US funding
Navigate the US research funding process from application to closeout. The US pre-award team assists with the applications, while the US post-award team assists from the awarding phase through closeout.
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Photo: UnsplashUpdate on US federally funded research
NIH’s new policy for foreign subawards, effective 1 May 2025
On May 1, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced an updated Policy on Foreign Subawards, which may affect NIH-funded research at Karolinska Institutet.
US research funding process
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Photo: GettyImagesUS research funding in numbers
Karolinska Institutet is the largest recipient of external research funding from the United States among Swedish universities. In 2024, US financiers contributed almost SEK 122 million to KI's research, with grants from both federal funders such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and private foundations.
Photo: Ulf SirbornUS federal funding success stories
KI researchers awarded a 1.56 million US dollar NIH Prime grant for research on Alzheimer's disease