Grants
The Foundation primarily grants funding for projects related to social sciences.
Grants 2025 to research on mental illness among young people
Karolinska Institutet, Dr Yi Lu, grant of SEK 10 million for the project: “Evaluating the Causal Link, mechanisms, and Impact of Problematic digital media use on youth mental health and SuicidE (ECLIPSE)”
Social media and mental health among young people – is there a connection?
Karolinska Institutet, Professor David Mataix-Cols, grant of SEK 10 million for the project: “Just-in-time relapse prevention in obsessive-compulsive disorder”
Preventing Relapse in the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Young People
Karolinska Institutet, Professor Lisa Berlin Thorell, grant of SEK 9 million for the project: “A Transdisciplinary Research Program on Female ADHD in Adolescence”
ADHD in teenage girls
Uppsala University, Professor Terje Falck-Ytter, grant of SEK 10 million for the project: “Unfolding neurodevelopmental conditions from infancy to mid-childhood”
Better understanding of how autism and ADHD arise and develop in young people
Karolinska Institutet, Dr Fahimeh Darki, grant of SEK 9.6 million for the project: “Olfactory Neural Signatures and Their Genetic Foundations in Early-Onset Psychosis: Enhancing Risk Prediction for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder”
The role of the sense of smell in early psychosis – a new path to early detection?
To presentations of all MMW and MAW projects on mental illness among young people
Granted projects 2025 with forestry relevance
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Professor Francisco Aguilar, awarded grant of SEK 7 million for the project: “UNDERPINNED: Forest owners’ cognition and behaviors underpinning Swedish forest biodiversity”
How private forest owners’ choices shape Sweden’s forest biodiversity
Umeå University, Associate Professor Louise Eriksson, awarded grant of SEK 6 million for the project: “Bridging the Gaps: Social Dynamics in Climate-Adapted Forest Management”
Investigating different groups’ acceptance of climate-adapted forest management
Umeå University, Professor Britt-Inger Keisu, awarded grant of SEK 7 million for the project: “Changing Northern Landscapes: Forestry and Reindeer Husbandry in Sweden”
Exploring the power dynamic between forestry and reindeer herding
Umeå University, Professor Camilla Sandström, awarded grant of SEK 8 million for the project: “The art of governing forests mastering governance dilemmas across multiple levels”
Wants to develop a forest policy framework
Linnaeus University, Professor Andreas Stephan, awarded grant of SEK 8 million for the project: “Domestic Forest Governance and Global Timber Markets: A Policy Impact Assessment”
Investigating effective strategies to reduce harvest leakage in forests
Jönköping University, Professor Leona Achtenhagen, awarded grant of SEK 5 million for the project: “Profit versus nature? How private forest owners can navigate conflicting institutional logics in a highly politicized landscape to make better use of their forests”
Developing support for private forests owners seeking to advance their forestry practices
Stockholms University, Dr Ingo Fetzer, awarded grant of SEK 8 million for the project: “Resilient Innovation and Sustainable Knowledge for Swedish Forest Management in the Anthropocene”
How to strengthen resilience in forest management
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Dr Harry Fischer, awarded grant of SEK 7 million for the project: “Restoration Futures in Sweden´s forests for biodiversity & human well-being”
Restoring forest ecosystems for the well-being of humans and ecosystems
Umeå University, Associate Professor Daniel Nylén, awarded grant of SEK 7 million for the project: “One Forest, Many Voices: Leveraging Digital Forestry to Promote Environmental Justice”
Achieving justice in digital forestry
To presentations of all MMW and MAW projects with forestry relevance
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”.
Shaping work of the future
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”.
Public health studies in the treatment of prostate cancer
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.
The Wallenberg Foundations
In 2024, the Wallenberg Foundations granted a total of just over SEK 2.9 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.
The three largest of the Wallenberg Foundations is Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, which promotes scientific research within the natural sciences, technology and medicine, Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (scientific research mainly within the social sciences) and Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation (scientific research mainly within the humanities).
