Research - Sweden

Updated 11/2010

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Legal requirements

Sweden is encouraging investment in research and development, which promotes growth and employment.

Safeguarding the public interest

There are also rules for safeguarding the public interest, for example animal health and public health, which must be obeyed when conducting research.

• Animal Protection Act
• Ordinance laying down instructions for the Swedish Gene Technology Advisory Board

Intellectual property rights to research findings

Confidentiality laws apply to inventions or research results developed in cooperation between companies and universities.

• Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act

Alongside R&D, innovation is essential for businesses to develop and stay competitive.

• New ideas — Sweden

Intellectual property must be protected to encourage research.

• Intellectual property — Sweden

Resources

 CORDIS provides information on how research is conducted and financed and who are the most important players in Sweden.

• CORDIS

Programmes

State financing comes from research councils and other authorities; private financing is primarily from research foundations and venture capitalists.

 The Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA) supports research that promotes a good living environment. Industrial applications of research results are encouraged.

• About MISTRA
• MISTRA programmes

 The Knowledge Foundation (KKS) encourages research cooperation between trade and industry, universities and colleges and industrial research institutes.

• Knowledge Foundation publications

 The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) provides support for scientific, technological and medical research. The organisation aims in particular to encourage the creation of research centres that can create an international impact.

• About the SSF
• SSF Application Guide

 The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) is the largest state financer of basic research in Sweden. You can apply to the Swedish Research Council for grants for research projects.

• Swedish Research Council
• Applying for grants
• More on funding from the Swedish Research Council

 The Swedish Energy Agency is the national authority for energy policy issues. You can obtain practical assistance and apply for research grants. The Agency offers financing, corporate development and network development opportunities aimed at developing Sweden's energy system to become ecologically and economically sustainable.

• Support for research into sustainable development
• Swedish Energy Agency publications

 The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) provides financing amounting to SEK 100 million per year for a number of multidisciplinary environmental research programmes.

• More on the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
• Applying for research grants

 The Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas) provides grants for research into sustainable development.

• More on Formas
• Applying for grants

Grants managed by the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) address the labour market, the organisation of work, health and work, public health, welfare and social insurance, care and social relationships.

• More on FAS
• Applying for grants
• eKlara
• Project database

 VINNOVA (the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems) promotes Sweden's involvement in EU framework programmes for research. It also promotes and finances needs-driven research and innovation in IT, biotechnology, product development and materials, occupational development and transport.

• More on VINNOVA
• European programmes

Special tax concessions can be granted if a company has to temporarily hire foreign experts, researchers and other key individuals.

Applications can be submitted to the Taxation of Research Workers Board (Forskarskattenämnden).

• Taxation of Research Workers Board

Check also the legislation on this topic in:

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