Forte's annual call for project grants will contribute to increased knowledge in Forte's areas of health, working life and welfare. Of the 74 approved projects in 2025, 19 are run by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, who will receive just over SEK 86.3 million.
Forte, the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, funds research that strengthens public health and welfare. The project grant is one of Forte's largest investments and gives researchers the opportunity to conduct long-term and innovative research that will contribute to societal benefit in the short or long term. A total of around SEK 345 million will be allocated for the years 2026-2028.
Of this year's 1,054 applications, 74 projects received funding, which corresponds to a 7.4 percent approval rate. Of these projects, 19 are run by researchers at Karolinska Institutet.
In total, KI will receive more than SEK 86.3 million in this year's call, which marks a significant investment in research that combines medicine, social sciences and technology.
KI researchers who receive project grants in 2025
Alexis Cullen , researcher at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Project: Time trends and inequalities in the diagnosis, occupational burden, and treatment of menopausal and perimenopausal disorders
Grant: SEK 4.971 million
Anda Gliga , researcher at the Institute of Environmental Medicine
Project: Fire emissions from new materials - toxicity and risks for firefighters
Grant: SEK 4.996 million
Ann Liljas , researcher at the Department of Global Public Health
Project: Feasibility, acceptability and potential effects of a person-centred integrated care model to frail older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Grant: SEK 4.989 million
Anna Kågesten , researcher at the Department of Global Public Health
Project: Mental health enhancement for violence-affected Swedish youth through digital interventions (MEND)
Grant: SEK 4.989 million
Anna Sidorchuk , researcher at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Project: "Crisis during treatment": How prescribed benzodiazepine use affects the risk of suicidal behaviour and how to enhance safer prescribing in primary care
Grant: SEK 4.455 million
Cecilia Magnusson , professor at the Department of Global Public Health
Project: Advancing postmenopausal health for all: Investigating the risks, benefits, and disparities in menopausal hormone therapy
Grant: SEK 4.889 million
Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz , professor at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Project: Labor market marginalization in individuals with autism spectrum disorders - risk patterns, pharmacological treatment and work accommodations
Grant: SEK 4.986 million
Hanna Karlsson , researcher at the Institute of Environmental Medicine
Project: Nanoparticles in metal recycling and powder manufacturing for 3D printing: exposure, bioavailability, toxicity and health risks
Grant: SEK 4.999 million
Helle Alvesson , researcher at the Department of Global Public Health
Project: Youth food power: Co-designing a healthy food environment
Grant: SEK 4.992 million
Jette Möller , professor at the Department of Global Public Health
Project: The dynamic interplay between financial difficulties and depressive symptoms in a life course perspective
Grant: SEK 2.978 million
Laura Fratiglioni, professor at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Project: Time trends and lifelong determinants of multidimensional health in old age: A nationwide study with cross-country validation
Grant: SEK 4.977 million
Maria Henström Engblom , researcher at the Department of Medicine , Huddinge
Project: PICNIC in Swedish child healthcare: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate an online co-designed parent support program to promote healthy eating behaviours in children
Grant: SEK 4.978 million
Maria Rosaria Galanti, professor emerita at the Department of Global Public Health
Project: Use of non-combustible nicotine and tobacco products among young adults in Sweden. A longitudinal study on behavioral patterns, motivation to use and nicotine exposure
Grant: SEK 4.839 million
Nuria Matilla Santander , researcher at the Department of Global Public Health
Project: DIGI-LONG. Leveraging Swedish register data to study the longitudinal health effects of digital platform work
Grant: SEK 4.980 million
Sofia Carlsson , researcher at the Institute of Environmental Medicine
Project: Early onset type 2-diabetes, a growing threat to public health with a strong social gradient
Grant: SEK 4.946 million
Susanne Guidetti , professor at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Project: Re@home: Evaluation of home rehabilitation for older adults - what works for whom under what circumstances
Grant: SEK 4.908 million
Tobias Nordström , researcher at the Department of Clinical Sciences , Danderyd Hospital
Project: From trial to tailored prostate cancer screening - studies to inform future early detection and treatment of prostate cancer with a specific focus on the elder population
Grant: SEK 4.861 million
Viktor Kaldo , researcher at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Project: User-centered development and evaluation of a decision support system for psychiatric assessments, based on AI analyses of an initial digital video intreview
Grant: SEK 4.980 million
Mats Holmberg , researcher at the Department of Medicine , Huddinge
Project: ReTrans - National follow-up of patients diagnosed with gender dysphoria since the year 2000
Grant: SEK 4.652 million
