Blue Food receives funding until 2028
The Swedish Research Council Formas has granted continued funding to Blue Food - Centre for future seafood, for another four years. In total, Blue Food will receive SEK 40 million from Formas during the period. The decision also enables strong co-financing from the centre's partners and other financiers. During the second phase, the center will have an increased focus on all three sustainability dimensions.
In the application for continued funding, the Blue Food consortium - five universities, two research institutes, a science park and three representatives of the industry - has reported what the center has achieved so far, the plans for the next four years and also how the activities are intended to continue into the 2030s, including in the form of a self-evaluation. All of this has been reviewed by Formas evaluators with positive results.
In addition to Formas' funding, Blue Food's partners are contributing around SEK 18 million.
During the second phase, the ongoing research within Blue Food will be complemented with a clearer focus on health, AI and digitalization, economic analysis, and laws and regulations. Blue Food will work towards the vision "...to support increased production, processing and consumption of innovative, sustainable and healthy seafood in Sweden through cutting-edge research and knowledge building as well as collaboration and co-creation with all parts of society."
In the second period, the Blue Food consortium gains a new member in the Axfoundation, which has been an active partner during the first four years.
Formas.se: ”Fortsatt finansiering till tre centrum för livsmedelsforskning” (In Swedish)