Sweden
Swedish scientists may have access to more R&D funding than their colleagues in Norway, Finland or Denmark, but their government needs to ramp up its contribution to the pot, say many of the country’s researchers. The majority of Sweden’s research spending comes from industry, with the government giving the lowest percentage towards R&D of any of the Scandinavian nations (see Chart).
In March, a new research bill from the government promised an extra 2.34 billion krona (€248 million) for basic science over the next three years. But despite this, many scientists remain sceptical. “We were hoping the research…
