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  • Government budget allocations for R&D 2024

    Government budget allocations for R&D are expected to rise in 2024 and amount to SEK 48.2 billion, which corresponds to 3.58 percent of the total government budget. R&D funding for defence is the socioeconomic objective that increases the most for the 2024 budget year.

  • Government budget allocations for R&D 2023

    Central government budget allocations for R&D are expected to rise in 2023 and amount to SEK 46.8 billion, corresponding to 3.74 percent of the total Central government budget.

  • Reduced funding for research and development in 2022

    Government budget allocations for R&D are estimated at SEK 43.5 billion in 2022, which corresponds to a decrease of SEK 540 million in fixed prices. Approximately 50 percent of all research funding during the year aims to improve General advancement of knowledge at universities and colleges. This is approximately SEK 940 million less than 2021 in fixed prices.

  • R&D funding to universities increased in 2021

    For 2021, funds for research and development (R&D) in the central government budget are estimated at SEK 42.7 billion, which is an increase of SEK 3.6 billion, calculated at the 2021 price level. A majority of the research funding, 50 percent, will go to universities and colleges, which is SEK 1.4 billion more than in 2020.

  • Increased funds for R&D in several expenditure areas in 2020

    In 2020, funds for research and development (R&D) in the central government budget are estimated at SEK 38.5 billion. This corresponds to 3.6 percent of total appropriations in the central government budget. Government funding for R&D is expected to increase by SEK 1.1 billion compared with the forecast for 2019, at the price level of 2020. This forecast is based on the provisional budget for 2020.