We face complex health challenges. The population is growing steadily and inequalities in healthcare are evident. We want everyone to have a chance to live healthy, long lives, and to have access to preventive and targeted interventions. This can involve everything from medical methods and diet to adapting lifestyle and environment.
Society invests large resources in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and health challenges, but less in promotion and prevention measures. The healthcare system is fragmented, has many actors and healthcare costs are increasing. Here, we see great opportunities for innovation to help save money and give more people a longer life in health.
We conduct current situation analyses, publish reports, create calls for proposals and provide expert opinions to promote national innovation and research in health and quality of life, including:
Curious about ongoing project in health and quality of life?
Vinnova has several major initiatives and programme in health and living environments, both at the national and international level.
Vinnova has an ongoing government assignment to promote a healthy population.
The Government assigns the Swedish Agency for innovation system (Vinnova) to establish a programme for advanced life science. Furthermore, the authority will continue support the establishment of the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine Nordic (CCRM Nordic).
The assignment must be reported no later than March 17, 2028.
The Government is assigning the Swedish Agency for innovation system (Vinnova) to develop and implement initiatives for collaborative research and innovation in cutting-edge technology in strategically important technology areas for Sweden, within its area of operation, with associated funding, analyses and working methods. The assignment is part of the implementation of the initiative on clusters of excellence for cutting-edge technology that was announced in the Government's research and innovation policy bill.
The government is commissioning the Swedish Agency for innovation system (Vinnova) to establish a national innovation cluster for commercialization, skills development and production capacity for cell therapies and other advanced therapies for the whole of Sweden. The innovation cluster will utilize research results from universities and university colleges and the healthcare sector, as well as accelerate growth of new companies and provide commercialization support to small, medium-sized and large companies.
The Government instructs the Swedish Agency for innovation system (Vinnova) to, within the framework of the food strategy, carry out innovation-promoting work with a focus on the food chain under 2020-2025, in order to achieve the strategy's overall objective of increased food production that is sustainable and competitive.
The mission aims to strengthen innovation work within the Swedish food chain, partly through increased innovation levels, and partly by promoting increased cross-sectoral collaboration, for example in the form of a forum for collaboration.
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Last updated 26 August 2025
