Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Project Grants 2022
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation granted in total SEK 700 million in project grants for 2022 to 23 research projects which where assessed to hold the highest international standards and have the opportunity to lead to future scientific breakthroughs. The Department of Physics and Astronomy was main applicant in one and fellow applicant in one of these projects that was granted SEK 61,3 million during five years.
Harnessing Orbital Angular Momentum for Novel Orbital Electronics
Main applicant: Peter Oppeneer, Division of Materials Theory, Uppsala University
Fellow applicants: Mahmoud Abdel-Hafiez and Venkata Kamalakar Mutta, X-ray Photon Science, Jan Rusz, Materials Theory, Uppsala University and Johan Åkerman, University of Gothenburg
Grant amount: SEK 36 100 000 SEK during five years
Financier: Project grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Project description Harnessing Orbital Angular Momentum for Novel Orbital Electronics
Light-matter Interaction in the Ultrafast Regime
Main applicant: Anna Delin, KTH
Fellow applicants: Hermann Dürr, FREIA, Olle Eriksson, Materials Theory, Uppsala University and Olof Karis, X-ray Photon Science, Uppsala University and MAX IV
Grant amount: SEK 25 200 000 SEK during five years
Financier: Project grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation