Program for mathematics 2026

In order for Sweden to regain an international, cutting edge position in Mathematics, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, will support prominent researchers in Mathematics during 2014-2030. The funding amounts to a total of SEK 650 million.

The aim is for Sweden to recover its position at the international cutting edge by giving the best young researchers international experience and by recruiting young as well as more experienced mathematicians to Sweden.

Including this year’s grants, 184 researchers have received funding since 2014.

The program includes several parts:Eight researchers receive international postdoctoral positions and funding for two years after they return to Sweden:

  • Postdoctoral Scholarship Program in Mathematics for researchers with a Swedish doctors degree
  • Postdoctoral Scholarship Program in Mathematics for researchers from outside Sweden
  • Nomination of guest professors

Seven researchers receive international postdoctoral positions and funding for two years after they return to Sweden

Doctoral student Alireza Ataei, Uppsala University 
(LMU Munich, Germany)

Exploring a unified theory for all matter

Doctoral Student Alex Bergman, Lund University 
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA)  

Exploring the uncertainty principle in new contexts

Doctoral student Jorge Fariña-Asategui, Lund University 
(Université de Genève, Switzerland) 

Beyond classical group theory

Doctoral student Anna Rodriguez Rasmussen, Uppsala University
(University of Cologne, Germany)

Exploring the theory of infinitely flexible tools

Doctoral student Ludvig Svensson, Chalmers University of Technology 
(Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Madrid, Spain)

Models for the hidden dimensions of string theory

Doctoral student Douglas Molin, University of Gothenburg 
(Oxford University, UK)

New contributions to the Langlands program

Doctoral student Rolf Andreasson, University of Gothenburg 
(Århus University, Denmark) 

Finding the correct measure for abstract geometric objects

Six researchers receive funding for recruiting an international researcher to a postdoctoral position in Sweden

Professor Henrik Shahgholian
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

The mathematics behind minimalist hats and constraint maps

Professor Gregory Arone
Stockholm University

Deeper algebraic description of shapes and spaces

Associate Professor Josefin Ahlkrona
Stockholm University

Better forecasts of melting ice

Dr Hankyung Ko
Uppsala University

New light on classical problems in representation theory

Professor Erik Wahlén
Lund University

Stability in solitary waves

Associate Professor Jonas Bergström
Stockholm University

Stratifications of moduli spaces of curves in positive characteristic

Three established researchers from outside Sweden will be visiting professors at Swedish universities (in brackets)

Professor Hal Schenck
Auburn University, Alabama, USA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) 

Algebraic geometry as a universal tool

Associate Professor Juan Pablo Aguilera
Vienna University of Technology, Austria (University of Gothenburg)

Aspects of undecidability

Professor Nikita Nekrasov
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University, New York, USA (Uppsala University)

Mathematics and Physics of BPS-states

Earlier years