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2012-05-08

FAS annual report 2011

Our annual report for the year 2011 is now available for download.

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2012-04-19

SEK 260 million for research on children's mental health

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' response to Horizon 2020

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

COFAS kick-off

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

COFAS - Sixth Call

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

From women´s health to gender medicine - book

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

Healthy ageing across the life course

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

Children’s and young people’s mental health

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

Measuring effects of social interventions

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

COFAS 5th call launch

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

FAS reaches 10th anniversary

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

COFAS kick-off

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

New national platform for ageing research

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

"Global Health as a Grand Challenge"

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

Cyberbullying

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

Women, health and intoxicants

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

Girls who live in an honour context

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

American-Scandinavian Foundation

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

How to become an evaluator

The European Commission needs more highly qualified scientists to evaluate proposals.

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2009-11-04

Young persons, the Internet, and psychology

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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