The Swedish Museum of Natural History, NRM, invites scientists in the natural sciences based at European institutes to access its collections and facilities. NRM is partner in SYNTHESYS, an EC-funded Research Infrastructure Activity: Eleven of Europe’s leading centres for systematics-related research offer access to biological, geological and anthropological natural history collections, equipments and libraries. The grants are typically for short visits of 2 - 3 weeks and cover research costs, international travel and subsistence. Support will be provided by in-house experts and curators.