Forte
Forte (the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare) is one of the largest external donors to research at the University. Forte is a government agency under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and funds research in the areas of health, working life and welfare.
Funding granted in the past five years:
- 2025: SEK 75 million
- 2024: SEK 63 milliion
- 2023: SEK 58 million
- 2022: SEK 50 million
- 2021: SEK 40 million
The figures are from Uppsala University’s annual report for 2025.
Forte's website (the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare)

Grants awarded from Forte 2025
Research centre grants
Uppsala Centre for Preventive Psychiatry – A National Centre for Research on Early Identification and Intervention in Severe Mental Illness Project leader: Simon Cervenka
WHOLE – Interdisciplinary Centre for Women’s Health Over the LifecoursE – at the intersection of reproductive transitions, mental health and pain.
Project leader: Alkistis Skalkidou
Healthcare of the Future
AT-HOME study: A two-step approach for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy with vancomycin: model-based dosing and non-invasive sampling vs. traditional therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), Thomas Tängdén.
Research on person-centered and integrated care
Why is the current transformation of Swedish primary care so slow? Policy changes, regional adaptations and the role of street-level bureaucrats, Sofie Vengberg.
Starting grants
Who takes care of the children? A study of the formation, organisation and identity construction of the childminder profession 1960-2018, Daniel Stridh.
Between speech and text: Textual travels in cases of sexual offence, Sofia Orrbén.
Project grants
Entry and sustainability in working life for young adults with early-onset mental ill-health, Åsa Andersén.
Work and welfare in Sweden’s new era of migration – An interdisciplinary study on the influence of temporary residence permits on the behaviour of refugees and the responses of those in power, Emma Holmqvist.
Conference grant
Nordic pharmacoepidemiology meeting 2025, Björn Wettermark.
The Network for Public Organization and Governance XII, Josef Pallas.
Research and Innovation for Action on Women’s Mental Health, Emma Hovén.
U-CARE Venue 2025: Smarter Science – How can we conduct high-quality healthcare research more efficiently? Joanne Woodford.
Examples of research funded by Forte
WHOLE takes a holistic approach to women’s health
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Disability researchers aim to reverse the trend
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