GRANT. When the Swedish Research Council recently distributed its annual grant awards in medicine and health, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy received SEK 155 million – the second largest amount in Sweden. The largest grant went to Kaj Blennow, Chandrasekhar Kanduri, Claes Gustafsson, Gunnar C Hansson and Mattias Lorentzon, who each received SEK 9 million over 5 years. Eric Hanse, deputy dean of Sahlgrenska Academy, is happy about the year’s financial bounty awarded by the…
Seven researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy awarded Forte funding
GRANT. Seven researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy had their applications to the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) approved and will receive a total of SEK 18.5 million for their research. One of the projects is a collaboration between rheumatology and nutrition, and investigates if a special diet can help people with rheumatoid arthritis. Anna Winkvist, Professor of Nutrition at the Department of internal medicine and clinical…
Just over SEK 18 million for research on rehabilitating people on disability in western Sweden
GRANTS. Forte has recently decided to provide support for research projects that examine how people who are on disability due to pain or mental conditions can return to the labor force. Of the six projects that Forte decided to support, four of the main applicants are employed at Sahlgrenska Academy and will conduct the research with Region Västra Götaland as the grant manager. Mental illness and painful conditions are the…
More than 100 researchers receive project grants from the Assar Gabrielssons Foundation Fund
GRANTS. The Assar Gabrielssons Foundation Fund provides more than SEK 4.5 million to 104 projects promoting cancer research. The vast majority of the researchers are associated with the University of Gothenburg. Two of the projects receiving funding are being carried out by Niclas Karlsson’s team at Medicinareberget. “I’m delighted!” That was the reaction of Barbara Adamczyk, who had just been notified that the Foundation is going to support her research…
Rosie Perkins trains researchers in scientific writing at the Wallenberg Laboratory
WRITING SUPPORT. For ten years, the Wallenberg Laboratory has had its own scientific editor, who scrutinizes both grant proposals and manuscripts before they are submitted. Rosie Perkins shares with us some of her best advice on how to significantly improve your grants and manuscripts. Rosie Perkins is rarely short of work at the Wallenberg Laboratory. She divides her time between refining papers for journals and grant applications to various funding…