Formas, Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, the (Formas)

Mission

Formas, the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, is a governmental research-funding agency related to the Ministry of the Environment.

Formas encourages and supports scientifically significant research related to sustainable development. In particular this means support in the areas of the environment, agricultural sciences, including forestry, horticulture, veterinary medicine, food, fish and reindeer husbandry, and spatial planning, including building sciences and community systems. The projects supported cover a wide range of approaches from basic research to more applied efforts. Within the built environment also demonstration and experimental projects are supported.