You can now apply for funding for Ph.D. student projects from the SLU Forest Damage Centre. Deadline is the 8th of April.
Financial support for Ph.D. students
The SLU Forest Damage Centre Research School has two types of financial support for doctoral projects, with a cost-sharing model between external partners and SLU as well as between the SLU Forest Damage Centre and departments at SLU.
- Doctoral projects in collaboration with external partners (“external Ph.D. student projects”): the external partner contributes annually with 600 tkr, the SLU Forest Damage Centre contributes annually with 300 tkr, and the department at SLU contributes annually with 300 tkr. This results in a 50:25:25 (External: SLU FDC: SLU department) financial model.
- Doctoral projects with internal funding (e.g. governmental funding or funding from research grants to a department) (“internal Ph.D. student projects): the SLU Forest Damage Centre contributes annually with 600 tkr, and the department contributes annually with 600 tkr, resulting in a 50:50 (SLU FDC: SLU department) financial model.
The project applicant, who will be the main supervisor of the project, needs to be employed at SLU. Each proposed project must be approved by the head of the respective department.
In this first call, we expect to grant financial support for five to seven external Ph.D. student projects and for about five internal Ph.D. student projects. All projects are expected to start in 2022.
About the SLU Forest Damage Centre (FDC) Research School
The SLU Forest Damage Centre Research School is organized in cooperation with public authorities, non-governmental organisations, research institutes and private companies. The research school will cover a wide range of subject areas, including both natural and social science aspects of biotic and abiotic damage. It will address both basic and applied research questions to better understand ecological and economical risks of forest damage, as well as their management and mitigation. The research school should consider climate change, sustainability, and biodiversity.
The SLU Forest Damage Centre Research School will be structured by cohorts of Ph.D. students, with each cohort starting every 4 or 5 years to ensure a continuous academic flow and to facilitate network development. To strengthen an interdisciplinary network for all Ph.D. students, the SLU Forest Damage Centre Research School will encourage supervisory groups encompassing researchers from more than one department - either within SLU or with another university/research organization. The research school will organize a mentor program in cooperation with the SILVA research school from SLU’s forest faculty for Ph.D. students who do not have a direct contact with an external partner.