From insight to impact
Turn research or ideas into new products, methods or services
What we do
LU Innovation guides students and researchers through the initial phases of exploring and verifying your idea. LU Holding builds companies together with researchers at Lund University.
The innovation process
For Lund University students and researchers: Get tailored support to match your unique innovation journey. Here's the process at a glance.
1. Explore
We explore your research or ideas, and together pinpoint the next steps.
2. Verify
Together, we verify market potential, tech, and IP. Apply for grants to test your idea.
3. Realise
If you wish to pursue the idea, we help you identify the best path forward.
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Sustainable Idea Exploration
Explore the innovative potential in your research. Fund innovative ideas beyond the scope of your current research. Funding of up to 150 000 SEK per project. Apply on by February 28, 2025.
Leapfrogs Summer Scholarship 2025
Get a 40,000 SEK scholarship to develop your idea this summer, with coaching, workshops, and an entrepreneurial community. Apply by February 16.
Future Innovation Award 2025
In 2025, seven winners will share SEK 1050,000 and receive support to advance their projects. Applications open March 2025.
News & innovation stories
16 Jan 2025 | News
Don't fall in love with your own idea
Annika Lindström, innovation developer at LU Innovation, gives advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.
15 Jan 2025 | News
Sustainable construction: How fungi research at Lund University could revolutionise infrastructure repair
Researchers at Lund University are investigating an innovative solution: using fungi to mend concrete.
4 Dec 2024 | News
New initiative to strengthen Sweden's startups and scaleups
Sweden Startup Nation launches as a new initiative to support the country's startups and scaleups through data-driven insights and analysis.
25 Nov 2024 | News
PluvioFlow wants to increase societies’ resilience to floods: appoints new CEO and launches pilot program
PluvioFlow, a pioneering technology company specializing in flood modeling, announces the appointment of Jonatan Green Brzezinski as its new CEO.
5 Sep 2024 | News
Innovative system for teaching preschool maths receives SEK 3.8 million in proof-of-concept funding from Wallenberg Launchpad (WALP)
The Magical Garden is a pedagogical system for preschool mathematics created around a digital learning-through-play game.