14 Oct

P-O Backströms sal, Umeå

Funding Day Umeå

internal events | seminars, workshops |
Students walking past Gun Lövdahls artwork outside SLU in Umeå with overlayed text "Funding Day Umeå”. Photo.

Immerse yourself in a day dedicated to funding your research and innovation pursuits through valuable insights, expert guidance, and lively discussions. Whether you are a seasoned researcher or just beginning your academic journey, this event is for you.

Kick starting the morning session, we will dive into a series of presentations from funding agencies active in the region. Discover the latest funding opportunities, trends, and insider tips directly from the source. You will have the chance to mingle with funder representatives, SLU external funding and innovation experts, and other researchers over lunch, gaining valuable insight on navigating the funding landscape.

In the afternoon, we will introduce you to practical tools and actionable insights to unlock your research funding and innovation potential.

Join us for a day of inspiration and collaboration at SLU’s Funding Day, Umeå.

Register here.

Facts

Time: 2025-10-14 09:00 - 16:00
City: Umeå
Location: P-O Backströms sal
Organiser: SLU Grants Office, Fundraising, SLU Global, and SLU Holding
Additional info:

Language: English

Register here

A Funding Day will also be held in Uppsala (24 April 2025).

Recordings from the Funding Day in Alnarp (Oct 2024) are available on SLU Play.


Programme

Preliminary programme:

Morning:

09:00   Welcome and introduction to the Funding Day
09:30   Swedbank Owner's Foundation Norrland
10:00   Skogssällskapet
10:30   Fika
11:00   The Kempe Foundations (tbc)
11:30   Carl Trygger Foundation (tbc)
12:00   Norra Skog Research Foundation (tbc)

12:30   Lunch

13:30   The afternoon programme will be published soon
16:00   End

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Contact

Anna Lehrman, Fundraiser, PhD
Vice-Chancellor's Office
anna.lehrman@slu.se, +46 18 67 22 32, +46 70 930 63 90

Fiona Reid, Research Coordinator
Grants Office
fiona.reid@slu.se, +46 18 67 32 42, +46 72 228 86 89