The Knowledge Foundation invests in JU projects

This year the Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen) is celebrating its 30th anniversary. In connection with this anniversary, the foundation is investing SEK 170 million to support the next generation of researchers. Two projects selected to receive support come from the School of Engineering and the School of Health and Welfare at Jönköping University.

The Jubilee initiative will support 44 PhD positions across Sweden, with the aim of strengthening collaboration between academia and industry. By involving external partners it is anticipated that the PhD students involved in this initiative will be prepared not only for academic careers, but also for roles outside academia.

The School of Health and Welfare is supported with SEK 3.8 million for its project titled “Support for individual prosthesis design preferences - Development and evaluation of an AI-based decision support for patients”.

“We are thrilled that the Knowledge Foundation has chosen to support our research which focuses on people with amputations and the prescription of limb prostheses. Our project aims to develop an AI tool to support the increased involvement of patients in design decisions related to their prosthetic limb,” says Nerrolyn Ramstrand, professor at the School of Health and Welfare in Jönköping.

The School of Engineering is supported with the same amount for its project, “Cybersecurity awareness in productive regional SMEs”. This project aims to support the ability of SMEs to increase their cybersecurity awareness. The idea is to develop support for companies to evaluate their current capabilities and to make the right decisions about improvements.

“It is an exciting and socially important project that I appreciate the Knowledge Foundation has chosen to support. We know that the most common reason for cyber incidents is that attackers exploit users, and increased awareness is a key to solving this problem,” says Joakim Kävrestad, Assistant Professor at JTH.