The Foundations grant funding to excellent researchers and research projects beneficial to Sweden. 
The funding totaled SEK 2.6 billion in 2022

 

 

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Long-term establishment of national expertise in key strategic areas

Many of Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s strategic initiatives have helped to build up a network for the furtherance of expertise in basic science in the Swedish scientific community and in industry, in fields such as life sciences, mathematics, data, materials science and AI and quantum technology.
 

 

 

Refuel the car with solar fuel

Haining Tian wants to develop a climate-friendly "solar fuel" with sunshine, carbon dioxide and water. He wants to mimic what the plants are doing. They actually absorb the sunlight, carbon dioxide and also water to produce the carbohydrates. Tian and his team want to mimic this process but instead produce solar fuels like hydrogen or carbon fuels.