Manchester – KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University Joint Research funding

The University of Manchester, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University have announced a third round of joint research funding to support collaborative research projects and build on the existing partnerships between the three institutions.

Current calls

The call is open to all researchers to develop bilateral or trilateral research projects.

The aim of the funding is to create diverse, multidisciplinary networks of researchers with the capability to secure external funding to continue their collaboration. 

Key dates

  • Call for proposals launches: Monday, 8 May 2023 (12pm GMT/1pm CEST)
  • Submission deadline: Wednesday, 14 June 2023 (12pm GMT/1pm CEST)
  • Results announced: Late June/early June 2023
  • Awards start: August–October 2023

Application information

Further information

If you have any questions, please get in touch with the relevant contact at each university:

The University of Manchester
Helen Lusty, International Officer
email: international.partnerships@manchester.ac.uk 
tel: +44 (0)161 275 2217 

KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Christina Murray, Advisor to the President on international affairs
email: tina@kth.se 
tel: +46-8-790 65 50
Cell: +46 730 666550

Stockholm University/Stockholms Universitet
Henrik Smedjegården, Engagement and collaboration officer
email: henrik.smedjegarden@su.se
tel: + 46 (0)8 16 46 25

Previous grants awarded

2022

UoM lead Faculty School (UoM) KTH Lead SU Lead Title of research project
Dr Cerys Manning Biology, Medicine and Health School of Medical Sciences Dr Stefania Giacomello Prof Christos Samakovlis Single-cell multi-modal technologies conference hosted at University of Manchester
Prof Michael Fisher Science and Engineering School of Engineering Prof Anne Håkansson Prof Jelena Zdravkovic Sustainable Urban Technology
Dr Kevin Couper Biology, Medicine and Health School of Biological Sciences Dr Hans Blom Dr Pär Engström Exchange programme for technologists at University of Manchester and SciLifeLab
Dr Ahsan Nazir Science and Engineering School of Natural Sciences - Dr Jonas Larson Gauging the performance of light-matter quantum technologies
Dr Mason Adshead Science and Engineering School of Engineering Prof Katia Gallo - Engineering telecom photon emitters in LiNbO3 nanophotonic waveguides
Dr Laura Richards Science and Engineering School of Natural Sciences Dr Zeynep Cetecioglu Gurol - Antimicrobial Resistance in Surface & Groundwater in the Ganga Basin
Dr Miguel Antonio Lim Humanities School of Environment, Education and Development Prof Lars Geschwind Prof Paula Mahlck Inclusion for Innovation: Addressing Inequalities in STEM

2021

UoM lead Faculty School (UoM) KTH Lead SU Lead Title of research project
Dr Laura Richards Science and Engineering School of Natural Sciences Prof Prosun Bhattacharya Prof Georgia Destouni Water security in India: does artificial intelligence offer solutions?
Prof Michael Shaver Science and Engineering School of Natural Sciences Dr Karin Odelius Dr Mika Sipponen Sustainable polymers for circular composite materials (SuperMat)
Dr Andrea Bottacin Busolin Science and Engineering School of Engineering Dr Luigia Brandimarte Dr Zahra Kalantari Urban flood risk: multiple effects of nature-based vs technology-based solutions
Dr Riza Batista-Navarro Science and Engineering School of Engineering Prof Cristian Rojas Prof Panagiotis Papapetrou Towards human-understandable and trustworthy explanations of deep learning-based predictions
Dr Reka Solymosi Humanities School of Social Sciences Prof Vania Ceccato Dr Ulf Jansson Geoprivacy, confidentiality and data sharing in research and practice
Prof Adisa Azapagic Science and Engineering School of Engineering Prof Joydeep Dutta - Decentralised circular water treatment
Dr Marta Romeo Science and Engineering School of Engineering Dr Ilaria Torre - Investigating decisive factors for trust repair in human robot interaction
Dr Kayode Ogungbenro Biology, Medicine and Health School of Health Sciences Dr Adam Darwich - The use of PKPD modelling to analyse real-world healthcare data
Dr Paul Tobin Humanities School of Social Sciences - Professor Andreas Duit Non-state actors and the politicisation of climate change