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The procurement process for a Research Information Management System (RIMS) has now been completed and KI has chosen a supplier.

Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls

Tips from KI Grants Office about current calls.

The mission of Research Data Office RDO is to give KI's researchers support for managing research data.

Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls

Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls

During the spring of 2022 the Infrastructure Council rolled out two projects with the aim of increasing the number of users of KI's core facilities. One of the projects focuses on making research infrastructure available to business and industry, while the other focuses on improving web pages and searchability on the Internet.

The web page "Research Support & Services" has recently been developed to provide an overview of the support and specialised competences available to all researchers, both at their departments and at other units at KI. 

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet reached 1.3 million international readers with articles written for the U.K.-based news platform The Conversation last year. Some 50 researchers also attended their digital workshops on how to pitch and write articles for the public. “I have found it extremely rewarding and hope more KI researchers will take the opportunity,” says postdoc Alessondra Speidel.

Are you planning to start processing personal data that could lead to a high risk for the data subjects? According to the GDPR, you must make an impact assessment regarding data protection. This must always be done before the processing of the personal data. Support documents are now available to help carry out the assessment.

Several researchers at KI have offered to host Ukrainian colleagues. Initiatives have been launched through, among others, the organisation EMBO, which supports research and researchers in the field of life science.

Tips from KI Grants Office about current calls.

The process of procuring a Research Information Management System (RIMS) is now in its final stages – we are evaluating candidates.

Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls

Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls

Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls

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The planned procurement process of a Research Information Management System (RIMS) is continuing. The project group has compiled KI’s needs and a requirements and is now in the process of requesting tenders from potential suppliers. The system will create a cohesive support to improve the availability, findability, and management of KI's research information for both internal and external stakeholders. The procurement is expected to be completed in early May 2022

Are you a researcher who wants to use your expertise to improve the global public discourse and understanding of current affairs? Then the news platform The Conversation might be the right vehicle. Since the turn of the year, KI has a collaboration with The Conversation that also includes training sessions on finding the news potential in your own research and writing for the public. Sign up for the fall session now to secure your seat.

During the autumn of 2021, the Infrastructure Council has decided to carry out a pilot project launching a single point of contact function, SPOC, for issues concerning research infrastructure. The purpose of this project is to simplify for researchers at Karolinska Institutet and to use university resources in a more effective way.

Researchers and other employees, as well as external users, need to access information about ongoing and completed research at KI more easily. Improved visibility and availability of research information is included in Strategy 2030. The Steering Group for Information Management at KI has now decided to procure a Research Information Management System (RIMS).

To develop and quality-assure core facilities available at Karolinska Institutet, the Infrastructure Council has decided to conduct two user surveys in the autumn of 2021. Now is your chance as a researcher to make your voice heard.

Do you have difficulty finding detailed information about Karolinska Institutet’s research and researchers on the website? If so, you are probably not alone. A project is now underway to improve search possibilities and presentation of research information within the framework of KI’s Information Management Programme and Strategy 2030.   

A year has passed now since Karolinska Institutet, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Stockholm University formed the university alliance Stockholm trio. Together, the three academic institutions seek to develop and promote the international research and education environment of the Stockholm region, and will establish a joint office in Brussels. Veteran of the EU scene, Dan Andrée is now laying the foundations of the office.

Karolinska Institutet's information management strategy was developed in Spring 2019 and is part of Strategy 2030. The aim is to create concrete, common and established ways forward for the management of information and data at Karolinska Institutet.

Hello Claes Frostell, professor and senior physician at the Department of Clinical Sciences at Danderyd Hospital who as of September 1 is KI’s scientific representative for two years.

Professor Claes Frostell has been named scientific representative at KI for a period of two years starting September 1, 2019.