The K-ULF (Compensatory teaching for learning and research) project is part of a Swedishgovernment initiative, to develop and evaluate sustainable collaboration models for empiricalparticipatory research. Aiming to strengthen the research base for educational practice in schoolsthrough integrating the teaching profession and its development in collaboration with research andteacher education on a national level. Participatory research within K-ULF focuses on scholarshipof teaching and learning to strengthen the scientific foundation and professional experience basisfor Technology in K–12 STEM education. K-ULF contributes to increased knowledge and insightregarding how to design a model that supports the school’s compensatory mission in a strategic co-designed action research framework. This paper provides an overview of the collaborative researchmodels developed in this initial phase as well as a summary and analysis of the outcomes of theparticipatory research within the partnership between KTH’s teacher education and STEM teachersin five partner education providers.