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SLU's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment programme Biodiversity announces development aid

Published: 15 January 2021

SLU's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (EMA) program Biodiversity announces funding for projects during 2021. Applications are granted maximum 100 000 SEK each. The closing date of this call is 12 February 2021.

Priority is given to projects:

  • aimed at developing new or existing methods within the EMA program Biodiversity,
  • aimed at developing data applications and/or increasing data quality, inclusive databases,
  • which increase cooperation within SLU and/or with external partners,
  • contributing to decision-making basis for stakeholders.

Application and decision procedure

Applicant (the projectleader) must be employed at SLU. Project funds are announced as a one-time grant in 2021, parts of the funds may, however, be used in 2022, if special reasons exist. The applications will be discussed with the external reference group, after which the program coordinator will submit a proposal for a decision to the faculty board. Decisions will be announced in April 2021. Payment of funds will take place following the decision.

The application:

  1. is made in the digital form here (at the Staff Web, log in with ad\username and password),
  2. should be also printed and send to the Registrar in PDF format (print the form directly from the webpage and save as PDF): Registrator@slu.se. Label the application with: SLU-ID 2020.4.3-4777

The form should be opened in the Internet Explorer (for PC) for full functionality. We encourage applicants to write the application text in Word, and transfer the text to the electronic form before submission. In case of technical problems with the form, please contact Mikaela.Asplund@slu.se.

Project reporting

Successful candidates must report the results of their projects in three formats:

  1. in the digital form at EMA:s webpage, preliminary reporting in November 2021, final reporting in January 2022,
  2. as written report to the program coordinator, with deadline 31st of January 2022, and
  3. as presentation of the results for the external reference groups of the program.

The project leader should also contribute with material to the program coordinator to different follow-ups, e.g. at the faculty board. Scientific publication of the results is encouraged, but these grants cannot be used for publication costs. In case of late or no delivery, the Faculty may withdraw funds.

More information about the EMA program Biodiversity.

Contact program coordinator Pavel Bína (pavel.bina@slu.se) or assistant. coordinator Eddie von Wachenfeldt (eddie.vonwachenfeldt@slu.se) for any questions about the announcement.

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