- 23 January 2023 SLU Forest Damage Centre Research School - Second Call for applications for support to PhD positions – extension of deadline for applications with external financial model The SLU Forest Damage Centre Research School had a second call for applications which closed on the 15th of January 2023. It is now being prolonged for the external financial model, i.e. for doctoral student projects that will be co-financed by external partners.
- 12 October 2022 Second Call SLU Forest Damage Centre for applications for support to PhD positions The SLU Forest Damage Centre has now a second call open to enable a new group of PhD students to start during the first half of 2023. With this second call, the SLU Forest Damage Centre Research School wants to emphasize interest in engaging a wider range of external organisations.
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28 September 2022
Eulogy of a Rock Star – Professor Jan Stenlid is retiring
“Are you one of Jan Stenlid’s students!? He is the rock star of forest pathology!”
- 07 June 2022 Forest Damage Centre funds 34 projects The steering comittée at the Forest Damage Centre suggests to the dean to fund 34 projects from the budget for 2022. In total 67 applications came in, an impressive amount of skilled and creative projects which gave the reference group and evaluation group a real challenge.
- 25 May 2022 Call to attend conferences in plant protection The SLU Plant Protection Network is launching a special call for researchers at SLU for attending conferences relevant to their study subject or project work within the area of plant protection/plant health during 2022 or 2023.
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21 April 2022
Forest damage experts of tomorrow will come from SLU
In the end of the summer SLU Forest Damage Centre will start a new research school with a first cohort of students. The aim is to provide society with new knowledge on forest damages and forest damage experts with general understanding of forest damages as well as deep knowledge on specific subjects . Åke Olson will be in charge of the research school.
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20 April 2022
New findings on resistance to root rot can be used in spruce breeding
There is a large variation in Norway spruce in resistance to the fungi H. parviporum and H. annosum s.s. This is shown in Hernán Dario Capador-Barreto's new doctoral thesis. The results can be used in the Swedish breeding program to promote spruce genotypes that are more resistant to the fungi and help to control the spread of root rot in future forests.
- 24 February 2022 Ph.D. project funding call from SLU Forest Damage Centre! You can now apply for funding for Ph.D. student projects from the SLU Forest Damage Centre. Deadline is the 8th of April.
- 24 February 2022 Ph.D. project funding call from SLU Forest Damage Centre! You can now apply for funding for Ph.D. student projects from the SLU Forest Damage Centre. Deadline is the 8th of April.
- 21 February 2022 Apply for money from SLU Forest Damage Centre Welcome to apply for shorter research/knowledge building projects, monitoring pre-studies or development projects for ongoing monitoring, support for PhD student courses, or scientists exchange within the area of interest for the SLU Forest Damage Centre.
SLU Forest Damage Centre
The SLU Forest Damage Centre produces knowledge to protect forests against forest damage caused by game, insects, fungi, storms, fires, drought and more. The mission also includes analysing the risks and consequences of forest damage.
Published: 25 January 2023 - Page editor: katja.fedrowitz@slu.se
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