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Research infrastructures

Research infrastructure includes, for example, research installations, facilities for database research or extensive computer networks used in Sweden or internationally by a number of research groups. This infrastructure is a precondition for high-quality research.

The Research Council allocated around SEK 1,194 million for research infrastructures in 2010.

Portraits within research infrastructures:

  • Anders Lindroth, professor Lunds University. ICOS – A Network of Observation Sites for Climate Research
    A tight network of observation sites across Europe will enhance our knowledge about the exchange of greenhouse gases between the ground and the atmosphere. Nine observation sites in Sweden participate in a project that receives funding from the Swedish Research Council.
  • Biobanking Infrastructure: BBMRI
    Biobanks containing blood and tissue specimens from many tens of thousands of individuals are a fundamental resource in medical research. Large Swedish biobanks are joining together in a national infrastructure with the ambition to form the world´s largest biobank.
  • Thomas Nilsson. Photo: Hans Svensson. Detailed Studies of the Strong Force
    – Meet Thomas Nilsson
    Professor Thomas Nilsson, Department of Fundamental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, has a Project Research Grant from the Swedish Research Council. Here you can read an interview with him.
  • Photo: Anette Andersson Waiting for the muscles of ESS
    Meet Lars Börjesson, a physicist and  secretary-general at the Swedish Research Council. He is called "the man behind ESS".
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Contact: Anneli Saarela
Updated: 2013-05-27
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