Allocation of funding 2024

The Committee for Research has on February 6, 2025, decided on the allocation of the funding for eight positions as Assistant Professor and nine Consolidator grants for researchers already employed by KI. The applicants that have been awarded with funding and approved publication of their name on the website are listed below in alphabetical order.

The awarded candidates for funding as Assistant Professor are: 

  • Antonino Cassotta 
  • Mikael Eriksson
  • Giulia Grande
  • Sibylle Herzig van Wees
  • Elisabeth Nyström
  • Elena Rafetti
  • Florian Rosenberger  
  • Felicia Seemann    

 The awarded candidates, who were selected from 171 qualified applicants, will receive up to 1.0 million SEK per year over six years to be used for own salary. Additionally, 2.5 million SEK will be available for the awarded applicants as a startup contribution for research.

The awarded candidates for the Consolidator grant are:

  • Axel Abelein, Department of Medicine, Huddinge
  • Zheng Chang, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Thomas Frisell, Department of Medicine, Solna
  • Nikolas Herold, Department of Women's and Children's Health
  • Itziar Martinez Gonzales, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology
  • Keira Melican, Department of Neuroscience 
  • Neda Razaz, Department of Medicine, Solna  
  • Christopher Sundling, Department of Medicine, Solna 
  • Kristiina Tammimies, Department of Women's and Children's Health

The awarded candidates, who were selected from 42 qualified applicants, will receive up to 1.2 million SEK per year over five years to be used for own salary. Up to 50 percent may be used for research related costs.

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