Time to start doing research collaborations with someone outside of the university?
Are you a researcher at Uppsala University and you want to try out collaborating with partners outside of academia?
VFS is a collaboration funding and support program financed by Uppsala University. The autumn 2024 application cycle is now open, with a first draft deadline of 16 October.
Do you want to know more?
If you want to know more, please sign up for a one hour all-you-need-to-know zoom seminar with VFS contact Harris Stamatopoulos.
You can also listen to the latest episode of Samverkanspodden (Swedish only), in which Cecilia Fåhraeus and Marie Allen, two senior researchers, share their experiences of collaboration research and explain the knows and hows of VFS.
More information about VFS: From concept to collaboration.
Timeline for the Autumn 2024 call
- 20 August 2024, the application period opens. The start of the application period is designed for you to bounce your ideas off the collaboration managers at UU Partnership Office and to take part in information and inspiration seminars and workshops. All events are advertised in the calendar on the staff gateway and on LinkedIn.
- 16 Oktober 2024, deadline for the first draft of the application.
- 20 November 2024 at 17:00, deadline for the complete application.
- During February 2025, decisions will be communicated.
- 1 April 2025, the project can begin.
Marie-Louise Olsen