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Research

Strategy 2009-2012

Focus on Excellence ”International RAE”• International Research Assessment Exercise• Internal resource allocation based on international quality – KTH• Strategic committments that consolidate efforts - PLATFORMS

External Alliances• EIT• EU-programs• International collaborations – ”Cluster”, ”Nordic 5 Tech”• Research Institutes

Enabling Growth• World Class Administrative Support• Goal of increased funding to KTH research

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Research Platforms

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PlatformsEnergy (Semida Silveira)• Renewable Electricity Production• Hybrid and Electric Motors• Smart Grids and Grid

Management• Biorefinery & Products

Materials (Ulf Karlsson)• Soft Materials – fibres, polymers• Functional Materials - magnetics• Construction Materials• Nano (photonics, sensors,

surfaces, medicine)

Technology for Medicine and Health (Bertil Guve)

• Molecular Biology• Imaging and Sensors• Healthcare Management

Information and Communication Technology (Carl Gustaf Jansson)

• E-science – mamangment, mining and modelling

• IT& Mobile Communications – service orientation

• Human Computer Interaction

Transport (Annika Stensson Trigell)

• Vehicle Engineering – road, rail and air

• Transport Infrastructure – road/rail construction, bridge construction etc

• Systems and Planning for Sustanability

• Policy

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Platforms

Organisation• Björn Birigson, as Vice Rektor,

has overall responsibility for the development of the Platforms at a strategic level

• Research at GO provides unified support to the Platforms and will appoint an Assistant Coordinator to each Platform

• Each Platform has a Coordinator and Board containing a member of each KTH School

• Particpation within a Platform is open to all members of KTH

Mission• To stregthen and

develop KTH’s research activities in key, cross-cutting areas so that powerful contributions to academia and Swedish society can continue to be made.

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Strategic Research Areas

• In June 2009, KTH was awarded 579Mkr from the Strategic Research Call run by the Swedish government

• KTH will take part in 11 strategic research programmes

• Five of these programmes will be managed by KTH

1. ICT – the Next Generation (33.3M)2. Science for Life Laboratory (101.5M)3. TrenOp (31M)4. Swedish E-Science Centre (30M) 5. XPRESS (19M)

• Funding will build from 2010 reaching the above levels of annual funding in 2012

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SRAs of which KTH is partner

1. Energy: StandUp (52M/25M) Uppsala University

2. Climate Modellingo SU (18.3M/1,8M)o LU (8.7M/0.4M)

3. Security and Emergency Planning: Security Link (7.6M/0.8M) Linköping University

4. Cancer: U-Can (19,6M/1M) KI

5. Neuroscience: (28M/1,1M) KI

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SRAs

Organisation• Björn Birigson has overall

responsibility for the development of the SRAs at a strategic level

• Research at GO will provide unified, systematic support to the SRAs and will report their progress to the KTH Leadership and, together with the SRA Management Groups, the funding agencies.

• Each SRA has a Principle Investigator (PI) and a Management Group

Concept• Funding should be used to

develop key areas in a longterm manner, often through the recruitment of key positions (tenure track)

• The areas should aim to perform at the highest international standards

• Social and economic impact is important

• These areas should also develop further funding streams.

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SRAs: accountability

Requirements

• Each SRA has been requested to send an ”Annual Report” to the relevant funding agency

• Each SRA will be reviewed by the agencies in 5 years time and funding may be redistributed according to the outcome of these reviews

• KTH will have an internal ”Mid term” review of the SRAs after 3 years

• The SRA funding is ”Rektor’s Money”. It will be spent according to the proposals submitted and under the guidance of the Management Group for each SRA. It will be distributed under the Rektor’s contract. KTH has an overall responsibility for ensuring it is spent well and has impact.

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Platform and SRA Relationship

Energy Materials Tech Health

ICT Transport

SRA:KTH Management

Science for Life Lab

ICT Next Generation

TrenOP

E-Science

SRA: Partner

StandUP Cancer

Climate Model LU

Neuro

Climate Model SU

Other? EIT? EIT?

Security and Production sit outside of this matrix

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Research at GO: Platform and SRA Support

Support to Platforms, SRAs and KTH Leadership,

• Funding: enabling, tracking, reviewing • Impact: defining, monitoring, reporting• Communication: supporting• Recruitment:supporting

Requirement for systematic, standardized, high quality work

Need to link to key support functions at KTH

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Research at GO

• Research at GO will appoint an Assistant Coordinator to each Platform. This person will also act as the main point of contact for the SRAs that fall under than Platform

• Research at GO will coordinate a ”Platform Support Team” and ”SRA Support Team” that will take an overview of activities within these fields and develop standardised methods

• Research at GO will develop systems, as needed, to track and communicate the development of the Platforms and SRAs

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Platform Support Team

• Vice Rektor: Björn Birigson• GO: Director• Research at GO: 5 Platform Assistant Coordinators• Communication: Info &Coms• Industry Interaction: BLI School• Internationalisation• Finance

Goals• Support the establishment of the Platforms• Develop systems for supporting the Managment Groups of

the Platforms in tracking and communicating their work• Engage Platforms with other strategic work at KTH from an

administrative perspective

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SRA Support Team

• Vice Rektors: Björn Birigson and Gunnar Landgren• Research GO: Director• 6 SRA representatives (5 plus Energy) • Finance• Communication• Recruitment• Bibliometrics

Goals:• Support the efficient establishment of the SRAs• Develop systems for supporting the Managment Groups of

the SRAs in tracking and communicating their work• Provide information for the Annual, Mid-term and 5

year evaluations

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SRA (and Platform) Impact

1. Academic measures:• Research Impact • Education Impact• International Ranking

2. Social impact3. Economic impact

Representation: Idea of “storytelling”…