Research

Umeå University promotes making all published research outputs free of all restrictions on access as far as possible. This according to the 2013 Berlin Declaration on Open Access signed by the Association of Swedish Higher Education and concordant to the requirements placed by the Swedish Research Council and other research funding bodies

These procedures have two purposes. The first is to determine how to organise proactive work to promote good research practice and high-quality research at Umeå University. The second is to define procedures for addressing suspected research misconduct and deviations from good research practice and that these procedures are applied in a clear, uniform, transparent and legally sound manner in accordance with current legislation. This document is primarily for staff working with these questions at Umeå University and individuals impacted by these procedures.

The aim of these rules is to ensure the overall coordination of research infrastructures at Umeå University that are accessible to more users than an individual research group. This document clarifies the criteria for a research infrastructure to be defined as a “research infrastructure at Umeå University”, the University’s coordination regarding the Swedish Research Council’s process for funding research infrastructures of national interest, and the funding of research infrastructures at Umeå University.

This policy describes responsibilities and provides guidance on how Umeå University is to manage and preserve research data during the entire course of a research project from the planning stage, during the project and after the end of the project.

The Policy for research on animals at Umeå University aims to stipulate what applies to experiments on animals as regards ethics, rules, and legislation.

Internationalisation policy for Umeå University.

Umeå University's vision of having a strong position, internationally, nationally and regionally, presupposes that the university is an actor to be reckoned with in the European arena and has a significant share of funds from the EU. The purpose of this document is to identify and propose activities so that the goal of increased research funding from the EU can be reached.

This policy specifies principles and overall responsibility and division of roles for quality assurance and enhancement of research at Umeå University. The policy provides guidance for quality assurance and enhancement procedures within research at all levels of the University. Together with other policy documents, the policy will help foster continual enhancement of research quality and the confidence of external parties.