The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA)

VINNOVA is a State authority that aims to promote growth and prosperity throughout Sweden. Our particular area of responsibility comprises innovations linked to research and development. Our tasks are to fund the needs-driven research required by a competitive business and industrial sector and a flourishing society, and to strengthen the networks that are such a necessary part of this work.

The Government has assigned VINNOVA to:

• make Sweden a leading research nation in which research of high scientific quality is conducted
• promote sustainable growth and increased employment by acting to increase competitiveness and the emergence and expansion of successful companies
• support research and development work of the highest quality in areas such as engineering, transport, communications and working life in order to promote renewal and sustainable growth
• stimulate Swedish participation in European and international R&D collaboration and in the exchange of experience in the field of innovation.

VINNOVA’s vision is that: "VINNOVA makes a clear contribution to Sweden’s development as a leading growth country."

 

For more information:
www.vinnova.se

Contact:

Mattias Lundberg

matias.lundberg@vinnova.se

Tel. +46 (0)8 473 31 78

Thomas Eriksson
thomas.eriksson@vinnova.se
Tel. +46 (0)8 473 30 24