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In the fall of 2014, six universities founded the National Junior Faculty (NJF) at a first joint meeting at Karolinska Institutet. These six included Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Karolinska Institutet, Linköpings University, Lund University, Umeå University and Uppsala University. In 2017, Örebro University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) joined. In 2018, Stockholm University joined the NJF. Until 2018, both the chair and vice-chairs rotated twice a year among the local organisations. In February 2018, Sara Hägg was elected as the first NJF chair and sat for three terms. From September 2019 to September 2020, Mo Segad was the chair of NJF. We thank all previous NJF steering board members for their valuable contributions.

Representing the future of Swedish research, NJF aims to give researchers in Sweden a strong and collective voice when addressing politicians, research funding bodies and the public. Currently, NJF collectively represents over 3000 members (i.e. postdoctoral fellows, researchers and faculty members) across Sweden. Each NJF member faculty sends representatives to bi-annual meetings. The steering board consists of these representatives, an elected chairperson, and several vice-chairs who rotate twice a year among the local organisations.

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