Proposal Development - Large Collaborative Grants

When you are coordinating a proposal

We encourage you to coordinate proposals and the resulting projects. It is a fantastic opportunity to develop your CV and showcase your own and SLU’s areas of expertise. At the Grants Office, we have extensive experience in all aspects of application development, and we can help you with many things. From finding the right call, to developing your project idea and consortium, as well as writing a competitive proposal and preparing your budget.

Since there can be a lot of demand for our help, we prioritise support for proposals with multiple partners and a total project budget of SEK 20 million or above. However, depending on our workload, we may be able to provide some support for proposals outside of these criteria, so please get in touch to discuss your application.

Our mission is to provide the support that you need, and therefore no application process is identical. When you are coordinating a large collaborative proposal, our support can include:

• Providing background information about specific funders, their priorities and evaluation processes
• Explaining the rationale behind the call and guiding on the rules and eligibility criteria
• Discussing the development of your project idea and its fit to the call
• Guiding on consortium building and project design, organisation and management
• Offering advice on how to write a good proposal (Link coming)
• Reviewing proposal drafts, and providing constructive feedback
• Advising on budgetary issues

Please remember that the level of support that we can provide depends on our time and the ability to plan our time efficiently. Thus, the sooner you contact us, the better! By starting early, you can help us to do a good job and at the same time, help yourself to develop a competitive proposal.

Head of department approval

Large grants involve a lot of time, energy and other resources, both in the proposal phase and during implementation if they are funded. For us to commit resources from the Grants Office to support you with your application, it is important that you also have the backing of your Head of Department.

Your project may be entitled to co-funding from SLU centrally, or in three-parts from the department, faculty and central budget. You and your Head of Department should review SLU’s co-funding guidelines and the external funding guidelines to make sure you understand your obligations and the potential financial implications on the department if your proposal is successful.

Potential funding opportunities

You can find information about many different funders and some of the open calls relevant to SLU on our web pages. Below are a selection of funders with a particular focus on large collaborative grants, where you may want to begin looking for funding opportunities.