In 2010, Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede was one of ten researchers in Sweden who was appointed as a Wallenberg Scholar, with a five-year grant awarded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
2010 var Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede en av tio forskare i Sverige som utsågs till Wallenberg Scholar, med ett femårigt anslag som delas ut av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs stiftelse.