Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation grants SEK 2.1 billion to 118 of Sweden's top researchers

"Our goal is to provide outstanding researchers in Sweden with unrestricted funds where they themselves choose what to research. We hope this enables daring and groundbreaking research," says Peter Wallenberg Jr, Chair of Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

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"We will discover things we didn't even know we were looking for"

 

For over hundred years Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has given long term support for basic research in Sweden. For recent years, every year, more than two billion Swedish crowns – for building new knowledge for a brighter future.

Photo Johan Wingborg
Influenza vaccinations are needed every year, since the protective antibodies react to a part of the virus that mutates swiftly. Wallenberg Academy Fellow Davide Angeletti wants to use better knowledge of antibody-producing B cells as a basis for more effective vaccines.
Photo Åsa Wallin
For over half a century researchers have tried to understand the advanced signal system inside our proteins – called allosteric signaling – but many questions remain.
Photo Kennet Ruona
Daniella Rylander Ottosson, a Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Lund University, has found a way of creating new interneurons in the brain itself. This may lead to completely new kinds of treatment.
Photo Åsa Wallin
For the first time researchers are adopting a broader approach to diseases and epidemics throughout African history. Using unique archives from the colonial era, Jutta Bolt is mapping historical disease patterns and the actions taken to counter them. The atlas not only provides knowledge about the past; it can also give insights into present-day efforts to fight pandemics.