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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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The digital future – research into astounding materials and new technology

4 September 2017

Plants that store energy, printed electronics, social robots and visualisation technology that will make autonomous cars a reality. These are some of the research areas to be presented during the...

Investing millions in mathematics

23 March 2017

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is continuing its investments in Swedish mathematics research. This year’s grants will make it possible for 13 mathematicians to develop their research, search for...

Blood cancer cells and pneumococcal bacteria in focus for this year’s Wallenberg Clinical Scholars

23 March 2017

This year’s two Wallenberg Clinical Scholars are each taking on an important medical challenge. Professor Birgitta Henriques Normark wants to find out how new strains of S. pneumoniae form and...

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation 100 Years – Jubilee Donation to Science Centers

31 January 2017

The SEK 150 million donation is intended to promote interest in science and technology, particularly among the young people of Sweden. Five Science Centers across the country will receive grants...

Investment in young researchers to boost Swedish research

1 December 2016

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s investments in young researchers continue with 29 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows. The research challenges that this year’s Academy Fellows are tackling include important issues...

21 Swedish Cutting-edge Research Projects Receive SEK 704 Million

5 October 2016

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted a total of SEK 704 million to 21 research projects considered to be of the highest international level, and potentially leading to future...

Education and training initiatives are our contribution to reducing social exclusion

30 May 2016

Published in swedish in Dagens Nyheter May 30 2016 Sweden is a fundamentally stable country, but we face a number of challenges. One of the most critical, in both the...

Five high-level Swedish researchers to be Wallenberg Clinical Scholars

13 April 2016

The five clinical researchers study common diseases such as Parkinson’s, kidney failure, osteoporosis, dementia and cardiovascular diseases. The individual funding of SEK 15 million provides them with the opportunity to...

Millions in funding for mathematicians

7 April 2016

Fifteen prominent mathematicians will receive funding to bring Swedish mathematics research back to the international top. Since 2014, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of...

Regarding the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Macchiarini case in media

8 February 2016

The Foundation would like to clarify that Paolo Macchiarini has not - and have never had - a grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, KAW. Macchiarini has on...