VentureLab SLU

Looking to gain real consulting experience and boost your CV? Or do you have a company seeking fresh perspectives on a business challenge?

The Academic Consultancy Project brings together students from Swedish universities with innovative companies in a two-week program. Students work in teams on real business challenges, while companies receive fresh ideas, completely free of charge.
ACP is also looking for a Co-Founder to help build it into a long-term platform connecting student talent with corporate innovation.

Read more and sign up: https://www.venturelabslu.com/events/academic-consultancy-project-acp
For more information contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

SKAPA Award 2026 -deadline 31 may!
The SKAPA Awards were established in memory of Alfred Nobel and recognize innovators who turn ideas into reality - with a strong focus on innovation, sustainability, and societal impact. Winners also receive substantial prize funding to help take their innovations to the next level!

This year’s awards include:

• The SKAPA Award
• SKAPA Talent - For young innovators (Prize sums 150 000:-, 75 000:- och 25 000:-.)
• SKAPA Acceleration
• SKAPA Acceleration for women
• SKAPA Role Model
• SKAPA Communication Award

Take the opportunity to grow your idea and become part of the future of innovation. Learn more and apply at SKAPA.

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Are you studying at SLU or pursuing your PhD? Then you can compete with your idea!

A business idea in any field – either an improvement of something already on the market or a completely new solution. You can submit multiple applications with different ideas; in that case, please send separate applications for each idea.

The application period is open until november 15th, where we would like to see a brief description of your idea based on the NABC model, which you can find more information about under "Resources" on our website.

Sign up and website: https://www.venturelabslu.com/studentaward

Sustainergies Academy is a unique case-based & free of charge sustainability program open to students from all fields of study. As a project manager, you will be part of a dynamic team that will lead 30 students and manage the program from start to finish in collaboration with exciting organizations across various sectors. The program includes 2–3 company visits and you will work with marketing, recruiting, case workshops, company outreach, and much more.

The program runs throughout the fall in Umeå, Stockholm, Linköping, Göteborg and Malmö/Lund.

Apply at: https://jobs.sustainergies.se/jobs/7608291-bli-projektledare-for-sustainergies-academy
Note: Proficiency in Swedish is required for this role.

Häng med och utmana status quo!

För att utmana hur vi bemöter dagens problem och utveckla lösningar som kommer att blomstra i framtiden. Med Sustainergies Impact Challenge öppnar vi upp för innovativa lösningar som kan implementeras idag!

Tävlingen välkomnar deltagare som är inskrivna vid ett universitet, högskola eller yrkesinriktat lärosäte i Sverige. Ansök senast den 20 maj!
https://sustainergies.se/impact/

- Tävla ensam eller tillsammans som ett team

- Dela ditt bidrag

We welcome all SLU-students with a bachelor/master degree or PhD/postdoc, under the age of 35, to compete in FAO Transformative Research Challenge 2026!
Winning teams in each focus area will receive USD 10 000! Focus areas this year are: “Leveraging Public Data to Fight Hunger”, “Youth-Led Research for Forest Restoration”, “Forest Monitoring Innovation” and “Unlocking Native Crops for Innovation in Protein Diversification”.

FAO organises each year the Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) that rewards students with innovative ideas moving beyond the idea level into practical solutions! The application is now out at https://youth.world-food-forum.org/innovation-lab/transformative-research-challenge/en and you can apply until May 9 2026!
Are you a group of 3-5 students working on extrapolating your innovative idea from “hopefully it works” to “it is ready to pilot”? Do you have an idea that has moved beyond the theoretical research stage to lab tests, controlled experiments, or early-stage prototypes? Then you should definitely put together 2-3 pages to be a part of the FAO Transformative Research Challenge 2026!
What’s in it for you? The excitement to be a part of a global competition with other students, and if your contribution passes the evaluations, an invitation to present your research-to-impact proposal and refined prototypes at the Transformative Research Challenge Finals during the WFF flagship event at FAO Head Quarters in Rome in October 2026 – with your travel expenses covered!

We are happy to provide with more information concerning the FAO Transformative Research Challenge 2026, in case interested please send an email to SLU Global [email protected]. If you want advise about your idea please send an email to us at VentureLab@SLU [email protected].

During an Innovation Lunch in Ultuna, this semester´s VentureLab@SLU Student Award was presented. A big congratulations to the winner, Edward Rinaldo, who received 10,000 SEK for his innovative idea - Purecycle Soap.

Purecycle Soap vinner VentureLab@SLU Student Award - SLU Holding Idé för säkrare födslar vinner pris

This autumn’s VentureLab@SLU Student Award in Alnarp has been awarded to Lena-Rebekka Straßburg, student in the Horticultural Science MSc programme, whose forward-thinking idea, “SoilBlock Cycle: Peat-Free Substrates for Horticultural Practice,” impressed the jury.

SoilBlock Cycle vinner höstens VentureLab@SLU Student Award i Alnarp - SLU Holding Idé för säkrare födslar vinner pris

Innovation Award 2026 for Ultuna students! We are awarding 15,000 sek to three students with ideas. The application deadline has been extended to December 7.

Regardless of which program you are studying and the focus of your idea, you can participate!

Submit your idea here: https://sluholding.se/en/fran-kunskap-till-nytta/innovativa-projekt/innovationsprisultuna/

Svenska: https://sluholding.se/fran-kunskap-till-nytta/innovativa-projekt/innovationsprisultuna/

Over the past two weeks, VentureLab@SLU has been out meeting students at the career fairs in Ultuna — and we’ve met over 450 SLU-students!
For all of you with an idea — now’s your chance!

Apply for the VentureLab@SLU Student Award, deadline November 16, at https://www.venturelabslu.com/studentaward

The SLU and Sparbanksstiftelsen Uplands Innovation Prize 2026, also a prize only for students with deadline November 30, at https://sluholding.se/en/fran-kunskap-till-nytta/innovativa-projekt/innovationsprisultuna/

Good luck!