Project grants 2021
In 2021, the Foundation has awarded grants of SEK 117 million for 17 project grants and research programs and three grants within the program for art history and archeology.
Tekniska museet, grant of SEK 15 million for the project ”Forskaren – Science centers new Exibition in Hagastaden”.
Skansen Foundation, grant of SEK 1o million for the project ”Visualization of research around Biological Diversity at Skansen”.
University of Gothenburg, grant of SEK 5 million for the project ”The market language. Studies in the discourse about markets from medieval to modern times”.
Markets from the Middle Ages to the present day
University of Gothenburg, grant of SEK 5 million for the project “The Cultural Imaginary of Terrorism: Close and Distant Readings of Political Terror in Cold War Sweden”.
Political terrorism in Swedish fact and fiction during the Cold War
Lund University, grant of SEK 5 million for the project “The Increasing Necessity for Data Literacy Education in the Age of Infodemicss”.
Tools for understanding and evaluating arguments and descriptions of reality
Raoul Wallenberg Academy for Young Leaders, grant of SEK 5 million for the project "Compassionate leadership – To act was just as important then, as now, as always".
Fryshuset, grant of SEK 5 million for the project ”Equlator”.
Uppsala University, grant of SEK 5 million for the project “Urbanization and child development”.
How is children’s development affected by moving from the country to the city?
Stiftelsen Alfons Åbergs Kulturhus, grant of SEK 4 million for the project ”Chemistry at the Alfie Atkins Cultural Centre”.
Stockholm University, grant of SEK 5 million for the project “Learning first words: The effect of hyperarticulation on infant word-recognition, word-segmentation and word-learning”.
Learning first words
Umeå University, grant of SEK 4 million for the project “Cracking the alphabetic code”.
The best way to improve reading skills
Umeå University, grant of SEK 4 million for the project “Students' (lack of) comprehension of mathematics texts”.
Improved mathematical texts for better mathematical comprehension
Stiftelsen Berättarministeriet, grant of SEK 3.5 million for the project ”Establishment of Berättarministeriet in Malmoe”.
Stockholm University, grant of SEK 3.5 million for the project “An Old Language for a New Age. Latin Grammar Teaching at the Crossroads of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance”.
Teaching Latin grammar at the crossroads of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Royal College of Music, grant of SEK 2 million for the project” Eric Ericson – Musical Learning and Development”.
Program for art history and archeology
Stockholm University, grant of SEK 2 million for the project “Perceptions of a pagan past. Prehistoric spolia in medieval Scandinavian churches, with an emphasis on Gotland”.
Traces of pagan heritage in Swedish churches
Lund University, grant of SEK 1.7 million for the project “A tale told by one, is a tale told only in half. Archaeological narratives based on aDNA, isotopes and archaeological material”.
New perspectives on smallpox outbreaks and migration during the Viking Age
Jamtli, grant of SEK 1.4 million for the project ”Mora stones: royal whale scene – place of place – cult site. An archaeological landscape study”.
Mora Stones: site of royal inauguration, assembly and cult
