Strategic initiatives at the LTV Faculty – call for 10 doctoral student projects

Purpose

This initiative aims to remedy the lack of doctoral students by providing financial support for high quality doctoral student projects. The support will be directed towards researchers in their early careers (newly appointed docents from 2017 or later).

Today's financing models with a high proportion of external funding poses a larger challenge for researchers in their early careers when it comes to simultaneously financing both their own salaries and doctoral students.

These challenges are also large for subject areas where there is less external funding opportunities compared to others, which often are characterised by a rather large amount of education compared to research.

By supporting early career researchers, the initiative also ties to the goals of strengthening and developing the research on a long-term perspective and of strengthening the scientific foundation in research and education included in the strategy of the LTV faculty.

Thematic orientations

The aim is to support 10 doctoral student projects in total, divided into 4 categories:

• One project will receive coverage for 75 % of the salary costs during 4 years (max 700 tkr per year) for a doctoral student whose studies will be directed towards strengthening of the long-term development and competitiveness of the agricultural industry in Scania, especially concerning the utilisation of:
  1. new technology that is gentle on the soil, animals, and humans
  2. new or improved product quality
  3. new production sectors or methods.

• Three projects will receive coverage for 75 % of the salary costs during 4 years (max 700 tkr per doctoral student per year) for a doctoral student whose studies will be directed towards improving the knowledge base for the development of organic production in Sweden regarding:

1. organic crop cultivation,
2. animal husbandry,
3. open-field or greenhouse fruit and vegetable cultivation.

• One project will receive coverage for 75 % of the salary costs during 4 years (max 700 tkr per year) for a doctoral student whose studies will be directed towards developing the research in horticulture.
• Five projects will receive coverage for 75 % of the salary costs during 4 years (max 700 tkr per doctoral student per year) for a doctoral student whose studies will be directed towards developing the research in at least one subject area within the faculty.

Who can apply?

Researchers in their early careers (newly appointed docents from 2017 or later). emloyed at the LTV-faculty.

Amount

The Faculty cover 75% of the salary costs during 4 years (max 700 tkr per doctoral student per year).

Deadline to apply

1 Februari 2024.

Read more details in the document with the call below