Cooperation in the form of bilateral agreements

The Swedish Research Council is involved in a number of the bilateral agreements that Sweden has with other countries and regions regarding research collaboration. We also have bilateral agreements directly with organisations in other countries. The agreements may be open to all subject areas, or focused on specific areas.

The bilateral agreements primarily concern research collaboration through joint research projects and workshops, access to research infrastructures, and researcher exchanges

Countries and regions we colloborate with

China

The collaboration between the Swedish Research Council and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC, has so far resulted in joint calls for networking grants and project grants where a researcher from a Chinese higher education institution and a researcher from a Swedish higher education institution submit a joint research application that is jointly processed.

France

The agreement creates opportunities for Swedish-French research collaboration and gives Swedish researchers access to French research infrastructure in the development of neutron instrumentation.

Germany

The agreement concerns structural biology and materials science. The aim is to strengthen research that uses neutrons and synchrotron light, and to stimulate the use of large research infrastructures already existing or planned in this field.

Italy

Since 2001, Italy and Sweden have had an agreement on scientific and technical collaboration. The Swedish Research Council is responsible for this.

South Korea

Within the framework of an agreement with the National Research Foundation, NRF, in South Korea, researchers there and in Sweden can apply for collaboration funding every two years. Seminars are also organised within the agreement.

Switzerland

The Swedish Research Council has signed an agreement with the Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF. The cooperation concerns the “Money follows Cooperation Line”, which makes it possible for a Swiss PI to include a Swedish co-applicant in their applications to SNSF. If the application is granted funding, up to 50 per cent of the total project budget can be transferred to the Swedish co-applicant. In the same way, Swedish researchers can apply to the Swedish Research Council for funds for foreign partners.

SNSF's website for further questions regarding application procedures and general regulations External link.

Taiwan

The agreement with Academia Sinica in Taiwan focuses on facilitating research collaboration between Sweden and Taiwan.

UK

The Swedish Research Council has an agreement with ISIS Neutron Spallation Source.

United States

The Swedish Research Council has entered into an agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnership (TIP). The agreement makes it possible for Swedish researchers to take part in selected calls within the NSF's programme for Convergence Accelerator. The agreement also enables collaborations between the Swedish Research Council and the NSF in the fields of 6G, AI and machine learning, quantum technology, and STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).

Within the framework of Sweden's agreement with the Department of Energy, the Swedish Research Council is also the coordinator for activities related to research collaborations in the energy field.

Collaboration within ASEAN

The EU initiative Southeast Asia-Europe Joint Funding Scheme on Research and Innovation makes it possible for researchers in Sweden and other European countries to collaborate with researchers from the Association of Southeast Asian nations, ASEAN. The Swedish Research Council has so far been involved in a call for applications within the field of antibiotic resistance.

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