The Swedish research council (SRC) is the main national body for providing policy-relevant advice on infrastructure. SRC was recently founded in a merger of several specialised councils and other research bodies. Its board has a set of advisory committees that are reporting directly to the board. First and perhaps most important for long-term planning is a high-level strategic committee to discuss future involvement in national and international infrastructure projects. A second kind of committee is more general and acts as a committee for the evaluation of proposals and setting  priorities for funding of expensive equipment (the Dyrk committee and national research resources (the KNR committee). These two committees are primarily dealing with infrastructure on a national basis. The third type of committee is the advisory body with regard to specific questions like CERN and Datagrid. These committees also fulfill a function as reference groups for Swedish delegates in international cooperation. The SRC has several committees of this type. The Royal Swedish Academy of Science and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences are strong academies that provide independent policy-relevant advice for science in general. They have the competence to provide independent advice also for infrastructures.

A call was published to ask opinions from the scientific community about the ESFRI Roadmap.See the outcome. 7 high ranked projects, including LifeWatch, were selected. There is no special budget reservation for ESFRI projects.

For LifeWatch: VR, Dr. M. Friberg