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Natural and engineering sciences

Research on the natural and engineering sciences provides knowledge of the physical world and the basis of human technological systems, such as those that permit industrial development. The Research Council supports research throughout the spectrum of basic research in these sciences, including such fields as biodiversity, chemistry, electronics, astronomy, biotechnology and mathematics.

The Research Council allocated around SEK 1,525 million by way of grants for research within natural and engineering sciences 2012.

Research portraits natural and engineering sciences

  • Lena Tibell. Photo: Jyrki Siikanen, Voff Media. New Media Makes Invisible Natural Sciences Visible
    – Meet Lena Tibell
    Lena Tibell, Associate Professor, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, has a Project Research Grant from the Swedish Research Council. Here you can read an interview with her.
  • Li Liu. Photo: Andreas Nilsson. Technology Helps Visually Impaired Perceive Facial Expressions
    – Meet Li Liu
    Li Liu, PhD, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University, has a Project Research Grant from the Swedish Research Council. Here you can read an interview with her.
  • Stefan Buehler. Photo: Hans-Olof Utsi. Knowing More About Ice in Clouds Can Improve Climate Models
    – Meet Stefan Buehler
    Professor Stefan Buehler, Luleå University of Technology, Kiruna Space and Environment Campus, has a Project Research Grant from the Swedish Research Council.  Here you can read an interview with him.
  • Nathalie van der Putten Postdoc 2009: Nathalie van der Putten
    Nathalie van der Putten, Belgium, got her postdoc application granted in November 2009. Her research project, Palaeoclimatology and palaeoecology of the Sub-Antarctic: a weak link in the knowledge of the Earth´s palaeoclimate system, was granted within natural and engineering sciences. The Swedish Research Council has asked her a few questions.
  • Claire Tomlin. Photo: Peg Skorpinski. Using mathematical tools to understand complex processes
    Processes in everything from engineering to biology can be studied using mathematical models. Building up models that describe complex systems help both to understand these processes and to manage them. Claire Tomlin, this year´s Tage Erlander Professor, is one of the leading researchers in this field and also develops, in addition to basic mathematical models, applications for air traffic control and cell research.
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Updated: 2013-04-25
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