Research network Skåne (FS) driven by local schools has the aim to strengthen the contacts between schools and research, based on the needs and wishes of the students and teachers. Two main goals can be summarized with “scientific understanding” and “scientific ability”. To increase students’ understanding of research – no student should leave school without an understanding of what research is, how scientists attack a problem and the role research plays in society. The other goal is helping to identify and support students who seem to have a special aptitude for research.