Swedish Research Council has today, on 16 Nov 2011, published financing decisions on its research infrastructure call in 2011. Major support is directed towards EISCAT_3D development in the form of a planning grant given to EISCAT Scientific Association. This amounts to 7 MSEK in total, consisting of 2 × 3.5 MSEK available from 2012. The planning grant is intended to cover mainly personnel and travel costs.

More details on the use of the financing will be published after negotiations between EISCAT HQ and the Swedish Research Council.