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 review panels to help them, with some 250 members who 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 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 nine 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 | Organisation | |
|---|---|---|
Dag Hanstorp (chair) | University of Gothenburg | |
Lennart Bergström | Stockholm University | |
Karl Henrik Johansson | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | |
David Sands | Chalmers University of Technology | |
Maria Selmer | Uppsala University | |
Emma Sparr | Lund University | |
Åsa Strand | Umeå University | |
Anna-Karin Tornberg | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | |
Lars Tranvik | Uppsala University |
PublISHED ON 25 May 2018
UpDATED ON 18 February 2021
