Awarded ALF Grants for FyFa

ALF (Agreement on Medical Education and Research) is an agreement between the Swedish state and certain county councils/regions aimed at supporting medical research and the education of doctors. Through the ALF agreement, university hospitals and other medical institutions receive funding to conduct high-quality clinical research and education. This agreement is crucial to ensuring that Sweden continues to be a leader in medical research and that healthcare is based on the latest scientific knowledge.

These projects represent a significant investment in the future of medical research and demonstrate Region Stockholm's commitment to supporting innovative and life-saving research initiatives.

Awarded ALF Medicine 2025:

• Levosimendan - a new treatment for cardiac arrest
  • Applicant: Susanne Rysz, PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 500,000 SEK, Year 2: 400,000 SEK, Year 3: 400,000 SEK
• Brain outcome in survivors of critical illness - biochemical, structural and functional studies
  • Applicant: Jessica Kåhlin, PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 300,000 SEK, Year 2: 300,000 SEK, Year 3: 300,000 SEK
• Efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen as adjuvant treatment for necrotizing soft tissue infection
  • Applicant: Peter Lindholm, Hyperbaric Medicine
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 450,000 SEK, Year 2: 450,000 SEK, Year 3: 450,000 SEK
• Improving diagnostics and neuro-protective management in critically ill patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
  • Applicant: Linn Hallqvist, PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 300,000 SEK, Year 2: 300,000 SEK, Year 3: 0 SEK
• Intensive care of critically ill patients with known or previously undiagnosed diabetes
  • Applicant: Johan Mårtensson, PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 400,000 SEK, Year 2: 350,000 SEK, Year 3: 400,000 SEK
• Continuous, non-invasive and advanced monitoring of cardiac output and oxygen saturation in the pulmonary artery (SvO2) in mechanically ventilated patients: Translation from anaesthesia to the intensive care context
  • Applicant: Per-Arne Lönnqvist, paediatric PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 400,000 SEK, Year 2: 350,000 SEK, Year 3: 400,000 SEK
• Perioperative myocardial injury, epidemiology, etiology and intervention
  • Applicant: Max Bell, PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 300,000 SEK, Year 2: 300,000 SEK, Year 3: 300,000 SEK
• The vascular endothelium in critical illness
  • Applicant: Eddie Weitzberg, PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 300,000 SEK, Year 2: 0 SEK, Year 3: 0 SEK
• Decoding the Molecular Mechanisms in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Roadmap for Personalized Treatment
  • Applicant: Elisabet Stener-Victorin
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 1,000,000 SEK, Year 2: 1,000,000 SEK, Year 3: 1,000,000 SEK

Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow 2025:

• Early management of massive hemorrhage in critically injured patients
  • Applicant: Erik von Oelreich, PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 500,000 SEK, Year 2: 500,000 SEK
• Endotypes, treatment strategies and effect on outcomes in severe acute brain injury
  • Applicant: Cecilia Åkerlund, PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 500,000 SEK, Year 2: 500,000 SEK
• Improving diagnostics and neuro-protective management in critically ill patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
  • Applicant: Linn Hallqvist, PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 500,000 SEK, Year 2: 500,000 SEK

Clinical Researcher 2025:

• Continuous, non-invasive monitoring of cardiac output and functional lung volume in mechanically ventilated patients through analysis of exhaled carbon dioxide
  • Applicant: Jacob Karlsson, paediatric PMI
  • Granted amount: Year 1: 500,000 SEK, Year 2: 500,000 SEK

Region Stockholm has opened the application period for research funding and clinical research positions for 2025. All calls are managed through Researchweb, Region Stockholm's application system. Here, researchers can submit their applications, view decisions from previous applications, and update their personal information.