Pages about "Scientific quality"

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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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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...

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21 Dec 2021

To find out how best to evaluate excellence programmes, the Swedish Research Council has compared how such evaluations are done in other Nordic countries. The comparison shows that the methods vary between countries. In particular, it shows that mid-...

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07 Sep 2021

Is it possible to compare the quality of Swedish research in an international perspective? To answer this question, the Swedish Research Council has developed a new model for evaluating research, and tested it for political science. The evaluation sh...

Keywords: Evaluation Research impact Scientific quality

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07 Sep 2021

A pilot evaluation The Swedish Research Council has carried out an evaluation of political science as a research subject, using a new model for national evaluations of research subjects and thematic research fields. The purpose of the new model is t...

Keywords: Evaluation Humanities and social sciences Research impact Scientific quality

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01 Jun 2021

Today, and on behalf of the Government, Formas, Forte, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova are presenting a new joint proposal for a new model for quality-based resource allocation of new funding within the direct government grant. The model is ...

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21 Aug 2020

Today, and on behalf of the Government, Formas, Forte, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova are presenting a new joint proposal for a new model for quality-based resource allocation of new funding within the direct government grant. The model is ...

Keywords: ALF Clinical research Evaluation Scientific quality

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07 May 2020

The Swedish Research Council's gender equality observations have led to higher quality in the assessment process, says Sven Stafström, Director General. 2019 was the seventh time such observations were carried out at the meetings where research grant...

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Assessment Gender equality Review panels Scientific quality

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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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19 Aug 2019

We have now submitted our official comment on the report “En långsiktig, samordnad och dialogbaserad styrning av högskolan (SOU 2019:6)” (“Long-term, coordinated and dialogue-based direction of higher education”). The report proposes, among other mea...

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02 Apr 2019

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and The Young Academy of Sweden invite you to a thorough discussion on how breakthrough science may be identified and supported in a rapidly changing scientific landscape. Welcome!

Keywords: Science communication Scientific quality

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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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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