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75 million for research on entrepreneurship – for a vibrant countryside

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Linnaeus University in Kalmar.
Photo: Linnaeus University and Canva.

The Kamprad Family Foundation is supporting 15 new research projects focusing on entrepreneurship. A total of SEK 75 million is distributed – and Linnaeus University receives the most money.

Fifteen projects at eight universities and four research institutes will receive funding for three years. The projects include the conditions for entrepreneurship in rural areas, sustainable business models for entrepreneurial farms and the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems in rural areas.

Lena Fritzén. Photo: Kamprad Family Foundation.

– We are funding a wide range of research projects through this call. The funded researchers come from different disciplines such as humanities, engineering and social sciences and from Umeå in the north to Lund in the south. But what all projects have in common is that they focus on entrepreneurship for a vibrant countryside,” says Lena Fritzén, Executive Director of the Kamprad Family Foundation.

For Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of the Foundation, it was important that the results of the investments made ‘benefit the many people’. This is why Lena Fritzén and the other board members of the Foundation expect the projects to help solve concrete problems faced by businesses and society.

– Once the projects are completed, it is important for us that the results produced by a project are fed back to the site and those who participated in the research. Moreover, it is also important that the results reach many more people in society and prodcue as much impact as possible,” says Lena Fritzén.

Contact lena.fritzen@familjenkampradsstiftelse.se

The five universities and research institutes that received the most funding are:

Linnaeus University: Two projects receive 12.6 million SEK together
Jönköping University: Two projects receive a total of 11.8 million euros.
Research Institute of Industrial Economics: Two projects for a total of €11.7 million
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: One project receives €6.8 million.
Umeå University: One project receives €6.8 million

Full list of approved projects

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