SwedenBIO’s assessment:
The collaboration climate needs to be strengthened to secure both business sector R&D investments and future export revenues in Life Science, and there is currently a lack of funds to attract and lower the thresholds for exploratory collaborative research that would enable such a development. Such funding creates incentives for often well-funded researchers to collaborate with companies and lowers the thresholds for both large and small to locate such high-risk projects here.
SwedenBIO’s proposal:
Vinnova, preferably in consultation with the Swedish Research Council, establishes a Program for Exploratory Collaborative Research in Life Science (SEK 100 million/year).
– Centers, Projects and Mobility (industry doctoral students, industry postdocs and sabbaticals in another company or sector).
