The Wallenberg Foundations

This applies for the following foundations:

• Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW)Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation (MAW)
  
• Berit Wallenberg Foundation (BWS) (required only for larger research projects)
• Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (MMW)

Internal calls and prioritization of applications

Before you start writing your application to any of the foundations above you must first discuss with the head of your department. When a call has been published on the foundation’s web site, the Office for Research, Engagement and Innovation Services makes a time frame for the internal application process at SU in consultation with the vice presidents. After that, we send out a call for “pre applications” to the heads of departments, and publish updated information and application forms on the SU staff web (for some calls the procedure with pre applications is not applied, see the table below for further info).

The internal prioritization is made within the academic areas for Natural Sciences and Human Sciences respectively, where review panels appointed by the vice presidents read and prioritize among the pre-applications based on the criteria of the specific call. Prioritized applicants are then asked to write a full application. Support letters are provided when the application and the budget form have been approved.

Wallenberg Foundations: Timeframe for internal application processes at Stockholm University

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW)

Nomination for Wallenberg Academy Fellows program 2025

The head of the department or equivalent can nominate candidate(s) for the SU internal selection process to the Wallenberg Academy Fellows program by filling in the nomination form below. Completed forms are to be sent by e-mail to Sofia Irinarchos (sofia.irinarchos@su.se) at the Office for Research, Engagement and Innovation Services no later than 18 October 2024.

Nomination of candidates for WAF 2025

Wallenberg Academy Fellows is a career program for young researchers set up by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). Nominations are accepted from all disciplines; half of the nominees must be external (i.e. recruited internationally), and at least 40% of our nominees must be female. The nominated researchers must have obtained their PhDs after 1 January 2016, with exceptions for parental leave or extended sick leave. You will find more information about the call at the Foundation’s homepage:

Guidelines for the call

Assessment criteria

The University’s internal nomination and selection process

Stockholm University can nominate 16 candidates of which 8 must be recruited internationally and 6 of the underrepresented sex. Each department can nominate any number of candidates, but the distribution between internal and international candidates must be as follows:

• If one candidate is nominated there is no restriction; the candidate can be internal or international, male or female.
• If two candidates are nominated, at least one of them must be international, and at least one female, and so forth with even numbers of nominations
• If three candidates are nominated, at least two of them must be international, and at least one female, and so forth with uneven numbers of nominations

The completed nomination forms are to be sent by the head of the department or equivalent to sofia.irinarchos@su.se before 18 October 2024. These “pre-nominations” are reviewed at the scientific discipline level within the Academic Areas for Human Science and Science respectively, who will select among them based on the Foundation’s assessment criteria. Nominees prioritized by the university (decision will come early December) may develop full applications as stipulated in the guidelines for the call. The University nominates its final 16 candidates by February 15th, 2023. All nominations go through the Office for Research, Engagement and Innovation Services, who will also submit the documents to the Foundation.

Time frame

• Deadline for internal nominations: 18 October 2024
• Deadline (internal) for full applications: 17 January 2024
• Foundation’s deadline: 15 februari 2025.

Contact

For questions about the call and about the internal nomination process, please contact Sofia Irinarchos.

For budget questions you may contact Anne Stenberg

Attachments

• Waf 2025, internal nomination form Word, 169 kB.
• Procedure for applicants from Stockholm University to the Wallenberg Foundations Pdf, 59.6 kB.

Internal process for project applications to MMW and MAW 2025

These calls are preceded by an SU-internal application process which is coordinated by the Office for Research, Innovation and Engagement Services (REIS). You apply on a certain pre-application form that has been sent out to the heads of the departments. The filled in form shall be sent by the head/equivalent to sofia.irinarchos@su.se before 17 January 2025. Both foundations’ deadline is on April 2nd 2025.

Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (MMW) mainly supports research projects related to the social sciences. Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation (MAW) mainly supports research projects related to the humanities. Grants should normally be between 4 million and 10 million SEK, with a duration of three to five years.

In 2025, both MMW och MAW only have calls for special grants:

• Youth Psychology/Psychiatry
• Research of relevance to forest management and conservation

For further information about the calls see the guidelines on respective foundation’s home page:

MMW: https://mmw.wallenberg.org/en/funding-guide#announcement_14

MAW: https://maw.wallenberg.org/en/funding-guide#announcement_60

Pre‑applications shall be in English and will go through an internal evaluation process at the University’s academic area for Human Sciences, where prioritized applicants may complete their proposals and will be provided with the certification signed by rector. The evaluation of pre‑applications will be clearly connected to the foundations’ guidelines for the call.

Important dates and deadlines:

17 January Deadline for pre-applications to Sofia Irinarchos at REIS (submitted by the head of the department/equivalent)

5 February Info to the researchers whether or not their application has been prioritized (preliminary date)

30 March Certification signed by rector will be sent to the applicants (latest date)

2 April Latest date for researchers to submit their applications through respective foundation’s E‑application system

Contact

For questions about the call and about the internal nomination process, please contact Sofia Irinarchos.

For budget questions you may contact Anne Stenberg

Attachments

• MMW MAW 2025 blankett föransökan Word, 167.3 kB. (in Swedish)