Ebbe and Lena Krook's donation for osteoporosis

Karolinska Institutet hereby announces research grants for studies on the common disease osteoporosis, funded by a donation from Ebbe and Lena Krook. A total of SEK 5 million for 2025.

Purpose

The donation is intended to support research on the common disease osteoporosis.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are researchers with a doctoral degree who are affiliated to Karolinska Institutet, who conduct research within the area described above.

Funding Amount

A maximum of SEK 1 million may be granted per applicant per year. You can never receive more than the amount applied for. Funding can only be applied for one year at a time.

Application

The application must include:

The application must include a research description of no more than 4 A4 pages (Arial, font size 12, not exceeding 15,000 characters). The application should be divided into the following sections: abstract "popular executive summary" (maximum half an A4 page, 2000 characters), background, research plan, preliminary data, budget, significance, and references. 
Any granted or pending ethical approvals, feasibility, the applicant’s previous experience in the field, and indirect costs must be specified in the budget.

The following attachments must be included:

  1. A publication list of the 10 most relevant publications for this call, as well as a complete publication list for the past 5 years and the current year.

Applications must be submitted electronically. The application form will be available in KI Prisma during the application period: September 30, 2025, at 10:00 – October 22, 2025, at 14:00.

Decision

Funding decisions will be made by the Committee for Research and communicated to all applicants via email in December.

Reporting

After the end of the funding period, you must confirm whether the funds have been used, started to be used, or not used. Remaining funds may continue to be used within the scope of the project the following year. Reporting must be done no later than 12 months after the funds have been disbursed. If requested by the donors, you must also be prepared to give an annual oral popular science presentation of up to 30 minutes.

Contact

For questions regarding the call: cecilia.lovdahl@ki.se
For questions about Prisma: fonder@ki.se