GRANT. When the Swedish Research Council recently distributed its annual grant awards in medicine and health, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy received SEK 155 million – the second largest amount in Sweden. The largest grant went to Kaj Blennow, Chandrasekhar Kanduri, Claes Gustafsson, Gunnar C Hansson and Mattias Lorentzon, who each received SEK 9 million over 5 years. Eric Hanse, deputy dean of Sahlgrenska Academy, is happy about the year’s financial bounty awarded by the…
Member of Future Faculty? Help to fine-tune your application to the Swedish Research Council
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. There are good opportunities available for Sahlgrenska Academy to secure project funding for young researchers from the Swedish Research Council, the Grants and Innovation Office and Future Faculty can confirm; the latter is now offering its members the chance to attend a practical two-day workshop that will help them to fine-tune their applications for this funding. Over the past few years, only a small number of young researchers…
The world’s largest randomized study of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is currently underway in Sweden
ONGOING. The world’s largest randomized study of the invasive treatment of atherosclerosis is currently being carried out in Sweden. Sahlgrenska Academy’s Institute of Clinical Sciences is spearheading the project, which is being financed through the Swedish Research Council’s Fund for Clinical Therapy Research. Atherosclerosis causes intense pain to those who suffer from the disease. Amputation is sometimes necessary. Common invasive treatments (surgical procedures) include balloon angioplasty of the “sick” blood…
Three quick questions for researchers who use international research infrastructure
INFRASTRUCTURE. Do you use BBMRI, EATRIS, ELIXIR, EMBL, INSTRUCT, NEIC, or PRACE? Answer our super short survey – it’s three questions and takes maximum two minutes! Click on the link and fill in the questionnaire. https://sunet.artologik.net/gu/Survey/1648 The Research Council has adressed all universities in order to get an idea of how much various international research infrastructure is used and their significance for Swedish research. The Government allocates substantial sums to Sweden to participate in…
Swedish Research Council making major investments in a new clinical test for rheumatoid arthritis
GRANTS. Inger Gjertsson, Adjunct Professor in Rheumatology, is the lead applicant for a project that is receiving SEK 24 million from the Swedish Research Council in the call for proposals in clinical treatment research. The research will lead to a new diagnostic test for rheumatoid arthritis, and is being conducted in collaboration with researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University. “It’s really fun! The grant contributes…