Strategic research areas (SFO)
The strategic research areas are efforts by the Swedish government in certain selected areas. Karolinska Institutet has received funding for six of seven fields: stem cells, diabetes, neuroscience, cancer, epidemiology and health research. KI also received funding for a joint application with the Royal Institute of Technology and the Stockholm University in the molecular biosciences.
Karolinska Institute has also set up eight thematic center together with the Stockholm County Council. Some of them coincides with a strategic research areas.
SFO websites
- Strategic Research Area in Cancer – Stratcan
- Strategic Research Area in Care Sciences – SFO-V
- Strategic Research Area in Diabetes – SRP Diabetes
- Strategic Research Area in Epidemiology – SfoEpi
- Strategic Research Area for Molecular Biosciences – SciLifeLab
- Strategic Research Area in Neuroscience – StratNeuro
- Strategic Research Area in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine – StratRegen