Centres of excellence
Five research environments at Uppsala University have received grants as part of the Swedish Research Council's excellence initiative. The idea behind the grants is to support projects that have great potential to foster innovative research. At Uppsala University, the Research Council has invested in the following five areas:
- Centre for Geometry and Physics – Tobias Ekholm, Professor of Mathematics
- Center for Human Past – Mattias Jakobsson, Professor at the Department of Organismal Biology
- Chemical Mechanisms of Life – Ingela Lanekoff, Professor at the Department of Chemistry for Life Sciences
- Swedish centre for impacts of climate extremes, Climes – Gabriele Messori, Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences
- The Viking Age World – Neil Price, Professor at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
News related to our centres of excellence
Mattias Jakobsson rewrites human prehistory
How and where did modern humans originate? What distinguishes us genetically from our ancestors and extinct relatives, such as the Neanderth...
Major grants for research into linguistic phenomena and Vikings in Asia
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) has awarded grants totalling SEK 88 million to two research projects at Uppsala University. One of the resear...
Multiple extreme climate events at the same time may be the new normal
Heatwaves, droughts and forest fires are some of the extreme climate-related events that are expected not only to become more frequent but a...
Grants to centres of excellence
In 2023 the Swedish Research Council decided to fund 15 research environments with great potential to produce innovative research. Each research environment will receive SEK 4–6 million per year for five years, and the plan is to have the option of a further five years following an evaluation. The funding is to be used for long-term programmes in which researchers from different disciplines focus on a theme or a question. They will then build up a centre for research and educational activities around that area.