SEK 30 Million in Project and Starting Grants from the Swedish Research Council

The Swedish Research Council reached a decision on October 29, 2026 on project grants and starting grants within Natural and Engineering Sciences. The Department of Physics and Astronomy is granted 29 609 000 SEK for the period 2027-2030 for in total six project grants and one starting grant. The projects will begin during 2027.

Research Project Grants

Fast-ion and runaway-electron physics in reactor-relevant fusion plasmas

Project title: Fast-ion and runaway-electron physics in reactor-relevant fusion plasmas
Main applicant: Marco Cecconello, Applied Nuclear Physics
Co-applicant: Jacob Eriksson, Applied Nuclear Physics
Grant amount: SEK 4 200 000 for the period 2027-2030

Mörka bubblor och svarta skal

Project title: Mörka bubblor och svarta skal
Main applicant: Ulf Danielsson, Theoretical Physics
Grant amount: SEK 4 776 000 for the period 2027-2030

Kvantgravitation och spridningsamplituder för svarta hål

Project title: Kvantgravitation och spridningsamplituder för svarta hål
Main applicant: Henrik Johansson, Theoretical Physics
Grant amount: SEK 4 200 000 for the period 2027-2030

Materials' Specific Modeling of Orbital Angular Momentum Phenomena

Project title: Materials' Specific Modeling of Orbital Angular Momentum Phenomena
Main applicant: Peter Oppeneer, Materials Theory
Grant amount: SEK 3 153 000 for the period 2027-2029

Exact calculations in quantum theory

Project title: Exact calculations in quantum theory
Main applicant: Maxim Zabzine, Theoretical Physics
Grant amount: SEK 4 200 000 for the period 2027-2030

Atomically thin metallenes for sustainable energy solutions (AMSES)

Project title: Atomically thin metallenes for sustainable energy solutions (AMSES)
Main applicant: Harriet Åhlgren, Materials Physics
Grant amount: SEK 4 280 000 for the period 2027-2030

Starting Grant

Korrelationsdriven topologisk rekonstruktion i en stökiometrisk bulkkristall

Project title: Korrelationsdriven topologisk rekonstruktion i en stökiometrisk bulkkristall
Main applicant: Ola Kenji Forslund, Materials Theory
Grant amount: SEK 4 800 000 for the period 2027-2030