Remit

The Council´s remit includes:

• allocating funds for research 
• identifying research areas for strategic investment in consultation with other research funding agencies
• working on analysis, assessment and strategic matters in connection with research and research funding from a national and international perspective
• promoting communication between researchers and different academic areas, and between researchers and society otherwise
• promoting multi- and interdisciplinary research
• making research results accessible and making sure they reach the areas of society where they can be useful, for example within education, healthcare and within trade and industry
• advising the government on research-political matters
• striving for increased national and international collaboration and benefit within the research community
• promoting gender perspectives in research
• having overarching responsibility for matters relating to ethical requirements in research
• working for equality between men and women in the research community
• increasing understanding of the importance of basic research to society