Young Researcher's Award
Is your research worth gold for the forest industry?The Gunnar Sundblad Research Foundation awards SEK 400 000 in the Young Researcher’s Award.
Is your research worth gold for the forest industry?
The Swedish pulp and paper industry needs to continuously strengthen its competitiveness. The Gunnar Sundblad Research Foundation now awards SEK 400 000 in the Young
Researcher’s Award, which goes to a researcher who has recently completed a PhD or
has done research for a maximum of five years after completing a doctoral degree.
The research project must have a clear connection to the paper and pulp industry and its
products and processes. Interdisciplinary projects with newly established collaboration are
rewarded. Researchers can be awarded only after completing a doctoral degree. The laureate
must be affiliated to a university or a research institute in Sweden. The award is administered
by the laureate’s employer
Application templates
Application template for the Young Reserarcher's Award can be downloaded here (new tab)
More information about the price (pdf)
How to apply
A two-step application:
• As a first step, send in an expression of interest latest November 20, 2025. You will find an application template at sundbladsfonden.se. Describe how the award is intended to be used, who you are, which organization you belong to, your background and your research interest. Briefly describe the proposal and how it is expected to contribute to renewal of the use of fibers and chemicals from wood. The expression of interest do not need to be extensive (maximum 2 pages).
• In the beginning of December 2025, the board of the foundation will select a smaller number of proposals which are invited to submit, in a second step, a final proposal. To assist preparation of this, the proposer will receive an instruction. The final proposal shall be received no later than January 31, 2026.
Further inquiries can be made to Linda Larsson, to whom you shall also send the initial expression of interest, e-mail: linda.larsson@skogsindustrierna.se, phone: + 46 (0)76-800 94 97.
The awards ceremony takes place at the event “Framtidsmötet” in the spring of 2026.