Gustaf de Laval Fund – call for applications

Applications are now open for the Gustaf de Laval Fund – our long‑running and popular initiative that supports master’s and PhD students worldwide through funding and close collaboration with DeLaval researchers. 🎉

This year’s theme is sustainable precision dairy farming.

What do we mean by sustainable precision dairy farming? The use of sensor technologies, data analytics, and automation to monitor and manage milk production, reproduction, and cow health and welfare. Continued research plays a key role in ensuring that these technologies – and how they are applied – support dairy farmers in achieving efficient herd management and productivity, while also improving environmental sustainability and animal welfare.

Focus areas for 2026
• Animal health and welfare
• Milking efficiency
 • Reproduction management

Projects that connect advanced technology with real‑world application and practical decision‑making are strongly encouraged.

💶 Funding / co‑funding available: up to €15,000 per project
🗓 Application deadline: 30 May 2026

👉 Head here Gustaf de Laval Fund to find the application form, more information about the Fund, and the research topics of previous fund recipients.

📑Plus our previous LinkedIn post also highlights recently published research by one of our 2023 Fund recipients, Pablo Muñoz Boettcher.

✅ Know a student working in this field? Please share this news with them.

The Gustaf de Laval Fund: Established in 2022, the Fund is one of the ways DeLaval supports academic research that advances dairy farming. Each year, it invites students and researchers to apply for funding for projects with clear relevance to everyday dairy farm work.