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19 September, 2023
Stratneuro announces grants for New TechnologiesNew technologies open new possibilities for groundbreaking research. StratNeuro aims to support the development and dissemination of new technologies and therefore announces a new funding call.
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8 September, 2023
Several new grants go to researchers at the Aging Research CenterResearchers at the Ageing Research Centre have been awarded a number of grants from Demensfonden, Stiftelsen Sigurd och Elsa Goljes minne, Stiftelsen Ragnhild och Einar Lundströms minne, as well as the SfoEpi Consolidator grant, for studies on the health and well-being of older people. In addition, ARC is involved in a project within preventive and health-promoting interventions that has been granted funding from Forte.
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7 September, 2023
Current calls, week 36, 2023 Tips from KI Grants Office about current calls.
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5 September, 2023
They are awarded ERC Starting Grants 2023Two researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been awarded ERC Starting Grants, totalling 3 million euro over five years. Kasper Karlsson and Juan Pablo Lopez will each receive EUR 1.5 million for projects that aim to fight cancer in children and understand how psychedelic compounds can be used to treat psychiatric disorders.
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1 September, 2023
Method of improving young people’s wellbeing tested in more citiesAccording to UNICEF, approximately one in five young people suffer from mental health issues, which in turn often leads to risk-taking with alcohol, tobacco and drugs. In the long run, it can cause lifelong health impairments in adulthood. In a three-year project coordinated by Karolinska Institutet, a method used to improve young people’s wellbeing in India, Kenya, the U.S. and Colombia is being evaluated to see if it can work in other parts of the world.
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31 August, 2023
StratNeuro funding for 2024 Collaborative Neuroscience ProjectsStratNeuro awards a total of 15 MSEK to support Collaborative Neuroscience Projects.
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24 August, 2023
Current calls, week 34, 2023Tips from KI Grants Office about current calls.
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14 August, 2023
Millions to KI from EU for new research projectsSince the summer of 2022, KI has been granted approximately SEK 280 million for a total of 33 different projects. The funds come from several research programs within the EU, of which Horizon Europe, EU's framework program for research and innovation, is the largest.
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Stockholm Trio for Sustainable Actions is pleased to announce calls for funding for 2024 within interdisciplinary collaboration in education and research.
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22 June, 2023
Iovino lab awarded funding from the ItsME FoundationFederico Iovino and his lab members have been awarded with a grant from the ItsME Foundation to enable their research on the prevention of neuronal damage caused by bacterial infections. The ItsME Foundation was founded in 2019 by Jur Deitmers and has its base in The Netherlands, with the goal to fight Meningitis and Encephalitis.
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2 June, 2023
Current calls, week 22, 2023 Tips from KI Grants Office about current calls.
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Jenny Mjösberg at the Department of Medicine in Huddinge at Karolinska Institutet, receives the 2023 Eric K. Fernström Prize for young, promising and successful researchers, for her outstanding research on the role of innate lymphoid cells in various diseases.
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25 May, 2023
Current calls, week 21, 2023 Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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22 May, 2023
Calls for the autumn 2023Karolinska Institutet awards grants from a large number of foundations and funds. The foundations and funds award research and travel grants.
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17 May, 2023
StratNeuro announces NeurotechEU Travel GrantsThe European University of Brain and Technology, NeurotechEU, of which Karolinska Institutet is one of nine partners, is pleased to announce the availability of ten competitive funds for short-term travel for faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, students and/or trainees between the partner institutions to plan or conduct collaborative projects.
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10 May, 2023
Current calls, week 19, 2023 Tips from KI Grants Office about current calls.
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4 May, 2023
Current calls, week 18, 2023 Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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26 April, 2023
Current calls, week 17, 2023 Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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20 April, 2023
Current calls, week 16, 2023 Tips from KI Grants Office about current calls.
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5 April, 2023
Current calls, week 14, 2023 Tips from KI Grants Office about current calls.
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31 March, 2023
StratNeuro awards start-up grants to five KI researchersThe StratNeuro Start-up Grant is intended to support outstanding Neuroscience researchers at the beginning of their careers, who have received a Vetenskapsrådet (VR) starting grant or a Karolinska Institutet faculty-funded assistant professor grant.
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30 March, 2023
Current calls, week 13, 2023 Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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16 March, 2023
Current calls, week 11, 2023 Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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Katie Healy at the Department of Dental Medicine and Sebastian Ols at the Department of Medicine in Solna, receive the Sven Gard's scholarship 2023. Sven Gard's scholarship is awarded annually for the best dissertation in virology. The scholarship takes place as a result of nomination.
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7 March, 2023
Mats Hallgren receives 3 930 000 SEK in grant from ForteMats Hallgren receives a grant of 3 930 000 SEK for the project “Post covid-19 as a threat to healthy ageing: a randomized controlled trial of yoga to improve quality of life”.
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2 March, 2023
Calls for the springKarolinska Institutet awards grants from a large number of foundations and funds. The foundations and funds award research and travel grants.
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24 February, 2023
StratNeuro Call 2023: Collaborative Neuroscience Research ProjectsStratNeuro announces grants for Collaborative Neuroscience Research Projects.
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24 February, 2023
Stratneuro announces grants for Visiting Scholars - StratNeuro Call 2023The StratNeuro Visiting Scholars funding aims to attract outstanding scholars from non-Swedish universities for short-term visits (1-6 months long). This call aims to support new international collaborations and scientific exchange within the Karolinska Institutet Neuroscience community. We encourage applications for Visiting Scholars from our NeurotechEU partner universities. For the Visiting Scholar this is an opportunity to engage with neuroscientists at the Karolinska Institutet.
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22 February, 2023
Current calls, week 8, 2023Tips from KI Grants Office about current calls.
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15 February, 2023
Apply for KID grants for partial financing of new doctoral studentsThe 2023 call for applications comprises up to 65 KID grants.
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10 February, 2023
StratNeuro awards the 2023 bridging grant at the consolidator levelThe StratNeuro Bridging Grant at the consolidator level is a funding initiative where StratNeuro awards outstanding researchers in the field of neuroscience at Karolinsk Institutet, who have not been awarded the KI consolidator grant or equivalent, giving them the opportunity to consolidate their research.
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9 February, 2023
Current calls, week 6, 2023 Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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2 February, 2023
Current calls, week 5, 2023 Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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1 February, 2023
Call for research residency programme ("forskar-ST-medel")A research residency (forskar-ST) provides financial support for a period of research during a clinical residency, and can be applied for by doctoral students at KI on a residency programme within Region Stockholm.
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25 January, 2023
Current calls, week 4, 2023 Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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10 January, 2023
Grants from The Kamprad Family Foundation to BioNutCongratulations to Professor Marie Löf at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition who has received MSEK 4.9 from the Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Research & Charity. Her research project is on "Promoting positive mental health during pregnancy with a digital tool (HealthyMoms4MentalHealth-app): Effectiveness and implementation in maternity health care".
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15 December, 2022
Current calls, week 50, 2022 Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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13 December, 2022
Cancer and Allergy Fund awards 2.5 million to KI researchers The Cancer and Allergy Fund has awarded a grant of SEK 4.2 million to 23 patient-end projects on cancer and allergies. Of these, fifteen researchers at nine departments at Karolinska Institutet are to share SEK 2.5 million.
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In its recent call, the Swedish Research Council has awarded in excess of SEK 19 million for six projects at KI. The project receiving the largest grant aims to study the long-term impact of the pandemic on the lifestyle and health of young adults.
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KI, Uppsala University, Sophiahemmet University and Mälardalen University have been granted funding to set up a new research school: the Mälardalen Region’s Research School in Healthcare Science”.
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1 December, 2022
Current calls, week 48, 2022Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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22 November, 2022
Three KI researchers are awarded the 2022 ERC StGDavid Marlevi, Enric Llorens and Onur Dagliyan have been awarded the 2022 ERC Starting Grant. Their projects concern multiscale imaging for cardiovascular diseases, self-repairing injured tissues in mammals and new molecular technology for cellular circuits.
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18 November, 2022
Grants from the Swedish Research Council to BioNut 2022In the latest calls from the Swedish Research Council, researchers at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition were awarded grants for the years 2023-2026.
We wish to congratulate the grantees!
We wish to congratulate the grantees!
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18 November, 2022
Researchers at BioNut receive grants from Cancerfonden 2022Congratulations to all the researchers at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition (BioNut) who received funding from Cancerfonden for the years 2023-2025.
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17 November, 2022
Current calls, week 46, 2022 Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls
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14 November, 2022
2023 StratNeuro Bridging Grant at the consolidator levelThe StratNeuro Bridging Grant at the consolidator level is a funding initiative where StratNeuro awards up to two consolidator level grants to support outstanding researchers in the field of neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet.
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Harmful use of, for example, alcohol and drugs in working life can lead to fatigue, increased sick leave and reduced productivity. Eight research projects are now being awarded a total of SEK 30 million by Afa Försäkring in a research programme aimed at reducing sick leave due to the harmful use of alcohol and/or drugs. Four of the researchers are from Karolinska Institutet (KI).
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10 November, 2022
Current calls, week 45, 2022 Tips from Grants Office ragarding current calls
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The Committee for Research at Karolinska Institutet has decided on recipients from the Jonas Söderquist scholarship foundation for basic research in virology and immunology 2022. Quirin Hammer at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) and Daniel Sheward at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor- and Cell Biology (MTC)) are awarded.
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In the Swedish Research Council's latest calls, SEK 625,904,933 was awarded to 143 KI researchers. In total, the Swedish Research Council grants just over SEK 1.2 billion for the years 2022–2027.
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