Research organisations can be divided into different categories. You can search for them and have them listed by using the search organisations' function.
Higher education
Education and research takes place at the higher education institutions. In Sweden there are 39 universities and institutions of higher education, whose primary tasks are to provide undergraduate and postgraduate education and to interact with the surrounding community.
Research councils and agencies
- VINNOVA, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems.
- Vetenskapsrådet, Swedish Research Council.
- Formas, Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning.
- FAS, Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research
Research foundations
Among the public bodies that fund research are a number of research foundations such as:
- Stiftelsen för strategisk forskning, SSF, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research,
- Stiftelsen för kunskaps- och kompetensutveckling, KK, the Knowledge Foundation,
- Stiftelsen för miljöstrategisk forskning, Mistra, the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research,
- Stiftelsen för vård- och allergiforskning, Vårdal, the Swedish Foundation for Health Care Sciences and Allergy Research,
- Stiftelsen för internationalisering av högre utbildning och forskning, STINT, the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education.
Another major source of funding is
- Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, RJ, the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation which mainly finances research in the humanities, theology,social sciences and law.
Private foundations and academies
In addition to these public sector financiers, there are private actors, some of these are:
Research academies
Many organisations act as promoters of research within the research community, such as:
