The SLU Breeding Network is launching a call for internationalisation for researchers, postdocs and PhD students at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in animal or plant breeding. The call aims to provide support to enhance international contacts and collaboration with diverse institutions in relation to animal and plant breeding. Applicants can seek support mainly by inviting researchers from abroad or going abroad themselves.
The SLU Breeding Network will award eligible applications that will be selected according to the priority list below and that do not exceed the SLU Breeding Network budget limit for this call. Applying for the call does not ensure acceptance.
Researchers, PhD students and postdocs working within plant or animal breeding at SLU who are employed, on a scholarship or admitted at SLU during the time of the event, applied for in the call. The supervisor or work leader must be informed and approve the activity.
The SLU Breeding Network has a total amount of 300,000 SEK allocated to this call. Each successful applicant may get between 10,000 and 75,000 SEK to cover travel, accommodation, and fees (if applicable). Costs for subsistence (“traktamente”) are not included in this call. Each candidate can submit only one application for this call!
The applications will be prioritised according to the following list:
The application should not exceed one A4 page and should be submitted with a CV of at most two pages. Please sign the application form using EduSign and send it as a PDF file to Anna Maňourová (anna.manourova@slu.se).
The application must contain:
Additionally: A letter of approval from the supervisor (PhD students) or work leader (postdocs and technicians) is required.
The applications will be approved by the committee of the SLU Breeding Network at the beginning of November 2024, following the recommendations from a scientific evaluation committee of professors at the four faculties at SLU. The last day to apply is September 30, 2024. If the application is approved, the applicant will get written approval stating that the SLU Breeding Network guarantees a grant up to a certain amount. Allocated funds must be used before December 31, 2025. Only actual costs up to the approved sum are reimbursed.
A travel report should be sent to the coordinator of the SLU Breeding Network no later than two months after travel completion to receive the funds. The travel report should include a description of the most important parts of the trip, their costs and how well the purpose of the grant has been achieved. All costs, including deviations from the original proposal, should be reported together with a signature from the department accountant.
Please get in touch with the network’s coordinator, Anna Maňourová (anna.manourova@slu.se), or Rodomiro Ortiz (rodomiro.ortiz@slu.se), the network’s chair.
Rodomiro Octavio Ortiz Rios (chair)
Department of Plant Breedig, Alnarp
Rodomiro.Ortiz@slu.se
María Rosario García Gil, (vice chair)
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå
M.Rosario.Garcia@slu.se
Anna Maňourová (coordinator)
Department of Plant Breeding, Alnarp
Anna.Manourova@slu.se