Early-career researchers focus on sustainable development
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Promising researchers are taking on sustainability challenges and strengthening Sweden as a research nation. Formas is now awarding funding to 65 researchers at an early stage of their careers for research projects in the fields of the environment, agricultural industries and spatial planning.
Society is in great need of researchers who have qualified subject knowledge and pedagogical skills in the work for sustainable development, both nationally and globally. In Formas' call for Career Support for Early Career Researchers, we give promising researchers the opportunity to take the next step in their career development and to develop their independence as researchers.
- It is great to see so much interest from early-career researchers who want to invest in sustainable development," says Aleh Kliatsko, Research Secretary at Formas. "Through this call for proposals, we can now give them the chance to think in new ways and be creative. They are given great freedom to shape their own projects and mobility based on their own needs and those of the research area.
In the long run, the call will strengthen the researchers and their opportunities to work in leading positions in academia, the public sector, civil society or business.
- "Funding researchers early in their careers is a smart investment for sustainable development," continues Aleh Kliatsko. "It is a win-win for society as a whole.
To further broaden the opportunities for researchers to develop their careers and increase the benefits to society, projects should include exchanges with other research environments. Mobility should strengthen researchers' abilities and opportunities to contribute to socially relevant research of the highest scientific quality. In this year's call, as last year, we see a wide range of countries in the mobility list, such as Australia, South Korea, Brazil and the United States, but also organizations in business and the public sector that invest in research-based knowledge and skills development.
Thematically, we see a clear trend in this year's call that follows the global social development in general.
- More research projects than before are focusing on preparedness and security, and on AI," says Aleh Kliatsko. "These are areas where researchers want to strengthen their skills early in their careers and contribute to a clear shift in the state of knowledge.
Career support will return in 2026
We plan to open next year's Career Support for Early Career Researchers in January 2026. We aim to publish more information about the call on our website in December 2025 and will also invite you to digital information sessions in connection with the call opening. Follow our newsletter External link. to stay updated.
Preliminary decision (only decision notification via Prisma guarantees the grant awarded. It may take up to a few days before individual decisions are published in Prisma. Errors in the project database and the list below may exist).
| Dnr | First name | Last name | Organization | Title of organization | Total amount granted (SEK) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-00381 | Tobia | Police | University of Gothenburg | Melting boundaries: Revealing greenhouse gas emissions from emerging Arctic landscapes | 5 999 606 |
| 2025-00385 | Johanna | Stedt | Lund University | TRITON: Trans-national monitoring of harbor porpoise distribution and behavior - data from animal-borne transmitters provide improved protection of an endangered marine top predator and its habitat | 5 999 898 |
| 2025-00398 | Jingnan | Zhang | Royal Institute of Technology | OatAI: Unlocking the potential of oats with AI-driven computational methods | 4 497 291 |
| 2025-00404 | Louis | Delannoy | Stockholm University | Development of strategies for response diversity in polycrisis management | 5 994 023 |
| 2025-00424 | Dohun | Kim | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Climate-adapted forest management by individual forest owners: Decision-making, policy options and welfare promoting the Swedish bioeconomy | 5 615 018 |
| 2025-00433 | Anran | Mao | Royal Institute of Technology | Development of synthetic plant cells and tissues for a better understanding of plant mechanics | 6 000 000 |
| 2025-00438 | Meriem | Krouma | Uppsala University | Advanced sub-seasonal forecasting of climate threats and impacts in Europe | 4 856 020 |
| 2025-00439 | Heather | Wood | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Measuring the success of rewetting forests for bat populations. | 5 299 400 |
| 2025-00450 | Georgios | Niarchos | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | SORB & DESTRUCT: Integration of biochar and iron nanomaterials for sustainable removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) | 5 999 089 |
| 2025-00470 | Thomas | Morgenthaler | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Neurodiversity at Play: A Multi-Stakeholder Study of Planning, Design and Management for Neuroinclusive Outdoor Play Environments | 5 416 253 |
| 2025-00477 | Linus | Ekman Burgman | Linköping University | Out of the ashes of the fire - turning burnt waste into a resource | 5 979 893 |
| 2025-00488 | Mathilda | Rosengren | Malmö University | The Anthropocene City: Cross-species stories of climate challenges in the Öresund region | 5 995 530 |
| 2025-00491 | Yohan | Sassi | Lund University | Spatio-temporal patterns of nocturnal bird migration in Europe: using weather radar to monitor migratory birds | 5 431 649 |
| 2025-00494 | Anna Edvardsson Rasmussen | Edvardsson Rasmussen | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Indilact Next Generation - Long-term follow-up of reproduction, milk production and health in cows with extended calving interval and their heifer calves | 5 265 588 |
| 2025-00508 | Anna | Munke | Lund University | Replication mechanisms of a virus that regulates algal growth | 6 000 000 |
| 2025-00528 | Martin Mickelsson | Mickelsson | University of Gothenburg | PFAS Risk Management between the Public and the Private: Perceptions, Responses, Trust and Responsibility in Interactions between Private Well Owners and Municipal Practitioners | 5 623 000 |
| 2025-00537 | Jesse | Thacher | Lund University | Illuminating the dark side: Investigating the effect of light at night on cardiometabolic health | 5 741 200 |
| 2025-00541 | Matthew | Scott | Raoul Wallenberg Foundation Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law | AdjuDisplace: Legal Sector Institutions and Urban Environmental Displacement - Towards a Legal Practice for the Anthropocene | 3 773 925 |
| 2025-00548 | Lisa | Ekman | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Towards sustainable development and resilience in Swedish dairy farming through system perspectives and co-creation | 5 080 541 |
| 2025-00563 | Thomas Slijper | Slijper | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sustainable innovations for preparedness and resilience in Swedish agriculture | 4 336 756 |
| 2025-00564 | Maria | Faticov | Stockholm University | Effects of military-induced disturbances on soil microbial diversity and microbial ecophysiological properties | 5 969 632 |
| 2025-00568 | Robert | Spitzer | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Predator connectivity in Fennoscandia: using landscape genetics to inform transboundary management | 5 269 706 |
| 2025-00576 | Leon | Green Ekelin | University of Gothenburg | Biotic resistance and metabolic niches in the fish fauna of the future (MetaNiche) | 5 891 014 |
| 2025-00578 | Elin | Videvall | Uppsala University | Early life microbiome as predictors of health in a semi-domesticated ruminant (ReinGut) | 5 999 701 |
| 2025-00584 | Jaime | Gonzalez-Libreros | Luleå University of Technology | Extending the life of railway bridges through sustainable reinforcement solutions | 5 781 909 |
| 2025-00587 | Prince Young | Aboagye | Lund University | Sustainability synergies in cocoa production in West Africa: Historical legacies and future pathways | 6 000 000 |
| 2025-00591 | Maxim | Vlasov | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | More-than-human survival - How can indigenous survival knowledge bridge the gap between crisis preparedness and social-ecological transformation? | 5 529 300 |
| 2025-00594 | Maya | Hey | Royal Institute of Technology | Microbial Temporalities in the Anthropocene Research | 4 399 000 |
| 2025-00599 | Roham | Sadeghi Tabar | Chalmers University of Technology | Towards total remanufacturing of mechanical products | 5 884 000 |
| 2025-00603 | Jenny | von Platten | The Stockholm Environment Institute Foundation | Underconsumption in the Anthropocene? The history, present and future of energy poverty in Sweden | 4 816 004 |
| 2025-00607 | Océane | Liehrmann | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Smart Welfare: An automated tool for evaluating learning efficiency as a cognitive biomarker for farm animal welfare | 5 731 919 |
| 2025-00613 | Konstantinos | Papoutsis | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Reduction of post-harvest losses in potatoes using sustainable sprout control methods: investigation of the mechanisms of action of the methods by omics techniques | 5 999 779 |
| 2025-00617 | Haoyu | Wei | Luleå University of Technology | Infiltration scanning: Re-evaluation of hydrological dynamics in nature-based stormwater solutions by a non-invasive method | 6 000 000 |
| 2025-00630 | Barbara | Magalhães Teixeira | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute | The Geopolitics of the Green Transition: Implications for Peace and Security | 3 763 388 |
| 2025-00648 | Amir | Naghibi | Lund University | AGRILEAP: Co-Creating a Leap in Climate Resilience for Swedish Agriculate under Climate Extremes - AI-based decision support and policy modeling system for water and crops | 4 845 727 |
| 2025-00651 | Prithvi | Simha | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | NutriShift: Enzyme-catalyzed conversion of human urine into safe, fully bio-based fertilizers | 4 467 449 |
| 2025-00666 | Andreas | Back | Umeå University | Zombies in the rural housing market: Abandoned houses, municipal planning and the future of rural housing | 4 434 998 |
| 2025-00668 | Zhaojun | Li | Uppsala University | Sustainable Hybrid Composite Inks for Next Generation Semiconductors | 5 866 478 |
| 2025-00684 | Jennie | Gustafsson | Malmö University | Welfare for sale: privatization and re-municipalization of public properties | 4 499 644 |
| 2025-00685 | Jean-Baptiste | Thomas | Royal Institute of Technology | Promoting green claims in the blue economy: prospective LCAs with participatory processes | 3 826 000 |
| 2025-00690 | Maria | Cortazar Chinarro | Uppsala University | Discovering and Understanding Emerging Diseases: An Integrated Approach to Reducing Biodiversity Loss in Amphibians | 5 981 157 |
| 2025-00697 | Hampus | André | Royal Institute of Technology | When is just enough best? - Method development for assessing environmental and well-being impacts of "sufficient" consumption | 5 997 000 |
| 2025-00711 | Anders Norway | Lauridsen | University of Gothenburg | Voices from the Wetlands: Indigenous Knowledge for a Sustainable Future | 5 995 430 |
| 2025-00718 | James Gabriel (Gabe) | Eckhouse | Uppsala University | Materialization of the Nordic-American Battery Future | 5 996 341 |
| 2025-00723 | Isabella | Glogger | University of Gothenburg | Soft denial, hard consequences: A study of how Sweden's far-right information landscape shapes the climate debate and influences public opinion | 3 640 000 |
| 2025-00731 | Heidi | Rautiainen | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Defining and evaluating the concept of "grazing peace" in reindeer in relation to disturbances (REINPEACE) | 5 229 836 |
| 2025-00740 | Alexander | Mackintosh | Uppsala University | Using complete genetic information for conservation genomics | 4 494 064 |
| 2025-00747 | Karl | Persson | Chalmers University of Technology | BioHive - Yeast-based Biological Control of Bipathogens | 6 000 000 |
| 2025-00751 | Petter | Paulsen Thoresen | Luleå University of Technology | ReLiF - Restructuring of lignin into formaldehyde-free protein-lignin adhesives | 6 000 000 |
| 2025-00756 | Shanna | Romand | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Priming the Future: new methods to strengthen plant defenses against climate change using natural compounds. | 5 952 715 |
| 2025-00758 | Elena | Subbotina | Linköping University | Sustainable electrochemical processes for additive-free lignin-based adhesives | 6 000 000 |
| 2025-00806 | Magdalena | Rajczakowska | Luleå University of Technology | Multi-scale insights for the conversion of Swedish biomass-based side streams into environmentally beneficial building resources | 5 999 942 |
| 2025-00813 | Elias | Isaksson | Umeå University | Sustainable urban transition beyond growth? Opportunities and challenges in using alternative economic models in local planning | 5 435 200 |
| 2025-00815 | Ciara | Dwyer | Lund University | RESTORATION: Investigating the effects of pollinator decline on grassland restoration | 5 999 285 |
| 2025-00831 | Simon | Davidsson | University of Gothenburg | Local development, social inclusion and populism in Sweden | 4 291 004 |
| 2025-00836 | Tetyana | Budnyak | Uppsala University | PhotoBiomass4PFAS: Biomass-derived materials for complete PFAS photodegradation in water | 6 000 000 |
| 2025-00870 | Ida | Hallberg | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | PFAS in primary production, risks and monitoring (PFARM) | 5 964 760 |
| 2025-00877 | Pierre | Tichit | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Biodiversity trajectories after peatland restoration | 5 996 532 |
| 2025-00893 | Anna | Andersson | Linköping University | Chlorexit - Risk-based evaluation of hypochlorite and monochloramine in Swedish drinking water production | 5 993 367 |
| 2025-00894 | Anna | Toldra Filella | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | New DNA tools for specific and sensitive in situ monitoring of toxic cyanobacteria | 5 975 611 |
| 2025-00906 | Rachel | Mazac | Stockholm University | Recipes for Change: Transformational Readiness for Enhancing Food System Resilience and Justice | 5 954 244 |
| 2025-00913 | Demetrio | Marcianò | Royal Institute of Technology | Sustainable control of post-harvest fungal diseases using RNA fungicides | 5 996 831 |
| 2025-00930 | David | Collste | Stockholm University | Climate Policy Impacts on and Economic Prosperity, Inequality and the Environment (CLIMPACT) | 5 998 079 |
| 2025-00950 | James | White | Lund University | Knowledge, ignorance and the public debate on the environmental impact of AI | 5 992 000 |
| 2025-00964 | Dmitry | Malyshev | Umeå University | Detection and removal of bacterial spores for a safe and environmentally friendly dairy industry | 5 996 000 |