科技部新聞稿
臺灣與瑞典攜手斥資2.5億新臺幣推動跨國研究計畫
日期：109年6月18日
發稿單位：科教發展及國際合作司
聯絡人：湯卿媺研究員
電話：02-2737-7557
E-mail：cmtom@nstc.gov.tw
科技部於108年8月與瑞典策略科研基金會（Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research，簡稱SSF）簽署科學及技術合作備忘錄，鼓勵臺灣瑞典雙邊科研交流與合作，藉以推動落實雙邊科研能量之流動，架起臺灣與諾貝爾家鄉瑞典的科學研究之橋。
開拓北歐科研合作新據點-臺瑞典合作
SSF是瑞典政府為支持強化在科學、工程與醫學等策略研究領域的競爭力而設立，以因應國際科技發展趨勢與劇烈競爭，挹注更多經費、人才及研發系統。以107年為例，SSF補助的研究計畫經費超過7,500萬歐元，每件計畫必須使用3%經費進行研究成果之開發及利用。SSF現已與日本和韓國建立雙邊研究合作，臺灣身為全球25個最大的經濟體之一，也擁有穩固的科學技術發展基礎與創新的潛力，勢必要取得東亞與北歐合作上的戰略位置，接軌國際再添新據點。
斥資2.5億新臺幣補助臺瑞典合作研究
「瑞典—臺灣合作研究架構計畫(Sweden-Taiwan Collaborative Research Framework Projects)」已於108年8月正式啟動跨國徵件，共計49群計畫申請案。經臺瑞典共同審查，通過6群計畫，共計23位瑞典科學家與14位臺灣學者成功參與。瑞典SSF將於未來5年間投資6千萬瑞典克朗（折合約2億元新台幣）補助6群臺灣—瑞典合作研究計畫，研究領域以資通訊、生物工程及材料研究為主，SSF至多可轉移25%計畫經費予臺灣研究團隊。為鼓勵臺灣優秀研發團隊積極參與本項計畫，結合臺灣與瑞典之創新合作能量，科技部也將以「雙邊協議擴充加值國際合作研究計畫」方式加值投入約新臺幣5千萬元。
臺灣與瑞典精英攜手合作樹立科研典範
本計畫是臺灣、瑞典首例大型跨國科研合作，由國立臺灣大學、國立清華大學、國立交通大學、國立成功大學、國立臺灣科技大學以及國立中央大學的研究人員，代表臺灣與瑞典的烏普薩拉大學（Uppsala University）、查爾摩斯工學院（Chalmers University of Technology）、皇家理工學院（KTH-Royal Institute of Technology）及林雪坪大學（Linköping University）的研究人員攜手合作研究。一同大力推動雙邊團隊投入固態無鉛鋰電池、下一代無線通信天線技術、更先進的互補式金屬氧化物半導體（CMOS）集成奈米孔生物分子傳感器、芯片尺寸加速器、通信用高級氮化鎵（GaN）器件、以及二維量子光電器件等資通訊、生物科技及材料科學領域的重要研究。我們期待，在臺灣既有科技優勢的基礎上，本計畫的成果將為國際社會與人類生活帶來重大進步，回應社會變革與可持續發展的全球性需求，樹立跨國科研合作的嶄新典範。
Press Release
June 18, 2020
Taiwan and Sweden Jointly Fund Bilateral Research Projects to the Tune of TWD 250 Million
In August 2019, Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) signed a memorandum of science and technology cooperation with Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) to encourage bilateral scientific research exchanges and cooperation between Taiwan and Sweden, so as to promote the flow of bilateral scientific research energy and build a bridge between Taiwan and “Nobel's hometown” Sweden.
Opening a new base for scientific research cooperation in Northern Europe
SSF was set up by the Swedish government but now acts as an independent foundation to support and strengthen the competitiveness in strategic research fields in science, engineering and medicine. By investing more funds, talents and R&D systems, it responds to the trend and fierce competition of international science and technology development. In 2018, for example, SSF subsidized research projects to the tune of more than M€75, providing that each project is to use 3% of the funds to develop and utilize research results. SSF has now established bilateral research cooperation with Japan and South Korea. As one of the 25 largest economies in the world, Taiwan also has a solid foundation for scientific and technological development and potential for innovation. Therefore, we should naturally obtain a strategic position in the cooperation between East Asia and Northern Europe, in order to increase our new stronghold in line with the international community.
TWD 250 Million will be invested in the SE-TW cooperative research projects
The Sweden-Taiwan Collaborative Research Framework Project has officially launched transnational call in August 2019, and received a total of 49 proposals of consortium for application. After the joint review by Taiwan and Sweden, 6 projects including 23 Swedish scientists and 14 Taiwanese scientists were finally approved. SSF will invest SEK 60 million (equivalent to about TWD 200 million) in the 6 research grants in the next five years. The research fields mainly include Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Bioengineering and Materials Research. The grants from SSF could be transferred to Taiwanese participants up to 25% of the project funds. Acting in a spirit of cooperation between Taiwan and Sweden, MOST will also add on about MTWD 50 for Taiwan’s PIs of the 6 projects in order to encourage Taiwan's excellent researchers to actively participate in the project.
Taiwanese and Swedish elites work together to set an example of scientific research
This project is the first large-scale transnational scientific research cooperation between Taiwan and Sweden. Researchers from Taiwan's National Taiwan University (NTU), National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) and National Central University (NCU) together with Sweden's researchers from Uppsala University, Chalmers University of Technology, the KTH-Royal Institute of Technology and Linköping University form 6 teams with the aim of studying. The two countries vigorously promote the important research by the bilateral teams in the fields of Solid-state anode-less lithium battery initiative, Antenna technologies for beyond-5G wireless communication, Highly scalable CMOS-integrated nanopore biomolecule sensors, A chip-size accelerator for material research and health, Advanced GaN devices for mm and sub-mm-wave communication, and Two-dimensional quantum optoelectronics devices. We hope that, on the basis of Taiwan's existing scientific and technological advantages, the achievements of this project will bring significant progress to the international community and human life, respond to the global demand for social change and sustainable development, as well as establish a new model for transnational scientific research cooperation.
