Assessing, prioritising and making decisions about grants
RFI assesses and prioritises the needs for research infrastructure in Sweden and is responsible for calls concerning grants for research infrastructure. RFI also makes decisions on which applications will be awarded grants.
RFI has three advisory groups to support the planning and prioritisation of research infrastructure.
Monitoring and evaluating research in the field
RFI monitors, evaluates and creates strategies for the field. One example is the “Swedish Research Council's Guide to Infrastructure", which points to new needs for research infrastructure and suggests measures to improve existing research infrastructure and access to it. RFI is also working to increase national and international collaboration and coordination around research infrastructures.
Composition of the council
RFI has thirteen members, nine of which are active researchers from different disciplines. The Swedish Research Council appoints the chair and members based on proposals from the Swedish Research Council's three scientific councils, and from the Forte, Formas and Vinnova research councils, who nominate one member each. The term of office is three years and members can be reelected for a further three years.
The council meets five times a year.
Namn | Title | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
Björn O. Nilsson (chair) | PhD in biochemistry and CEO Ursus Innovation AB | Ursus Innovation AB |
Katrin Brandt | Programme manager | Vinnova |
Malin Göteman | Professor of electrical engineering with focus on renewable energy systems | Department of Electrical Engineering; Division of Electricity, Uppsala University |
Martin Hällberg | Principal Researcher of Molecular biology and Structural biology | Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet |
Susanne Karlsson | Deputy Head of Unit | Formas, Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning |
Olle Lundberg | Secretary General; Professor | Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life, and Welfare; Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University |
Olle Lundh | Senior lecturer at Atomic Physics | Lund University |
Jonas Klingström | Professor of Immunology | Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University |
Raimund Muscheler | Professor of Earth science | Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University |
Sara Strandberg | Professor of Particle physics | Stockholm University |
Gunilla Svensson | Professor of Meteorology | Stockholm University |
Nina Tahmasebi | Professor of Computational Linguistics | Linguistics and Theory of Science unit, University of Gothenburg |
Marie Wiberg | Professor of Statistics | Umeå University |
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