Please note: This page is under development.
For now, you can already find the details that are always needed in EU applications. More support material will be added soon.
Enter Umeå University’s details
When filling in your application, please use the following details for Umeå University:
- PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999881821
- LEAR (Legal Entity Appointed Representative): Agneta Hånell Plamboeck
- Short name: UMU
Umeå University is always the legal entity in EU projects. As a researcher (PI), you are responsible for the scientific aspects of the project. In Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, the researcher at Umeå University – not the guest researcher/fellow – is considered the PI.
Ready-made description of Umeå University
Many calls require a brief description of your institution. Here is a ready-made text that you can use in your application:
Umeå University was founded in 1965 and is Sweden's fifth oldest university. Today, it has a strong international and multicultural presence, with students, teachers and researchers from all over the world (approximately 41,500 students and 4,600 staff).
The aim of the university is to continue becoming one of Scandinavia's leading environments for study and research, meeting the challenges of an ever-increasing global society. Umeå University is one of Sweden's most comprehensive universities, covering all areas of scientific research.
Umeå University conducts leading-edge research in several fields, including Biogeochemistry, Ecosystem Dynamics, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Infections, Plant and Forest Biotechnology, and Social Welfare Research. It is internationally recognised for the groundbreaking discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, which was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Do you have a question?
Please contact the Research Support and Collaboration Office at rso@umu.se.
