Infrastructure Council
Infrastructure is becoming increasingly important in research and education at Karolinska Institutet, in strategic-academic as well as financial terms. The role of Infrastructure Council is to coordinate resources and investments within KI, in relation to Region Stockholm as well as to national and international initiatives. Infrastructure Council reports formally to the Faculty Board and focuses for the moment mainly on research infrastructure.
Infrastructure Council is responsible for core-facilities and research equipment.
Infrastructure Council members will serve for three years.
Composition of the Infrastructure Council
Infrastructure Council is led by acting Vice President Anders Gustafsson and constitutes of members from both KI’s academic and administrative sectors, please see delegation rules at KI. Infrastructure Council is also at liberty to co-opt and engage additional members.
Chair:
Members:
- Stefan Eriksson, Senior advisor
- Lars Frelin, Researcher
- Caroline Graff, Researcher
- Katja Petzold, Researcher
- Rikard Becker, Facilites director
Student representative:
- Alexander Gabri, MF
- Caroline Blom, OF
Co-opted members:
- Catarina Almqvist Malmros, Committee for Research
- Lars-Arne Haldosén, Committee for Higher Education
- Magnus Nordenskjöld, Senior professor
- Annika Tibell, R&D Director at Karolinska University Hospital
- Johannes Wilbertz, Comparative Medicine
The Infrastructure Council will receive central administrative support from the Faculty Office and International Relations. The aim is for the appointments to reflect a fair geographic spread and represent the interests of different parts of the organisation.
Meetings schedule
Spring 2021:
Monday 11 January, 10.30 – 12.30
Thursday 25 February, 15.00 – 17.00
Wednesday 31 March, 08.30 – 10.30
Thursday 29 April, 08.30 – 10.30
Thursday 20 May, 08.30 – 12.00
Thursday 3 June, 14.30 – 16.30
Documentation
Minutes from the Infrastructure Committee are only available in Swedish.
Call for funding for core facilities within research for the time period 2022-2024
Central investments in core facilities for research funded by Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Region Stockholm, through the Research Council and the Research Committee, have been prioritized over a longer time period. Resources are made available in regular cycles where resources are announced in 2021 for funds available in 2022 - 2024.
Announcement text for the core facilities call 2021
On 3 February 2021 a webinar will be held to inform about the details of the call and there will also be time for questions (registration required). For more information