2012-05-08
Our annual report for the year 2011 is now available for download.
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2012-04-19
Broad and long-term research in the field of children's and young people's mental health is to study, among other things, methods to prevent mental illness in preschool and school, early brain development, and specific problems like autism.
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2012-02-07
FAS supports in the main the EU Commission’s proposal for the future research programme for Europe 2014-2020, Horizon 2020.
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2011-12-15
In December FAS arranged a kick-off for new and former fellows in the FAS Marie Curie International Postdoc Fellowship Programme.
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2011-11-07
The sixth call of the FAS Marie Curie International Postdoc Programme is currently open for proposals. Last day of submission is 18 January 2012.
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2011-09-12
Many aspects of women's health is still unexplored territory. In this book researchers talk about their exciting, new projects.
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2011-06-22
The European Research Area in Ageing (ERA-AGE 2) has launched an open call for multidisciplinary research applications on “Active and healthy ageing across the life course”.
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2011-04-15
Research concerning children’s and young people’s mental health needs to be boosted. Increased knowledge within the field will promote development and understanding in order to facilitate a positive trend. A call for proposals has now opened.
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2011-04-12
To improve knowledge about outcome studies, a conference was organised in February 2011 at Lejondal Castle, Stockholm, with researchers who are world leaders in intervention research.
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2011-03-07
FAS announces the fifth call in the postdoc programme for internationalisation with support from the Marie Curie COFUND action ...
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2011-01-20
Ten years ago, four government research funding bodies were established. In celebration, an anniversary seminar was held on 18 January in Stockholm.
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2010-12-16
In December FAS arranged a kick-off for new and former fellows in the FAS Marie Curie International Postdoc Fellowship Programme.
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2010-12-17
Internationally prominent ageing research is being conducted in Sweden. Yet what has long been missing is a network that gathers, coordinates and disseminates the research findings. This is the reason for the recent launch of SWEDAGE.
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2010-12-13
In November the three Swedish research councils, FAS, VR and Vinnova, organized a meeting in Brussels on the theme ”Global Health as a Grand Challenge”.
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2010-06-22
A new type of bullying has emerged in recent years. Known as cyberbullying, it is perpetrated by means of modern technology, in particular mobile phones and the Internet.
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2010-06-22
In recent decades both alcohol consumption, smoking and snuff taking as well as use of other intoxicants has become increasingly common among women.
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2010-05-10
An on-going research project aims to shed light on the situation of girls who are subjected to a set of values based on an honour context, compared to girls who are not in this situation.
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2010-01-15
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers over $500,000 in funding to Scandinavians to undertake study or research programmes in the United States for up to one year.
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2010-01-04
The European Commission needs more highly qualified scientists to evaluate proposals.
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2009-11-04
The speed with which the Internet has spread into the everyday lives of young people is also being increasingly exploited by professional organisations dedicated to providing help for young people in trouble.
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