Research Institutes
Program Studio gives research institutes the coordination infrastructure to manage research portfolios, govern innovation pipelines, and connect stakeholders — all from one platform built for Nordic conditions.
Your entire research portfolio.
One shared view.
Portfolios. Map every active research initiative by faculty, funding source, TRL level, and SDG alignment. See progress across the institution — not just within individual departments.
Pipelines. Track proposals from submission through evaluation to funded programme. Structured stage-gate governance aligned with ISO 56002, visible to researchers and leadership alike.
Stakeholders. Connect municipalities, industry partners, and EU consortium members to specific initiatives. Engagement history stays with the institution, not with individuals.
Research
Your entire research landscape. Structured and searchable.
The Research section brings every initiative into a shared repository — organised by faculty, funding source, pipeline stage, and strategic alignment. Grid, list, and kanban views give teams and leadership the perspective they need. No more fragmented spreadsheets across departments.
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Innovation Management
Give every idea a structured path forward.
A cross-faculty team evaluates 40 research proposals using structured scoring criteria aligned with ISO 56002. Twelve advance to full application stage. The pipeline is visible to every stakeholder — from the PhD candidate who submitted, to the department head who reviews, to the funder who awaits. Stage-gate governance brings rigour to the creative process while keeping it transparent and inclusive. Every idea has a path. Every decision has a trail.
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Portfolio
One view of all research activity. Always current.
The vice-chancellor's office opens a live portfolio dashboard showing every active research programme — by TRL level, funding source, SDG alignment, and resource allocation. No more quarterly report assembly. No more asking three departments for the same data. The Portfolio section brings institutional research activity into a shared, transparent overview — updated in real time, governed by the same structure that researchers and programme coordinators use daily.
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Stakeholder Engagement
Relationships that belong to the institution, not the individual.
A programme coordinator maps all stakeholder touchpoints for a Vinnova-funded pilot — municipalities, industry partners, regional collaborators, EU consortium members. Engagement history is shared. Collaboration patterns are visible. When a researcher moves on, the relationships stay. The Stakeholders section makes the institution's collaborative network transparent, searchable, and available to every team that needs it.
Learn more about Stakeholders ›Our values
Built on shared principles. Open by design.
Governed innovation.
Every pipeline, every stage gate, every scoring decision follows the global standard for innovation management. Not as compliance theatre — as the structure that enables transparent, reproducible decision-making across teams and disciplines.
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Knowledge that flows.
Research institutes exist to create and share knowledge. The platform operationalises the triple helix — academia, industry, and government collaborating through shared governance, transparent stakeholder mapping, and structured knowledge exchange.
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Coordination that keeps pace.
Feed events, real-time collaboration, AI-assisted synthesis, and shared engagement layers enable the coordination infrastructure that multi-campus research demands. The platform is the connective tissue.
Explore AI features ›From department to consortium. One governance structure.
Program Studio is built to grow with your institution — from a single research group to a multi-campus consortium. Role-based access, ISO-compliant governance, and shared coordination infrastructure are built in from day one.
Guided onboarding
Dedicated onboarding support for your institution. We help you migrate existing data, configure governance frameworks, and train your teams — typically operational within 4 weeks.
Learn about onboarding ›Co-funding support
The platform maps Horizon Europe, Vinnova, Formas, and national funding windows to your active research pipeline — helping teams prepare stronger, better-aligned applications.
Explore co-funding features ›Multi-campus collaboration.
Shared workspaces, real-time coordination, and transparent governance make multi-campus and multi-institution research programmes operationally coherent.
See consortium pricing ›Built for academia. Priced to remove barriers.
We believe research institutes are the engine rooms of society's resilience. Our academic pricing reflects this conviction with substantial rebates across all tiers.
Researcher
Individual researchers, PhD, postdocs
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Starter tier
Department
Faculty departments, research groups
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Professional tier
Campus
Full institutional deployment
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Enterprise tier
Consortium
Multi-institution agreements
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Enterprise + onboarding
Eligible: Accredited universities, public research institutes (RISE, VTI, SMHI), Vinnova competence centres, EU research consortia, and NordForsk members. Verification via institutional email domain with annual re-verification.
View full pricing“Research institutes were the first institutions I turned to when building this platform. Not because they are the easiest market — but because they are the most important. If we cannot equip our research institutions with the tools to coordinate innovation at the speed the world demands, we have failed at the most basic level.”
— Andreas Markewärn, Founder of Program Studio
Ready to strengthen your research coordination?
We work with research institutes to find the right configuration for your institution. Whether you are starting with a single department or coordinating across campuses — we are here to help you take the next step.