Research at Uppsala University
New biomarkers can lead to breakthrough in diabetes research
18 February 2021. With the discovery of two new biomarkers, Olof Eriksson, researcher in translational imaging, may le ...
Producing more sustainable hydrogen
12 February 2021. Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, ...
The professor wanting to contribute to peace on Earth
25 January 2021. Isak Svensson is, as he describes it, a product of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Si ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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A Collection of French Music at the Swedish Royal Court from 1690-1726: A cataloging and digitization project
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2015-12-31
The purpose of this project is to catalogue and digitize a collection of French baroque music from the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, today preserved in Uppsala University Library. The ...
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A Swedish Earth Biogenome Project platform: building a pipeline and proof of principle studies
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
A grand challenge for humanity is to maintain biodiversity and ensure food safety for the growing population. There is currently an alarming loss of biodiversity due to loss of natural habitats and human ...
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THE ACCELERATOR-BASED ION TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM - AB-ITC
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
The present project will meet the swedish national scientific, industrial and societal demands within high-quality material analysis by sustaining and advancing the role of the Tandem laboratory at Uppsala ...
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The Accelerator-based Ion Technology Center
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
The present project will meet the broad Swedish national scientific, industrial and societal demands for high-quality material analysis by sustaining and advancing the role of the Tandem Laboratory at ...
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The Labour Movement Gone Digital: Preservation of organizational activities in the On-line Era
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
The Internet has become an increasingly important forum for political activism and social movements (SM). Actions themselves have moved on-line. The situation is challenging for those interested in citizens ...
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Automation of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) is the world’s main provider of data on organized violence. Each year, UCDP coders read over 50,000 news reports. This manpower intensive methodology is difficult ...
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The Library of Leufstabruk
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
“The Library of Leufstabruk” is a collaborative project between Uppsala University Library and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands, in The Hague. The project concerns one of ...
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Biobank Sweden
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2019-12-31
The scientific goal of Biobank Sweden (BIS) is to provide efficient, coordinated and sustainable use of biobank samples and associated healthcare and molecular analysis data as the basis for internationally ...
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Biobank Sweden
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2024-12-31
The scientific goal of Biobank Sweden (BIS) is to provide efficient, coordinated and sustainable use of biobank samples and associated healthcare and molecular analysis data as the basis for internationally ...
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Bridget of Sweden digitally. Making St Birgitta’s revelations in Old Swedish accessible
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
St Birgitta’s revelations and other writings form the basis for much research on medieval Sweden. Her texts were translated into Latin for international use and the originals were lost almost entirely. ...
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Central Sweden Cohorts & Biobank
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Building of the Central Swedish Cohorts & Biobank infrastructure started 30 years ago and includes 110,000 women and men born between 1914-1952, living in the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland and Örebro ...
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Coordination of EU flagship application BATTERY 2030+
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
BATTERY 2030+ is an initiative for a FET flagship CSA coordinated by Uppsala University to catalyse a paradigm shift in electrochemical storage for a sustainable society with renewable and secure energy ...
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Database and digital archive for the next generation of conflict data
Research project from 2010-01-10 to 2011-04-30
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University has in recent years established itself as the leading provider of global data on armed conflict. Increased technical sophistication in conflict ...
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The Gender and Work database [GaW]: an infrastructure for historical research into work, gender and everyday life
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
At the centre of this project stands the GaW database [Gender and work]. The database was developed at the history department, Uppsala University, in collaboration with CEDAR (the Demographic Database) ...
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The Swedish Patent Database, 1746-1975
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
The purpose of this research project is to build a fully searchable, publicly accessible database for all Swedish patents covering the period 1746-1974 (ca. 400,000 patents). No such database exists today ...
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Development of a RF-system for the AWAKE-Run2 project
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
The plasma wake-field accelerator AWAKE at CERN is entering a second development phase in which the electron line will be redefined. The current electron source, based on a S-band photoinjector and S-band ...
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Development of new superconducting cable equipment required for the upgrade of CERN´s Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC)
Research project from 2018-11-01 to 2021-12-31
There are several experimental signs of that the current Standard Model (SM) of Particle Physics is incomplete and needs to be replaced by a more general theory. To enable the search for new particles, ...
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Digitalization of ancient coins at Uppsala university
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Coins appear basically the same way they have appeared and are used similarly as they have been used for thousands of years. They therefore represent a highly cross-disciplinary research material which ...
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Maintenance and operations costs for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
We apply for the Swedish contribution to M&O costs for IceCube for the years 2019 -2023. The application is a continuation of the operations grant VR 821-2013-1673. The annual contribution rate has been ...
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ELIXIR -- the European infrastructure for biological information
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
The main mission of ELIXIR is to build a sustainable European infrastructure for biological information, supporting life-science research and its translation to society, the bio-industries, environment ...
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Energy materials studies at MAX IV – Development of Solar Cells and Batteries
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
The present application describes a joint effort from industry, MAX IV and three universities (Uppsala, Linköping and KTH) to use MAX IV’s unique new infrastructure for breakthrough research in the development ...
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EuroHPC 2020
Research project from 2020-09-01 to 2020-12-31
The EuroCC National Competence Centre Sweden (ENCCS) will specifically support academic, governmental, SME and industrialusage of EuroHPC, in particular to facilitate, aid and promote researchers to use ...
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Facilitating Data Visualization and Extraction: A New Platform for the Uppsala Conflict Data Program
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University has long been involved in collecting conflict information. UCDP has become one of the world leaders in this field and is a unique source of information ...
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Filling the gap – providing a comprehensive source on conflict actor characteristics.
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala university is the world’s main provider of data on organized violence, and has become a unique source of information about conflict in all countries of the ...
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Funding for Slovo: Journal of Slavic Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
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The Norse perception of the world: A mapping and analysis of foreign place names in medieval Swedish and Danish texts
Research project from 2017-03-01 to 2020-02-29
East Norse (Old Swedish and Old Danish) literature is a mine of information on how foreign lands were visualised in the Middle Ages: What places were written about and where? Are some places more popular ...
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In-kind delivery to phase II-upgrade of the ATLAS-detector at CERN
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2023-12-31
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN (LHC) is the most powerful collider in the world. It is the only infrastructure in the world where experimental studies at the energy frontier of physics can be conducted ...
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Infrastructure for Detection of High-Energy Neutrinos
Research project from 2019-12-01 to 2019-12-31
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole is the world´s leading facility for the detection of high-energy neutrinos. Recent breakthroughs include the discovery of a flux of extraterrestrial high-energy ...
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Infrastructure for research and development of fusion reactors
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
We seek support for infrastructure aspects of the Swedish participation in the European program in fusion energy research. The long-term goal of the program is a demonstration power plant, DEMO, to provide ...
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Integrated multi-omics analyses of DNA, RNA and protein using next-generation DNA sequencing
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Analysis of multi-omics data, e.g. DNA, RNA and protein data, provide the basis of large-scale data-driven biology and medicine, but is based on technologies that are difficult to integrate in a single ...
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New clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells
8 February 2021. The molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells and infects them are still not clear. Researche ...
Interdisciplinary collaboration provides new answers about immunity after Covid-19
8 January 2021. Only weeks after the coronavirus reached Sweden, blood samples were taken from more than 2,000 emplo ...
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