Grants Office

Last changed: 28 January 2025
Portraits of staff at SLU's Grants Office

The Grants Office is a unit within the Division of Planning and Research Support. We provide expertise, support, advice and information on external funding issues to researchers, administrators and university leadership.

Our mission is to:

  • Provide a helpdesk where you can ask questions about finding funding, preparing proposals, starting up and implementing projects, or any other issues related to external funding.
  • Offer specialist support with proposal development, focusing on large collaborative grants and large individual grants, and the start-up and administration of large SLU-coordinated projects. (Where possible, also provide advice and support to those participating in large collaborative projects as partners.)
  • Develop and implement educational activities with a focus on external funding and project administration
  • Support and develop support tools and templates for project administration, budgeting, financial control and reporting
  • Actively and systematically monitor open calls and news about funding opportunities, and provide regular updates via newsletters, the staff web and department visits. In addition, proactively seek out potential SLU coordinators for future calls of strategic relevance to SLU via a matchmaking group.
  • Build and maintain good relationships with national and international (primarily EU) funders.
  • Participate in relevant networks and university collaborations for the exchange of experience, competence development, information sharing and lobbying.
  • Provide analyses and input to discussions and decisions related to external funding at SLU.

Contact us

If you have any questions about external funding or want to know more about how the Grants Office can support you, please get in touch.

We have a general helpdesk where you can ask questions about anything related to external funding, and we will make sure that it gets to the right person - just send an email to grantsoffice@slu.se.

You can also reach out to any of us directly - please see below for our contact details and some of the specific areas where we can help you.

 

Grants Office Leadership

Karl Jäghagen

Karl Jäghagen - Head of Unit
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd 17, Umeå
Email: karl.jaghagen@slu.se
Phone: 090-786 8420, 072-533 8819

  • External funding strategies at SLU
  • Grants Office management strategies
  • Prioritisation of Grants Office support

 

Research Advisors - contact us for support with proposal/project administration and finances

Frank Sterner

Frank Sterner
Visiting address: Almas allé 7, Uppsala
Email: frank.sterner@slu.se
Phone: 018-67 1002, 073-370 7065

  • Financial processes/tools for applications (primarily Swedish funders), e.g. SLU’s project calculator, Prisma
  • SLU’s co-funding guidelines
  • SLU’s external funding guidelines
Christer Borglin

Christer Borglin
Visiting address: Slottsvägen 5, Alnarp
Email: christer.borglin@slu.se
Phone: 040-41 5068, 070-569 0361

  • Administrative application processes for EU funding
  • Implementation of EU-funded projects
  • Management of large EU-funded collaborative projects
Hallvard Wie

Hallvard Wie
Visiting address: Almas allé 7, Uppsala
Email: hallvard.wie@slu.se
Phone: 018-67 1288, 076-764 5390

  • Budget preparation for proposals (primarily EU funders)
  • EU Funding & Tender Portal
  • Financial reporting and administration of EU-funded projects
Lars Erik Lindell

Lars Erik Lindell
Visiting address: Almas allé 7, Uppsala
Email: lars-erik.lindell@slu.se
Phone: 018-67 2291, 070-389 2291

  • Funding opportunities and funding rules
  • Administrative and financial application processes
  • Grants Office communication (e.g. web updates, newsletter)

 

Research Coordinators - contact us for support with proposal development and proposal writing

Caroline Grabbe

Caroline Grabbe
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd 17, Umeå
Email: caroline.grabbe@slu.se
Phone: 090-786 8389, 072-236 5670

  • Large individual grants (e.g. ERC, Wallenberg, MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships)
  • Proposal development and proposal writing
  • Research career funding
Portrait of Fiona Reid, SLU Grants Office

Fiona Reid
Visiting address: Almas allé 7, Uppsala
Email: fiona.reid@slu.se
Phone: 018-67 3242, 072-228 8689

  • Large collaborative grants (e.g. Horizon Europe, European Partnerships, MSCA Doctoral Networks)
  • Proposal development and proposal writing
  • EU funding advice
Marianne Gillion. photo.

Marianne Gillion
Visiting address: Almas allé 7, Uppsala
Email: marianne.gillion@slu.se
Phone: (+46) 765 13 40 38

  • Large individual grants (e.g. ERC, Wallenberg, MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships)
  • Proposal development and proposal writing
  • Research career funding
Portrait of Ulf Westerlund, SLU Grants Office

Ulf Westerlund
Visiting address: Almas allé 7, Uppsala
Email: ulf.westerlund@slu.se
Phone: 018-67 2057, 072-450 6696

  • Large collaborative grants (e.g. Horizon Europe, Mistra, European Partnerships)
  • Proposal development and proposal writing
  • EU funding advice