KTH secures grants for national research infrastructures

The Swedish Research Council's (VR) call amounted to a total of 965 million SEK for the period 2024 to 2028.

Out of the ten approved applications, KTH is host in three. These are:

• National Microscopy Infrastructure (NMI)
• National Genome Infrastructure (NGI)
• A Toroidal LHC Apparatus (ATLAS) / A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE)

In the remaining seven infrastructures, KTH is involved as partner. They are:

• Accelerator based Ion Technology Centre  with Uppsala University, KTH and Linköping University.
• Språkbanken , coordinated by the University of Gothenburg.
• HUMINFRA , coordinated by Lund university.
• Fusion och EUROfusion ( InfraFusion  with Uppsala university and Chalmers).
• MyFab  with Uppsala university och Chalmers
• National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS)  with SciLifeLab.
• Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure (SBDI ) with the Swedish Museum of Natural History, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Karolinska Institute, Linnaeus University, Lund University, Stockholm University, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Umeå University, University of Gothenburg, and Uppsala University.

About the call

The call was based on the result of the needs inventory, and only the research infrastructures/areas listed in the call text Grants for research infrastructure of national interest were able to apply for funding.

The research infrastructures/areas listed were selected either on the basis of a needs inventory that was carried out during 2021, or have an ongoing grant due to end in 2023 or 2024. It was also possible to apply for a supplementary grant for increased Swedish engagement in international infrastructures where Sweden is already a member.

• Decision: Grant for research infrastructure of national interest