Scholarships an prizes for employees
Listed below are scholarships and prizes for University staff.
Nordea scientific prize 2024
In 2006, Nordea Norrland Foundation established a scientific prize for researchers at Luleå University of Technology. The prize is awarded to researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of scientific research and development in areas that can be assumed to be of importance to the bank's operations.
The awardee is appointed by a committee consisting of the rector, the dean of the technical faculty committee and the philosophy faculty committee, and the office manager at Nordea's office in Luleå, who is also chairman.
The prize sum of SEK 100,000 is awarded in connection with the academic celebration.
Prefects are hereby invited to nominate prize winners for Nordea's scientific prize. The nomination must include a short justification (max. 1 page) that describes the researcher's scientific production, structure of the research group and supervision efforts. CV including list of publications must be attached.
Price sum: SEK 100,000
Announcer: Nordea Norrlandsstiftelse, Nordea
The nomination must be sent no later than 2024-05-22 to: ltu-tfnadm@mailbox.ltu.se
Vattenfall award a prize for the best doctoral thesis at Luleå University of Technology
The prize is awarded at the Academic ceremony autumn 2024.
Head of Department is responsible for the nomination of maximum three thesis. Each nomination must be accompanied by a short justification, the maximum number of characters 2000 (= about ½ A4 page), and a link to the thesis. The nominees must have defended their thesis autumn term 2023 – spring term 2024, ie 1 September 2023 – 20 June 2024.
The winner is appointed jointly by the Chairpersons of the Faculty Boards, after special preparation. The winner must have an approved dissertation.
Nominated theses are assessed based on the following criteria:
- show an unusually high scientific quality
- moves the boundaries of the discipline and is opening up new areas for research
- show unusually high novelty and originality
Nominations are sent to till ann-sofie.forslund@ltu.se
Price amount: 75 000 SEK
Deadline for nominations: 2024-06-21
Björn Wahlström Fund
The foundation aims to stimulate research at Luleå University of Technology regarding the production and use of iron ore and steel.
Skytteanska samfundet's award for outstanding young researchers
The board of Skytteanska samfundet awards a prize to the most deserving young researcher at Luleå University of Technology. The members of the society and/or professors and associate professors at the Faculty of Technology submit proposals for award winners. The proposals are then reviewed by review committees within each faculty, after which the Board appoints the winners. The prize money is SEK 30,000 and the prize is awarded at the spring course closure.
The Polhem Prize
The Polhem Prize is a prize awarded for high-level technological innovation or an ingenious solution to a technological problem. The innovation must be available on the open market and have been found to be competitive. It must also be sustainably environmentally friendly. A committee selects the nominees for the award. The eight members of the nomination committee have expertise in a wide range of technology areas, and all members of the association Engineers of Sweden can submit nominations to the committee. In addition, technical colleges and universities and the business community are invited to make suggestions.
Scholarship in memory of Elisabeth Holmgren
Region Norrbotten awards an annual scholarship in memory of Elisabeth Holmgren. An individual who is employed by Region Norrbotten or Luleå University of Technology can apply for the scholarship.
As county council director, Elisabeth Holmgren worked to build bridges between academia and the then county council's activities in the areas of improvement knowledge, education and research. The purpose of this scholarship is to stimulate knowledge development in collaboration between Region Norrbotten and Luleå University of Technology. The scholarship is SEK 35,000.
The Wallenberg Foundation's Jubilee Grant
Travel grants from the Wallenberg Foundation's Jubilee Grant can be applied for on an ongoing basis by doctoral students for travel to a conference abroad where their own contribution is to be presented or for travel in connection with a longer stay at a foreign university.
There is no specific application form. The application should include an explanation of why you are applying for a grant, an itinerary, the estimated cost of the trip, and information on whether you have previously received a grant from the Foundation and whether you have applied for or received a grant from another source for the same purpose. The grant can include travel and hotel costs (but not conference fees or other costs). The application must be accompanied by a CV and an extract from Ladok (of your doctoral credits).
The scholarship is awarded in arrears for incurred and reported costs. The maximum amount for the scholarship is SEK 25,000. The scholarship can only be awarded every other year.
The application must be compiled into a PDF file. Submit your application no later than eight weeks before the planned start of the trip (late applications will be rejected).
If you have any questions, please contact anders.henriksson@ltu.se
The application is sent via e-mail to LTU Registrar, registrator@ltu.se marked Dnr LTU-312-2023.
Processing of personal data
We need to process personal data about you, such as name, social security number, place of birth, e-mail address and grades. The purpose of the processing is to be able to assess your right to a scholarship. We have received your information from you, which is checked against our administrative systems. We apply current privacy legislation in all processing of personal data. Your personal data will only be processed for as long as it is necessary for the purposes of the processing. The personal data we process about you is shared with the Wallenberg Foundation's Jubilee Grant, which awards the scholarships in question. We may also share your personal data with a third party, provided that we are required to do so by law. However, we will never transfer your data to a country outside the EU.
The data controller for the specified processing is Luleå University of Technology. You have the right to contact us if you want information about the data we have about you, to request correction, transfer or to request that we limit the processing, to object or request deletion of your data. The easiest way to do this is by contacting us on telephone number 0920-49 10 00 or e-mail registrator@ltu.se. You can reach our Data Protection Officer on telephone number 0920-49 10 00 or e-mail dataskydd@ltu.se.
If you have a complaint about our processing of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (Datainspektionen). By submitting the application form, you agree that we may process the personal data you have provided for the above-mentioned purposes.
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