60 million SEK awarded to prominent earlier career researchers

 

Four researchers are funded through the Swedish Foundations’ Starting Grant call 2023.

 

• Stephen De Lisle (Karlstad University) recieves funding from KK-stiftelsen for the project Origins of diversity in sexual organisms.
• Kathlén Kohn (Royal Institute of Technology) recieves funding from Ragnar Söderbergs stiftelse for the project Algebraic Vision.
• Roham Parsa (Karolinska Institute) recieves funding from Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning for the project The development and function of mucosal T cells.
• Laurence Picton (Karolinska Institute) recieves funding from Erling-Perssons Stiftelse for the project Spinal cord tension dynamics and central proprioception.

 

– With the decision from our board to join the SFSG collaboration we will now be able to support early career researchers at the newer universities and university colleges in the same way as researchers who are active at other higher education institutions have been able to access the Swedish Foundations’ Starting Grant. We are happy to support Stephen De Lisle at Karlstad University and his project on evolution of sex and how it contributes to the diversity among organsims and the origin of life, says Eva Schelin, CEO of KK-stiftelsen.

 

– Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (SSMF) is delighted and proud to fund Roham Parsa’s project concerning T-lymphocytes and their role during viral infections, says Mats Ulfendahl, chairman of SSMF.

 

– To be able to give talented early career researchers an opportunity to establish themselves and build a research group is particularly valuable to us. We are very happy for the opportunity to support Laurence Picton’s project about the mechanisms for proprioception, says Ylva Lindersson, research advisor at Erling-Perssons Stiftelse.

 

– It is with great anticipation that we are funding Kathlén Kohn’s project on using algebraic methods to improve image analysis. We are looking forward to follow her work and future career, says Jenny Parnesten, chair of the board of Ragnar Söderbergs stiftelse.