Pages about "Research policy"

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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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23 Jan 2025

Official personnel statistics for the higher education sector have in recent years become ever worse at capturing who is awarded a doctoral degree. This information is central for the Swedish Research Council’s research policy analyses. For this reas...

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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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02 Oct 2024

Many promising junior researchers awarded grants from the Swedish Research Council have good preconditions for career development at their higher education institutions, a new report shows. But this does not apply to all. This risks making research c...

Keywords: Grant Research policy

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26 Aug 2024

The Government’s proposed new law on certain research databases creates new opportunities to collect and handle personal data without ethical approval. The law is proposed to come into force on 1 January 2025.

Keywords: Ethics Research infrastructure Research policy

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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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21 May 2024

Swedish research in international comparison The Swedish Research Barometer provides an overall description of research and development (R&D) in Sweden, and highlights how Sweden compares internationally as a research nation. In addition, the Swedis...

Keywords: Bibliometrics Research impact Research policy Statistics

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01 Feb 2024

The Swedish Research Council rejects the proposal for three new public agencies in our response to the consultation document proposing a new public agency structure for funding research and innovation. We consider that the proposal has too narrow a s...

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Research policy Scientific quality

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19 Dec 2023

The Swedish Research Council and Forte have mapped research in women’s health and diseases. The result is presented in a new report. The report points out knowledge needs linked to women’s health and diseases, and what research initiatives are needed...

Keywords: Gender equality Medicine and health Research policy

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30 Nov 2023

How does Sweden compare as a research nation in international comparison? Which higher education institutions invest the most in research and development (R&D)? How much of the expenditure on R&D goes to basic research and to applied research? We hav...

Keywords: Bibliometrics Research impact Research policy Statistics

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02 Nov 2023

The Swedish Research Council’s input to the Government’s research and innovation bill presents our views on what needs to be done to strengthen the Swedish research system and create good preconditions for excellent research that is of benefit to soc...

Keywords: Research impact Research infrastructure Research policy Scientific quality

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31 Oct 2023

The Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Energy Agency, Formas, Forte, the Swedish National Space Agency and Vinnova have now submitted a joint document with recommendations ahead of the Government bill on research and innovation. Excellent research...

Keywords: Research impact Research infrastructure Research policy Scientific quality

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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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31 Aug 2023

The Swedish Research Council’s research review in humanities and social sciences describes the current situation for the research and makes a forecast of the development during the next 5–10 years. The review also includes scientific and research pol...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research policy

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31 May 2023

The Swedish Research Council’s research review in humanities and social sciences describes the current situation for the research and makes a forecast of the development during the next 5–10 years. The review also includes scientific and research pol...

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31 May 2023

In a new report, the Swedish Research Council presents proposed measures for how Sweden shall achieve its research policy goals. A central point is that the quality perspective needs to permeate all parts of the research system.

Keywords: Research impact Research policy Scientific quality

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03 May 2023

In order for Sweden to continue being an internationally competitive research nation, we need to invest in research infrastructure. The Swedish Research Council’s Guide to research infrastructure 2023 highlights nine recommendations for meeting both ...

Keywords: Research infrastructure Research policy

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29 Mar 2023

Quantum technology will impact on the whole of society, and major investments are being made worldwide in this field. Swedish research in quantum technology is strong, but with better national coordination and prioritisation, we can maximise the bene...

Keywords: Natural and engineering sciences Research infrastructure Research policy

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27 Feb 2023

The Swedish Research Council’s research review in clinical thearpy research describes the current situation for the research and makes a forecast of the development during the next 5–10 years. The review also includes scientific and research policy r...

Keywords: Clinical research Clinical therapy research Research policy

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16 Feb 2023

The Swedish Research Council’s research review in natural and engineering sciences describes the current situation for the research and makes a forecast of the development during the next 5–10 years. The review also includes scientific and research p...

Keywords: Natural and engineering sciences Research policy

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16 Feb 2023

The Swedish Research Council’s research review in development research describes the current situation for the research and makes a forecast of the development during the next 5–10 years. The review also includes scientific and research policy recomm...

Keywords: Development research Research policy

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15 Feb 2023

The Swedish Research Council is responsible for a ten-year national research programme in the societal consequences of digitisation. There is now a strategic research agenda in place, to guide the work forward. A new call under the programme opened o...

Keywords: Research policy National research programme in the societal consequences of digitalisation

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14 Feb 2023

The Swedish Research Council is responsible for a ten-year national research programme in segregation. There is now a strategic research agenda in place, to guide the work forward.

Keywords: Research policy National research programme in segregation

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26 Jan 2023

The Swedish Research Council’s research review in artistic research describes the current situation for the research and makes a forecast of the development during the next 5–10 years. The review also includes scientific and research policy recommend...

Keywords: Artistic research Research policy

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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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25 Aug 2022

This is a further developed proposal for a new model for quality-based allocation of the increased direct governmental funding to higher education institutions that the government has announced, for research and education at third-cycle level. The n...

Keywords: Evaluation Research policy Scientific quality

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17 Jun 2022

During 2022, the Swedish Research Council’s scientific councils and committees will produce research overviews within their respective subject areas. This autumn, we will introduce the option of making comments on the first draft.

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17 Jun 2022

During 2022, the Swedish Research Council’s scientific councils and committees will produce research overviews within their respective subject areas. This autumn, we will introduce the option of making comments on the first draft.

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07 Jun 2022

On 31 May, Formas, Forte, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova presented a further development of the joint proposal for a model for quality-based resource allocation that they presented in 2021. The proposal is the result of a joint Government m...

Keywords: Evaluation Research policy Scientific quality

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25 Jan 2022

The Swedish Research Barometer provides an overall description of research and development (R&D) in Sweden, and highlights how Sweden compares internationally as a research nation. In addition, the Swedish Research Barometer places particular focus o...

Keywords: Bibliometrics Research impact Research policy Statistics

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29 Sep 2021

Come and discuss about how academia and industry in Sweden can increase the societal benefits of the two world-leading research facilities ESS and MAX IV. Welcome to a digital meeting on 14 October. 

Keywords: ESS in Sweden Research infrastructure Research policy

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20 Aug 2021

The report on national research infrastructure, which was recently submitted to the Government, has been eagerly awaited, and we are reading it with great interest. We can already now express our support for the proposal to set up a new public agency...

Keywords: Research infrastructure Research policy

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16 Apr 2021

The research environments that received funding under the Swedish Research Council’s ten-year investment in strong research environments have reached their midterm point. A successful initiative that fulfils the goals in the opinion of an internation...

Keywords: Evaluation Research policy

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13 Apr 2021

During 2019–2020, the Swedish Research Council carried out a mid-term evaluation of the implementation of the grant International recruitment of distinguished researchers, which was announced in 2013 and 2014. The purpose of the evaluation of the 19...

Keywords: Evaluation Research policy

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15 Jan 2021

The Government’s research bill for 2021–2024 proposes major investments in research. For the Swedish Research Council, this involves increased funding for research infrastructure and undirected research, as well as initiatives within a number of spec...

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Research policy

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10 Dec 2020

By offering funding for up to nine years, MIMS could recruit promising researchers from across the world – Emmanuelle Charpentier’s discovery shows that the strategy was successful.

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Research impact Research policy

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07 May 2020

Since 2012, gender equality observations have been carried out regularly by the Swedish Research Council. The observations aim to scrutinise, from a gender equality perspective, the meetings where subject experts discuss applications for research gra...

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Gender equality Research policy Scientific quality

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06 Mar 2020

The Swedish Research Council and Formas have funded 40 Linnaeus Centres with a total of 2.7 billion SEK during the years 2006–2018. We have now conducted a final evaluation. Did the Linnaeus grant have the effect intended? What has it meant for Swedi...

Keywords: Evaluation Research impact Research policy Scientific quality

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04 Mar 2020

The Linnaeus grants were presented as a new grant format in the Swedish Government’s research policy bill 2004/05. The aim of the grant was to strengthen the ability of Swedish higher education institutions to prioritise and profile Swedish research ...

Keywords: Evaluation Research impact Research policy Scientific quality

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13 Dec 2019

Knowledge, quality and integrity In this report, the Swedish Research Council presents challenges and ways forward for the Swedish research system. The report is based on the report Direction to the Future Swedish Research System published in 2015, ...

Keywords: Research policy

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13 Dec 2019

This report is an account of the role that external research funding in general and funding from the Swedish Research Council in particular, play for research in Sweden. Conclusions are drawn from a case study of six research-oriented departments wi...

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Mobility and career Research policy Statistics

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31 Oct 2019

Our input to the upcoming Government research bill identifies the issues that we consider the Government needs to address in order to meet the major societal challenges and to achieve the over-riding research policy goals.

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31 Oct 2019

Research and innovation are crucial for providing society with the knowledge it needs to find solutions to societal challenges. The Swedish Energy Agency, Formas, Forte, the Swedish National Space Agency, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova are ...

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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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10 May 2019

At the Swedish Research Council, we are currently working on completing the Research barometer 2019 – an overarching description of Swedish research and development in international comparison.

Keywords: Research policy Statistics

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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

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24 Oct 2018

The final evaluation of the Linnaeus grants will take place in 2019. We are now inviting contact persons and representatives from each Linnaeus Centre to an information meeting ahead of the evaluation. During the meeting, we will be presenting the ev...

Keywords: Evaluation Research policy

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21 Sep 2018

The final evaluation of the Linnaeus grants will take place in 2019. We are now inviting contact persons and representatives from each Linnaeus Centre to an information meeting ahead of the evaluation. During the meeting, we will be presenting the ev...

Keywords: Research policy Statistics

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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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18 May 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: About the Swedish Research Council Research policy Statistics

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18 May 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: About the Swedish Research Council Research policy

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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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29 Sep 2017

The Swedish Research Barometer provides a picture of the state of Swedish research through some thirty indicators. Focus is on public funding of research, and research carried out at universities and university colleges. The Swedish Research Baromet...

Keywords: Gender equality Research impact Research policy Statistics

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09 May 2017

In autumn 2016, the Swedish Research Council conducted gender equality observations in eight review panels in order to investigate whether there was further room for improvement in terms of procedures, instructions and other aspects that promote gend...

Keywords: Gender equality Research policy

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02 Jan 2017

ESS (European Spallation Source) is a multi-disciplinary research facility built outside Lund. At ESS it will be possible to study all types of materials, including cells and molecules, using neutron beams. This proposal for a strategy to stimulate ...

Keywords: ESS in Sweden Research infrastructure Research policy

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16 Sep 2016

The Swedish Research Council developed a series of overviews and analyses in 2014 which serve as the foundation for the Board’s summary conclusions and recommendations on research policy choices to promote Swedish research in the coming 5 to 10 years...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research policy

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06 Sep 2016

This is one of seven overviews of Swedish research. The Swedish Research Council has a leading role in developing Swedish research of the highest scientific quality, thereby contributing to the development of society. In 2014 the Council’s scientific...

Keywords: Artistic research Research policy

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06 Sep 2016

This is one of seven overviews of Swedish research. The Swedish Research Council has a leading role in developing Swedish research of the highest scientific quality, thereby contributing to the development of society. In 2014 the Council’s scientific...

Keywords: Educational sciences Research policy

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06 Sep 2016

This is one of seven overviews of Swedish research. The Swedish Research Council has a leading role in developing Swedish research of the highest scientific quality, thereby contributing to the development of society. In 2014 the Council’s scientific...

Keywords: Medicine and health Research policy

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02 Mar 2016

The Swedish Research Council’s Research Barometer serves to illustrate the current state of Swedish research through some thirty indicators. Government agencies, companies and other organisations that fund and carry out research and development (R&D)...

Keywords: Research impact Research policy Statistics

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01 Mar 2016

The government has established an overarching goal for Swedish research policy which states that Sweden shall be a leading research country characterised by high-quality research and education. To achieve this goal every aspect of the Swedish researc...

Keywords: Research policy

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25 Jun 2015

The commission is regarding a model for resource allocation to universities and university colleges involving peer review of the quality and relevance of research. In March 2013, the Swedish Government commissioned the Swedish Research Council, in c...

Keywords: Evaluation Research policy

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11 May 2015

The Swedish Research Council, Formas, Vinnova and the Swedish Energy Agency have evaluated the Strategic Research Area initiative launched by the Swedish Government Bill on Research Policy in 2008. The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Lif...

Keywords: Evaluation Research policy Scientific quality

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03 Apr 2015

The Swedish Research Council’s gender equality observations aim to investigate the Council’s evaluation process from a gender equality perspective and to identify particular points where improvements can be made. In this report the authors shed light...

Keywords: Gender equality Research policy

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02 Mar 2015

The Swedish Research Council was commissioned by the Government to develop national guidelines for open access to scientific information and presents in this report its proposal for how the guidelines should be formulated. The report also includes su...

Keywords: Research policy

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09 May 2014

With the Linnaeus grants the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Research Council Formas, provide support for 40 research centres in different research areas.The aim of the Linnaeus grants is to enhance support for research of the highest qualit...

Keywords: Evaluation Gender equality Research policy

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02 May 2013

This report contains both the Swedish and the English version. These observations on gender equality aim to investigate and bring to light any differences in the Swedish Research Council’s evaluation process in regard to gender and to provide recomm...

Keywords: Gender equality Research policy

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03 May 2012

This report analyses how Swedish research stands in bibliometrical comparison with research in the four European countries of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK, which have a higher average citation than Sweden, as well as Finland, whic...

Keywords: Bibliometrics Research policy Statistics

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09 Apr 2012

The Linnaeus Grant is an initiative of the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas) to support strong research centres at Swedish universities. This report presents...

Keywords: Evaluation Gender equality Research policy

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11 Apr 2011

The Swedish Research Council has evaluated three communities for gender research, which are called “Centres of Gender Excellence”. In 2006, the Swedish Research Council approved applications from the universities in Uppsala, Umeå and Linköping/Örebro...

Keywords: Evaluation Gender equality Research policy

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10 Mar 2011

Thomson Reuters’ publication database contains a subject classification of journal issues. One of these subjects is “Multidisciplinary Sciences”, which includes journals such as Nature and Science. Several of the publications in these journals have a...

Keywords: Bibliometrics Research policy

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10 Feb 2011

The discussion about quality and assessing quality parameters in research is pertinent in many contexts. First of all, this involves assessing applications, i.e. rating scales as an instrument to assess the quality of the research. The other aspect i...

Keywords: Research policy Scientific quality

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10 Nov 2010

An international committee has evaluated Swedish mathematics research funded by the Swedish Research Council or the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research from 2002 to 2006. The results are presented in this report.

Keywords: Evaluation Natural and engineering sciences Research policy

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11 Oct 2010

Research on biological diversity was awarded special grants by the Swedish government in 2001 which were to be managed by the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Research Council Formas. The research councils appointed two committees in 2010 wit...

Keywords: Evaluation Natural and engineering sciences Research policy

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10 Sep 2010

The Review panel has scrutinized the revised design of the MAX IV facility as described in the Background Report, dated September 2009, provided by MAX-lab. The revised accelerator and technical design as well as the science case were carefully compa...

Keywords: Evaluation Research infrastructure Research policy

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10 Aug 2010

This report reviews aspects of measuring impacts and outcomes of medical research. A core working group appointed at an international workshop in 2007, organised by the Scientific Council for Medicine within the Swedish Research Council, was tasked w...

Keywords: Evaluation Medicine and health Research policy

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09 Jul 2010

Onsala Space Observatory (OSO) is a Swedish national facility for radio astronomy. The evaluation of this facility’s activities conducted in 2009 shows that Onsala is handling its large number of assignments and projects well and that the quality of ...

Keywords: Evaluation Research infrastructure Research policy

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10 Jun 2010

The university research communities that received grants in the second call for proposals of the ten-year “Linnaeus Grant” in 2008 have now been evaluated. An international panel of experts has examined the organisation, partnerships and leadership o...

Keywords: Evaluation Gender equality Research policy

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10 Mar 2010

The Swedish Research Council’s Subject Council for Medicine reviews, assesses and prioritises applications based on scientific competence via peer review by active researchers. A new evaluation organisation for assessing applications was introduced i...

Keywords: Medicine and health Research policy Statistics

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10 Jun 2009

The Swedish Research Council’s investment in grants for employment as a research assistant in the medical research field has paid off. The researchers that received funding for their employment from the government authority in the middle or the end o...

Keywords: Gender equality Mobility and career Research policy

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09 Jan 2009

Both politicians and funders are now facing increasing demands for follow-up of investment in research. In May 2009, the Scientific Council for Medicine brought together representatives of universities, funders, decision-makers and evaluators to disc...

Keywords: Medicine and health Research impact Research policy

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10 Apr 2008

In November 2006, the Swedish Research Council granted funding for prominent centres for gender research, to be known as "Centres of Gender Excellence”, at the universities of Uppsala, Umeå, and Linköping–Örebro in collaboration. At the same time, it...

Keywords: Gender equality Research policy

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03 Mar 2008

The report presents the findings of a follow-up study into how gender fared in funding applications received by the Swedish Research Council (VR)/The Committee for Educational Sciences (UVK) in 2004. The follow-up study took place during two months i...

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Gender equality Research policy

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01 Feb 2008

Medical gender research takes social and cultural relationships into consideration in conjunction with biological events. The commissioning of funding for gender research has previously been carried out in part by the Swedish Research Council’s Commi...

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Gender equality Research policy

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01 Mar 2007

This document presents bibliometric statistics for Swedish scientific publications during 1982–2004. Swedish figures regarding volumes and citation rates are compared with those of a number of other countries. Variations between Swedish universities ...

Keywords: Bibliometrics Research policy Statistics

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10 Mar 2006

How are the concepts of quality and excellence in science applied and developed within various fields of research? What are the advantages and problems in the present understanding of excellence with regard to gender research? In October 2005 the Sw...

Keywords: Evaluation Gender equality Research policy

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11 Mar 2002

Swedish Research in Political Science. What is the level of Swedish research? In order to get a comprehensive overview of the state of art in an international perspective, the Swedish Research Council has engaged a number of distinguished scholars to...

Keywords: Evaluation Humanities and social sciences Research policy