“As I see it, the prime function of the Swedish Research Council Guide to Infrastructure is that it presents a broad survey of what initiatives are needed to give Swedish researchers access to the key tools for future frontline research,” says Madelene Sandström, chairman of the Swedish Research Council’s Committee for Research Infrastructures, which produced the Swedish infrastructure guide.
One growing tendency in many disciplines is for joint research infrastructure, from advanced laboratories to computing resources and databases, to determine the parameters for researchers to conduct cutting-edge research. Owing to constantly burgeoning research demands, tools are becoming so sophisticated as to necessitate collaboration in a region, or internationally. That’s why the Swedish Research Council has decided to publish a roadmap for research infrastructures. A similar document was launched last week by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures, ESFRI.
“The two documents complement each other,” says Lars Börjesson, who, as secretary general of the Committee for Research Infrastructures, was involved in compiling both the Swedish and the European roadmaps. “Since the European proposals are on such a large scale, Sweden will only be able to participate in a few of the collaborative projects,” concludes Lars Börjesson.
The Swedish Research Council’s Guide to Infrastructure should be seen as an up-to-date overview of the research infrastructure required for Swedish basic research of the highest order, but it is not a strict list of priorities and represents no funding commitments. The report will be revised annually: the next version, planned for summer 2007, is to be used in the Research Council’s documentation for the next Government Research Policy Bill.
The Swedish Research Council’s Guide to Infrastructure will be available in English in its entirety in 2007. At present only the original Swedish version, Vetenskapsrådets guide till infrastrukturen, is available.
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Madelene Sandström, Chairman Committee for Research Infrastructures, madelene.sandstrom@foi.se,
+46 8 55 50 30 01
Lars Börjesson, Secretary General Committee for Research Infrastructures,
lbo@vr.se, +46 70 753 53 07
6 October, 2010 - VetenskapsrĂĄdet
Barred for up to ten years from receiving research grants from the Swedish Research Council. There will be serious consequences for the few researchers who are guilty of plagiarism, falsification, or inventing results.
29 June, 2009 - VetenskapsrĂĄdet
As a part of the Swedish EU-presidency, the Swedish Government will host a conference on the future of European research; New Worlds – New Solutions – Research and Innovation as a Basis for Developing Europe in a Global Context. The Conference will take place in Lund, Sweden, on 7-8 July 2009 (at Lund University), and will be opened by the Minister for Higher Education and Research, Dr. Tobias Krantz, and the European Commissioner for Science and Research, Dr. Janez Potocnik. The overall theme of the Conference is the role of research and innovation in the development of Europe up to 2025. We expect around 400 participants.
9 December, 2008 - VetenskapsrĂĄdet
When European countries get together to prioritize what infrastructures are needed for future research, the Swedish radar facility EISCAT will be on the table among 7 new projects. On December 9, the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures, ESFRI, published its updated roadmap to what infrastructure investments are deemed to be of the greatest importance in coming years. The list comprises 44 projects, and the recommendations cover all fields of research.
26 May, 2008 - VetenskapsrĂĄdet
Nobel Prize winner Peter Agre to discuss new science communication trends at PCST-10 pre-conference
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