Statement by the Academy: Sweden needs bold, creative and pioneering basic research

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has delivered a statement to the Ministry of Education and Research ahead of the forthcoming 2012 Research and Innovation Policy Bill. It emphasises that Sweden needs bold, creative and pioneering basic research in order to safeguard the country's future prosperity and tackle the huge global challenges humanity is facing. It is the Academy's view that the government should:

• provide quality assurance for government research appropriations

• ensure long-term coordination of Swedish research policy

• work to strengthen basic research in Europe

• foster academic mobility and the long-term supply of knowledge

• invest in individual creative researchers

• improve infrastructure

• rehabilitate know-how in Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology.

 Read the statement 

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, founded in 1739, is an independent organization whose overall objective is to promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society. The Academy takes special responsibility for the natural sciences and mathematics, but endeavours to promote the exchange of ideas between various disciplines.