MANAGEMENT RULES
The full nformation and guidelines for the call are to be found on the foundation websites:
Project applications to MAW and MMW must be prioritised by the Vice-Chancellor of Lund University (LU). These management rules contain a timetable over the internal process for prioritisation of applications with a main applicant from LU. It is based on the information available to Research Services as of the document date.
Note that MMW/MAW may make changes to the calls with short notice. Any potential changes will be communicated from Research Services when noticed. Depending on the when and the type of change there might also be an update to the management rules.
Guidelines for the calls
- Research projects of high scientific potential are prioritised
- Projects must have an independent objective and not only constitute auxiliary funding for ongoing operations or other projects in progress
- Projects can be applied for by an individual researcher or project group consisting of two to four researchers who collaborate around a coherent scientific question
- For applications from a group of researchers, projects are prioritized where it is obvious that the complementing competences of the researchers make it possible to address hypotheses and research questions that a single researcher would have difficulties to address on his/her own.
- It is the combined competence of the research group that will be assessed, i.e. not the main applicant and co-applicant competence separately
- The PI (main applicant) must have a long-term association with a Swedish institution of higher education and spend at least 70 % of their position and working time in Sweden. Co-investigators (co-applicants) must spend at least 50 % of their position and working time in Sweden
- The research must be undertaken at a Swedish institution of higher education but otherwise there are no limits regarding the localization of research groups in terms of organization or geography
- Projects normally have a budget of between SEK 3 million and SEK 9 million. Projects can have a duration of three to five years
- Up to 20% of the granted amount may be used for indirect costs and rent
- An individual researcher is only allowed to participate in two ongoing projects, and act as a PI (main applicant) on at most one of these
- A project can only be subject for reviewing at two separate application periods
- Project proposals will be evaluated against the following criteria:
- The PI or scientist group competence and the project quality
- The feasibility of the research plan and proposed methods
- The project originality and novelty
- Does the project have a coherent research question
- Is there a coherent research question
Requirements on the faculties’ prioritisation of applicants
Each faculty is to secure the quality of the applicant’s Letter of Intent (LOI) so that they comply with guidelines of MMW or MAW. Each faculty establishes their own internal procedure including a time plan for reviewing and prioritising the LOI. Note that at least 3 persons must be involved in the faculty’s prioritisation process. The group must include men and women. No prioritisation is required if the number of LOIs received for a call is 3 or less.