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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is the largest private financier of research in Sweden and also one of Europe’s largest. The Foundation’s aim is to benefit Sweden by supporting Swedish basic research and education, mainly in medicine, technology, and the natural sciences.

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An initiative to strengthen AI and life science for increased national competence

7 November 2024

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation allocates an additional SEK 600 million to data-driven life science. The total investment from the Foundation in the area now amounts to SEK 3.7 billion...

SEK 835 million in grants to 30 excellent research projects

15 October 2024

New, effective, personal cancer immunotherapy, next-generation semiconductors, the importance of Arctic methane emissions for the climate and improved protection against infections and viruses are examples of basic research that is...

Supercomputer Berzelius to be upgraded to double capacity

11 June 2024 | Press release from Linköping University

The supercomputer Berzelius, hosted at Linköping University, is used for research in fields such as life sciences, machine learning and artificial intelligence. This autumn, the supercomputer will be upgraded thanks...

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation extends WASP Research Program with a new initiative: AI for Science

11 June 2024 | Press release from WASP

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation grants SEK 70 million to the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP), for a new initiative that promotes the uptake of AI based...

740 MSEK to SciLifeLab's program for Data-Driven Life Science

10 April 2024 | Press release from SciLifeLab

SciLifeLab & Wallenberg's National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS), receives continued funding from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for an additional two years, with 740 million SEK. ”We are...

18 mathematicians receive research funding

9 April 2024

Funding worth SEK 29 million from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s mathematics program will be granted 18 mathematicians for their research. Over a period of 15 years, the Foundation is...

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

26 March 2024

"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...

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

26 March 2024

Proof of concept funding of life science innovations

13 February 2024

With the aim to bridge the funding gap between academic research and innovation in life science, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and SciLifeLab present the 2024 opportunity to apply for...

Multi-million grant for research at SLU on the future use and conservation of forests

6 February 2024

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation allocates SEK 272 million to a strategic research initiative on forestry research at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). "Sweden is a forested country...