Formas proportional contribution to MAX IV operations 2024-2026

MAX IV Laboratory is a national synchrotron light facility that currently offers 16 modern beamlines to academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies. The lab welcomes approximately 1,300 users annually.

In 2022, the lab launched ForMAX, a beamline co-funded by the Wallenberg Foundation and Treesearch, focusing on renewable and sustainable materials from forest-based sources. MicroMAX, a flagship beamline for protein structure determination, has also recently become operational.

With these two in operation, MAX IV has completed the construction of all currently funded beamlines.Scientific output continues to grow, as does the user base for our expanding portfolio of beamlines.

MAX IV has extended its collaboration with Swedish universities, notably through PRISMAS, a European COFUND project, recruiting up to 40 PhD students.

Since its inception, MAX IV has supported research, development, and innovation in areas of environmental and rural sectors overseen by Formas.

Presently, research at MAX IV addresses issues such as atmospheric chemistry relevant to climate models, energy materials for storage and extraction, bio-geo-chemical studies relevant to marine and freshwater environments, environmental pollutants and agriculture, food technology, sustainable materials from forestry, and circular economy.

Much of this research is carried out by Swedish institutions in international collaborations. Thus, MAX IV serves as a node for global knowledge exchange.