Press

Astrid Söderbergh Widding will take up her position as Executive Director of Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (MMW) and Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation (MAW) on July 1st, 2025. MMW and MAW are together one of the largest private funders of research in the areas of social sciences...

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation and Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation have awarded grants that make it possible to employ 32 Ukrainian researchers for one year at Swedish universities. – This was made to support Ukrainian researchers in crisis...

Karolinska Institutet’s Centre for Health Crises is to receive SEK 15 million grant from Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation. The money will be used to build up the centre and develop its activities over the coming two years. KI’s Centre for Health Crises (previously named “Health Emergency...

Digitization, automation, and artificial intelligence will mean great opportunities and bring about changes both for society as a whole and for individuals. Opportunities and changes that are important to investigate scientifically. Against this background, Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation...

Two physicians will be appointed Wallenberg Clinical Fellows; they are researching why cancer is more common in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases, and studying whether it is possible to develop new methods for treating pancreatic cancer. The purpose of the Wallenberg Clinical Fellows program...

On March 30, 30 cabin crew from SAS will take part in the pilot round of 3-day fast track medical training at Sophiahemmet University. After training, all will be offered work at a number of municipal and private healthcare providers in the Stockholm area. Thanks to an increased grant of SEK 6...

During 2019 funding allocated to research totaled SEK 2.4 billion. Most of the funding by the Wallenberg Foundations is grants from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, which focuses on basic research in medicine, science and technology. But the Wallenberg Foundations also award substantial grants...

PRESS RELASE FROM WASP-HS Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation has granted SEK 96 million to be shared by 16 research projects studying the impact of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems on our society and our behavior. The 16 projects seek to answer a number of questions relating to...

AI, machine learning, robotization… the ongoing technological transition will impact our society and our behaviors in diverse ways. The Wallenberg Foundations are now investing up to SEK 660 million in the WASP-HS research program, whose purpose is to study the changes resulting from the...

Funding allocated to research totaled SEK 2.2 billion in 2018. Most of the funding by the foundations is in the form of grants awarded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, which focuses on basic research in the fields of medicine, science and technology. But the Wallenberg Foundations also...

Funding allocated to research projects totaled SEK 2.2 billion in 2017. Most of the funding awarded by the foundations comes from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, which focuses on basic research in the fields of medicine, science and technology. But the Wallenberg Foundations also award...