The Swedish Research Council - Vetenskapsrådet

(from SRC:s website, June 20th 2014): The Swedish Research Council is an authority within the Ministry of Education and Research. The Council´s remit includes: • allocating funds for research • identifying research areas for strategic investment in consultation with other research funding agencies • working on analysis, assessment and strategic matters in connection with research and research funding from a national and international perspective • promoting communication between researchers and different academic areas, and between researchers and society otherwise • promoting multi- and interdisciplinary research • making research results accessible and making sure they reach the areas of society where they can be useful, for example within education, healthcare and within trade and industry • advising the government on research-political matters • striving for increased national and international collaboration and benefit within the research community • promoting gender perspectives in research • having overarching responsibility for matters relating to ethical requirements in research • working for equality between men and women in the research community • increasing understanding of the importance of basic research to society