Singapur: EDB - Economic Development Board
The Economic Development Board (EDB), a government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, is responsible for strategies that enhance Singapore’s position as a global centre for business, innovation, and talent. Set up in 1961, the agency…
Schweden: National Innovation Council
The National Innovation Council was set up in August 2015. It is tasked with advancing Sweden as a country of innovation and strengthening Sweden’s competitiveness. The Council has an advisory role and provides new perspectives on issues of…
Schweden: VINNOVA - Sweden's Innovation Agency
Vinnova is Sweden's government agency for innovation. Its mission is to contribute to sustainable growth by improving the conditions for innovation.
VINNOVA does this mainly by funding innovation projects and the research needed to develop new…
Schweden: RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB is a group of research institutes which is fully owned by the Swedish state.
RISE’s mission is to coordinate Swedish research institutes as a sector and to strengthen their role in the innovation system through…
Schweden: FORTE - Swedisch Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE - Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv, hälsa och välfärd) is a research council and a government agency under the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Forte distributes…
Schweden: FORMAS - Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning
The mission of Formas, the Swedish research council for sustainable development, is to promote and support basic research and need-driven research in the areas Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning. The research that is funded…
Schweden: IVL - Swedish Environmental Research Institute
The Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL) was jointly founded in 1966 by the Swedish state and national business interests — with a view of carrying out research on industrial air and water issues. Today it is an environmental agency with a…
Schweden: MISTRA - Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, Mistra, was formed in 1994 as an independent foundation. MISTRA invests in research of strategic importance for a good living environment and sustainable development.
MISTRA aims to:
- Cr…
Schweden: Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is a government agency that promotes and co-ordinates Swedish polar research. This includes to follow and plan research and development, as well as to organise and lead research expeditions to the Arctic and…
