This is Swedish Brain Power

The Swedish Brain Power (SBP) programme was established in July 2005, thanks to the initiative from the foundations Invest in Sweden Agency (ISA), the KK Foundation, the Foundation for Strategic Research, the Vårdal Foundation, the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation and VINNOVA. The foundations support the programme with 100 million SEK over five years. The network is formed by the Swedish leading research groups in the field of neurodegenerative disorders, with a main focus on dementia. The scientific collaboration within SBP spans from basic to clinical /epidemiological and care/caring research. The prioritization of developing translational research has also created many contacts and new collaborations between academic research, industry and the health care system.

The ultimate goal for the Swedish Brain Power network is to improve early diagnosis, treatment and care of patients affected by neurodegenerative diseases. More specific objectives for the Swedish Brain Power programme are to

• develop methods to identify neurodegenerative diseases as early as possible
• develop, test and evaluate new drugs or other treatments in the very early stages of the disease
• facilitate integrated research between the leading expertise in the neurodegenerative field in Sweden
• stimulate and facilitate translational research as a collaboration between basic, clinical and caring research
• maintain an international leading position for Swedish neuroscience in order to attract national and international industrial collaboration
• establish an education and technology transfer program, eg supported by internet-technology based infrastructure.

The project sites