https://ki.se RSS News Listing https://news.ki.se/ki-doctoral-students-receive-scholarships-from-the-asthma-and-allergy-association Every year, the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association's Research Fund awards the Kerstin Hejdenberg Scholarship to doctoral students in paediatric allergological research. Four of the recipients of this year's scholarship are researchers at Karolinska Institutet. Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:41:06 +0200 https://news.ki.se/pete-williams-new-professor-of-vision-science-through-generous-donation Pete Williams, senior lecturer and research group leader at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, has been appointed professor of visual science. The professorship is funded by the Ulla and Ingemar Dahlberg Foundation and has the full name “Ulla and Ingemar Dahlberg's professorship in visual science with specialisation in ocular neurobiology”. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:45:31 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-swedish-brain-foundation-funds-39-research-projects-at-ki The Swedish Brain Foundation (Hjärnfonden) is making its largest donation to date to Swedish brain research. This year, SEK 152.8 million will be awarded to research projects in neuroscience. A total of 112 research projects in Sweden receive funding, and 39 of these are run at KI. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:42:05 +0200 https://news.ki.se/elisabeth-rydwiks-research-on-the-elderly-receives-a-grant-from-the-kamprad-family-foundation The Kamprad Family Foundation awards SEK 5 million to Elisabet Rydwik, researcher at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, for her research project on home rehabiltation for the elderly. Fri, 23 May 2025 14:58:34 +0200 https://news.ki.se/promobilia-foundation-supports-ki-project-on-health-of-disabled-children-and-adolescents A donation of SEK 10 million from the Promobilia Foundation is to provide crucial funding for a project designed to help children, adolescents and adults with motor impairments identify more as physically active and included in sport. The project is led by Ferdinand von Walden, researcher at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, and Jessica Norrbom, researcher at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet. Wed, 21 May 2025 14:33:44 +0200 https://news.ki.se/grants-from-the-swedish-childhood-cancer-fund-to-seven-ki-researchers The Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund (Barncancerfonden) has decided to grant funding for paediatric oncology research over the next one to six years. Diagnoses in focus include brain tumours and leukaemia, the most common childhood cancer diagnoses. Together, 29 researchers will share SEK 64 million. Seven of these researchers work at KI. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:52:55 +0200 https://news.ki.se/tim-bergling-foundation-funds-digital-training-in-suicide-prevention-among-the-young A four-year grant from the Bergling Foundation will provide support to Karolinska Institutet’s digital training initiative to help medical students be better at identifying and responding to suicidal children and young adults. The aim of the project is to give prospective doctors the tools they need to deal with young people in the risk zone. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:31:43 +0200 https://news.ki.se/generous-allocation-from-the-swedish-rheumatism-association-to-ki-research This year, the Swedish Rheumatism Association (Reumatikerförbundet) is awarding almost SEK 14 million to research into rheumatic diseases. What unites many research projects is a clear focus on personalised diagnostics and treatment. Of the total of 87 research projects in this year's allocation, 32 are conducted at KI. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:04:27 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-research-receives-sek-34-million-from-the-swedish-kidney-foundation This year's awarded research grant from the Swedish Kidney Foundation (Njurfonden) was a record amount, seven and a half million SEK for kidney research. About half, SEK 3,450,000, goes to projects at Karolinska Institutet. Fri, 14 Mar 2025 09:43:38 +0100 https://news.ki.se/taher-darreh-shori-receives-15-million-sek-from-the-ulla-carin-lindquist-foundation The grant for ALS research is awarded over a three-year period and pertains to the project ”Validation of PET camera tracer for the examination of motor neurons in ALS and related motor neuron diseases.” Mon, 03 Feb 2025 08:43:39 +0100 https://news.ki.se/promobilia-supports-ki-research-on-treatments-for-age-related-visual-impairment Fellow-KI researchers Anders Kvanta and Fredrik Lanner have been awarded a grant of SEK 10 million from the Promobilia foundation to develop a treatment for inherited retinal diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). There is currently no effective therapies for these diseases, which are the main cause of blindness in the developed world. Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:30:46 +0100 https://news.ki.se/eight-ki-researchers-receive-grants-from-the-asthma-and-allergy-associations-research-fund This year, the Asthma and Allergy Association's Research Fund is distributing SEK 8.8 million to important asthma and allergy research. Eight of the researchers who receive grants work at Karolinska Institutet. Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:26:27 +0100 https://news.ki.se/the-swedish-cancer-and-allergy-fund-grants-sek-23-million-to-ki-researchers Cancer- och allergifonden (the Swedish Cancer and Allergy Fund) is awarding a total of SEK 3.6 million to 21 research projects in the field of cancer and allergy. Of these, twelve researchers at Karolinska Institutet will be awarded SEK 2.3 million. The grants aim to promote groundbreaking research that improves the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer and allergies. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:58:42 +0100 https://news.ki.se/mats-paulsson-foundations-allocate-sek-10-million-to-alzheimers-research-at-ki The Mats Paulsson Foundations award Jan Johansson, professor at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, SEK 10 million for research into new innovative treatment methods for Alzheimer's disease. The aim of the research project is to create a new drug that can achieve a breakthrough in the treatment of the most common dementia disease. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:58:19 +0100 https://news.ki.se/establishment-grant-for-research-on-a-brief-contact-intervention-for-suicide-prevention Emma Eliasson at the National centre for suicide research and prevention (NASP) has been awarded an establishment grant of 3,744,000 SEK from Forte. This grant will finance a research project aimed at evaluating supportive follow-up calls —Uppföljningssamtal — as a method to reduce suicides in Sweden. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:00:10 +0100 https://news.ki.se/more-than-sek-80-million-from-the-swedish-childhood-cancer-foundation-for-ki-projects The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation is awarding more than SEK 80 million to Karolinska Institutet for paediatric oncology research in 2024. The allocation includes 29 projects run by researchers at KI. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:24:58 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-researcher-camilla-bjorkegren-awarded-a-distinguished-professor-grant Professor Camilla Björkegren at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, is awarded a distinguished professor grant within natural and engineering sciences by the Swedish Research Council. Out of 83 applications, four grants are awarded to four different universities. Thu, 05 Dec 2024 15:13:47 +0100 https://news.ki.se/seven-different-grants-from-the-swedish-research-council-to-researchers-at-ki The Swedish Research Council has awarded seven different grants, including doctoral programme grants within register-based research and project grants for research on antimicrobial resistance. The grant decisions apply to eleven researchers at KI. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:37:51 +0100 https://news.ki.se/project-grant-from-the-swedish-heart-lung-foundation-to-professor-jonas-f-ludvigsson The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation (Hjärt-Lungfonden) has awarded Jonas F. Ludvigsson a 3-year-grant for the project ”Inflammatory bowel disease, inflammation and risk of cardiovascular disease”. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:02:45 +0100 https://news.ki.se/more-than-sek-98-million-from-the-swedish-research-council-for-clinical-therapy-research-at-ki The Swedish Research Council has decided which applications have been awarded grants in clinical therapy research. In total, more than SEK 233 million will be granted for the years 2024-2027, of which SEK 98.5 million will be awarded to 13 researchers at Karolinska Institutet. Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:21:58 +0100 https://news.ki.se/prince-daniels-grant-to-ki-researcher-for-future-treatment-of-aortic-aneurysms Aortic aneurysm involves a risk of the large body artery rupturing, which is directly life-threatening. Hanna Björck, docent at Karolinska Institutet, has now been awarded Prince Daniel's grant for promising young researchers of SEK 6 million to develop future individual treatments. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:40:07 +0100 https://news.ki.se/swedish-cancer-society-grants-over-sek-40-million-to-cmb-researchers We congratulate the eleven researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology who have been awarded grants from the Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden) for the period 2025-2027. Together, the CMB researchers are awarded grants of over SEK 40 million. Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:05:10 +0100 https://news.ki.se/five-ki-researchers-awarded-grants-from-riksbankens-jubileumsfond-0 This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the foundation Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. In this year's major round of research funding, the foundation's board of directors has decided to fund a total of 77 projects in the humanities and social sciences for a total of just over SEK 370 million. Five of these projects are run by researchers at Karolinska Institutet. Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:36:06 +0100 https://news.ki.se/grants-from-ssmf-to-21-ki-researchers SSMF (Swedish Society for Medical Research) is aimed at researchers in all medical fields and supports basic research as well as applied research. In the autumn of 2024, 21 researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been awarded SSMF Consolidator Grants, Starting Grants and Postdoctoral Grants, respectively. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:23:47 +0200