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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has as its aim to promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society.

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The focus of this seminar is to look at the ways that plastic can potentially break down in the ocean and what science knows about toxicity, for example.
Leif G. Anderson, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
– Sweden is falling behind in scientific competitiveness and decisive measures are required to make sure that the country remains at the scientific cutting edge. If the country’s most prominent, young researchers are given the possibility to develop into successful, top scientists, Sweden may well remain a scientific nation in the future
Staffan Normark, Permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The prize money will primarily go towards financing further studies of MDS stem cells, for instance, studies carried out after stem cell transplants.Transplantation of stem cells is currently the only therapy able to cure MDS, but the relapse frequency after transplant is still very high. Although we now know which cells cause the development of MDS and later on leukaemia, we still do not understand why these stem cells are so good at resisting various kinds of treatment. If we can identify new “therapeutic targets” in the MDS stem cells, we hope to be able to find a cure for MDS.
Professor Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen
In total, the program will provide funding for 24 Swedish postdoctoral researchers to go abroad. Additionally, by means of international recruitment, 35 foreign postdoctoral researchers and 25 guest professors will be given the opportunity to come to Swedish institutions. The program also includes SEK 40 million in support to the Institut Mittag-Leffler
Göran Sandberg, Executive director of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
A broad and comprehensive endeavour is called for in order to recover a position at the top. For instance, more Swedish postdoctoral researchers will be given the opportunity to work abroad. Being part of a dynamic environment that spans all fields of mathematics will give them a broader view of the subject. They will also develop an international network that will be beneficial to them for the duration of their careers
Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The aim of the endeavour is for Sweden to recover a position at the international cutting edge. Mathematics is one of the largest subjects at Swedish universities. It is also a subject of utmost importance for the future development of Sweden since it constitutes the basis for many medical and virtually all scientific and technical applications
Peter Wallenberg Jr., Vice-chairman of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS promotes the sciences and strengthen their influence in society.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS promotes the sciences and strengthen their influence in society.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
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The Crafoord Days 9-11 May 2010: Meet the ecologist Ilkka Hanski - the first Nordic Crafoord Laureate ever since the prize was founded

Welcome to meet the butterfly-expert, Ilkka Hanski, who comes to Sweden to receive the Crafoord Prizein Biosciences 2011, “for his pioneering studies on how spatial variation affects the dynamics of animal andplant populations”.He has studied exotic species from Greenland to the rain forests in Borneo, but it was in the Åland islands where his most important discoveries on so called metapopulations were made.The Crafoord Days 2011 begin traditionally in Stockholm and end in Lund.The Crafoord Laureate 2011Ilkka Hanski, Helsingfors University, Finland. Prize amount: SEK 4 million.

The Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2011

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2011 to Ilkka HanskiUniversity of Helsinki, Finland, “for his pioneering studies on how spatial variation affects the dynamics of animaland plant populations”.Patches of diversity in increasingly fragmented habitats This year’s Crafoord Prize Laureate has establishedhimself, in his more than 30-year career, asone of the world’s most eminent ecologists. Hereceives the prize for developing a range of newanalytical methods and mathematical modelsin ecology. These are today widely

The Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2011 is announced on Thursday 20 January

Biosciences – with emphasis on ecologyOn Thursday morning on 20 January, at 08:00 am (Swedish time, GMT +1) the Crafoord Prize for 2011 will be announced.This year’s discipline is biosciences – the knowledge of life on Earth. A press release and an illustrated popular science article will be sent out and scientific experts are available on telephone. Hopefully, the laureate/-s (max. 3 persons) will also be available for interviews. In that case these telephone numbers are handed out by the Press officer or the Editor at the Academy, see below. Prize amount: SEK 4 million.More

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