KI Foundations & Donations Calendar

KI manages ca 250 foundations and donations, which are comprised of both donations and bequests to KI. The funds are invested in the stock market, and the returns on these investments are distributed as research and travel grants. Around 45 million SEK in total is awarded annually by over 40 calls.

The calendar

The following is a list of when the Foundations & Donations Grants are typically called each year. Link to the KI Foundation and Donation List of Grants page or click on the names below for more detailed information about what each grant supports, eligibility requirements, and the specific application deadlines.

January

KI Travel Grant (Period 1) incl digital arrangements (departure date of travel between March to September)

Axel Hirsch Travel Grant (Period 1) (departure date of travel between April to September)

Aina Börjeson Foundation for Speech Language Pathology Research and Treatment (awarded every other year, even years, next call opens 2024)

Alex and Eva Wallström Foundation (research within cancer and/or rheumatism)

Hirsch Fellowship (travel grant, offered twice per year)

Ruth and Richard Julin Foundation (gastroenterology and hepatology)

Dr Åke Olsson Foundation for Haematology Research

Birgitta and Carl-Axel Rydbeck’s Research Grant for Pediatric Research

KI Foundation for Virus Research (Research and travel grant)

Erik and Edith Fernström Foundation for Medical Research (travel grant)

April

KI Travel Grant (Period 2) incl digital arrangements (departure date of travel between June - December)

Axel Hirsch Travel Grant (Period 2) (departure date of travel between July - December)

Gösta Fraenckel Foundation for Medical Research (aviation and related areas; research and travel grants)

Robert Lundberg Memorial Foundation (cancer research; research and travel grant)

ìShizu Matsumuraîs Donation (pediatrics)

KI Travel Grants for research visits for PhD Students (travel grant, offered twice per year)

Loo and Hans Osterman Foundation for Medical Research (geriatrics research)

Foundation for Geratric Diseases at Karolinska Institutet

KI Foundation for Coagulation Research

KI Research Grants (awarded every second year, even years, next call opens 2024)

June

July

August

KI Travel Grant (Period 3) incl digital arrangements (departure date of travel between October - March)

Axel Hirsch Travel Grant (Period 3) (departure date of travel between October - March)

September

Hirsch Fellowship

KI Travel Grants for research visits for PhD Students (travel grant, offered twice per year)

Maj and Lennart Lindgren Foundation for Medical History Research

Rut and Arvid Wolff Memorial Foundation (insomina research)

Ulla and Gustaf af Uggla Foundation (arthropathic diseases)

David and Astrid Hagelén Foundation

Ulla Hamberg Angeby and Lennart Angeby's Foundation

October

KI Travel Grant (Period 4) incl digital arrangements (departure date of travel between January - June of following year)

Axel Hirsch Travel Grant (Period 4) (departure date of travel between January - June of following year)

KI Foundation Grants for Eye Research

KI Foundation Grants for Rheumatology Research

Felix Mindus contribution to Leukemia Research