Project Grants 2024
In 2024 Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation awarded grants of SEK 257 to different programs and projects. During the year, around twenty projects were granted within the social sciences.
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.
