Approved grants 2026
In the call for applications of 2025 there were six new and twelve ongoing projects that were granted funding.
The main applicant and funding, for the first project year, for 2026 in italics.
New projects 2026
- Why are some horses more prone to infections while others in the group develop immunity? (Tomas Bergström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)). 518 000 SEK
- Lame Excuses? The Role of Confounding Factors in Equine Lameness Evaluation (Emma Persson-Sjödin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)). 232 000 SEK
- Improved tapeworm diagnostics with LAMP PCR (Carl Peter Halvarsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)). 501 000 SEK
- Re-defining and rewarding harmony: towards a complementary scoring protocol aligned with positive welfare in dressage competitions (Elke Hartmann, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)). 710 000 SEK
- Using equine-specific insulin and C-peptide assays to improve diagnosis and monitoring of insulin dysregulation (Emma Margareta Strage, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Hege Brun-Hansen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences)
- Speaking for the Horse: Participant Voice and Equine Wellbeing in Equestrian Sport (Hans Erik Næss, Kristiania University of Applied Sciences and Susanne Johansson, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH)), 877 000 SEK, 990 000 NOK
Ongoing projects
The main applicant and funding, ongoing projects, for 2026 in italics.
- EHV-1 in the Swedish and Norwegian horse populations (Susanna Sternberg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Cecilia Wolff, Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI)). 1 000 000 SEK, 425 000 NOK
- Working-life benefits of being a rider: Employers and riders on skills and traits developed in the equestrian environment (Maria Ek Styvén, Luleå Tekniska Universitet (LTU)). 1 000 000 SEK
- Running in circles – straightening out lameness diagnostics on the lunge (Emma Persson-Sjödin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Anne Selven Kallerud, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet (NMBU)). 999 000 SEK, 168 000 NOK
- Faster and better wound healing by autologous skin components (Cathrine Fjordbakk, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet (NMBU) and Dylan Gorvey, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)). 185 000 NOK, 538 000 SEK
- How to improve technical riding skills and horse welfare by unmounted training of riders (Maria Terese Engell, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet (NMBU) and Anna Byström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)) 708 000 NOK, 363 000 SEK
- Eyeless Equines – Machine Learning to Examine the Puzzling Genetics of Microphthalmia in Horses (Sofia Mikko, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)) 824 000 SEK.
- When the vet is away – implementations of video surveillance for pain status in equine patients (Johan Lundblad, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)) 365 000 SEK
- Equine infectious keratitis in Sweden; microbial isolates, antibiotic resistance patterns and prognosis for healing (Lena Ström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)) 468 000 SEK
- Antibiotics in horse breeding- a double-edged sword threatening horses in the future? Johanna Lindahl, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Anne Margrete Urdahl, Norwegian Veterinary Institute) 998 000 SEK, 999 000 NOK
- Giving the horse a voice - Horse welfare and owner awareness (Grete Jørgensen, NIBIO Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research and Karin Morgan, Ridskolan Strömsholm) 910 000 NOK, 993 000 SEK.
- Welfare and Behaviours of Young Competition Horses in Different Summer Management Systems (Morten Tofastrud, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) 997 000 NOK
Ongoing projects – Special directed call
- Inbreeding depression in Coldblooded trotters – cold truths on a hot topic (Susanne Eriksson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Peer Berg, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet (NMBU)) 953 000 SEK, 727 000 NOK