The application period for 2024 has ended. Information about the new application period will be available in March 2025.

Call for grants applications 2024

The Mats Paulsson’s foundation for research, innovation and societal development promotes scientific research in life science. Since 2019, priority is given to supporting research projects with high innovation potential and relevance to society in the near future.

 

Since 2019, the Foundation has awarded SEK 69.2 million in grants to 33 research projects of this type at Lund University and Malmö University.

 

With the above-mentioned focus, the Foundation invites the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University and Malmö University to prioritize applications within the following project types in 2024:

 

• Innovative research projects in life science
• Innovative research projects specifically in ATMP and/or cancer
• Equipment critical for the implementation of specific innovative research projects in life science.

The Foundation attaches great importance to the projects:

• scientific quality,
• innovation potential and potential for exploitation, directly in healthcare and/or through subsequent market development,
• the ability to generate new collaborations within and between higher education institutions.

 

Applications must relate to concrete and practically oriented research and for each type of project the following applies:

 

Innovative research projects in life science:

• Maximum grant amount per application: 2 million SEK.
• Maximum project duration: 2 years.
• The application must contain a well-developed innovation plan that includes the research’s potential for exploitation and market development through new products/services.

 

Innovative research projects specifically in ATMP and/or cancer:

• Maximum grant amount per application: 3 million SEK.
• Maximum project duration: 2 years.
• The application must contain a well-developed innovation plan that includes the research’s potential for exploitation and market development through new products/services.

 

 

Equipment critical for the implementation of specific innovative research projects in life science:

 

• Maximum grant amount per application: 2 million SEK.
• The application should concern equipment within the scope of a specific innovation project. Equipment that meets the needs of several research groups within the life science field at their respective universities will be prioritized. A plan for making the equipment accessible must be included.
• Applications for equipment not linked to a specific innovation project will not be granted.

 

Instructions for designing the application including assessment criteria have been distributed through the universities. The material can be downloaded below or accessed via the following links:

 

Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds universitet:

Svenska: https://www.intramed.lu.se/forska/anslag-och-stipendier/ovriga-anslag

Engelska: https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/research/grants-and-scholarships/other-grants

 

Lunds Tekniska Högskola:

Svenska: https://lthin.lth.lu.se/5.7b7252f618df2a6d4dd516f1.html

Engelska: https://lthin.lth.lu.se/5.7b7252f618df2a6d4dd517b7.html

 

Malmö universitet:

Svenska: https://medarbetare.mau.se/for-ditt-arbete/forskarstod/finansiarer-och-utlysningar/interna-utlysningar/

Engelska: https://staff.mau.se/tools-and-services/research-support/research-funding-and-current-calls/calls-with-internal-nomination/

 

Stage 1

The Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University and Malmö University are invited to prioritize a maximum of five proposals for grant recipients from their respective units. In the case of joint applications between the units, the number of proposals allowed from each university will be adjusted to compensate for this. A maximum of one application per principal applicant can be prioritized. Applications will be submitted in stage 1 to the respective university.

 

Applications must be received by the universities by 8 May 2024, after which priority will be given as above.

 

Stage 2

In phase 2, the lead applicants for the priority projects submit their applications to the Foundation’s application module at www.matspaulssonstiftelserna.com.

Applications must be received by the Foundation no later than 16 August 2024.

Applications are prepared by the Foundation’s Committee of Research and Innovation Councils, after which the Foundation’s Board of Directors decides on funding. Notification of the grant will be made by the Foundation in October 2024.