Vinnova
Vinnova is one of the largest donors to research at the University. Vinnova is a government agency that supports research and innovation in ten areas:
- Sustainable industry
- Sustainable food systems
- Sustainable mobility
- Sustainable precision health
- Sustainable community building
- Digital transformation
- Ecosystems for innovative companies
- Skills supply
- Public sector and civil society
- Future areas
Funding granted in the past five years:
- 2021: SEK 56 million
- 2020: SEK 48 million
- 2019: SEK 51 million
- 2018: SEK 40 million
- 2017: SEK 43 million
The figures are from Uppsala University’s annual report for 2021.
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Examples of research funded by Vinnova
Cleaner air on the bus could soon be a reality
During the corona pandemic, most people who had a choice steered away from travelling by bus. We hav...
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Diagnoses and drugs tailored for every patient
Precision medicine based on molecular diagnostics is now being widely introduced in Swedish healthca...
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New competence centre to assist with large-scale data processing
There is a growing need to use supercomputers for modelling or data processing for use in high perfo...
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