Wallenberg Foundations grants 2020 – SEK 2.4 billion

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8 March 2021

Funding allocated to research in 2020 totaled almost SEK 2.4 billion. Most of the funding by the Foundations is awarded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, which focuses on basic research in the fields of medicine, science and technology. But the Wallenberg Foundations also award substantial grants in other fields, including social sciences, humanities, education and archaeology.

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