 'The application process' below.
- Quality and feasibility of planned activities
- Strategic value of the collaboration
- Sustainability of collaboration: potential for subsequent larger collaboration projects and/or to generate external funding
Priority will be given to applications/applicants that clearly demonstrate the potential impact of the proposed activity.
The application period is from 26 February to 15 April 2026.
Activities can start after the award has been granted. They must be completed by 1 December 2026.
The application process
Only Lund University researchers with a doctoral degree can submit the application. To be considered for funding, please contact your Lund University colleague or find a new contact in our research portal:
Learn more about Lund Innovation District
Lund University researchers are referred to the Staff Pages for more information.