Forte grants KI SEK 191 million in calls for integrated care and centre formation
Forte has decided on two calls and awarded grants to eight researchers at KI. In the call for Research on person-centred and integrated care 2025, five KI researchers will receive a total of approximately SEK 33.5 million for studies linked to the transition in primary care. In the call for Research centre grants 2025, three KI initiatives are granted SEK 158 million for long-term research in dementia, psychiatry and return to work.
Forte is a government research funder with the mission to support research in health, working life and welfare. Through targeted calls, such as person-centred and integrated care and research centre grants, they fund projects and research environments that can generate sustainable societal benefit and strong academic quality.
KI-funding in the call Research on person-centred and integrated care
With the support of the Government, Forte has initiated the call Research on person-centred and integrated care 2025 with the aim of strengthening the transition to a more person-centred and coordinated primary care. A total of approximately SEK 75 million was allocated, with a benchmark of SEK 5–6.5 million per project. Five KI researchers have been awarded funding:
- Janne Agerholm, researcher at the Department of Global Public Health and the Aging Research Center (ARC), is awarded SEK 6.450 million for the project "Coordinated individual care plan as a tool in the transition to care closer to home".
- Emma Brulin, associate professor at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, is awarded SEK 6.586 million for the project "From vision to reality - Sustainable strategies for implementing person-centred and integrated care".
- Davide Liborio Vetrano, associate professor at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society and the Aging Research Center (ARC), is awarded SEK 6.282 million for the project TRANSIT-ID, "Improving transitional care for Swedish older adults living with multimorbidity".
- Clas Rehnberg, professor at the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, is awarded SEK 6.404 million for the study "Primary care structures, processes and system efficiency for patients with chronic illness".
- Katharina Schmidt-Mende, researcher at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, is awarded SEK 7.779 million for the project "Reducing emergency care in frail older adults".
The initiative follows the government's bills from 2018 and 2024, with the goal of creating a person-centred, efficient and cohesive care system in both primary and specialist care.
KI-funding in the call Research centre grants
Forte's call for Research center grants 2025 refers to research centres within four subject areas, with the goal of long-term societal benefit and larger interdisciplinary environments. Each approved centre can receive SEK 80–120 million and receives funding for 6 years with the possibility of extension. Three centre leaders at KI have been granted funding:
- Theo Bodin, associate professor at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, heads the Stockholm Center for Return to Work, which is awarded SEK 50 million.
- Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, associate professor at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society and the Aging Research Center (ARC), leads KI Transdisciplinary Research Center for Personalized Dementia Prevention & Care (TraCeDem), which has been awarded SEK 60 million.
- Christian Rück, professor at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, heads the Centre for Applied Psychiatric Research and Innovation (CAPRI), which is awarded SEK 48 million.
The call aims to strengthen research in the areas of dementia, psychiatry and return to work, where research centres can meet complex societal challenges through long-term and interdisciplinary research of high quality.