Strategic research areas (SFO)
The strategic research areas are efforts by the Swedish government in certain selected areas that has been ongoing for more than ten years. 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 KTH, Stockholm University and Uppsala University in the molecular biosciences – what has now become the national research facility SciLifeLab.
SFO websites
- Cancer Research KI – previously StratCan
- Strategic Research Area in Care Sciences – SFOV
- 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