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New members of the Council for Research Infrastructures

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16 Jan 2020

The Swedish Research Council’s Board has appointed five new members of the Council for Research Infrastructures, RFI, for the period 2020–2022. Jan-Eric Sundgren, chair of the council, has an appointment until 31 December 2020.

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Research infrastructure

User Support Astronomer (ESO)

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The Swedish Research Council’s Board has appointed five new members of the Council for Research Infrastructures, RFI, for the period 2020–2022. Jan-Eric Sundgren, chair of the council, has an appointment until 31 December 2020.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Grant for activities within STEM subjects at national research infrastructures

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14 Nov 2019

The purpose of the call is to increase the interest of lower and upper secondary school pupils in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by funding activities at national research infrastructures through ongoing grants from the Swedi...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Apply for funding for collaboration with neutron scientists in Japan

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23 Sep 2019

The Swedish Research Council has decided to fund a new mobility programme focusing on neutron research and activities related to the the European Spallation Source ESS and the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex J-PARC.

Keywords: ESS in Sweden Research infrastructure

EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

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05 Jul 2019

The partnership programme EuroHPC Joint Undertaking runs three calls aimed at supporting research and innovation within the HPC area, including High Performance Data Analytics.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Swedish Research Council is taking part in the building of one of the world’s largest and fastest supercomputers

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14 Jun 2019

The Swedish Research Council is part of a consortium together with Finland and six other countries that will now be building one of the world’s largest and fastest supercomputers.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Needs inventory of research infrastructure of national interest

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21 May 2019

The Swedish Research Council carries out a prioritisation of new needs for research infrastructure in a recurrent cyclical process over two years. The first stage of the process consists of a needs inventory, aimed at highlighting areas where the nee...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

An outlook for the national roadmap for e-infrastructures for research

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14 Feb 2019

Many reports by the Swedish Research Council (SRC) have identified a growing need for e-infrastructures for research. However, in Sweden, the current e-infrastructure landscape is relatively fragmented and many actors provide different kind of servic...

Keywords: Evaluation Open science Research infrastructure

Decision on research infrastructure

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23 Nov 2018

The Swedish Research Council has decided to award grants to Swedish research infrastructures of approximately 4 billion SEK. This funding will remain in place for up to the next eight years. Max IV, the computer infrastructure SNIC and databases with...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Grant for accessibility to infrastructure

Grant decision |

01 Nov 2018

The Swedish Research Council has decided on approved applications within Grant for accessibility to infrastructure

Keywords: Research infrastructure

10 recommendations for research infrastructure

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01 Nov 2018

The Swedish Research Council’s Guide to research infrastructure has now been published. It indicates new needs and gives proposals for improvements to existing research infrastructure. The Guide forms a central part of the Swedish Research Council’s ...

Keywords: Research infrastructure Research policy

The Swedish Research Council´s guide to research infrastructure 2018

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01 Nov 2018

The Swedish Research Council’s guide to research infrastructure is a plan for how Swedish researchers within academia, public sector and industry are to access the most sophisticated research infrastructure in Sweden and other countries. Research in...

Keywords: Research infrastructure Sustainable development

These may apply for grants for research infrastructure 2019

News |

23 Oct 2018

A decision has now been made on the new areas and the existing research infrastructures that are covered by the call for grants to research infrastructure 2019. 14 new areas and 14 existing research infrastructures are covered, and may therefore appl...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Research infrastructure of national interest

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23 Oct 2018

The purpose of the grant is to support research infrastructure of national interest. This might refer to national infrastructure, or Swedish participation in international infrastructure. The grant may be used for investment and operation, and may in...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Results of needs inventory

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18 Oct 2018

At the Swedish Research Council we have a model of prioritisation of research infrastructure that is based on a two-year cycle. In the first year, an inventory of needs of research infrastructure in Sweden is conducted with the purpose to identify ne...

Keywords: Research infrastructure Research overview

UGU – Evaluation Through Follow-up

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

A social sciences longitudinal survey in the field of education, based on a database comprising ten nationally representative samples of students.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

SWEDPOP - Swedish population databases for research

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

An infrastructure under construction with a view to making population data available for Swedish and international research through coordination of the most important historical population databases in Sweden, focusing on the period from the 18th cen...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

SND – Swedish National Data Service

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

A coordinated national infrastructure that aims to facilitate preservation and access to high-quality research data from a number of scientific disciplines. SND is also responsible for providing documentation and developing standards for the document...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

SHARE-ERIC – Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

A European interdisciplinary, interview-based survey on health, ageing and retirement that aims, among other things, to enhance understanding of the consequences of the ageing population. The Swedish node is SHARE-S at Umeå University.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

REWHARD – Relations, Work and Health across the life-course - A Research Data infrastructure

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

An infrastructure under construction, comprising eight complementary, high-quality longitudinal databases for research into working life, social relations and health throughout life.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

NEAR - National E-Infrastructure for Ageing Research

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

An infrastructure under construction that aims to promote and facilitate Swedish research into ageing by means of integration of a number of national longitudinal population-based projects on ageing and health, and to enhance the quality and generali...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

MONA – Microdata On-Line Access

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Statistics Sweden's standard tool for publication of microdata with a view to providing researchers in Sweden with cheaper, more effective access to well-documented and quality-assured registry data.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

EUI – European University Institute

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

An institute set up by the EU in 1976 to help preserve Europe's cultural and scientific heritage. The university institute provides research and postgraduate education in the fields of economics, history, law, sociology and political sciences.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

ESS-ERIC – European Social Survey

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

A survey of attitudes and behaviours that aims – among other things – to map and explain the interaction between Europe's changing structures and attitudes, increase comparability in surveys and develop and implement social indicators. The Swedish no...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

CORS – Comparative Research Center Sweden

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

CORS is made up of six research infrastructures for comparative social sciences research. CORS research focuses on studying how human behaviour, values, attitudes, health and quality of life differ from country to country. ESS-S and SHARE-S are part ...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Nationella språkbanken – research into, about and using language

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Nationella språkbanken (Eng. 'National Language Bank') is a language technology infrastructure that gives access to both digital language data and advanced tools for work with language data.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

CESSDA-ERIC – Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

A merger of twenty or so European social sciences data archives and a distributed infrastructure for social sciences data. SND is Sweden's service provider.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

SITES – Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

National infrastructure coordinating a number of field stations for land-based experimental ecology.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Riksriggen, IODP and ICDP – scientific drilling

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Riksriggen is a drilling rig for scientific surveys of the Earth's crust. IODP is an international programme for scientific drilling at sea, ICDP is the land-based equivalent.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Nordsim and Vega

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

National infrastructure for analysis of geological samples.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

EISCAT (EISCAT-3D) – European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

International infrastructure for research into aurora borealis, plasma physics and atmospheric physics. Coordinated from Kiruna.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

XFEL

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

X-ray free electron laser in Germany for research in a number of fields, including femtochemistry and molecular biology.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Petra III

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Petra III is a German synchrotron light facility at the DESY laboratory outside Hamburg, focusing on radiation in the X-ray area, for research in several scientific fields. Sweden funds Swedish Material Science beamline, SMS, which is a beamline at P...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Myfab

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

A national distributed research infrastructure consisting of the four largest Swedish academic cleanroom-based nanotechnology laboratories.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

MAX IV laboratory

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Synchrotron light facility in Lund for research into fields such as materials science, biotechnology, medicine, energy and environmental engineering.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

ISIS Neutron Spallation Source

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Facility for neutron scattering in the United Kingdom for research into fields such as geosciences, materials sciences, chemistry and biology. Sweden contributes to three diffractometers at ISIS: Polaris, HRPD and IMAT.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

ESS – European Spallation Source

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Facility for neutron scattering under construction in Lund for research into fields such as materials and life sciences, energy and environmental engineering.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

ESRF – European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Synchrotron light facility in France for studies in a number of scientific fields, including materials and structures. This facility will be upgraded in 2019-2020.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

STR – Swedish Twin Register

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Database and biobank for twin studies in the field of epidemiological research.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

SIMPLER – Swedish Infrastructure for Medical Population-based Life-course and Environmental Research

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Database and biobank based on 110 000 individuals in Sweden for epidemiological research.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

NMI – National infrastructure for microscopy within life sciences

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

A distributed infrastructure for advanced microscopy for research within life sciences.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

NGI – National Genomics Infrastructure

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

National infrastructure for large-scale DNA sequencing and SNP genotyping.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

NBIS and Elixir – National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

A distributed research infrastructure providing bioinformatics support to Swedish life sciences research. NBIS is the Swedish contact point for the European bioinformatics infrastructure Elixir.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

EMBL – European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

An international institute for basic research in the life sciences, operating primarily in Germany.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

EATRIS-ERIC – European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

European distributed infrastructure for translational research. Provides research services in the form of infrastructure and expertise to clients from academia and industry.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

BBMRI-ERIC – Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Biobank organisation in 19 European countries aimed at making biological samples and data readily accessible for medical research and development in the field of health and medical care. The Swedish node is Biobank Sweden.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

SKA – Square Kilometre Array

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

International radio astronomy project at the planning phase. Chalmers University of Technology participates in the development of components for SKA.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Onsala Space Observatory and JIVE-ERIC

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Swedish facility with telescopes and measuring instruments for radio astronomy and geodesy. JIVE is a central organisation in the Netherlands for the European radio astronomy network EVN. Onsala Space Observatory is the Swedish node in EVN.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

NOT – Nordic Optical Telescope

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Nordic telescope on La Palma for optical astronomy. Sweden's involvement in NOT is being phased out and will cease entirely in 2020.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Ion Technology Centre

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

The infrastructure provides and develops competence within ion beam-based materials analysis and materials modification.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

ITER and EUROfusion

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Experimental facility for fusion research being constructed in France and the European consortium within fusion research.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

ISF – Institute for Solar physics

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Operates a Swedish solar telescope on La Palma.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

IceCube

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Neutrino detector at the South Pole for astroparticle physics.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

FAIR – Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Accelerator facility for nuclear, hadron and ion physics, being constructed in Germany.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

ESO – European Southern Observatory

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Telescope in Chile for astronomy. Onsala Space Observatory (see below) is responsible for user support and data handling from the ALMA telescope.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

DESIREE– Double ElectroStatic Ion Ring ExpEriment

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Storage rings at Stockholm University for atomic, molecular and chemical physics.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

CERN – Centre Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Centre for Nuclear Research)

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Accelerator facility in Switzerland, mainly performing research in the field of particle physics. Sweden is contributing to three experiments and one computational infrastructure at CERN: ATLAS, ALICE, ISOLDE and WLCG.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

SUNET – Swedish university data network

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Operates, maintains and develops Sweden's university data network, and also offers a range of online services for research IT and education. The Swedish Research Council is responsible for Sunet.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

SNIC – Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

A national computer infrastructure that provides computer resources for large-scale computation operations and storage in all disciplines. Provides advanced user support for both national computer resources and resources within PRACE.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

PRACE – Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

A European computer infrastructure that provides computing resources for large-scale operations in all disciplines, of an order of magnitude beyond national computer resources.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

NeIC – Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration

Infrastructures |

18 Oct 2018

Nordic cooperation for collective e-infrastructure projects. The cooperation consists of a number of projects within different subject areas, among them the Nordic computing resources within WLCG (see CERN under Physics and engineering sciences) and ...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Infrastructure for integration and accessibility of data within biodiversity informatics

Infrastructures |

12 Oct 2018

Swedish LifeWatch, SLW, and Biodiversity Atlas Sweden, BAS, are national e-infrastructures within biodiversity, which are currently funded separately by the Swedish Research Council, but on condition of a merger.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

ICOS and ICOS-ERIC – Integrated Carbon Observation System

Infrastructures |

12 Oct 2018

A distributed European infrastructure that measures and quantifies greenhouse gas uptake and emission between land/water and atmosphere. Sweden hosts the European portal function, ICOS Carbon Portal.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

E-ELT – Extremely Large Telescope

Infrastructures |

12 Oct 2018

European Extremely Large Telescope, E-ELT, has been developed by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), where Sweden is one of the member countries.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

BioMS – a national infrastructure for biological mass spectrometry

Infrastructures |

11 Oct 2018

BioMS is a national distributed infrastructure for biological mass spectrometry and proteomics.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

BIS – Biobank Sweden

Infrastructures |

11 Oct 2018

The national biobank infrastructure Biobank Sweden, BIS, includes all universities with a medical faculty and associated university hospital principals (county councils and regions).

Keywords: Research infrastructure

AGATA

Infrastructures |

11 Oct 2018

European germanium detector project, part of the Swedish involvement in FAIR.

Keywords: Research infrastructure

90 million SEK to research infrastructure for clinical studies

News |

14 Sep 2018

The Committee for Clinical Studies has decided to allocate 90 million SEK to the continuing work of building up a joint national research infrastructure for clinical studies. During 2018–2020, 30 million SEK per year will be allocated. At the meeting...

Keywords: Medicine and health Research infrastructure

Grant for accessibility to infrastructure

Grant decision |

06 Sep 2018

The Committee for Clinical Studies has decided to allocate 90 million SEK to the continuing work of building up a joint national research infrastructure for clinical studies. During 2018–2020, 30 million SEK per year will be allocated. At the meeting...

Keywords: Decision Research infrastructure

Research project grant: Bilateral agreement South Korea-Sweden for access to national research infrastructures

Call |

27 Aug 2018

This call gives researchers in Sweden access to national research infrastructures in South Korea. The purpose of the research project grant is to give researchers the freedom to formulate the research concept, method and implementation, and to solve ...

Keywords: Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Research infrastructure Research project grant

ESS workshop 2018

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23 Aug 2018

Welcome to our annual workshop on the European Spallation Source, ESS, in Lund! This year, together with Vinnova and the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, we want to inspire, look forward and place the Swedish inputs in a European cont...

Keywords: ESS in Sweden Research infrastructure

Call for applications – RACIRI Summer School

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01 Jun 2018

The summer school takes place 25 August – 1 September 2018 at Rügen Island in Germany and invites PhD students, Master (diploma) students in their final research year, and young postdoctoral researchers at Swedish research institutions or universitie...

Keywords: Research infrastructure

Council for Register Data

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01 Jun 2018

The summer school takes place 25 August – 1 September 2018 at Rügen Island in Germany and invites PhD students, Master (diploma) students in their final research year, and young postdoctoral researchers at Swedish research institutions or universitie...

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Registry-based research Research infrastructure

Grant for accessibility to infrastructure

Call |

01 Jun 2018