The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) is one of the most important external donors to research at the University. SSF funds research in engineering and technology, natural sciences and medicine.
Funding granted in the past five years:
- 2021: SEK 107 million
- 2020: SEK 108 million
- 2019: SEK 111 million
- 2018: SEK 95 million
- 2017: SEK 73 million
The figures are from Uppsala University’s annual report for 2021.

Examples of research supported by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
E-infrastructure for life sciences receives SSF grant
Johan Rung, a researcher at Uppsala University and SciLifeLab, receives a grant of SEK 15 million fo...

Robotic textiles for everything from breathing recovery to feeling surfaces in Space
Imagine an artificial fibre that can be programmed to contract and stretch just like human muscle fi...

Uppsala University welcomes the next generation of neutron-scattering researchers
Three doctoral students from the graduate school Swedish Neutron Education for Science and Society (...
