NORDITA, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stockholm is set to move forward with a wide ranging program of research at the forefront of modern theoretical physics after securing continued financial support from the Nordic countries.

The Nordic Council of Ministers has renewed its agreement with the Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, the two host universities of NORDITA in Stockholm, to jointly fund the institute for the next four years.

At the same time, the Swedish Research Council has announced that it will support operations at Nordita with a grant of 5.4 million SEK over the next two years.

Earlier this year, the institute received top marks in an external evaluation commissioned by NOS-N the Nordic Co-operation Board of Natural Sciences.

The evaluation report concludes "that NORDITA is on a path to continue its great tradition of excellence in support of Nordic science and education."

"The grant from the Swedish Research Council recognizes the high quality of work carried out at NORDITA but it also highlights the value of co-operation at the Nordic level when it comes to advanced research in highly specialized fields of study." says NORDITA's Director, Lárus Thorlacius.

"The long-standing commitment of the Nordic Council of Ministers has been extremely important to our institute."

NORDITA was founded in 1957 in Copenhagen and has played a key role in the development of Nordic theoretical physics for over half a century. It moved to Stockholm in 2007 and continues to attract researchers from around the world to its various scientific activities.

In 2008 the European Research Council recognized the work of Axel Brandenburg, professor of astrophysics at Nordita, with one of its Advanced Grants in the amount of 2.22 million Euros over a period of five years.