The projects that have been awarded funding will receive between one and four million SEK each over a project period of up to two years. In addition to funding, project managers will receive support from the Wallenberg Launch Pad (WALP) team to develop their innovations to commercial maturity.

The 2026 call for Proof-of-Concept in life science, which will be the fourth in the series, is now open with a deadline for applications on February 20.

Proof-of-Concept grants awarded in the 2025 call

Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, Karolinska Institutet
Cost-effective, Sensitive DNA Methylation Profiling for Single-Cell and Spatial Epigenomics

Ana Teixeira, Karolinska Institutet
Large-scale, high resolution, single-cell mapping of membrane protein nanodomains

Ian Hoffecker, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Meshy Bio: Next gen molecular mapping with spatial networks

Kristina Lundberg, Lund University
Advancing Immuno-Oncological Therapy: Validation of a novel Treg-target for improved efficacy

Vincent Pelechano, Karolinska Institutet
Revolutionizing Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing with Molecular Phenotypic Readouts

Georgios Sotiriou, Stockholm University
Nanoengineered photoactivated drug-free antimicrobial wound dressings

Henrik Zetterberg, University of Gothenburg
FIND-AD (Finger-prick INnovative Diagnosis for Alzheimer’s Disease)

Klas Modin, Chalmers University of Technology
Ultrasound-based augmented reality for minimally invasive surgery

Mats Nilsson, Stockholm University
inCAFs as a spatial marker of invasiveness in Early-Stage Lung Adenocarcinoma

Jochen Schwenk, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Lossless microsampler – Enabling unprecedented longitudinal analyses

Qiang Pan-Hammarström, Karolinska Institutet
Development of secretory IgA antibodies for antiviral therapy