43 Million SEK in Project and Starting Grants from the Swedish Research Council
The Swedish Research Council reached a decision on October 30, 2025 on project grants and starting grants within Natural and Engineering Sciences. The Department of Physics and Astronomy is granted 43 242 000 SEK for the period 2026-2030 for in total nine project grants and one starting grant. The projects will begin during 2026.
Research Project Grants
Optimerade 3D icke-jämviktsmodeller för noggranna abundansanalyser av Vintergatans halo
Project title: Optimerade 3D icke-jämviktsmodeller för noggranna abundansanalyser av Vintergatans halo
Main applicant: Anish Amarsi, Astronomy and Space Physics
Grant amount: SEK 4 950 000 for the period 2026-2029
MAESTRO – MAgneto-ionic Engineered Spin Torque for Reconfigurable Operation
Project title: MAESTRO – MAgneto-ionic Engineered Spin Torque for Reconfigurable Operation
Main applicant: Gabriella Andersson, Materials Physics
Co-applicants: Robbie Hunt, Materials Physics and Gunnar Pálsson, Materials Physics
Grant amount: SEK 4 000 000 SEK for the period 2026-2029
What if the Higgs boson is not an elementary particle?
Project title: What if the Higgs boson is not an elementary particle?
Main applicant: Elin Bergeås Kuutmann, High Energy Physics
Grant amount: SEK 4 241 000 for the period 2026-2029
Understanding of functionality of metal halide perovskites as optoelectronic materials through electronic structure analysis
Project title: Understanding of functionality of metal halide perovskites as optoelectronic materials through electronic structure analysis
Main applicant: Sergei Butorin, X-Ray Photon Science
Grant amount: SEK 4 140 000 for the period 2026-2030
Phase Engineering in Quantum Materials via Tailored Light Pulses
Project title: Phase Engineering in Quantum Materials via Tailored Light Pulses
Main applicant: Oscar Grånäs, Materials Theory
Grant amount: SEK 4 000 000 for the period 2026-2029
Detecting supernova neutrinos in the IceCube Upgrade
Project title: Detecting supernova neutrinos in the IceCube Upgrade
Main applicant: Erin O'Sullivan, High Energy Physics
Grant amount: SEK 4 627 000 for the period 2026-2029
Impact of Ion Interaction and Chemical Environment in the Modifications of Plasma Facing Materials
Project title: Impact of Ion Interaction and Chemical Environment in the Modifications of Plasma Facing Materials
Main applicant: Eduardo Pitthan Filho, Materials Physics
Grant amount: SEK 4 000 000 for the period 2026-2029
Vibrational and magnetic spectroscopies at nano-scale
Project title: Vibrational and magnetic spectroscopies at nano-scale
Main applicant: Jan Rusz, Materials Theory
Grant amount: SEK 4 344 000 for the period 2026-2029
Nonlinear quantum spin dynamics in magnetic systems
Project title: Nonlinear quantum spin dynamics in magnetic systems
Main applicant: Erik Sjöqvist, Materials Theory
Co-applicant: Olle Eriksson, Materials Theory
Grant amount: SEK 4 140 000 for the period 2026-2029
Starting Grant
Driving collective current excitations using light
Project title: Driving collective current excitations using light
Main applicant: Chin Shen Ong, Materials Theory
Grant amount: SEK 4 800 000 for the period 2026-2029