Responsible for allocating research funding
The Scientific Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering Science decides which calls will be made within the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering science. They also decide on which applications will be awarded grants. They have 19 regular review panels to help them, with some 250 members, as well as a further number of review panels for special calls. They examine and prioritise the applications that are submitted to the Swedish Research Council, before the Scientific Council takes a decision. It is the Scientific Council that appoints members to the review panels.
Following up and evaluating research in the area
The Scientific Council follows up, evaluates and develops strategies for research in this area, for example through research overviews. In this work, the Scientific Council is assisted by both national and international experts.
The Scentific Council represents the Swedish Research Council and finances Swedish participation in several international collaborations and conducts a regular dialogue with the HEIs through a reference group with representatives from the natural sciences and engineering science (deans) from Swedish HEIs.
Composition of the Scientific Council
The Scientific Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering Science consists of eleven active researchers with a high level of scientific expertise. The members are elected by researchers at Swedish higher education institutions. The term of office is three years and members can be reelected for a further three years.
The Scientific Council meets six times a year.
Name | Title | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
Fredrik Almqvist, Umeå universitet | Professor in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry | Umeå University |
Mats Fahlman | Professor in Surface Physics and Chemistry | Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University |
| Hanna Isaksson | Professor in Biomedical Engineering | Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lund University |
| Danica Kragic | Professor in Computer Science | School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| Kristiina Oksman | Professor in Wood and Bionanocomposites | Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology |
Fredrik Ronquist | Professor in Entomology | Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Natural History Museum |
Anna Rutgersson | Professor in Meteorology | Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University |
Suparna Sanyal | Professor in Molecular Biology | Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University |
| Daniel Topgaard | Professor in Physical Chemistry | Department of Chemistry, Lund University |
| Fredrik Viklund | Professor in Mathematics | Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
Göran Östlin | Professor in Astronomy | Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University |
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