Grants

The Foundation primarily grants funding for projects related to social sciences.

Grants 2024

In 2024 Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation awarded grants of SEK 257 million to different programs and projects. During the year, around twenty projects were granted within the social sciences. Additionally, the Foundation's support for strategic and long-term programs has continued.

Total amount over SEK 3.8 billion

Since the establishment of the Foundation, over SEK 3.8 billion has been granted in the form of project grants, scholarships and funding of research positions, of which SEK 1.1 billion over the past five years.

Strategic and long-term programs

Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanities and Society (WASP-HS) Promote new interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences on the subject of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems and their impact on human and social development.

Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation and Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation jointly invest in the program, totaling SEK 720 million over ten years.
WASP–HS: research into AI, technology, humanity and society

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences “The Anthropocene Laboratory”. The laboratory aims to gather researchers from various scientific disciplines with an understanding of the human role in the biosphere. The initiative seeks to shape the research forefront on the biosphere, the sum of all ecosystems, and develop science for sustainable development, as well as foster a new generation of young researchers.

The project is funded jointly with Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation, with a total of SEK 60 million over a five-year period.
The Anthropocene Laboratory: tasked with finding new pathways toward a sustainable future

Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), a grant of a total of SEK 30 million over the years 2023 to 2027 for the program "Iso Lomso" – a program for talented young African researchers.

Project grants 2024

The Research Institute of Industrial Economics, funding of SEK 15 million for the project “Corporate productivity in the Swedish Business”.
Studies on the productivity of Swedish companies

Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, funding of SEK 12 million for the project “Standing on the shoulders of giants? Shifting industrial dynamics and spillovers from established and emerging anchor-tenants as basis for national competitiveness”
Industrial dynamics amid ongoing structural changes

Linköping University, funding of SEK 10 million for the project “Behavioral Materials Science - for increased sustainable action”.
Behavioral materials science – for increased sustainable action

Linköping University, funding of SEK 9 million for the project “Exploring the Transformative Potential of Climate Services.”
Climate services for societal transformations towards sustainability

Uppsala University, funding of SEK 9 million for the project “The American Connection: Consolidating American Studies in Sweden”. ;

Kristianstad University, funding of SEK 8 million for the project “The political polarization of climate change”.
Understanding the political polarization of climate change

University of Gothenburg, funding of SEK 7.2 million for the project “Environmental degradation and human well-being: On the link between deforestation and living conditions in low- and middle-income countries”.
Global study of the correlation between deforestation and living conditions

Stockholm School of Economics, funding of SEK 7 million for the project ”Making Markets for Forest Ecosystem Services: Investigating Novel Technologies and Business Models”.
Creating markets for forest ecosystem services

University of Gothenburg, funding of SEK 6 million for the project “Democracy and controversy in the green transition. The case of critical mineral extraction in Sweden”.
Democracy and controversies in the green transition

Stockholm School of Economics, funding of SEK 6 million for the project “Leading from the Human-Machine Interface: Technology and the Future of Work”.

Jönköping University, funding of SEK 6 million for the project “Strategy and Structure for Sustainable Transformation: The systemic role of retailers consumer-oriented sustainability strategies”.
Consumer-Oriented Strategies for Sustainable Retail

Södertörn University, funding of SEK 5 million for the project “Accelerating the sustainable development transformation using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence”.
Accelerating sustainable development with the help of Big Data and AI

Uppsala University, funding of SEK 3 million for the project “Lead4Care - a public health study”.

Other grants

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), funding of SEK 10 million for the project “The knowledge society of the future: New perspectives on skills and knowledge”.

The Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, funding of SEK 6 million for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize.

Stiftelsen Centrum för rättvisa, funding of SEK 3 million for Law Student Program.

The Foundation for Economic History Research within Banking and Enterprise, funding of SEK 1 753 000 for the operation and maintenance of the archive.

Earlier years

The Wallenberg Foundations

In 2023, the Wallenberg Foundations granted a total of just over SEK 2.7 billion in grants.

The Wallenberg Foundations is the collective name for the 16 non-profit foundations funded by, or in honor of individual members of the Wallenberg family.