Published: 28-10-2026 16:52 | Updated: 28-10-2026 16:58

NVS receives nearly SEK 26 million in grants from the Swedish Research Council

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We congratulate the five researchers at NVS who are sharing SEK 25,800,000 in grants from the Swedish Research Council in the Medicine and Health call!

Starting grants

Konstantinos Chiotis, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, receives SEK 6,000,000 over four years for the project “MAIN: Multimodal astrocyte imaging in neurodegeneration”.

Giulia Grande, Division of ARC, receives SEK 6,000,000 over four years for the project  “Blood-based biomarker profiles across the Alzheimer’s disease spectrum for improved disease detection and staging”.

Project grants

Xiaofei Li, Division of Neurogeriatrics, receives SEK 5,400,000 over four years for the project “From passive cell replacement to active rewiring: precision-engineered stem cells for the repair of spinal cord injuries”.

Ivan Nalvarte, Division of Neurogeriatrics, receives SEK 3,000,000 over three years for the project “Risk and resilience factors for dementia linked to early and late menopausal hormone therapy – timing matters”.

Johan Ärnlöv, Division of General Practice and Primary Care, receives SEK 5,400,000 over four years for the project “The microbiome’s link to chronic kidney disease”.