SUND Collaborates
Seed funding for novel research collaborations
SUND Collaborates is a strategic research programme that gives seed funding to research projects aiming to:
- strengthen collaboration across SUND
- create novel collaborative research environments within strategically important research areas considered existing positions of strengths at SUND or research areas with the potential to become so
- increase external funding within these areas
In the strategy period 2025-2028, there will be two rounds of calls for grants in open competition.The calls will announce strategic research themes identified as important future areas by SUND, in which collaborating researchers can apply, as well as investigator-initiated research themes. The strategic research themes may vary between the two rounds. The budget for each grant is DKK 4 million over a 3-year period.
Contact
If you have any questions about the programme or the process, please feel free to contact the secretariat:
E-mail: collaborates@sund.ku.dk
SUND Collaborates Call 2025
Important dates
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16 June 2025 at 16-18: Matchmaking workshop
- Strategic Research Themes -
19 June 2025 at 16-18: Matchmaking workshop
- investigator-initiated research themes -
1 Oct 2025: Application deadline
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10-11 Nov 2025: Interview of selected applicants
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Start Dec 2025: Applicants notified of decision
- 1 Jan 2026: Project start
The call 2025 comprises three strategic research calls and two investigator-initiated research calls, with the vision to develop existing or emerging positions of strength at SUND. The strategic research calls are targeted at:
- Women’s health
- Inequality in health
- One health / Planetary health
The project may be inter- or multidisciplinary, or within the same discipline.
Read more about the programme, incl. who can apply, criteria, funding, evaluation and selection of projects below.