Swedish Research Council Grants in Medicine and Health to CMM members
The Swedish Research Council has made decisions on the calls for proposals for the years 2026–2031. The largest category of grants is project grants in medicine and health. A total of 174 out of 1,103 applications were approved in this category, corresponding to an approval rate of 16 per cent. In total, nearly 883 MSEK (million Swedish kronor) is allocated under this grant category. Of the project grants awarded, 79 have been awarded to researchers at Karolinska Institutet, out of which 14 are CMM members. In total, CMM researchers obtained project grants in medicine and health amounting to 78,2 MSEK.
In this round, the following CMM members have received funding for the respective projects:
Hanna Björck, “Aortic Valve Disease and Associated Ascending Aortopathy: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Significance”.
Magnus Bäck, “Inflammation Resolution in Cardiovascular Disease: From Molecular Profiling to Clinical Trials”.
Katarina Fink, “Menopause, Brain Aging, and Progression in Multiple Sclerosis: A Multimodal Study”.
Ulf Hedin, “Unstable Carotid Atherosclerosis: From Population-Based to Individualized Surgical Stroke Prevention”.
Maja Jagodic, “Epigenetics in Multiple Sclerosis: From Pathogenesis to Precision Medicine”.
Vivianne Malmström, “Lymphocyte Function and Immune Regulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis”.
Gunnar Nilsson, “Mechanisms Underlying IL-33-Dependent Programming of Human Mast Cells”.
Ljubica Perisic Matic, “PLAQUE-CODE: Decoding Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity to Enable Precision Therapies for Atherosclerosis”.
Christopher Sundling, “Immune Regulation and Adaptive Immune Responses in Tuberculosis: Infection, Disease, and Diagnostics”.
Olivia Thomas, “Identifying Antigen-Specific T Cells Driving Neurological Immune Diseases”.
Marie Wahren-Herlenius, “Immunopathogenic Mechanisms in Kawasaki Disease”.
Craig Wheelock, “Molecular Phenotyping for Precision Pharmacotherapy of Asthma”.
Jakob Wikström, “Seeking the Good Rather Than the Bad: Identifying Factors That Promote Healing in Patients with Exceptional Wound-Healing Capacity”.
Zhichao Zhou, “Targeting Red Blood Cell-Derived Non-Coding RNAs as a Novel Strategy for Diabetes-Associated Cardiovascular Disease”.