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.
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Photo: Maissa Al-AdhamiKIRI activities & events
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.
Photo: N/AMeet KIRI Fellows
Photo: Stefan ZimmermanMeet KIRI Postdocs
Meet the KIRI Postdoctoral Fellows—early-career researchers working at the forefront of interdisciplinary science, combining unique skills and perspectives to push the boundaries of research.
Photo: Gettyimages.KIRI-Fellow postdoc project grants with an interdisciplinary focus
KIRI fellows have the opportunity to apply for postdoc funding to support joint interdisciplinary research projects where at least two fellows participate.
News
Photo: N/ABjørt Kragesteen appointed research leader of the future by SSF
The Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) has appointed Assistant Professor Bjørt Katrinardóttir Kragesteen at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics as one of this year's Research Leaders of the Future.
Photo: Yu PeiKIRI Fellow Qiaolin Deng has been awarded the Novo Nordisk Leadership Program grant
Awarded project: Decipher the mechanisms underlying intergenerational effects of maternal diabetes on sex-dimorphic cardiometabolic diseases in offspring. Learn more about the Novo Nordisk Leadership Program
Photo: N/ANovo Nordisk Foundation grant for KI researcher in type 2 diabetes
Amir Ata Saei, assistant professor at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology has been awarded the Novo Nordisk Foundation Excellence Emerging Investigator Grant within Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025.
Photo: N/APauliina Damdimopoulou has been appointed professor
Pauliina Damdimopoulou has been appointed professor at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health (KBH). As an ERC ambassador, she advocates for the importance of academic freedom, without political control or predetermined research agendas.