SciLifeLab´s strategic area, Pandemic Laboratory Preparedness (PLP), has decided to launch a call to support development and refinement of technologies and capabilities aimed to improve the national pandemic preparedness

The total budget for the call is 24 MSEK (12 MSEK per year for two years) and maximum grant size that can be applied for is 3 MSEK (1.5 MSEK/year for two years).

Eligible applicants are either researchers from already established PLP units (grant recipients of the earlier PLP Calls), researchers at any swedish university with a strong track record in infection biology research relevant for pandemic preparedness, and researchers employed at SVA, FOI and FoHM that collaborate with one or several established PLP units. Collaborations within and across research units and governmental organizations are highly encouraged in general but each applicant can only be main applicant on one and co-applicant on one application. Projects must be performed in collaboration with a SciLifeLab infrastructure/platform to ensure sustainability for pandemic preparedness.

Please note that funding can only be transferred to a Swedish university, and that grants are not allowed to be transferred between collaborators or to external partners.

Deadline for applications: Monday August 25, 2025 at 14.00 CET. Start of funding: November 1st, 2025

Time period for funding: Oktober 2025 – September 2027, but granted funding can be used until April 1st, 2028.

For questions about the call, please contact alice.sollazzo@scilifelab.uu.se