GRANTS. Charlotta Saldert, associate professor at the Division of Speech and Language Pathology, has received SEK 3.7 million from the Swedish Research Council for her project on difficulties finding words that is related to diseases such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease and MS. She is the only Sahlgrenska Academy researcher to receive funds via the Swedish Research Council’s call for applications in humanities and social sciences. In this project, Charlotta Saldert…
SEK 91 million from the Swedish Research Council in medicine and health
GRANTS. Twenty-four researchers at the University of Gothenburg have been awarded a total of SEK 91 million from the Swedish Research Council’s call for applications in medicine and health. Gothenburg-based researchers are receiving nine percent of the total pot from the Swedish Research Council and only one of the establishment grants, which means three percent of the total investment in young researchers is going to Gothenburg. This year’s awards are…
VR to evaluate the quality of clinical research
ALF FUNDS. The government has commissioned the Swedish Research Council to evaluate the quality of clinical research in the seven universities counties – an evaluation that will affect the distribution of resources within the ALF-system. The evaluation will mainly be based on bibliometric data and on peer review of scientific publications. The result of the evaluation shall form part of the basis for the allocation of funds under the ALF…
Swedish-Chinese research collaboration receives support from the Swedish Research Council
INTERNATIONALIZATION. Xiaoyang Wang’s ongoing research collaboration with collaborator Professor Qinghe Xing of the Fudan University of China will receive SEK 700 000 in support from the Swedish Research Council. The project searches for genes significant in the development of cerebral palsy and other brain damage in premature infants. The research studies how genetics and epigenetics (changes in gene expression) contribute to cerebral palsy, with a focus on the inflammatory and…
Volkan Sayin will be a postdoc in New York with Swedish Research Council funding
GRANT. Volkan Sayin has received just over SEK 3 million from the Swedish Research Council’s call for proposals for international postdocs. He defended his thesis last year with a dissertation that showed that antioxidants increase lung cancer aggressiveness, a finding he will continue with as a postdoc in New York. Can you describe the group you will be doing your postdoc with? “I decided to do my postdoc with Dr.…