GRANT. The Swedish Research Council is awarding a grant for a graduate school on the topic of Close Care, which involves collaboration among the universities in the region: the University of Borås, University West, the University of Skövde, and the University of Gothenburg. The graduate school will provide training on the transition to Close Care for at least 40 doctoral students, which will contribute important skills for both the universities…
Assar Gabrielsson’s Bigger Research Grant 2022 (for junior cancer researchers)
The Assar Gabrielssons Foundation annually awards two grants of SEK 600,000 each for major research projects. The funds can be used for salary costs (incl. own salary) and operating costs, and may be used for up to three years. Applications from the University of Gothenburg and Region Västra Götaland are preferred. Eligible to apply are postdocs and young researchers 2-7 years after their defense. Decutible time can be applied for…
Grant from the Lundberg Research Foundation for virtual planning enables better and cheaper wrist surgery
GRANTS. Surgeries on malunion wrist fractures and children’s malformed forearms are planned using standard X-ray images. These provide the surgeon with relatively little information, leading to unpredictable and prolonged operations. A grant from the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation will be used to purchase an apparatus for virtual planning of wrist operations–a method that Professor Anders Björkman at Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg is now developing to simplify surgery in…
SEK 131 million in research grants in medicine and health from the Swedish Research Council
GRANTS. A total of 30 researchers in medicine and health at the University of Gothenburg are sharing over SEK 131 million from the Swedish Research Council. Here you can read the entire list of the projects that receive funding from the Swedish Research Council. The recipient projects are incredibly broad and include such subjects as the nerve cells that regulate appetite, the mechanisms behind kidney disease, new asthma treatments, and…
Five researchers receive grants from the Lundberg Foundation
GRANTS. Five researchers at the University of Gothenburg will receive slightly more than SEK 12 million from the Lundberg Foundation in its latest round of awarded grants. In total, the Lundberg Research Foundation is awarding more than SEK 49 million to 17 projects in Gothenburg, Lund, Stockholm, and Uppsala this year. Volkan Sayin, an associate senior lecturer at the Institute of Clinical Sciences, is being given SEK 3 million to…