During the year, the foundation consisted of the board, the investment board and the scientific board. The latter were introduced in 2018.
As in the previous year, about 60 project proposals were received from the medical faculties, of which 22 were selected for complete applications.
Of these, 10 were designated for project grants totaling SEK 45,600,000. Details can be found in the “Grants” tab.
The network project, Partnership for Precision Medicine in Cancer, has been developed according to plans.
Like the previous year, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences nominated recipients of the Sjöberg Prize. Details can be found in the tab “The Sjöberg prize”.
The management income for the year amounts to SEK 86,706,120. The foundation’s assets at the end of the year amounted to SEK 2,795,485,143.
During the year, the Board has remained unchanged and consisted of Ingemar Sjöberg, Chairman, Joachim Sjöberg, Michelle Sjöberg, Göran K. Hansson, Sofia Holmström, Ola Johannesson, Secretary. and Bengt Westermark.
During the year, the foundation held six minuted meetings.
The foundation has not had any employed staff.