It’s official: the results from the first year (2021) of the Horizon Europe Global Challenges calls mark a huge achievement for SLU, with four proposals coordinated by the university’s researchers selected for funding. To put the scale of this achievement into context, this is the same number of SLU-led proposals that were selected for funding… Continue reading First year of Horizon Europe proves to be a bonanza for SLU
Month: June 2022
A new, quality-based assessment model for allocating increased state funding to Swedish higher-education institutions
Last year, a set of Swedish funding agencies proposed a new model for quality-based allocation of government funds for strategic profile areas at the nation’s higher-education institutions (HEIs). Now, the agencies have published detailed guidance and criteria for the assessment of research quality. Since 2008, the Swedish government has factored in the quality of research… Continue reading A new, quality-based assessment model for allocating increased state funding to Swedish higher-education institutions
Nature journals join the effort to account for sex and gender in research
Funders such as the Swedish Research Council require that applicants state how their planned research accounts for sex and/or gender considerations. Now, some journals from the Nature portfolio are following suit, which could encourage wider adherence to this practice. Why are many women (and some men) uncomfortably cold indoors? At least in part because a… Continue reading Nature journals join the effort to account for sex and gender in research