Dear colleagues,
We are testing a new Grants calendar (log in with your LUCAT-id) and will be evaluating whether it is a better tool than Plandisc for you to use when searching for funding opportunities. Both tools will be available to you for a while and we would like to get your feedback! More information is provided in the end of the newsletter.
Welcome to the fifth concept seminar on Resilience, coming up on the 26th of February. Researchers from different research fields will give their perspectives on the concept.
Welcome to the CEC conference Science says! Mobilizing the knowledge of our time: The IPCC and IPBES reports, filled with activities to raise awareness of the knowledge of our times on environmental and climate issues. As a CEC Fellow you are invited to participate in selected activities. Save-the-date! 23 April, Lund. The conference web page will be continuously updated.
The CEC is recruiting! Read more about the open positions at the CEC web page.
Best wishes, Cerina, Yann and Lina
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- Podcast: IIIEE - Advancing Sustainable Solutions: It's not just a Tree: a Story about Nature-based Solutions
- Seminar: Preliminary results from Tellus - a project that aims to strengthen preventive work against sexual harassment at Lund University, 12 Feb.
- Information meeting about the European Cooperation in Science and Technology and is a funding organisation for research and innovation networks (COST), 13 Feb, Malmö.
- Seminar (Narrating Climate Futures): American War. A seminar on the book by Omar El Akkad, 18 Feb.
- Seminar (Biology): Meta Virant Doberlet from the National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, will present her research. 20 Feb at 13.15-14.15, Blue Hall, Ecology building.
- Symposium: Incorporating arctic grazers to Earth-System models. 24-25 Feb.
- Theme meeting: BECC - Landscape perspectives on forest use - what do they mean and what can they solve? 24 Feb.
- Startup meeting for the Future Week 2020, 24 February at 14.30-16.30 in the large conference room at the Botanical Museum. Planning is now underway for the university's popular science future week, which will be held October 12-18. Do you want to participate in designing the event? Register by sending an email to Louise Pierce before 14 February.
- Open lecture: Neil Lee - Inclusive Regional Innovation Policy, 24 Feb.
- Seminar: CEC Fellows concept seminar on Resilience, 26 Feb.
- Seminar (Crafoord): Karolina Östbring - How can research on skin creams lead to a protein shift and better plant-based foods? 26 Feb. (Swedish only)
- Seminar: Sensing Nature from Within: Listen to the Trees and Talk with the Flowers, 27 Feb, Malmö.
- Seminar (Biology): Mario Vallejo-Marin from the University of Sterling will present his research. 27 Feb, at 13.15-14.15, Blue Hall, Ecology building.
- Theme meeting: BECC - Rewilding: challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation, 28 Feb.
- Seminar: Ethical aspects of Scientists contacts with the media, 4 March. Register before 26 Feb. (Swedish only)
- Seminar (Biology): Anthony Herrel from C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. will present his research. 5 March, at 13.15-14.15, Blue Hall, Ecology building.
- Associate Professor Seminar: Martijn van Praagh - The natural scientist’s dilemma: risk perception in environmental risk assessments, 11 March.
- Seminar: Sensing Nature from Within: Inner transformation for a sustainable world, 6 March, Malmö.
- Information meeting (Reserach Services): MSCA - with National Contact Point Erik Litborn, Vinnova, about Innovative Training Networks (ITN) and Individual fellowships (IF), 18 March. Save-the-date
- Future Week at Lund University, 12-18 Oct 2020. Theme: Forces in Motion. In mid-January, the project team will release more information about, and an invitation to, a start-up meeting for Future Week 2020. Save-the-date
And even more things going on – check the CEC calendar |
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LU: Deviations from good research practice. The new Act on Responsibility for Good Research Practice and the Examination of Research Misconduct entered into force on 1 January 2020. The law means that suspicions of deviation from good research practice concerning fabrication, falsification or plagiarism (FFP), which the law defines as serious deviation from good research practice, are to be dealt with by a national board. Suspicions of other deviations from good research practice are handled, as previously, by Lund University.
The Centre for Mathematical Sciences offers Statistical Consulting to all employees at Lund University. They can offer assistance both in terms of short meetings and participation in larger projects. All consulting starts with a short (about 30 minutes) meeting where we discuss how we can help you in your research.
Opportunities
- The Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI): Call for applications to KOPRI Arctic Science Fellowship Program 2020. The participants will be provided with a round-trip airfare, moderate living expenses, and accommodation within the KOPRI facilities for a period up to 3 month. The fellowship is open to early career scientists from Arctic countries and researchers who are of Arctic indigenous heritage. Deadline 29 Feb.
- The Lancet: Join the Lancet 2020 Campaign - The time is now to focus on child and adolescent health if we want to create healthy and sustainable futures for all.
- Researchers' Grand Prix: Improve your research presentation and participate in this year’s Researchers’ Grand Prix. It is a competition in which you are to present your research in a way that is as easily accessible and engaging as possible – in only four minutes. If you think this sounds interesting, you can register your interest at Noomi Egan by 8 May.
- LINXS
- Doctoral-level course on neutron imaging. The course will provide an introduction to different neutron imaging modalities based on the theoretical background to the methods and demonstration of their use through real examples. The course is open to doctoral students, postdocs and researchers. There is no charge to attend the course. 23-26 March.
- GeoArchaeology try-out workshop II at Heinz Maier-Leinitz Zentrum of Technische Universität München. An opportunity for scientists in geology, archaeology and cultural heritage studies to bring their own samples and test different methods, types of radiation and instruments, before a full beam time proposal is written. Each participant pays for his/her own travel and accommodation, 2-4 March.
- LU Water: World Water Day - Research day at Vattenhallen 21-22 March. LU Water invites researchers to participate and present their research to the general public in the form of an exhibition. The theme of this years exhibition is Water and Climate Change, with the aim to increase interest and awareness of water and sustainability questions. Announce your participation (one or both days) by emailing Stefan Zamudio, before 13 March.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate in the area of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry, at the University of Montana. Priority application date 24 Feb.
Conferences and popular science event
- Podcast: Vinnova - Missions, a new way to meet societal challenges. (Swedish only)
- Podcast: Vetenskapsradion På djupet - Klimatinsikten is a series with four programs (Science radion In depth - Climate insight) (Swedish only)
- Swedish Radio: ”Vinter i P1” with Johan Rockström.
- Seminar: Formas - Fossil free welfare and negative emissions - vision, collision or empty words? 11 Feb, Stockholm. The seminar will be webcasted. (Swedish only)
- Seminar: The County Administrative Board of Skåne & Nördsalongen: Mikael Klintman - What do we do with the truth? 14 Feb, Malmö. (Swedish only)
- Workshop: Skåne R User Group & FooCafe - Use this! Test that! Package everything! Learn to produce an R package in 15 min, 20 Feb, Malmö. Register here.
- Breakfast seminar: IVL - European Comission and The Green Deal, 20 Feb, Stockholm. (Swedish only)
- Conference: The National Centre of Excellence Investments Conference, 4 March, Stockholm. Register before 19 Feb.
- Seminar: Fores - Democracy in the time of the climate crisis, 20 Feb, Stockholm. Live broadcast from Fores YouTube. (Swedish only)
- After Work (AW) - HållBAR: The Lund municipality & Sustainability Forum invites personnel from Lund municipality, University and business interested in sustainability issues to an informal After Work, to listen to a pitch-talk and mingle. 27 Feb, The Herbivore, Lund. Register by sending an email to Mira Norsell. (info in Swedish)
- Conference: New on Environmental Law, 5 March, Stockholm. (Swedish only)
- Workshop: KSLA - The consequences of forest pests, 5 March, Stockholm. (Swedish only)
- The Swedish Board of Agriculture: Plant protection in horticulture - a packed conference on current issues and challenges, 5 March, Lund. (Swedish only)
- Conference: National Aquaculture Conference, 10-11 March 2020, Åhus. Registration deadline 1 Feb. (Swedish only)
- Meeting: Biogas Syd network meeting, 11 March, Lund.
- Meeting: Formas - The road to sustainability and competitiveness - a day about food, research and innovation, 11 March, Stockholm. (Swedish only)
- Conference: Climate Hack:Water, 11-12 March, Aalborg, Denmark.
- Conference: Sustainable Finance, 18 March, Stockholm. (Swedish only)
- Conference: NOSA 2020, 18-20 March, Denmark. Deadline for abstract submission 23 Jan.
- Seminar: Swedish Research Council, VR - On gene editing and ethics, 20 March, Stockholm. Register before 5 March. (Swedish only)
- Thematic Day: NordGen - Future Trees, 1 April, Uppsala. Register before 6 March.
- Conference: Science says! Mobilizing the knowledge of our time: The IPCC and IPBES reports, 23-24 April, Lund.
- Conference: TRACE 2020 - ree rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 12-15 May, Lund. Save-the-date
- Symposium: Baltic University Programme - Research and Innovation for a Sustainable Baltic Sea Region, 24-28 August 2020, Gotland. Submission of abstracts deadline 31 Jan.
Open positions at the CEC please spread the word, https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/om-cec/jobba-hos-oss
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Under this heading we are collecting calls with short deadlines, larger/collaboration calls, and nominations for prizes etc. Please check Plandisc below for a collection of all calls we have found for the upcoming year.- Lund Municipality: Nominate for the Environmental Award 2020. The award is given for long-term efforts and positive effects on the environment in Lund municipality. Proposals for candidates for the award may be submitted by everyone who lives or works in the municipality. Deadline 31 March. (Swedish only)
- Green Gown Awards: Apply for the International Green Gown Awards. The awards recognize exceptional sustainability initiatives and is supported by the UN Environment and open to any university or college across the world. Deadline 31 March.
- JPI Oceans: Aquatic Pollutants call pre-announcement. The three Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs) on Water, Oceans and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) are pleased to pre-announce a joint transnational call for research and innovation projects on risks posed to human health and the environment by pollutants and pathogens present in the water resources.Call opens 17 Feb. Deadline pre-proposals 16 April.
- Formas:
- Annual Open call will open 27 Feb. Deadline 2 April. One change for this years´ call is a strengthening of the support for researchers early in their career, by increasing the project time period from three to four years in the call for Research project for researchers early in their careers. For example, the extended project period enables full funding of a doctoral student.
- Planned calls for 2020 are listed here. (Swedish only)
- EIT FOOD: Call for Proposals for Activities to be executed in 2020 - Guidelines. Intention to Submit step, deadline 15 March 2020.
- LU: The Faculty of Science and LU central calls for research infrastructure are now open. Deadline 1 April 2020. For both calls, the Director's signature is required. Below you find the handling procedure for CEC applications.
- Contact Per Persson if you would like to discuss ideas or have questions regarding the calls.
- Send the full cost application (fullkostnadskalkyl) to the CEC economist Eva Stengard before 26 April. State clearly whether the application refers to the call from LU central or Faculty of Science.
- Send the application to Per Persson before 30 March at 10.00 am. State clearly whether the application refers to the call from LU central or Faculty of Science.
- Per Persson is rapporteur for the Director (Henrik Smith). Given that the Director approves the application, he will sign the full cost application, which should be attached the application.
- The applicant submit the application before 1 April.
More information regarding the calls: The LU central call for infrastructure (The information of the call is found in the top right corner, with the title "Aktuellt"): Call text, Application form, Notice order (Swedish only) The Faculty of Science call for infrastructure: Call text, Application form. (Swedish only)
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We have been given the opportunity to use the Grants Calendar, developed by the Faculty of Medicin, which we believe will be a better tool for you to use while searching for funding opportunities. The calendar lists calls according to the deadline date, and you can easily select the calls according to categories, type of funding or search by free text. To access the Grants Calender you log in with your LUCAT-id. More instructions are found here.
Please, let us now what you think about the Grants Calendar! In the coming months, the Plandisc and the Grants Calendar will be compared and evaluated and then the preferred calendar will be selected. Send an email to Cerina Wittbom with your thoughts, comments and preferences.
Note that during the coming months we will be transferring the calls from Plandisc to Grants Calendar, however the transfer is not yet complete. Please, check both calendars during the evaluation period. |
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