Calls for external grants

Proposal writing advice: general tips for good proposals

Writing a winning proposal to secure funding for your research takes time, effort and consideration. However, you can learn and develop this skill throughout your career, and the SLU Grants Office

Support and training

Here you can find out how to get help to apply for external funding and manage your granted projects

Helpdesk

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

Proposal writing advice

Tips and advice from the Grants Office on how to write a good and competitive proposal.

ELLS Navigating Brussels 2025

How can the EU help you develop your scientific career? The SLU Grants Office is working with other Research Support Offices across Europe as part of the Euroleague of Life Sciences (ELLS) to deliver

Food and Cities research funding workshop

urbanfutures@slu.se Horizon Europe is a major funder of research in Europe. Soon, a call on Creating Urban Co-Creation Spaces for Sustainable Food (HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-COMMUNITIES-04) will open,

MAW and MMA calls in connection to WIFORCE

MAW and MMA calls in connection to WIFORCE anke.carius@slu.se Following Knut and Alice Wallenberg’s impressive investment in fundamental research in natural sciences around sustainable forestry,

External funding

Here you can find calls for funding, information about SLU's most common funders, tools, guidelines and advice to help you find, apply for and manage external funding. At the bottom of each page you

Find Funding - Pivot-RP

SLU subscribes to Pivot-RP - a comprehensive global funding opportunities database. What is Pivot-RP? Pivot-RP is the primary source of information on funding opportunities for SLU staff and students

Seed Money

The coordinator's premium is no longer available. From January 1st 2025, the Grants Office will offer a new type of support funding, primarily targeting early career researchers. Other sources of

Proposal Development – Large Individual Grants

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.

Ethics issues

When you carry out research at SLU, it is expected that you will employ good research practices and comply with all legal and contractual obligations. Conducting ethical research is good research