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New call for doctoral
student exchange at
Stanford University

Through this special initiative, doctoral students are offered the opportunity to spend up to one year at Stanford University in the United States. The initiative aims to strengthen both the doctoral student’s academic development and Swedish research environments.
Read more about the initiative

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  • New opportunity to apply for funding for strategic recruitments
    News

    New opportunity to apply for funding for strategic recruitments

    A new application round is now open in the programme Capacity Building. From this year onwards, the programme welcomes applications both in spring and autumn – a decision that provides universities with greater flexibility when planning strategically important recruitments of key expertise.

  • Welcome to the UIIN Conference 2026
    Events

    Welcome to the UIIN Conference 2026

    On 15–17 June 2026, the UIIN Conference will take place in Stockholm – a global conference focused on collaboration between academia and industry. Over the three days, researchers, innovation leaders, industry executives and policymakers from more than 50 countries will come together to share insights, exchange experience and spark new collaborations.

  • Three strategic appointments strengthen Sweden’s competitiveness
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    Three strategic appointments strengthen Sweden’s competitiveness

    The Knowledge Foundation is funding three projects within the new programme Capacity building. Through investments totalling SEK 3.7 million, the initiative strengthens the research capacity of Swedish universities while giving industry improved access to cutting‑edge expertise.

Increased Competitiveness Through Co-Production

What Does Co-Production Mean?

Co-production forms the basis of Knowledge Foundation’s operation and is an inherent element in the projects, the research and the educational environments that we fund. Co-production means that the projects we fund must be designed and implemented in close collaboration between academia and the business sector.

Co-Production Co-Production

Why co-produce?

Co-production gives researchers and business actors an insight into and an understanding of each other’s needs. This also provides better conditions for research to be implemented and contribute to innovation, development, and renewal.

How it works How it works

Stories about collaboration

Current Calls for Proposals

  • Read more Doctoral student exchange to the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
    Open for applications

    Doctoral student exchange to the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

    Through this special initiative, doctoral students are offered the opportunity to participate in an exchange programme at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, USA, over 6–12 months.

    Contact

    Maria Dollhopf, Programme manager

    maria.dollhopf@kks.se

    Application deadline

Current Calls for Proposals

Building Strong Research and Education Environments

All Programmes Contribute

Our programmes are aimed at enabling environments to establish and maintain a strong, long-term, national and international scientific or artistic position which also contributes to the profiling of the higher education institution. This enables the environment to also become a valuable long-term partner for the business sector.

Programmes & Calls Programmes & Calls

What Is a Strong Environment?

A strong environment is one that has the capacity to develop its research and education in collaboration with the business sector, and takes a long-term, strategic approach to its development. Prioritisation and a shared, embedded ambition are crucial to establishing a strong scientific position and profile with high business sector and societal relevance.

Strong Environments Strong Environments

The Knowledge Foundation by the numbers

  • SEK 12.9 billion

    Since our establishment in 1994, the Knowledge Foundation has distributed over SEK 12.9 billion for research and competence development.

  • 323 projects

    In 2025, a total of 323 projects were ongoing with funding from the Knowledge Foundation.

  • 185 business actors

    In the projects that were granted funding by the Knowledge Foundation in 2025, a total of 185 business actors were involved as co-financers.

Supported Universities

In accordance with our statutes, we fund research and competence development at Sweden’s university colleges and newer universities.