Organisation

The Department of Research Funding plans, prepares and coordinates the Swedish Research Council's calls for grants, and handles the applications that are received.

• We administrate the Swedish Research Council's calls in the application system Prisma, coordinate the technical support, and are responsible for the management of the system.
• We are responsible for producing call texts.
• We are responsible for administering the applications submitted for research grants.
• We recruit and train the researchers who will review the applications and give them support throughout the entire assessment process.
• We follow up the Swedish Research Council's various forms of research support.
• We produce a basis for strategic work and participate in the planning and coordination of the Swedish Research Council's annual report.
• We are responsible for statistics on grant decisions and the management of grant decisions.
• We work with international assignments, national research programmes and other government mandates.
• We provide administrative support to the Swedish Research Council's expert groups on laboratory animal science and ethics, and deal with issues within these areas.

How we are organised

The Department of Research Funding consists of four units, the Grant Application Unit, the Department of the Review Process Unit, the Monitoring Unit and the Unit for System Support.

The Department of Research Infrastructures has overall responsibility for funding, supporting and operating research infrastructure of national interest. Our work covers:

Infrastructure support

• We handle proposals in the needs inventory and applications for grants.
• We plan, prepare and coordinate calls for grants to research infrastructure of national interest.
• We follow up the Swedish Research Council’s funding and represent the Swedish Research Council and Sweden in international research infrastructures.

Data as a strategic resource

• We improve access to and facilitate the use of different types of data for research.
• We coordinate and promote the national work of implementing open access to research data. Through the website registerforskning.se, which contains information about how to use register data in research, we improve access to register data.
• We develop the metadata tool Register Utiliser Tool (RUT), which facilitates searches in registers and analysis of what the variables in the registers mean.
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Support and development of the preconditions for clinical studies

• We support and develop the preconditions for conducting clinical studies in Sweden.
• We support Clinical Studies Sweden, where Sweden’s six collaboration/healthcare regions collaborate.
• We work to improve the accessibility to and facilitate the use of health data.
• We work with statistics, analysis and follow-up within the area.
  

How we are organised

The department consists of three units: the Infrastructure Support Unit, the Strategic Data Resources Unit and the Office for Clinical Studies (Gothenburg).

The Department of Analysis conducts analyses, evaluations and inquiries, which are then used as a basis for decisions by the Swedish Research Council and the Government, among others. Many inquiries and evaluations are ordered by the Government and others by the Swedish Research Council.

• We analyse the prerequisites and conditions for research, and the Swedish research system.
• We evaluate targeted research efforts and the impact of research support and similar areas.
• We compile statistics on scientific production and citations.
• We monitor and compile grant applications submitted to the Swedish Research Council and the reporting from completed projects.
• We develop methods for evaluation, analysis and bibliometrics (quantitative studies of the scientific publications produced by researchers).
• We are responsible for policy issues concerning gender equality and open access to scientific publications.
  

How we are organised

The Department of Analysis consists of two units: the Unit for Evaluation and the Unit for Data Analysis.

The Department for Operations and IT services is responsible for the operational management and maintenance of e infrastructures, network services, platforms, and the agency’s internal IT environment.

• We are responsible for the daily operation, monitoring, and management of network and infrastructure services, such as Sunet CD, CNaaS, and the agency’s data centres.
  
• We are responsible for operating cloud platforms, identity and security services, such as Sunet Drive, E meeting, eduID, and SWAMID.
  
• We are responsible for operational security monitoring and incident preparedness.
  
• We are responsible for the agency’s internal IT environment, service desk, user support, and system management of internal tools and applications, such as M365.
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How we are organised

The Department of Operations and IT services consists of three units: Unit for Network Operations and Infrastructure, Unit for Applications and Security Operations and Unit for Internal IT.

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The Department of Technical Development and Strategy" is responsible for the Swedish Research Council’s technical strategy, as well as for the innovation and development of the e infrastructures that the agency both operates and funds.

• We are responsible for the long term strategic technical development of national e infrastructures and initiatives that the Swedish Research Council leads or coordinates.
  
• We are responsible for the development, procurement, and follow up of procured services, such as Sunet LMS.
  
• We are responsible for coordinating and implementing national and international technology intensive collaborations, such as Polar Connect.
  
• We are responsible for the technical development and further development of national network and infrastructure services, such as Sunet CD, CNaaS, DC Orion, and other data centres.
  
• We are responsible for the development and management of cloud services, platforms, and security services, such as Sunet Drive, the Virtual Data Centre, Sunet Scribe, and the library service currently under development.
  
• We are responsible for the agency’s overall security work.
  
• We are responsible for the development and management of identity and trust services, such as eduID, eduSign, and SWAMID.
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How we are organised

The Department for Technical Development and Strategy consists of four units: Unit for E-Infrastructure and Digital Services, Unit for Network and Infrastructure Services, Unit for Cybersecurity and Cloud Services and Unit for Digital Identity and Trust Services.

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The Department of Collaboration are responsible for International coordination and collaboration, such as bilateral agreements and international partnerships that do not have a designated home within other parts of the organisation.

• We coordinate European partnership programs, EU expert functions, NCPs, and other activities linked to the EU.
  
• We are responsible for the OH-AMR office, the Brussels office SWERI as well as the Alf office.
  
• We support ÄRK’s strategic work and long-term budget planning, as well as the approval of grant payments and compensations for reviewers and evaluators.
  
• We coordinate the function for Life Sciences, Technology and Physics, and Agenda 2030.
  
• We coordinate the national research programs.
  
• We support the Swedish Gene Technology Advisory Board.
  
• We manage the companies EISCAT and NORDUnet.
  

How we are organised

The Department of Collaboration has two units: the Coordination Unit and the unit for international relations, policy and partnership.

The Department of Communications and Public Relations plans, coordinates and develops the Swedish Research Council's communication.

• We work both strategically and operationally with communication support, media relations, and internal communication.
• We are responsible for the editorial work in a number of the Swedish Research Council's digital channels, including social media.
• We work with branding, visual communication and the Swedish Research Council's graphic profile.
• We coordinate research communication, through funding activities and collaborative projects, conducting events, giving advice and participating in national and international networks, for example.
• We manage several national digital services, such as the news website forskning.se, the Expertsvar (“Expert Answer”) service for journalists and the national database SweCRIS.

How we are organised

The Department of Communications and Public Relations consists of two units: the Digital Communication Unit and the Strategic Communications Unit. We also have the editorial staff of the Curie online newspaper, which focuses on the conditions of research.

• We provide strategic and operational support to both management and operations.
• We are responsible for the agency's financial reporting and the disbursement of research grants.
• We are also responsible for ensuring that purchasing and procurement are conducted correctly.

The Department of Legal Affairs, Archives and Registry has overall responsibility for the Swedish Research Council's legal issues and information management. The department's responsibilities also include security issues and matters relating to the agency's premises.

• We provide support and advice to other departments on legal issues.
  
• We contribute legal expertise to the agency's various assignments.
  
• We have responsibility for the Registry office and archives, as well as the overall management of the agency's documents and information.
  
• We have responsibility for security issues (except IT security) and issues relating to the agency's premises.

• We provide strategic and operational support to both management and operation.
• We are responsible for various HR processes and payroll administration matters.
• We are responsible for managing and supporting managers and operations in the areas of employer policy, employment law and agreements, pay setting, pay-related matters and pensions, competence provision, the working environment and equality issues.