Flemingsberg in Transformation: ShiftSweden enables the transition to attractive and accessible living environments for all

Impact innovation is Sweden’s innovation initiative for the 2030s. Last week, the first five programs that have been granted funding for the next 10 years were presented, and we are pleased that “ShiftSweden” is one of these programs. In 2023, the Flemingsberg Science Foundation initiated discussions with IQ Samhällsbyggnad, which works to make Sweden a leader in sustainable urban development. As a result, in the fall we signed a letter of intent to be included in the “ShiftSweden” application, which has now been granted funding.

The development of Flemingsberg as a new regional city center in Stockholm includes a number of economic, social and environmental societal challenges in an urban environment. These challenges should provide a fertile ground for Flemingsberg to develop into a test bed for urban societal challenges as it is in unique proximity to five universities with completely different specializations as well as other public actors such as hospitals and municipalities. In other words, Flemingsberg is an environment where companies, academia, municipalities, the region and other stakeholders can collaborate on the development, testing and introduction of new products, services, processes or organizational solutions in selected areas.

We therefore welcome this program and the more than 100 companies and organizations that have endorsed the program idea and the mission of transforming Sweden, fossil-free and resource-conscious, into attractive and accessible living environments for all. Flemingsberg is the ideal place for the program’s mission labs in a real environment and, with its unique multi-university campus, can also be a platform for joint knowledge building.

Flemingsberg Science celebrates ten years – follow the journey to today

This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the start of the the Flemingsberg Science Foundation. The decade has seen a number of initiatives that have contributed to the development of Flemingsberg as a regional city center in southern Stockholm. A new publication summarizes the ten-year journey made by the Flemingsberg Science Foundation during the years 2011-2021. Here, the foundation's three periods of activity are described under the headings: More new knowledge-intensive companies, Collaboration for a strong campus and A living and open university city.

Application for Flemingsberg Science Award 2022 opens

As a student, worker or resident in Flemingsberg you can now compete with your business idea. In a sub-competition to the national business plan competition Venture Cup, Flemingsberg Science rewards ideas that contribute to a better world. In addition to the prize money of SEK 5.000, the winner also gets a rent-free space for three months in Flemingsbergs Sciences' innovation environment.

XNK Therapeutics lays the groundwork for GMP facility in Flemingsberg

"Flemingsberg is the place in the world you want to be if you work with NK cells. There is a strong research facility here with a world-leading research group and proximity to a clinic that really knows NK cells. We recently started the construction of a new GMP facility with an associated research laboratory of 350 square meters for our NK cell therapy. The new facility is being built at Novum in Flemingsberg and, once the facility is completed in 2022, it will give us complete control over the entire development chain."

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