The Swedish Research Council
The Swedish Research Council is the largest external donor to research at Uppsala University. It is a government agency under the Ministry of Education and Research that supports research in all areas.
Funding granted in the past five years:
- 2024: SEK 863 million
- 2023: SEK 799 million
- 2022: SEK 752 million
- 2021: SEK 691 million
- 2020: SEK 703 million
The figures are from Uppsala University’s annual report for 2024.

Examples of research supported by the Swedish Research Council
New light on sexual corruption
Sexual corruption is a global issue, yet the phenomenon remains relatively underexplored in corrupti...

International project on social robots and child mental health
One moment, Ginevra Castellano, Professor of Intelligent Interactive Systems and Director of the Upp...

Global effort to introduce new antibiotics in healthcare
Multidrug-resistant bacteria are a growing problem, and new antibiotics are needed to continue to cu...
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