Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research - FAS

FAS initiates and supports research in the areas of working life, public health and welfare

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Chiara Ruffa speaking about her experinces as a COFAS fellow.

COFAS kick-off 11 April

17 April 2013

A day focusing on research opportunities and career development. That was what the participants of the COFAS kick-off meeting recieved on the 11 April.

Several improvments makes the new COFAS more family friendly

4 March 2013

FAS continues its investment in COFAS, our postdoc programme for internationalisation and researcher mobility. The new COFAS 2 contains many improvements for applicants bringing their family. The first call for proposals is now open and closes 29 May 2013

SEK 66 million to strengthen research environments within FAS areas

15 February 2013

FAS's board recently approved funding to 11 research environments within a number of areas prioritized by FAS. In total, SEK 66 million will be invested over a three year period with the possibility of an extension of another three years.

Next year's calls for proposals now published

21 December 2012

Calls for proposals for 2013 are now published. You will find call texts for research projects, postdoc and junior researchers. Network grants, FAS fellowships and visiting researchers will be published shortly.

Order or download our popular scientific books for free

29 November 2012

Order or download these popular scientific books free of charge. Topics range from working life to women's health and are all written by senior scientific journalists.

Research on impairment and disability 2002-2010

29 November 2012

A report summarizes Swedish research on disability 2002-2010. The report, which was first published in Swedish, is now available for download in English.

Call for Swedish-Chinese research cooperation

31 October 2012

The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS), the Swedish Research Council Formas (Formas) and the Swedish Research Council will together announce grants for research cooperation between Swedish and Chinese researchers.