The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs at Gustav Adolfs torg. 2009-07-02
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Structure
Published: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:18:46 GMT   Updated: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:38:58 GMT
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida, is a government department under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida works according to directives of the Swedish Parliament and Government to reduce poverty in the world.

Structure of Sida's Research Support
A research council, appointed by the Swedish Government, guides the focus of Sida's research support. New council members are appointed every three years. The current research council, under the leadership of Ambassador Lars Anell, was appointed in 2012. The purpose of the research council is to evaluate Sida's research support and make recommendations for future allocation of funds.

The unit for Research Cooperation currently (2012) has a budget of approximately SEK 589.5 million. The proportion of the budget allocated to each focus area is as follows:

  • Health (21 percent)
  • Social sciences and humanities (15 percent)
  • Natural science and technology (37 percent)
  • Research supporting activities (27 percent)
 
U-forsk and Swedish Research Links: The call for proposals 2013 is now open!
Read more and apply on Vetenskapsrådet's website:
Research Training Partnership Programme - complementary call Bolivia
Those invited to submit a full proposal for Sida's “Research Training Partnership Programme as an integral part of Institutional Research Capacity Strengthening” have now been contacted. The program as a whole focuses on collaboration between Sida target country universities in Bolivia and Swedish universities.
Meet our partners!
Sida works with a number of partner organisations within the research cooperation. We have asked some of them to describe their mission and share their current news.
First TASENE awardees announced
The unique collaborative research programme TASENE has awarded four projects for Tanzanian, Dutch and Swedish post docs with the goal to learn from each other’s approaches to research management and funding.
Think Tank Rankings 2011
The annual “Think Tank Index” from the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at University of Pennsylvania, has recently been published. Four organisations supported by Sida’s research cooperation are included in the top think tank rankings.
The Unit for Research Cooperation
has a wide mandate in research support, encompassing bilateral research, regional cooperation, global programmes and higher education in Sweden. The aim is to create new knowledge and strengthen research capacity through the various programmes and projects.
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