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SLU Landscape Call For Forums (CFF)

Published: 18 October 2024
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SLU Landscape now invites researchers and teachers at different departments to apply for funding to organize and run forums that focus on current issues in the landscape field. These can range from design as a reflective practice, digitization, and land use issues, to internationalization and landscape architecture in the global South.

The aim of the Call for Forums (CFF) is to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration, promote networking and create platforms for discussion on important future issues in the landscape domain. Through CFF, we want to build on the foundation laid by the previous Call for Ideas (CFI), but with a clearer focus on supporting established networks and collaborations, and stimulate broader collaboration both internally within SLU and externally in order to further consolidate SLU's position as one of Europe's leading research and education environments in the landscape area.

Who can apply?

The call is aimed at teaching and research staff at SLU Landscape's various departments and units.

Proposals for new CFFs and applications for extension of existing ones should be submitted to the SLU Landscape Steering Committee by December 15.

What should the application contain?

  • Name of applicant and departments/units.
  • Idea and justification for why the proposed forum is important for SLU Landscape (max 500 words)
  • Overall goals and short- and long-term impact goals (expected results) (max 300 words)
  • An activity plan (per year) in which the applicant describes what is specifically planned to be implemented to achieve the forum's objectives
  • A budget (per year)

What are the requirements?

  • At least two departments/units at SLU Landscape must participate in the forum.
  • The theme of a forum can vary, but must be justified as relevant to SLU Landscape. It can be research-oriented, practice-oriented, teaching-oriented or a combination of all!

Budget

  • The call covers a total of SEK 300 000 to be distributed to 5-7 CFFs per year.
  • Please note that working time cannot be financed.
  • A forum can exist for more than one year, depending on the topic and focus, but extension is considered by the steering committee each year based on the annual activity plan and budget

Assessment criteria

  • Strategic relevance for SLU Landscape
    - The forum has a clear strategic goal with the potential to strengthen teaching and research environments within SLU Landscape, and be clearly anchored in the core activities of the constituent units.
    Position SLU Landscape in a larger thematic and external context the forum is about
  • Collaboration
    - The forum shows through its proposed activities that it contributes to increased collaboration and exchange between SLU Landscape units.