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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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SEK 1.8 billion for research into autonomous systems and software development

28 May 2015

Several Swedish universities are taking part in a ten-year commitment by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to basic research in this field. Swedish industry is also involved. “It is...

Major investment in centre for molecular medicine at Linköping University

23 April 2015

The new research centre – the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Linköping University – is part of a national campaign to re-establish Sweden’s leading position in medical research. The...

Major grant to establish new molecular medicine centre at Umeå University

9 April 2015

Wallenberg Centre of Molecular Medicine at Umeå University – a new research centre at Umeå University – is part of a national plan on how Sweden will regain its world-leading...

17 researchers receive funding from Sweden’s most ambitious programme to support mathematicians

26 March 2015

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences have decided to strengthen Swedish research in Mathematics. The aim is for Sweden to regain...

Four prominent Swedish researchers are the first Wallenberg Clinical Scholars

25 March 2015

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is investing almost SEK 600 million over a ten-year period in the research programme Wallenberg Clinical Scholars. The first researchers to receive funding are...

New molecular medicine centre at Lund University

10 February 2015

The new Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University, which will focus on regenerative medicine, is part of a national plan to re-establish Sweden’s leading position in medical research...

Communique Peter Wallenberg

19 January 2015

It is with deep regret that the Board of Directors of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation announce that its Honorary Chairman, Econ. Dr. h.c. Peter Wallenberg has passed away...

Peter Wallenberg Jr named new Chairman of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation

15 January 2015

Peter Wallenberg Sr, Chairman of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation since 1982, is stepping down from this position and will be succeeded on January 16, 2015 by Peter Wallenberg...

This year’s Wallenberg Academy Fellows

4 December 2014

Sweden’s largest private investment in young researchers is continuing, with the announcement of 29 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows. The programme is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation in...

SEK 620 million investment in the life sciences in Gothenburg

29 October 2014

Today saw the launch of an initiative to create a new centre for molecular medicine at the University of Gothenburg, with funding of at least SEK 620 million from the...