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31 Mar 2021

The European Synchrotron, the ESRF, is an international research centre based in Grenoble, France.

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SNIC Review

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25 Mar 2021

The Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) is a national research infrastructure that makes available large scale high performance computing resources, storage capacity, and advanced user support, for Swedish researchers. SNIC is a cons...

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Needs inventory of research infrastructure of national interest

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18 Mar 2021

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...

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Soil analyst research engineer position at ICOS Ecosystem Thematic Center, INRAE, France

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24 Feb 2021

The ETC (Ecosystem Thematic Center) is the ICOS center for processing data from the ecosystem observation sites. The proposed position is located within the soil component of the ETC in France.

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Information meeting – Research infrastructure of national interest

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03 Nov 2020

Welcome to an information meeting about the call for grants to research infrastructure of national interest.

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LUMI supercomputer will now be built

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27 Oct 2020

The LUMI consortium, where the Swedish Research Council is a member, has signed an agreement to build a supercomputer. The LUMI super-computer will be built in Finland, and will provide world-class performance that offers great opportunities for Swed...

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Grant for research infrastructure of national interest

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29 Sep 2020

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 i...

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These may apply for grants for research infrastructure 2019

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29 Sep 2020

It is now clear which new areas and existing research infrastructures are covered by the call for grants to research infrastructure of national interest. The call is open during the period 2 December 2020–16 February 2021.

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Open access to JRC Research Infrastructures

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10 Sep 2020

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) opens its scientific laboratories and facilities to people working in academia and research organisations, industry, small and medium enterprises, and more in general to the public and private sec...

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10 million SEK to Biobank Sweden for coordinating COVID-19 samples

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01 Sep 2020

Biobank Sweden will receive 10 million SEK from the Swedish Research Council to coordinate the collection of and access to samples linked to COVID-19. This will not only make the process easier for researchers, but also for patients and society as a ...

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DEMSCORE

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19 Aug 2020

DEMSCORE, Research infrastructure for Democracy, Environment, Migration, Social policy, COnflict, and REpresentation, is a research infrastructure facility under construction, aimed at fulfilling research needs for various types of social sciences co...

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Accelerator-based infrastructures in the fields of particle and nuclear physics

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12 Jun 2020

The Council for Research Infrastructures (RFI) within the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) commits a significant part of its annual budget to accelerator-based infrastructures in particle and nuclear physics. The funding covers membership f...

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New office to coordinate inputs to ESS and MAX IV

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29 Apr 2020

During 2020, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova will be establishing a joint office to work towards maximising Sweden’s use of the research facilities European Spallation Source, ESS, and Max IV in Lund.

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Office for coordination of inputs to ESS and MAX IV

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29 Apr 2020

During 2020, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova will be establishing a joint office to work towards maximising Sweden’s use of the research facilities European Spallation Source, ESS, and Max IV in Lund.

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Clinical Studies Sweden

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27 Apr 2020

A collaboration between Sweden’s six healthcare regions, aimed at strengthening the preconditions for conducting clinical studies.

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Needs inventory of research infrastructure of national interest

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06 Mar 2020

The Council for Research Infrastructures, RFI, has decided how the proposals for new or upgraded infrastructure submitted in last year’s needs inventory shall be categorised. 25 of the areas in the inventory were placed in Category A.

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Grant for accessibility to infrastructure

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24 Feb 2020

The Swedish Research Council has been mandated by the Government to work towards ensuring researchers based in Sweden participate to a greater degree in the construction and development of research infrastructure, and towards making research infrastr...

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Grant for accessibility to infrastructure

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01 Nov 2018

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

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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 ...

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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...

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These may apply for grants for research infrastructure 2019

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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...

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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...

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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...

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UGU – Evaluation Through Follow-up

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18 Oct 2018

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

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SWEDPOP - Swedish population databases for research

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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...

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SND – Swedish National Data Service

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18 Oct 2018

Swedish National Data Service (SND) is a research data infrastructure that supports accessibility, preservation, and reuse of research data. The SND Search function makes it easy to find, use, and cite research data from a variety of scientific disci...

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

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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.

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

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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.

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NEAR - National E-Infrastructure for Ageing Research

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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...

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MONA – Microdata On-Line Access

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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.

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EUI – European University Institute

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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.

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ESS-ERIC – European Social Survey

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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...

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CORS – Comparative Research Center Sweden

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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 ...

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Nationella språkbanken and Swe-CLARIN

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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.

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CESSDA-ERIC – Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives

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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.

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SITES – Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science

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18 Oct 2018

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

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Riksriggen, IODP and ICDP – scientific drilling

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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.

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Nordsim and Vega

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18 Oct 2018

National infrastructure for analysis of geological samples.

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

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18 Oct 2018

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

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XFEL

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18 Oct 2018

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

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Petra III

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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...

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Myfab

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18 Oct 2018

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

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MAX IV laboratory

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18 Oct 2018

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

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ISIS Neutron Spallation Source

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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.

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ESS – European Spallation Source

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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.

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ESRF – European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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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.

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STR – Swedish Twin Register

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18 Oct 2018

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

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

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18 Oct 2018

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

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NMI – National infrastructure for microscopy within life sciences

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18 Oct 2018

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

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NGI – National Genomics Infrastructure

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18 Oct 2018

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

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NBIS and Elixir – National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden

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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.

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EMBL – European Molecular Biology Laboratory

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18 Oct 2018

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

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EATRIS-ERIC – European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine

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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.

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BBMRI-ERIC – Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure

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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.

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SKA – Square Kilometre Array

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18 Oct 2018

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

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Onsala Space Observatory and JIVE-ERIC

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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.

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NOT – Nordic Optical Telescope

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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.

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Ion Technology Centre

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18 Oct 2018

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

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ITER and EUROfusion

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18 Oct 2018

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

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ISF – Institute for Solar physics

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18 Oct 2018

Operates a Swedish solar telescope on La Palma.

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IceCube

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18 Oct 2018

Neutrino detector at the South Pole for astroparticle physics.

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FAIR – Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research

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18 Oct 2018

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

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ESO – European Southern Observatory

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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.

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DESIREE– Double ElectroStatic Ion Ring ExpEriment

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18 Oct 2018

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

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

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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.

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SUNET – Swedish university data network

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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.

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SNIC – Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing

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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.

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PRACE – Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe

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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.

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NeIC – Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration

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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 ...

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Infrastructure for integration and accessibility of data within biodiversity informatics

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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.

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ICOS and ICOS-ERIC – Integrated Carbon Observation System

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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.

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E-ELT – Extremely Large Telescope

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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.

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BioMS – a national infrastructure for biological mass spectrometry

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11 Oct 2018

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

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BIS – Biobank Sweden

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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).

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AGATA

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11 Oct 2018

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

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90 million SEK to research infrastructure for clinical studies

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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...

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

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Grant for accessibility to infrastructure

Call |

01 Jun 2018