For doctoral students

Here is where you find the funding for your project.

Menus above lead to information about support for external funding, with focus on applying for research grants. External funding support on one page (pdf) . Below a selection of current calls are

Tips from the Grants Office

Large project grants require collaboration with several partners, often internationally, cross-discipline, and involving organisations within and outside of academia. Several funders offer these

Several national and international funders offer special grants that support career development, allowing individual researchers to advance their academic career and position as research leaders.

At the Grants Office, we have a mission to build the capacity of SLU staff to write more competitive and successful funding proposals, prepare application budgets, and deliver project reporting. We

When a proposal is successful, there is usually a lot of work connected to starting up and implementing the project, whether SLU is the coordinator or a partner. In particular, being involved as a

At the Grants Office, we continuously monitor future funding opportunities suitable for SLU researchers, with a focus on SLU’s major external funders, particularly the European Framework Programme.

If you are coordinating a large, collaborative proposal or project, the Grants Office can support you with seed money. We have three different funds available - a coordinator’s premium, proposal

External funding makes up a large portion of the total funding at SLU, and therefore there are many staff here who work with it to some extent - researchers, department administrators and financial

Most funders require you to submit a project budget as part of your proposal. However, the budget is often left until late in the process, or not given enough attention. It is essential to put

The Grants Office provides support to SLU researchers for external funding by offering key expertise and hands-on guidance to help SLU achieve its vision. Our services target the researchers