Lund University annually awards a scholarship of 200,000 SEK, which is intended to support research at Lund University. This scholarship supports excellent diabetes research to be performed by young scientists who are making important scientific contributions to improve our understanding of diabetes and its complications. Such scientific advances can ultimately improve the situation for patients with diabetes, change clinical practice, and prevent the disease from developing.

Eligibility

The applicant must be affiliated with Lund University and must have been awarded a PhD degree no more than eight years prior to the announcement of the scholarship.

Applications are evaluated based on 1) the scientific excellence of the research proposal in the area of diabetes and is complications, 2) the project’s feasibility within two years based on access to the required infrastructure, and 3) the competence and merits of the applicant.

Call for applications

The call for applications is open from November to December and recipients will be publicly announced in February the following year. An awards ceremony will be held in conjunction with the Diabetes research day, organized by DPLU, in February. The recipient of the scholarship will give a lecture at the research day related to the awarded research project.

Reviewing committee

Four experienced scientists on diabetes research are appointed on a yearly basis by Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC), including the chair of the committee, and up to two representatives from Novo Nordisk Scandinavia.

The application should include the following documents:

1. Application form
2. Project proposal: maximum of 5 pages including figures and references. Please use a legible font and a font size of at least 10 points. Sections must comprise aim(s), background, preliminary data, methods and study design, project timeline, budget, scientific novelty, and significance for diabetes.
3. Two-page resume of the applicant.