How to write a successful VR grant application
A Junior Faculty Seminar with grant review panellists from Swedish Research Council

Date: 2025-01-23 | 10.00 am –16.00 pm CET.

Place: Campus Solna (Room TBA; details will be shared with confirmed participants after acceptance)

 

 

Program

10.00          Welcome
                   Rebecka Keijser, PhD., Coordinator PFFG | Vice chair Junior Faculty | Department of
                   Environmental Medicine, KI

10.05          Presentation of Junior Faculty
                   Ninib Baryawno, PhD., Docent | Chair of Junior Faculty | Department of Women's and Children's
                   Health, KI

10.15          The Reviewer's Perspective - Starting grants (speaker session)
                   Speaker: Sebastian Lewandowski PhD., Docent | Department of Clinical Neuroscience, KI
                   Chair: Rebecka Keijser, PhD. | Department of Environmental Medicine, KI 

11.00          The Reviewer's Perspective - Consolidator- and project Grants (speaker session)
                   Speaker: Sara Hägg, PhD., Docent | Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, KI
                   Chair: João Pedro Alves-Lopes, PhD. Assistant Professor | Department of Women's and Children's
                   Health, KI

11.45          Lunch mingle

13.00         The PI´s Perspective (speaker session)
                  Speaker: Marcus Buggert, PhD., Docent | Department of Medicine Huddinge, KI
                  Chair: Dimitris Kanellis, PhD. | Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, KI   

13.45         Receiving VR grants (speaker session)
                  Speaker: Jakob Michaelsson PhD., Docent | Department of Medicine Huddinge, KI
                  Chair: Sara Arroyo Mühr, PhD., Docent | Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and
                  Technology, KI

14.30         Fika

15.00         Panel session with Q/A
                  Speakers: Sebastian Lewandowski PhD., Docent | Department of Clinical Neuroscience, KI
                  Sara Hägg, PhD., Docent | Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, KI
                  Marcus Buggert, PhD., Docent | Department of Medicine Huddinge, KI
                  Jakob Michaelsson PhD., Docent | Department of Medicine Huddinge, KI

                  Moderators: Sara Arroyo Mühr, PhD. | Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and
                  Technology, KI  
                  Dimitris Kanellis, PhD. | Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, KI
                  Rebecka Keijser, PhD. | Department of Environmental Medicine, KI 
                  João Pedro Alves-Lopes, PhD. Assistant Professor | Department of Women's and Children's
                  Health, KI

16.00         Concluding remarks
                  Rebecka Keijser, PhD. | Department of Environmental Medicine, KI 

 

For more information
Please contact: rebecka.keijser@ki.se

Please complete your registration no later than December 17, 2025 (mandatory). A first-come, first-served approach will be applied so don’t wait to register!

 

 

 

 

1.
First name
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2.
Family name
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E-mail
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4.
Please, state your research field
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5.
What is your current position at KI according to your contract?
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6.
Are you a docent?
7.
Will you defend your PhD thesis before the seminar?
(Participants who have defended their thesis before the seminar date are eligible to attend.)
8.
Are you applying for a VR grant:
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Have you received a VR-grant previous years?
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Have you attended this event in previous years? (This will not affect your eligibility to join the workshop this year
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Vegetarian lunch wraps and fika are provided during the event. Please state allergy, if any:
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