25 Sep 2026
From Birch Leaves to Bright Ideas: Green Nanodots for a More Sustainable Future
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The WISE graduate school aims to provide important skills needed to achieve excellence in the interdisciplinary area of materials science for sustainability. The graduate school is now opening two separate […]
The WISE graduate school aims to provide important skills needed to achieve excellence in the interdisciplinary area of materials science for sustainability. The graduate school is now opening two separate calls, one for WISE Summer School 2024 and one for course development. Both calls are financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
The aim of the call for WISE Summer School 2024 is to support the organization of a one-week summer school. The summer school must be able to accommodate a minimum of 50 WISE graduate school members (PhD students/postdocs).
The aim of the course development call is to make high-quality PhD topical courses with substantial sustainability content easily available for all PhD students within WISE.
About WISE
The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) is the largest ever investment in materials science in Sweden and includes major investments at the leading universities in Sweden over the course of at least 10 years. The aim is to create the conditions for a sustainable society by researching the next generation of ecofriendly materials and manufacturing processes.
Through collaborations with industry and society, WISE will promote and activate a transition towards a sustainable society and at the same time advance the scientific frontier in materials science, which strongly establishes Sweden as a leading nation in the field.
The graduate school within WISE educates young researchers and plays an important role in realizing these aims. The WISE graduate school will arrange at least one summer school per year. A WISE summer school focusses on some aspect or aspects of materials and sustainability and includes substantial interaction between academia and industry.
Contact
Contact persons for respective WISE university can be found at: https://wise-materials.org/about/organization/
Application Summer School 2024
Faculty employed at one of the six partner universities, Chalmers, KTH, Linköping University, Uppsala University, Stockholm University, and Lund University, or with Luleå University of Technology can apply. Preference will be given to summer schools organized by teams with staff from several (at least two) WISE universities.
Application course development
This call is open for academic researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Linköping University, Uppsala University, Stockholm University, Lund University and Luleå University of Technology. Collaboration between teams from several universities is strongly encouraged. The URG representatives at each university will be involved as coordinators. Contact your URG representative as early as possible in the application process.
For further information and instructions please visit the call page
In case of any questions please contact us at info@wise-materials.org
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21 Sep 2026
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18 Sep 2026
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15 Sep 2026
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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has increased the searchable framework budget with an additional SEK 265 million to the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE), marking a significant expansion of the programme.