STINT has decided to invest 1.7 MSEK in the following 12 projects within the Initiation Grants programme:
| Applicant | Main partner | ||
| Name | Institution | University | University |
| Anna Åberg | Technology Management and Economics | Chalmers University of Technology | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,India |
| Vladimir Kozlov | Department of Mathematics (MAI) | Linköping University | University of Dayton, USA |
| Anelia Kakanakova | Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, IFM | Faculty of Science and Engineering (Institute of Technology), LITH | Universidad de la República, Uruguay |
| Helene Martinsson-Wallin | Department of Archaeology and Ancient History | Uppsala University | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile |
| Juan Negreira | The Department of Construction Sciences | Faculty of Engineering, LTH | University of Technology, Sydney, Australia |
| Hamid Reza Barzegar | Department of Physics | Umeå University | Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), South Korea |
| Ismail Butun | Department of Information Systems and Technology, IST | Mid Sweden University | Hacettepe University, Turkey |
| Johan Wasselius | Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund | Lund University | Harvard University, USA |
| Peter Popovics | – | Stockholm School of Economics | Hitotsubashi University, Japan |
| Carl Caleman | Department of Physics and Astronomy | Uppsala University | Arizona State University, USA |
| Manisha Phadatare | Department of Natural Sciences, NAT | Mid Sweden University | D Y Patil Educational Society (Deemed University), Kolhapur, India |
| Donatas Zigmantas | Department of Chemistry | Lund University | Swinburne University of Technology, Australia |