Research funder · Sweden
Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
One of the Wallenberg foundations
- Grants since 2016
- 547
- Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
- SEK 1.3B
- Funded works, last 5 years
- 15.5k
- Funded works, all time
- 36k
Grants
2026 · research · Next generation spatial membrane biology
Mapping how protein clusters on the cell surface signal
Björn Högberg · Karolinska Institutet
2026 · research · DarkTree: Charting the dark regions of the insect tree using computer vision, genomics and probabilistic machine learning
Using genetics to map the world’s unknown insects
Fredrik Ronquist
2026 · research · “Observational Constraints on Arctic Ocean Methane Systems as Tipping Elements and Triggers of Climate Overshoot (TippingArcticOceanMethane)”
Investigating methane – a gas that could decide our future climate
Professor Örjan Gustafsson · Stockholm University
2026 · research · Transforming ceramics into next-generation semiconductors
The semiconductors of the future – “magical” if they work
Professor Vanya Darakchieva · Lund University
2026 · research · Project:“Conserved concepts and divergent details of membrane-bound viral replication organelles”
Examining the innermost machinery of viruses
Professor Lars-Anders Carlson · Umeå University
2026 · research · Rewriting cosmic reionization with next-generation early universe observations
Transformation of the universe – when the first stars formed
Matthew Hayes · Stockholm University
2026 · research · New chronic pain mechanisms: Spatiotemporal dynamics of dysregulated proteins in inflammatory pain
Seeking the origin of rheumatic pain
Professor Patrik Ernfors
2026 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Using new knowledge to hone future climate models
2026 · fellowship · Wallenberg Clinical Scholar, extension grant
Fat cells determining choice of medication
2026 · research · “From atomistic to macroscopic understanding: unraveling lignin's untapped potential as earth's most abundant natural phenolic compound”
Delving deep to map lignin
Professor Minna Hakkarainen · KTH Royal Institute of Technology
2026 · research · Novel Nitric Oxide Signaling Modalities for Cardiovascular Therapeutics
New signaling substance with potential major heart benefits
Professor Jon Lundberg
2026 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
How political violence threatens to weaken democracy
2026 · research · Attosecond pulse-induced quantum electronic processes
Ultra-short laser pulses mapping the fastest processes in the quantum world
Professor Raimund Feifel · University of Gothenburg
2026 · research · A spatially functional atlas of the healing intestinal barrier: implications for inflammatory bowel diseases
Promoting healing to cure intestinal autoimmunity
Eduardo Villablanca · Karolinska Institutet
2026 · research · Anna Wredenberg, Professor of Mitochondrial Biology
How damage to cell powerhouses causes disease
Anna Wredenberg · Karolinska Institutet
2026 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
The gene controlling the rhythm of trees – and the future of forests
2026 · research · CLUPEA – unraveling molecular mechanisms behind adaptation to environmental heterogeneity and change
Revealing the herring’s genetic superpowers
Leif Andersson · Uppsala University
2026 · research · “Making and breaking of molecular bonds”
How molecules form in space
Henning Schmidt · Stockholm University
2026 · research · Cooper-pair spectroscopy: A new window into the world of superconductivity
Tools to solve the mystery of superconductivity
Professor Oscar Tjernberg · KTH Royal Institute of Technology
2026 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Cell powerhouses could offer cures for genetic diseases
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Improving healing of injured tissues by understanding the menstrual cycle
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
The first buds of spring – one of nature’s great mysteries
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Close-up images of protein folding
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
How does the brain cleanse itself?
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Sustainable batteries for large-scale energy storage
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Exploring the role of emotions in decision making
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Revealing new animal species, hybrids and evolutionary strategies
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Using mutated plants to improve resistance to climate change
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Curiosity and play helping AI robots to learn better
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Using AI to find “new diamonds” – metastable materials
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Seeking the geometry of chance
2025 · research · Context matters: How underlying DNA sequence affects genomic processes
New platform revealing the hidden dynamics of DNA sequences
Professor Sebastian Deindluppsala University
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
New material born of failure
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Successful new research environments in mathematics
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Groundbreaking malaria research could save millions of lives
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Mapping origins of antibody deficiency and lymphoma
2025 · research · Spatially resolving tumor and immune clonal niches in human breast cancer
Can B cells and antibodies be harnessed to eliminate breast cancer?
Dr. Camilla Engblom · Karolinska Institutet
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Revolutionary X-ray technology reaching clinics
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar
Exploring symplectic spaces using algebra
2025 · fellowship · Wallenberg Scholar