Opportunities and benefits for assistant professors
As an assistant professor/associate senior lecturer, you will be able to focus long-term on the challenging research questions you are passionate about. After developing your qualifications over a number of years, you will have the opportunity to be promoted to a permanent position as a senior lecturer and potentially professor.
Potential for future funding
The Swedish Research Council, Sweden's largest scientific funder, will announce attractive funding for assistant professors with an international background at the turn of the year 2025/2026. If you are recruited in this initiative, you will be entered into the pool from which Lund University will select the nominees for this new, prestigious funding. To date we do not know how many researchers Lund University will be invited to nominate however, and therefore we cannot guarantee nominations to all recruited researchers. Lund University’s final nominees will be selected in a university-wide process once the research council’s conditions and terms have been published.
In Sweden and across Europe, there are also many and varied opportunities to secure funding for ambitious and innovative research. At Lund University, you will receive training in how to write strong and competitive grant applications. Lund is the most successful university in Sweden in obtaining funding from the European Research Council, with projects across many different fields of science and scholarship. Researchers at Lund have access to a comprehensive support programme for all types of ERC funding to develop their ideas into competitive applications and successful projects.
Additional training
As a new assistant professor, you will receive five weeks of training in teaching and learning in higher education. You will also have the opportunity to learn Swedish through the University's language courses for new international staff.
Relocation and housing
We offer support with your move to Sweden as well. It can be a challenge to find accommodation when you move abroad. In this case, Lund University will guarantee the four selected candidates access to accommodation close to campus.