A Baltic Science Link (a set of projects)

ongoing

Research infrastructure is important for a region to be at the forefront of research and innovation. The Baltic Sea region has several important existing infrastructure installations (the high-energy PETRA-III storage ring at the German Synchrotron Research Centre in Hamburg, MAX Lab in Lund, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht in Schleswig-Holstein) and is investing about EUR 3 billion in new research infrastructures (the European X-Ray Laser project XFEL in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein; the MAXIV and the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund and the synchrotron SOLARIS in Krakow). This infrastructure should be used to strengthen the scientific capability and competitiveness as well as the attractiveness of the region. Building a strong network between universities, research institutes and industries in the region is essential and i.e. the Baltic Science Link could facilitate this. Already strong research fields in the region, life sciences, material technologies, would form the core of these scientific clusters.

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