12 November 2021

In 2021, the Swedish Research Council awarded three researchers Starting Grants and seven researchers a Project Grant at IFM.

Logo Swedish research council.

The total grant amount for The Swedish Research Council in 2021-2025 is more than 1,2 billion SEK. IFM sends a big congratulations to the recipients:

Starting Grants:
Emma Björk
Xiao-Ke Liu
Davide Sangiovanni

Projekt Grants:
Per Eklund
Frank Hernandez
Justinas Palisaitis
Per Persson
Yuttapoom Puttisong
Konstantinos Sarakinos
Peter Nilsson


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