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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 below.
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:
Doctoral student mobility initiative (GloHub)
GloHub Seed funding for research and education collaborations with Lund University
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 associated with visits of participants from Lund University and the partner university in relation to:
- workshops/meetings (such as facilities, meals and technical support)
- travel
- subsistence and
- accommodation.
Salaries, consumables and scholarships are not eligible.
See below for eligibility, funding and application details.
The following universities in Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Egypt 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
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 a maximum of SEK 25,000 for collaborative activities with partners from
- Switzerland
- the United Kingdom and
- Ukraine
and a maximum of SEK 60,000 for activities with partners from
- Canada
- Egypt
- 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 and the alignment of the budget with the scope of the work
- 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 involve also 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 15 September to 5 November.
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 doctoral student mobility initiative aims to strengthen engagement between Lund University and the three GloHub partner universities:
- National University of Singapore
- UC Berkeley and
- University of Melbourne.
Doctoral students from National University of Singapore, UC Berkeley and University of Melbourne are invited to apply for a mobility grant to spend between 30 to 90 days at Lund University. The grant will enable the doctoral students to continue their education, pursuing their own research project during the mobility period, parallel to joining a research group and having a host supervisor at Lund University.
The mobility can take place in any field of research.
The funding is a contribution to costs associated with travel and accommodation and other expenditures. Salary and visa costs are not included in the grant.
See below for eligibility, funding and application details. A limited numbers of grants is available – for more information on selection criteria, see below.
Each applicant is expected to contact a relevant research group individually to discuss opportunities to undertake the mobility period at Lund University. For doctoral students interested in this opportunity please contact your Lund University colleague or find a new contact in our research portal:
Applicants who are registered as doctoral students at the time of application and during the mobility at the following universities can participate:
- National University of Singapore
- UC Berkeley
- University of Melbourne
The funding is expected to contribute to additional costs during the mobility, including travel, accommodation and subsistence costs. The recipients are expected to maintain their salary or other financial support from the home university during the mobility period.
The host department will receive the funding and pay for the flight ticket (up to a maximum of SEK 25,000) and accommodation (up to a maximum of SEK 12,000 per month).
To qualify, the participating doctoral student must:
- Be registered as a doctoral student at the time of application and during the whole mobility period at
- the National University of Singapore
- the University of California, Berkeley, or
- the University of Melbourne
- not have obtained a doctoral degree
- have an invitation letter from a supervisor at a host department/research group at Lund University
- have a support/recommendation letter with confirmation of permission of the home supervisor and head of department or equivalent to undertake the mobility alongside the research/studies.
Other conditions:
- The mobility period can start from 1 January and must be completed by 1 December 2026.
- The stay at Lund University must be for a sustained period and cannot be divided into shorter stays.
- All the recipients will be insured through the Swedish State Business travel insurance by Kammarkollegiet.
- Visa costs are not included in the grant.
- Lund University does not charge any fees for the stay.
- An interrupted stay entails a repayment obligation.
The call is competitive and a selection will take place. The following evaluation criteria will be used in the selection process:
- Motivation and commitment to participate in the initiative
- Contribution of mobility to development of skills and research interests, and/or stimulation of new research ideas
- Capacity for future collaboration
- Balanced participation between the GloHub universities
The application period is from 15 September to 5 November.
The mobility period can start from 1 January and must be completed by 1 December 2026.
The application process
The applicant doctoral student submits the application through a special application form. The application should include a short description of the aim of the visit, a motivation statement, an invitation letter from the host department at Lund University, a support/recommendation letter from the supervisor/home research group/department and a CV.
It is mandatory to use the invitation letter template provided in the application portal. For the support/recommendation letter there is no template.
The assessment is carried out by representatives from the Global Engagement office at Lund University. Keep this in mind when submitting your application and use language that is appropriate for evaluators who do not possess specialist expertise in the project’s scientific field.
Application form for GloHub doctoral student mobility autumn 2025
Please contact Teresia Rindefjall (teresia [dot] rindefjall [at] global [dot] lu [dot] se) for any questions.
Lund University researchers are referred to the staff website 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 covers costs associated with
- joint workshops/meetings (facilities, meals and technical support)
- travel and
- accommodation.
Salaries, consumables 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 60,000. 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 and the alignment of the budget with the scope of the work
- 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 involve also 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 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.