News for SLU staff

Seed money to strengthen and support internal cooperation on water at SLU

SLU Water Forum launches seed money during 2023 to strengthen internal cooperation on water at SLU. Researchers at SLU are encouraged to apply for funding for foremost research projects that aim at

Seed money call for interdisciplinary research

To strengthen interdisciplinary research, Future Forests is launching a seed money call in subjects related to forest sciences and sustainable forestry development. What can you apply for? Short-term

New funding for water research

During the autumn 2022, the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, SLU has been delighted to receive news on the approval of several research grants that can increase our knowledge of water

A sustainable future starts here and now!

The majority of young people are well aware of the urgent global challenges we are facing. Environmental issues, sustainable production and consumption, food security and improved nutrition, health

Fundings from VR

26 different research projects were granted over SEK 100 million and another three were recommended when the Swedish Research Council distributed funds for development research and research in the

Our PhD students learn more about food- and biomaterial-related activities in Scandinavia

In October 2022, several PhD students from the research school “Focus on food and biomaterials” at SLU visited several companies and organizations in Sweden and Denmark, which are working with food

Website of EURCAW- Ruminants & Equines launched

The European Reference Centre for animal welfare for ruminants and equines, EURCAW-RE, has launched its website. The Centre is coordinated by SLU/SCAW and the work is performed together with several

Kick-off for the new Interdisciplinary Adacemy

In November, SLU's new Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) makes its official start. Two projects and eleven researchers are admitted to the academy. Together, they represent nine departments, all four

Kick-off meeting for Agri4D 2023

Kick-off meeting for Agri4D 2023 teresia.borgman@slu.se Welcome to engage in the development of the Agricultural Research for Development (Agri4D) conference 2023. An opportunity to influence the

Webinar series continues to discuss urban forests

The digital series about urban forests that started in September 2021 returns this fall with three new webinars. – This autumn we have managed to once again put together a mix of speakers with

Large Wallenberg grant to Stéphanie Robert for studies on how plant cells get their "identity"

Professor Stéphanie Robert of SLU will lead a research project awarded over SEK 32 million by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The aim is to explore how plant cells get their "identity", how

Second call PhD projects SLU Forest Damage Centre

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