Published: 01-10-2017 13:31 | Updated: 01-10-2017 13:34

Over SEK 76 million in Forte grants to KI researchers

Forte’s board has granted SEK 302 million in funding to 89 research projects in the fields of health, working life and welfare. In total, SEK 76,575,000 will go toward financing projects at Karolinska Institutet (KI).

This year, Forte received a total of 1,247 applications in the annual open call for project, junior and postdoctoral research in the fields of health, working life and welfare. Of these, 27 applications from KI were approved.

A record number of 18 junior researcher grants were approved in this year’s open call, five of which went to KI. The open call for proposals for the coming year will open in December.