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 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.

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.

India

Together with the Department of Science and Technology, DST, at the Ministry of Science and Technology in India, we have so far announced networking grants to enable participants to plan deeper collaboration. We are also planning a joint call for project grants.

Italy

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

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.

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. Please contact SNSF for further questions regarding application procedures and general regulations. External link.

South Africa

So far, three calls have been implemented through the collaboration, in which Swedish and South African researchers have been able to apply for three-year mobility projects.

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.

Taiwan

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

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.

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. Within the framework of Sweden's agreement with the USA, 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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