ACCESS – Academic Collaboration Chile Sweden

Lund University, together with Uppsala University, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad de Chile, has created a platform aimed at increasing cooperation in higher education between Sweden and Chile. Through the ACCESS platform, a possibility is given to identify and collectively discuss solutions on common challenges for both Chile and Sweden.

Every year, a bilateral research Forum is held (every 18 months in Sweden and every 18 months in Chile) where a broad spectrum of societal challenges is discussed in workshops. The goal is to facilitate a creative dialogue between researchers from both countries.

Until now, researchers from all faculties of Lund University have been engaged and it has resulted in new collaborations and mobility between Lund and Chilean higher education institutions. The target group is researchers who are interested in initiating new collaborations or strengthen ongoing actions with Chile. Today, ACCESS is a consortium of 17 universities in both Chile and Sweden.

Upcoming ACCESS Forums 

• 2024: 10-14 June in Stockholm, Sweden 
• 2025: December in Concepción, Chile 

Read more about ACCESS on the project website

FAPESP – São Paulo Research Foundation

Lund University (LU) is since 2015 collaborating with FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation). The aim is to strengthen the collaboration between LU researchers and researchers from the state of São Paulo, Brazil.  

Call for seed funding

For this purpose, LU and FAPESP has decided to have recurring calls for seed funding connected to the FAPESP programme SPRINT. In order for the application to be eligible the Brazilian researcher must have an active FAPESP grant. The application is sent to FAPESP who is in charge of the assessment. 

Granted applications receives funding from LU (for LU researchers) and from FAPESP (for researchers from the State of São Paulo). Number of applications that can be granted are normally 3 per call but this may change from call to call. Available funding in the call SPRINT 2023/3 are 3 projects at 50 000 SEK each. The collaboration is open for all subject areas.

Applications granted by LU can use the funds according to the following guidelines:

• Travel costs (including ”traktamente”) for persons employed by LU
• Housing costs for LU personnel according to the application.
• NB! All costs that exceed the granted funds are to be covered by the sending department at LU.

The call will be published on 8 December 2023 – read the whole SPRINT call on the FAPESP website

Read more about FAPESP on the website

At Lund University, there is a Latin America group whose task is to promote and coordinate LU’s collaborations with organisations and higher education institutions in Latin America. The group meets four times a year, and offers support for university-wide initiatives by providing guidance to the University management in issues concerning strategic investments in the region.

The group is composed of the following members:

• Stacey Sörensen – chair
• Martin Tunér – Faculty of Engineering (LTH)
• Patrik Olsson – Faculty of Social Sciences
• Henrik Rahm – Faculties of Humanities and Theology
• Karin Broberg – Faculty of Medicine
• Lars Andersson – Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts 
• Andrés Palacio – School of Economics and Management
• Vacant – Faculty of Science
• Vacant – Faculty of Law
• Miguel Cornejo Herrera – External Relations – secretary