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Prizes and Awards

  • Quantum researcher take next step towards superconductors

    Researcher in lab.
    Oscar Tjernberg will use a new type of electron spectroscopy facility to study superconductors. The photo shows the current laboratory equipment, a photoelectron spectrometer for time- and angle-resolved photoemission. (Photo: Magnus Glans)
    Published Jun 17, 2025

    Superconductors can make computers significantly faster and green energy technology even more environmentally friendly. But first, we need a deeper understanding of how superconducting materials actua...

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  • KTH physicists among the winners of the Breakthrough Prize

    Published Apr 15, 2025

    KTH scientists Jonas Strandberg and Christian Ohm are among the group of researchers that have been awarded the prestigious 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, as part of the ATLAS collabo...

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  • Göran Gustafsson Prize for Young Researchers 2025

    Kathlén Kohn and Maciej Dendzik, the 2025 recipients of the Göran Gustafsson Prize for Young Researchers.
    Published Apr 10, 2025

    Congratulations to SCI researchers Kathlén Kohn and Maciej Dendzik, who have been awarded the prestigious Göran Gustafsson Prize 2025. This prize honors outstanding young researchers in engineering ph...

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  • ERC Consolidator Grant for research on faster fluid mixing

     portrait of Outi Tammisola
    “Potential applications for new findings in elastic turbulence are in biomedicine, soil cleaning and design of new biomaterials. In addition, we want to increase the understanding of biological processes, since blood, saliva and mucus are complex fluids with similar properties,” says Outi Tammisola, KTH Professor of Fluid Mechanics.
    Published Dec 03, 2024

    Outi Tammisola, Professor of Fluid Mechanics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, receives an ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million for a five-year period for the project “INTER-ET”. “We hope to enab...

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  • Research on lignin and superconductors receives Wallenberg grant

    Professors Egor Babaev, Minna Hakkarainen och Oscar Tjernberg.
    KTH professors Egor Babaev, Minna Hakkarainen and Oscar Tjernberg are recipients of project grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for their basic research. Photo: KTH
    Published Oct 14, 2024

    What is the structure of lignin and can it be used to create new sustainable materials? Can a new kind of spectroscopy method reveal how electrons bind together and what are the properties of a comple...

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  • Department of Mathematics receives large donation from Sverker Lerheden

    Published Sep 30, 2024

    The Department of Mathematics at SCI has received a generous donation of through the will of Sverker Lerheden.

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  • His unique X-ray technique is revolutionising health care

    Portrait Mats Danielsson
    Professor Mats Danielsson receives KTH Innovation Award 2024
    Published Sep 23, 2024

    Mats Danielsson, who has developed groundbreaking medical technology enabling early detection of tumors and faster treatment of inflammatory diseases, has been awarded the KTH Innovation Award 2024. ...

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  • KTH-led Nuclear Materials Platform receives 40 million SEK in funding

    Porträtt photo Pär Olsson
    Pär Olsson, professor at KTH. PHoto: Fredrik Persson
    Published Apr 19, 2024

    KTH has received funding for a new extensive project in nuclear energy technology. The platform for nuclear materials, NuMaP - Nuclear Materials Platform, receives about 40 million SEK from the Swedis...

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  • Millions to KTH for research on molecular medical imaging

    Mats Danielsson with camera for molecular medical imaging
    KTH professor and research leader Mats Danielsson is delighted to receive 3 351 875 € in ERC funding for basic research that could increase the efficiency of molecular medical imaging. "The system we are creating can provide molecular images with higher sensitivity and resolution than ever before."
    Published Apr 09, 2024

    KTH Royal Institute Professor Mats Danielsson's research team has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant of €3,351,875 for a five-year project that could revolutionize hospital techno...

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  • Mathematicians receive research funding

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    During the years 2014-2029, the idea is for KAW to allocate SEK 650 million to Swedish mathematical research.
    Published Apr 09, 2024

    Funding worth SEK 29 million from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s mathematics program will be granted 18 mathematicians for their research. One researcher at KTH will receive a grant to recruit...

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  • Lilian Matthiesen receives the Tage Elander Prize

    Published Mar 25, 2024

    The Tage Erlander Prize is awarded annually to support Swedish research in science, technology and mathematics and to honour the memory of Prime Minister Tage Erlander.

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  • Four KTH projects win big EU grants

    robot hand, wingtip, cannula and cells.
    1) Four research projects from KTH have been awarded ERC Consolidator Grants. Photos in the collage: upper left image: National Cancer Institute, upper right image: Raghavendra V. Konkathi, lower left image: Paul Vincent, lower right image: This is Engineering. All photos from Unsplash.
    Published Mar 22, 2022

    The recently published European Research Council list of European researchers who will receive 2021 ERC Consolidator Grants, contained the names of 313 researchers who will each be awarded a grant. Fo...

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  • David Rydh has been awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize

    David Rydh, Institutionen för matematik. Foto: KTH
    David Rydh, Department of Mathematics. Photo: KTH
    Published Mar 16, 2021

    The Göran Gustafsson Prize in Mathematics 2021 for young researchers up to the age of 45, has been awarded to David Rydh, Professor of mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, KTH.

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