KI Research Incubator - KIRI
Karolinska Institutet aims to be a pioneering university. As part of this ambition, the Committee for Research has created the KI Research Incubator (KIRI), a dynamic environment for junior researchers that aims to strengthen innovative research collaborations with a focus on interdisciplinary breakthroughs.
About the KIRI
• Background and establishment
• A network for collaboration and interaction
• Contact and steering group
KIRI activities 2022-2023
KIRI, the KI Research Incubator, organises a number of different events and activities every year.
Here you can find recent and upcoming activities within the KIRI network.
KIRI-Fellows 2022
During the spring junior researchers at KI who have met the criteria have applied to become members in KI Research Incubator. Now the first 34 members have been selected.
Criteria for becoming a KIRI-member
To become a KIRI-Fellow, the applicant must be a junior researcher affiliated at KI who has met specific requirements.
KIRI-Fellow postdoc project grants with an interdisciplinary focus
KI has now announced the recipients of the KIRI-Fellow postdoc grants with an interdisciplinary focus. The purpose is to support groundbreaking interdisciplinary research based on the collaboration between KIRI Fellows. The grant will fund the salary for a postdoctoral fellow for 2 years.
President about the KIRI
New network for groundbreaking research
"KI’s Strategy 2030 is based on three strategic pillars. KI should be groundbreaking, engaged and global. These strategic choices apply to research as well as education and to KI at large." - Ole Petter Ottersen, KI President
KI News
Several new KI investments for promoting pioneering research
17 junior researchers were interviewed about their ideas, and their suggestions formed the basis for the development of the virtual KI research incubator (KIRI).