Funding
U-CARE receives funding from the Swedish government, Uppsala University and external financiers such as the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation, the Swedish Cancer Society, Forte, the Swedish Heart Lung Foundation, the Kamprad Family Foundation and the Swedish Research Council. For more information about our funding, see U-CARE's annual reports.
Funding for strategic research areas (SFO funding)
In 2009, the Swedish government decided on an investment in strategic research areas (SFOs). The decision was part of creating world-leading research and was based on a recommendation by the Swedish Research Council, Fas, Formas, Vinnova, and the Swedish Energy Agency. Uppsala University participates in half of 20 designated strategic areas, of which seven as a coordinator, of which U-CARE is one. As an SFO, U-CARE receives special funding from the government, SFO funding.
External grants
We also receive external grants. Below are examples of grants our organization has received from different research funders and organizations over the past five years.
AFA FÖRSÄKRING
Development of recommendations for the implementation of e-health in primary care based on case studies (ePrIm), 2020-2022: 4 748 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Maria Hägglund
European Union, Horizon 2020
Mind the gaps: Prioritizing the psychosocial needs of children with cancer and their families through the development and implementation of an e-health coordination tool, 2021-2023: 4 816 970 SEK.
Principal investigator: Louise von Essen
Funding for high quality PhD training within ENTWINE – a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovation Training Network.
Professor Louise von Essen and Dr Joanne Woodford have received, 2019-2022: 2 500 000 SEK
Forte
Peer support for refugees with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions: development and feasibility of a co-produced intervention addressing mental health, 2024-2028: 7 500 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Tommy Carlsson
Transition from pediatric to adult care – Implementation of a person-centered transition program for adolescents with heart disease: The STEPSTONES-Implement project, 2024-2026: 2 850 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Markus Saarijärvi
Adapted peer support for refugees at risk of psychosocial inequalities
related to gender identity and sexual orientation: establishing a programme theory through collaborative research with the target population, 2023: 500 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Tommy Carlsson
Beyond implementation of eHealth, 2020-2024: 5 800 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Maria Hägglund
Inclusion health for women in homelessness – development, feasibility and implementation of interventions, 2021-2023: 4 700 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Elisabet Mattsson
Physical activity intervention for trauma-afflicted refugees, 2021-2022: 1 500 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Maria Andér Gottvall
Fredrik och Ingrid Thurings stiftelse
Impact of the healthcare environment on healthcare-associated infections and resistant bacteria, 2019-2022: 300 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Åsa Melhus
Of the population, for the population: promoting psychological support for adolescent and young adult childhood cancer survivors, 2019-2020: 50 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Joanne Woodford
InDevelop's Development Foundation
Grant for the GuardiansCan project, aiming to develop a mobile phone support for caregivers of children treated for cancer in Tanzania, 2022: 250 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Louise von Essen
NORDFORSK
Nordic eHealth for Patients: Benchmarking and Developing for the Future, 2021-2024: 1 000 000 euro.
Principal investigator: Maria Hägglund
Scandinavia-Japan Sawakawa Foundation
Associations between health, work environment and demographic data in various care contexts, 2020: 30 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Anna Klarare
The Kamprad Family Foundation
Active together despite cognitive impairment: Feasibility and evaluation of a behavioral activation intervention for people with dementia, 2024-2027: 4 800 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Joanne Woodford
The Swedish Cancer Society
Test and evaluation of internet-administered, guided, low-intensity cognitive behavioral therapy for parents of children treated for cancer, 2023-2025: 2 400 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Louise von Essen
Co-created internet-based support (Carer eSupport) for informal caregivers of patients with head and neck cancer – development and evaluation, 2021-2023:
1 800 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Birgitta Johansson
The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation
Can we help parents who are not feeling well after a child's cancer diagnosis? Yes, we can!, 2024-2026: 3 000 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Louise von Essen
The Swedish Heart and Lung Association
Myocardial infarction before fifty-five, 2023-2024: 250 000 SEK. Principal investigator: Erik Olsson
Psychosocial stress as a risk factor for younger and older patients with myocardial infarction, 2022: 250 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Erik Olsson
Importance of evaluating beta blockers on quality of life and well-being in myocardial infarction patients (RQoL), 2021: 70 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Erik Olsson
Myocardial infarction and mild cognitive impairment (RQoL), 2020: 160 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Erik Olsson
Importance of evaluating beta blockers on quality of life and well-being in myocardial infarction patients (RQoL), 2020: 210 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Erik Olsson
Perceived cognitive status among elderly myocardial infarction patients and its impact on cardiac rehabilitation, 2020: 160 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Erik Olsson
The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation
Transfer from pediatric to adult care – Implementation of a person-centered transition program for adolescents with heart disease: The STEPSTONES-Implement project, 2024-2025: 420 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Markus Saarijärvi
The Swedish Research Council
A guided behavior activation-based self-help intervention (INVOLVERA) for people with dementia and depression supported by caregivers: feasibility study and overarching randomized controlled trial, 2024-2027: 4 800 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Joanne Woodford
Adaptation and evaluation of an internet-based program to reduce heart-related stress in individuals who have survived a heart attack before the age of fifty-five, 2024-2027: 4 800 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Erik Olsson
Active role of patients in handling inaccuracies in medical records (DE-PAEHR), 2023-2025: 2 400 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Maria Hägglund
Testing and evaluation of a co-created e-Health intervention containing CBT and therapist support for parents whose children have been treated for cancer: pilot RCT and definitive RCT with process evaluation, 2022-2024: 3 600 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Louise von Essen
Support via mobile phones for informal caregivers to children who have been treated for leukemia in Tanzania: Development and testing of an intervention aimed to improve informal caregivers compliance to children's aftercare, 2021-2023: 4 340 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Louise von Essen
Internet-based support (Carer eSupport) for relatives of people with head-and-throat cancer – a randomized controlled multicenter study, 2020-2022: 2 400 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Birgitta Johansson
Equal care – Developing an intervention to promote the health of homeless women, 2020-2022: 2 400 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Elisabet Mattsson
Behavioural activation based guided self-help for depression in people with dementia living in the community: Development, feasibility and evaluation, 2019-2022: 7 200 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Joanne Woodford
Testing of a web-based, therapist-guided, cognitive behavioral therapy program for patients with symptoms of stress or anxiety after a myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronaries (e-SMINC), 2019-2021: 2 400 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Erik Olsson
Testing and evaluation of an internet-administered, guided, cognitive-behavioural therapy-based, self-help intervention, ENGAGE for parents of children treated for cancer, 2018-2021: 4 800 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Louise von Essen
Uppsala University
Recognising the forgotten many: Psychological support for female adult-child caregivers of older parents (e-Daughters), 2018-2022: 2 300 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Joanne Woodford
Better glycaemic control for patients with diabetes type 2 with a smartphone application: A feasibility study, 2020-2021: 360 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Erik Olsson
Long-term follow-up of patients with severe cancer who are treated with ECMO at Uppsala University Hospital, 2018-2020: 650 000 SEK.
Principal investigator: Anna Norin
Vårdalstiftelsen
Implementation of evidence-based practice in palliative care to improve care and quality of life for patients with severe cancer, 2023-2026: 5 700 000 SEK.
Principal applicant: Cecilia Fagerlind
Funding for education at undergraduate and postgraduate level
U-CARE is awarded funds from Uppsala University for the courses that the research programme is responsible for at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Uppsala University is awarded the funds by the state for distribution to the university's different scientific areas and faculties.
Performance-based funds
U-CARE receives grants from Uppsala University, the size of which is partly determined by certain key figures and performance-related indicators. This is called performance-based funds and is determined, among other things, by published scientific articles and external grants.