Pages about "International collaboration"
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12 May 2025
We have gathered information on our website about opportunities for researchers considering to work in Sweden, including funding and available academic positions, information about our universities and resources for research, as well as helpful links...
Keywords: International collaboration
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02 Apr 2025
In mid-April, the Swedish Research Council will issue a call for grants of 2 million SEK to enable Swedish higher education institutions and other research organisations to recruit prominent researchers who are active outside Europe.
Keywords: Application International collaboration Visiting professor grant
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24 Mar 2025
It has now been decided who will get grants under Nordforsk’s initiative for research into sustainable development of the Arctic. The call is aimed at researchers in the Nordic countries, and in Canada and USA.
Keywords: International calls International collaboration Sustainable development
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20 Mar 2025
Sweden’s Research and Innovation Office in Brussels (SWERI) is pleased to invite you to our IGLO Open event: Responsible internationalisation – a whole-of-government approach for research security.
Keywords: International collaboration Research policy
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18 Mar 2025
Sweden’s Research and Innovation Office in Brussels (SWERI) is pleased to invite you to our IGLO Open event: Responsible internationalisation – a whole-of-government approach for research security.
Keywords: International calls International collaboration Research infrastructure Horizon Europe
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03 Mar 2025
The Mutual Learning Exercise, MLE, on Public Engagement (PE) is an EU initiative, exploring how citizens can become more engaged and involved in research and innovation. The MLE final report will be presented at an open seminar in Brussels. Welcome t...
Keywords: International collaboration Research policy Science communication Horizon Europe
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14 Feb 2025
Nordforsk will open a call for proposals on the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This call is announced as a collaborative effort between the Nordic and Baltic countries. The Swedish Research Council is one of the funders. The deadl...
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22 Jan 2025
Join us for an information session about a new grant funding opportunity being offered by the Swedish Research Council. The primary aim of the grant is to support long-term research collaboration between Swedish and US scholars interested in digitali...
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15 Jan 2025
Ten European research funding and performing organisations in Europe are uniting to fund the publication platform Open Research Europe (ORE), among them the Swedish Research Council, Formas, and Forte. The collaboration means that researchers in the ...
Keywords: International collaboration Open science Research policy
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16 Dec 2024
If Sweden is to be engage internationally in research and innovation in a responsible and secure way, knowledge of how to do this needs to increase throughout the system. The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR), the Swedish Research Council, a...
Keywords: International collaboration Research policy
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10 Dec 2024
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has appointed seven consortiums in Europe to establish AI factories with AI-optimised supercomputers. One of the seven AI factories is the Swedish MIMER at Linköping University.
Keywords: International collaboration Research infrastructure
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28 Nov 2024
In 2025, the European Partnership on One Health AntiMicrobial Resistance, EUP OHAMR, is starting a new collaboration for research into antimicrobialresistance, supported by the European Commission. The EUP OHAMR offers great opportunities, both for r...
Keywords: Antibiotic resistance International collaboration Medicine and health
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30 Sep 2024
In 2025, the European Partnership on One Health AntiMicrobial Resistance, EUP OHAMR, is starting a new collaboration for research into antimicrobialresistance, supported by the European Commission. The EUP OHAMR offers great opportunities, both for r...
Keywords: ERC International calls International collaboration Horizon Europe
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25 Sep 2024
The Swedish Research Council has started a Swedish forum for discussions, exchange of experiences and thoughts about the European open research cloud, EOSC. The aim is to strengthen the conditions for joint national development and forward direction ...
Keywords: International collaboration Open science Open access to data
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30 Aug 2024
The national research infrastructure SciLifeLab is to receive 70 million SEK via the EU programme Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) to invest in a training programme for postdocs. The programme is intended to contribute to innovative research and...
Keywords: International calls International collaboration Research infrastructure Horizon Europe
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04 Jun 2024
The EU’s process of developing the research and innovation framework programme that will follow Horizon Europe has begun. In 2025, the European Commission will present its proposal, which will then be negotiated between member states and the European...
Keywords: Horizon 2020 International collaboration Research policy
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30 May 2024
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is funding 60 network projects that aim to promote collaboration between academia, business, the public sector, and research institutes. Two of the projects receiving funding are coordinated by re...
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25 Apr 2024
There is now an opportunity to contribute to shaping the next work programme within the EU’s framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe. The deadline for submitting feedback is 6 May.
Keywords: Horizon 2020 International collaboration
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15 Apr 2024
The Swedish Research Council and Vinnova have signed a five year declaration of intent with the US National Science Foundation (NSF), which will facilitate research and innovation collaborations between Sweden and USA.
Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council International collaboration
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09 Apr 2024
The European Commission, together with the countries in the European Research Area (ERA) and other stakeholders, has developed guidelines for responsible use of generative AI in research and innovation.
Keywords: International collaboration Horizon Europe
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09 Apr 2024
More dialogue is needed between the research community and decision-makers to ensure decisions made are based on scientific knowledge. A new report from Science Europe has proposals for how this dialogue can be improved.
Keywords: International collaboration Research impact Science communication
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14 Mar 2024
The Nordic countries have teamed up with Canada and the USA to launch a NordForsk call on the sustainable development of the Arctic. The Swedish Research Council is one of the funders. The deadline for pre-proposals is 4 June 2024.
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20 Feb 2024
Welcome to an information session focusing on the role and impact of the COST programme and the benefits of participating in COST. The meeting is aimed at researchers and innovators at all career stages and from all research fields.
Keywords: International collaboration
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15 Feb 2024
It is now possible for researchers who applied for the grant Post Doctoral European Fellowship 2023 within Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme, and were the highest ranked reserves, to receive funding from the Swedish Research Council. Th...
Keywords: International calls International collaboration Horizon Europe
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29 Jan 2024
On the 12th-13th of March, European policymakers and stakeholders will gather at a conference in Brussels to discuss science communication. The purpose of the conference is to raise awareness of the importance of science communication and discuss how...
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19 Dec 2023
On the 12th-13th of March, European policymakers and stakeholders will gather at a conference in Brussels to discuss science communication. The purpose of the conference is to raise awareness of the importance of science communication and discuss how...
Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Application International collaboration
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30 Nov 2023
Katarina Bjelke, Director General of the Swedish Research Council, has been appointed a new board member of Science Europe, an organisation of research funding bodies and research-performing organisations that monitor and drive research policy issues...
Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council International collaboration
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06 Nov 2023
In March this year, the MSCA4Ukraine consortium decided to award support to doctoral students and researchers from Ukraine to continue their research in another country. Six of the researchers were hosted by Swedish higher education institutions (HEI...
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26 Oct 2023
The ERC has now published the results from the Synergy grant call. The grant is aimed at research teams with two to four researchers who work in synergy to jointly solve a research question. In total, 37 projects are sharing more than 395 million eur...
Keywords: ERC International calls International collaboration
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20 Sep 2023
The deterioration in the national security situation entails new challenges for international collaboration within higher education, research and innovation. The Government has therefore mandated the Swedish Council for Higher Education, the Swedish ...
Keywords: International collaboration Research policy
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12 Sep 2023
On 7 September, the European Commission and the United Kingdom government agreed that the United Kingdom shall take part in Horizon Europe, the framework programme for research and innovation. The agreement means that it will now be easier for resear...
Keywords: International collaboration Horizon Europe
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07 Sep 2023
NATO’s innovation programme DIANA (Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic) is developing new technology in the defence area. Swedish organisations can now register interest in taking part as accelerators or tests centres in the program...
Keywords: International collaboration Research infrastructure
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29 Jun 2023
On 27 June, Mats Persson, Sweden’s Minister for Education, and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Director of the US Department of Energy signed an agreement on research collaboration in the energy area. The Swedish Research Council is responsible for collaborati...
Keywords: International collaboration Natural and engineering sciences Research infrastructure Sustainable development
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28 Jun 2023
The ERC Scientific Council is in Stockholm 28–30 June. The Swedish Research Council hosts the meeting and takes the opportunity to invite the council and president Maria Leptin to a reception with researchers in Sweden who received grants from the ER...
Keywords: ERC International calls International collaboration
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19 Jun 2023
The ERC Scientific Council is in Stockholm 28–30 June. The Swedish Research Council hosts the meeting and takes the opportunity to invite the council and president Maria Leptin to a reception with researchers in Sweden who received grants from the ER...
Keywords: International collaboration Horizon Europe
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08 Jun 2023
Welcome to a webinar about Swedish participation at US National Science Foundations (NSF's) financing offer "Convergence Accelerator" 2023.
Keywords: Application International calls International collaboration
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25 Apr 2023
The summer school will take place on 20–27 August 2023 in Lüneburg, Germany, and is aimed at postdocs, doctoral students and senior masters students at Swedish universities or research institutes. This year’s theme is “Cutting-edge Neutron and X-ray ...
Keywords: International collaboration Research infrastructure
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28 Mar 2023
AcademiaNet is a database that highlights prominent female researchers. The purpose is to increase the proportion of women in leading positions within the world of research. The Swedish Research Council contributes to the database financially, and by...
Keywords: Gender equality International collaboration
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27 Mar 2023
Wecome to the conference "Open science – from policy to practice". Join policy makers, researchers, practitioners and stakeholders from across Europe to exchange knowledge, share best practices and to discuss how Open Science can contribute to streng...
Keywords: International collaboration Open science
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21 Mar 2023
The European Commission, via the MSCA4Ukraine initiative, has decided to award support to 124 doctoral students and researchers from Ukraine to continue their research in another country. Six of the researchers will be hosted by Swedish higher educat...
Keywords: International collaboration Horizon Europe
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17 Feb 2023
The European Commission, via the MSCA4Ukraine initiative, has decided to award support to 124 doctoral students and researchers from Ukraine to continue their research in another country. Six of the researchers will be hosted by Swedish higher educat...
Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council International collaboration
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10 Feb 2023
The six-year collaboration GENDER-NET Plus is about to end. The results from the research projects funded and other activities within the collaboration will be presented at a conference in Brussels on 13–14 February. The conference can be followed on...
Keywords: Gender equality International collaboration
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24 Jan 2023
The European Commission is currently holding an open consultation, where researchers and other actors can contribute with their experiences and opinions about the EU’s framework programme for European research and innovation collaborations. The deadl...
Keywords: International collaboration Research policy Horizon Europe
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22 Nov 2022
The European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant 2022 has awarded 408 researchers in Europe up to 1,5 million euro, to develop their research project and to building their own research teams. 12 of them have a Swedish host institution.
Keywords: ERC International collaboration
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17 Oct 2022
The European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant 2022 has awarded 408 researchers in Europe up to 1,5 million euro, to develop their research project and to building their own research teams. 12 of them have a Swedish host institution.
Keywords: International collaboration Horizon Europe
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18 May 2022
The European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant 2022 has awarded 408 researchers in Europe up to 1,5 million euro, to develop their research project and to building their own research teams. 12 of them have a Swedish host institution.
Keywords: International collaboration
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18 May 2022
The summer school will take place on 14–21 August 2022 at Varbergs Kusthotell, and is aimed at postdocs, doctoral students and masters students at Swedish universities or research institutes. This year’s theme is “X-rays and Neutrons for a Sustainabl...
Keywords: International collaboration Research infrastructure
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04 May 2022
How has the health and education of children and young persons been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? This question is the starting point for a Nordic research programme established by NordForsk. The call opens in September.
Keywords: International collaboration
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22 Apr 2022
The Swedish Research Council has decided to support researchers fleeing the war in Ukraine by contributing financially to the Swedish section of Scholars at Risk. SAR-Sweden is working to secure funding so that researchers needing protection can be o...
Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council International collaboration
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04 Apr 2022
The Swedish Research Council has decided to support researchers fleeing the war in Ukraine by contributing financially to the Swedish section of Scholars at Risk. SAR-Sweden is working to secure funding so that researchers needing protection can be o...
Keywords: International collaboration
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14 Mar 2022
The Government urges higher education institutions (HEIs) and research funding bodies to ensure that contacts and collaborations with governmental institutions in Russia and Belarus are suspended immediately. This statement was made by Anna Ekström, ...
Keywords: International collaboration
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11 Mar 2022
The Swedish Research Council allows persons applying for a grant from us to collaborate with researchers active in Russia or Belarus within the framework for their application. This is on condition that the researchers active in Russia or Belarus hav...
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03 Mar 2022
On 2 March, Anna Ekström, Minister for Education, issued a statement that all research collaboration with Russia and Belarus should be suspended. Sven Stafström, Director General of the Swedish Research Council, emphasised the importance of different...
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31 Jan 2022
On 3 February, JPIAMR organises an international conference to discuss and shape a new partnership with a so-called "One Health" perspective. The conference is aimed at the research community, research policy actors as well as the public and private ...
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19 Oct 2021
A platform is needed where public agencies, higher education institutions and other actors can collaborate to make higher education, research and innovation more international. This the the conclusion of a new report from the Swedish Council for High...
Keywords: International collaboration
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15 Feb 2021
Within STINT’s Joint China-Sweden Mobility programme has 15 million SEK been awarded to 30 projects for the period 2021–2024. The Swedish Research Council is contributing 5 million SEK.
Keywords: Decision International collaboration
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26 Jan 2021
To maximise the benefit for Swedish research and innovation and to enable synergies and interactions between the national and the EU levels, the Government has tasked Formas, Forte, the Swedish National Space Agency, the Swedish Energy Agency, the Sw...
Keywords: International collaboration Horizon Europe
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11 Dec 2020
At the end of October, a proposed strategy for Swedish participation in the framework programme Horizon Europe was presented. The proposal was developed jointly by the Swedish research funding agencies.
Keywords: International collaboration Horizon Europe
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19 Oct 2020
The Sweden-Brazil researcher exchange programme is a joint call between the Swedish Research Council and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in Brazil. The program gives Swedish and Brazilian Research performing organ...
Keywords: Application International collaboration Medicine and health
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20 May 2020
The Sweden-Brazil researcher exchange programme is a joint call between the Swedish Research Council and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in Brazil. The program gives Swedish and Brazilian Research performing organ...
Keywords: Decision International collaboration
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31 Mar 2020
The purpose of this grant is to support international research collaboration within the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage (JPI-CH). Sweden, via the Swedish Research Council, is one of the 14 countries taking part in the JPI-CH call, ...
Keywords: Application Humanities and social sciences International calls International collaboration
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12 Mar 2020
The purpose of this grant is to support international research collaboration within the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage (JPI-CH). Sweden, via the Swedish Research Council, is one of the 14 countries taking part in the JPI-CH call, ...
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27 Feb 2020
SEK 15 million SEK has been awarded to 30 projects for the period 2020–2023 within STINT’s Joint China-Sweden Mobility programme. The Swedish Research Council is contributing SEK 5 million.
Keywords: Decision International collaboration
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31 Jan 2020
The expected impact of the call is contributions to the diagnosis and clinical management of patients infected by 2019-nCoV, and to the public health preparedness and response in the context of the ongoing epidemic of 2019-nCoV. The deadline for prop...
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09 Dec 2019
The expected impact of the call is contributions to the diagnosis and clinical management of patients infected by 2019-nCoV, and to the public health preparedness and response in the context of the ongoing epidemic of 2019-nCoV. The deadline for prop...
Keywords: Decision International calls International collaboration Natural and engineering sciences
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26 Nov 2019
This grant aims to support international collaboration within the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (RJP RD) Call for Proposals 2020: Pre-clinical research to develop effective therapies for rare diseases. Sweden, via the Swedish Research Cou...
Keywords: Application Clinical therapy research International calls International collaboration Medicine and health
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26 Nov 2019
This grant aims to support international collaboration within the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (RJP RD) Call for Proposals 2020: Pre-clinical research to develop effective therapies for rare diseases. Sweden, via the Swedish Research Cou...
Keywords: Decision International calls International collaboration Natural and engineering sciences Research environment grant
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22 Nov 2019
The purpose of the grant is to establish a network around a specific research idea, aimed at a joint research project. The grant shall support the development of long-term joint research between Swedish researchers and researchers from the state of S...
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19 Nov 2019
The purpose of the grant is to establish a network around a specific research idea, aimed at a joint research project. The grant shall support the development of long-term joint research between Swedish researchers and researchers from the state of S...
Keywords: International collaboration
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31 Oct 2019
The purpose of the grant is to establish a network around a specific research idea, aimed at a joint research project. The grant shall support the development of long-term joint research between Swedish researchers and researchers from the state of S...
Keywords: Decision International calls International collaboration Medicine and health Network grant
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30 Oct 2019
The purpose of the grant is to establish a network around a specific research idea, aimed at a joint research project. The grant shall support the development of long-term joint research between Swedish researchers and researchers from the state of S...
Keywords: Antibiotic resistance Application International calls International collaboration Medicine and health Network grant
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11 Oct 2019
The ERC has now published the results from the Synergy grant call. The grant is aimed at research teams with two to four researchers who work in synergy to jointly solve a research question. In total, 37 research teams are sharing more than 360 milli...
Keywords: ERC International collaboration
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26 Aug 2019
The EU Commission is now preparing the design of the new framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe. This programme will take over from the current Horizon 2020 on 1 January 2021.
Keywords: Horizon 2020 International collaboration
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28 Jun 2019
The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded grants within development research 2019. Our total grant amount for 2020-2022 is 157 million SEK.
Keywords: International collaboration Research project grant
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10 Jun 2019
This year, Sweden and South Korea are celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations. In conjunction with the visit to Sweden of South Korea’s president, the Swedish Research Council and the National Research Foundation of Korea are arranging a network...
Keywords: International collaboration
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21 May 2019
The EU’s next framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe, will include a new initiative known as “missions”. The EU Commission is now looking for high-level independent experts to provide advice and support to the Commission in i...
Keywords: International collaboration Research policy
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21 Mar 2019
The Swedish Research Council is contributing a total of 1.6 million SEK to three projects within STINT’s Joint Japan-Sweden Research Collaboration for the period 2019–2022.
Keywords: International collaboration
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29 Jan 2019
UNESCO’s recommendations for science and researchers are used as a joint reference in research collaboration across national borders. They were updated in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.
Keywords: Ethics International collaboration
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23 Nov 2018
UNESCO’s recommendations for science and researchers are used as a joint reference in research collaboration across national borders. They were updated in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.
Keywords: International collaboration Visiting professor grant
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06 Sep 2018
The Swedish Research Council has decided on approved applications for International collaboration within personalised medicine (ERA PerMed).
Keywords: Decision International calls International collaboration Medicine and health Research project grant
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06 Sep 2018
The Swedish Research Council and the Department of Science and Technology in India has decided on applications to be awarded grants within Indo-Swedish joint network grant. In 2019, the call for applications was a collaboration between this two fundi...
Keywords: Decision International collaboration Natural and engineering sciences
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06 Sep 2018
The Swedish Research Council has decided on applications to be awarded research project grants within development research and network grants Swedish research links.
Keywords: Decision Development research International calls International collaboration Network grant Research project grant
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26 Jun 2018
On 18 May, the Swedish Research Council together with Formas (Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning) and Vinnova – Sweden’s Innovation Agency signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding with the Brazi...
Keywords: International collaboration
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25 Jun 2018
On 7 June, the European Commission presented its proposal for a framework programme for research and innovation for the period 2021–2027, Horizon Europe. How this is designed will be very important to researchers in Sweden, and to the Swedish researc...
Keywords: International collaboration Research policy
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01 Jun 2018
On 7 June, the European Commission presented its proposal for a framework programme for research and innovation for the period 2021–2027, Horizon Europe. How this is designed will be very important to researchers in Sweden, and to the Swedish researc...
Keywords: International collaboration
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01 Jun 2018
On 7 June, the European Commission presented its proposal for a framework programme for research and innovation for the period 2021–2027, Horizon Europe. How this is designed will be very important to researchers in Sweden, and to the Swedish researc...
Keywords: International collaboration
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01 Jun 2018
On 7 June, the European Commission presented its proposal for a framework programme for research and innovation for the period 2021–2027, Horizon Europe. How this is designed will be very important to researchers in Sweden, and to the Swedish researc...
Keywords: International collaboration Horizon Europe
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01 Jun 2018
On 7 June, the European Commission presented its proposal for a framework programme for research and innovation for the period 2021–2027, Horizon Europe. How this is designed will be very important to researchers in Sweden, and to the Swedish researc...
Keywords: International collaboration
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01 Jun 2018
The overarching goal of JPIAMR research on Surveillance is to standardise, improve and extend surveillance systems on antibiotic use and on AMR in humans, animals, food, and the larger environment. In the network call that opens today on May 2, 2018,...
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02 May 2018
The Swedish Research Council is responsible for supporting research infrastructures of national interest within all fields of science. This report focuses on the benefits of memberships in international organisations funded under the infrastructure ...
Keywords: International collaboration Research policy Statistics
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27 Dec 2017
Decisions on research project grant for research collaboration between China and Sweden has been taken by the Swedish Research Council.
Keywords: Decision International collaboration Research project grant
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14 Sep 2017
The Röntgen-Ångström Cluster (RÅC) is a Swedish-German research collaboration within structuralbiology and material sciences. The aim of the grant is to strengthen research in materials scienceand structural biology that uses neutron and/or synchrotr...
Keywords: Grant International collaboration Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Research infrastructure Research project grant
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08 Mar 2017
The aim of this grant is to support the development of long-term research collaboration between Swedish researchers and researchers from low and lower-middle income countries. The grant is announced in the field of Development Research, which is fina...
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09 Feb 2017
In February 2017, we published a joint grant decision for the 2016 network grants within the research collaboration between the Swedish Research Council and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
Keywords: Decision International calls International collaboration Natural and engineering sciences Network grant
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08 Nov 2016
On November 8, 2016, decision were published on awarded network grants within the Indo-Swedish research collaboration. In 2015, the call for applications was a collaboration between the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova,...
Keywords: Decision Gender equality International calls International collaboration Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Statistics
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09 Mar 2016
The aim of the network grant Swedish research links is to support the development of long-term research collaboration between Swedish researchers and researchers from low and lower-middle income countries. The grant is announced in the field of devel...
Keywords: Development research International collaboration Network grant
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10 Feb 2014
The conference "Joint Nordic Focus on Research Infrastructures – Looking to the Future" was held in November 2013 as part of the programme during the Swedish chairmanship of the Nordic Council of Ministers. The two-day conference focused solely on No...
Keywords: Interdisciplinary International collaboration Research infrastructure