Grants
In 2025 Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation awarded grants of SEK 188 million (2024: SEK 176 million) to different programs and projects.
During the year special project grants were announced in two areas: one focused on child and adolescent psychology/psychiatry, in which five projects received funding, and another focused on social science research projects with forestry relevance, in which four projects received funding.
Additionally, some other projects within humanities received grants as well as the Foundation's support for the strategic and long-term programs Anthropocene lab and WASP-HS has continued.
Humanities
The Foundation primarily grants funding for projects related to the humanities.
Total amount over SEK 2.4 billion
Since the establishment of the Foundation over SEK 2.4 billion has been granted in the form of project grants and scholarships, of which about SEK 788 million over the past five years.
Strategic and long-term programs
Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanities and Society (WASP-HS) Promote new interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences on the subject of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems and their impact on human and social development.
Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation and Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation jointly invest in the program, totaling SEK 720 million over ten years.
WASP–HS: research into AI, technology, humanity and society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences “The Anthropocene Laboratory”. The laboratory aims to gather researchers from various scientific disciplines with an understanding of the human role in the biosphere. The initiative seeks to shape the research forefront on the biosphere, the sum of all ecosystems, and develop science for sustainable development, as well as foster a new generation of young researchers.
The project is funded jointly with the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, with a total of SEK 60 million over a five-year period.
The Anthropocene Laboratory: tasked with finding new pathways toward a sustainable future
Grants 2025
Tekniska museet, ”The Cell”, SEK 6 000 000.
The Foundation for Economic History Research within Banking and Enterprise, funding of SEK 1 900 000 for the operation and maintenance of the archive.
Research on mental illness among young people
Karolinska Institutet, Associate Professor Johan Bjureberg, grant of SEK 5 million for the project: “Mapping and preventing self-harm and suicide attempts through digital phenotyping in high-risk youth”
Addressing momentary risk of suicidal behaviors in youth
Örebro University, Associate Professor Serena Bauducco, grant of SEK 10 million for the project: “Young people’s sleep in a digital world: Unraveling the two-way impact between sleep and technology use”
Exploring young people's sleep in a digital world
Karolinska Institutet, Docent Janina Neufeld, grant of SEK 5 million for the project: “A Multifaceted Twin Study on Autism: How Clusters of Behavioural Features Shape Functioning and the Brain”
A twin study on autism
Örebro University, Professor Henrik Hegbo Larsson, grant of SEK 10 million for the project: “Tackle the youth mental health crisis with patient stratification and personalized treatments”
Personalized treatment strategies for young people with mental illness
Karolinska Institutet, Associate Professor Pia Enebrink, grant of SEK 8.6 million for the project: “Improved treatment for children and youth at risk of severe antisocial and violent behaviour: A translational research program”
Research to help children with serious behavioral problems
To presentations of all MAW and MMW projects on mental illness among young people
Research projects with forestry relevance
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, professor Lars Östlund, awarded grant of SEK 5 million for the project: “Promoting sustainable forestry in the future by understanding human forest interactions in the past (PastForests)”
Forest history combined with emerging technologies creates knowledge for sustainable forestry
Umeå University, Professor Erland Mårald, awarded grant of SEK 5 million for the project: “Forests of Emotions: Merging Historical and Philosophical Perspectives to Understand the Role of Emotions in Forest Debates”
The role of emotions in forest conflicts
Lund University, Dr Jimmy Jönsson, awarded grant of SEK 5 million for the project: “Forest knowledge in action: Historical inquires for integrated forest management futures”
Research on forest knowledge communication
Umeå University, Associate Professor Janina Priebe, awarded grant of SEK 5 million for the project: “The intersection of scientific knowledge and public discourse in the transition from natural to artificial methods of tree improvement”
The role of biotechnology in Swedish forestry
To presentations of all MAW and MMW projects with forestry relevance
The Wallenberg Foundations
In 2025, the Wallenberg Foundations granted a total of over SEK 3.1 billion in grants and, have since 1917 granted over 50 billion Swedish kronor.
The Wallenberg Foundations is the collective name for the 16 non-profit foundations funded by, or in honor of individual members of the Wallenberg family.
The three largest of the Wallenberg Foundations is Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, which promotes scientific research within the natural sciences, technology and medicine, Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (scientific research mainly within the social sciences) and Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation (scientific research mainly within the humanities).
