Recruitment and consolidator program for junior researchers at KI
Are you a young and promising researcher in medical science who wants to conduct research in an international environment, with top-class research infrastructure and good conditions for exciting collaborations? KI is advertising positions as Assistant Professor in several different subject areas. KI is also advertising consolidator grants for already employed researchers.
Assistant Professor
The announcement of positions as Assistant Professors will be subject specific. Excellence and mobility, such as international experience and a doctoral degree from another university, will be rewarded in the announcement. The recruiting department will carry out the assessment process.
Financing
The position as Assistant Professor is financed jointly by the Faculty Board at central level and the recruiting department. Information on the total amount of allocated funding is specified in the respective job advertisement.
Consolidator grant
The call for consolidation grants is intended for junior researchers in medical science, including medicine, care, and health. The call is directed at researchers who are already employed at KI.
The consolidation grants are funded by the Faculty Board, and decisions on the number of grants are made annually.
More about the calls and advertisements 2026
Photo: Liza SimonssonAssistant Professor 2026
We are looking for up to 21 outstanding early-career researchers to join us as Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas.
At KI, we foster a vibrant and international academic environment with research and education characterised by curiosity, collaboration, innovation, and quality.
Photo: Lotte BrandtConsolidator Grant 2026
KI is investing to give the most prominent younger researchers the opportunity to consolidate their research and broaden their activities.
As part of this initiative up to 10 Consolidator grants are announced or researchers employed at KI. The focus is on research in medical science in a broad perspective, including medicine, Health care and Health.
Why choose KI?
Photo: Erik CronbergChoose to work at KI — Ten reasons why
What do you look for in a new job? Creativity? Making a difference? Cutting-edge equipment? Doing your bit for world-leading research and education at Sweden’s largest medical university? In that case, KI is the employer for you.
Photo: Liza SimonssonWhy become a researcher at KI?
Academic freedom and the Swedish approach of achieving a work-life balance are two aspects that attract many researchers and lecturers to Sweden and Karolinska Institutet. As a researcher here, you will have the right to commercialise your research, and even get support from the university in doing so. These are just a few of all the benefits you will receive as a researcher at KI.