The latest news, views, and announcements in KM Vatten, Week 5, 2022

 

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KM Vatten latest news
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Swedish Climate Symposium
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UN Ocean Conference
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For KM Vatten PIs – Sustainability course inventory

 

 

KM Vatten: Seed projects funded

Congratulations to Samuel Hylander (BOM) and Tobias König (Ekonomihögskolan), whose projects have been awarded seed funding from KM Vatten.

Hylander’s project, “Ny kurs: Hur bevarar vi vårt vatten för kommande generationer,” will focus on the development of a new water management course to be offered both to students and professionals. The aim of the course is to increase knowledge on water administration to those who currently work in the field, as well as those who will do so in the future. The course will, ultimately, strengthen collaboration between Linnaeus University and career, as well as to give students valuable contacts in the future. 

König’s project will focus on behavioral approaches towards sustainable water consumption by collecting experimental data using different behavioral instruments. Ultimately, the aim is to provide evidence-based policy recommendations on effective measures towards sustainable water use.

Both projects demonstrate the values of KM: Vatten – collaboration between faculties, as well as Linnaeus University and municipalities and industry, to address regional water challenges. We look forward to sending out more updates on these endeavors! 

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Swedish Climate Symposium

The SMHI, the Strategic Research Areas MERGE and BECC, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research are pleased to announce the inaugural Swedish Climate Symposium to take place on 16-18 May, 2022, in Norrköping, Sweden

For programme, registration and abstract submission visit www.swedishclimatesymposium.com

 

Funding opportunity
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UN Ocean Conference
Digital: 1st February 2022, 08.30 – 09.30

Welcome to an informational meeting and brainstorm for the Stockholm +50 and UN Ocean Conferences, and how these link to marine research.

Havsmiljöinstitutet, Hav och samhälle och Swemarc invite you to a breakfast meeting for hearing ideas about which sea-related questions we can discuss in the coming conferences.

We will receive short lectures from Helen Ågren, Sweden’s Marine Ambassador, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Isabel Sarenmalm, Stockholm +50 Secretariat, the Ministry of the Environment, who will discuss expectations and wishes from the government. Petra Wallberg, Formas, will also inform about how the conferences connect to the Swedish work with the UN Decade for Marine Research for Sustainable Development, the EU’s five Missions 2021-2030 and the partnership program “A climate neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy”.

Register here: https://sunet.artologik.net/gu/Survey/15991
Pre-registration required.

 

**Got something to share with KM Vatten? Do you have a new research project, a newly published paper or an idea? Write to  caliac@lnu.se

**Apologies for any double-sending

 

 

 

 

 

The latest news, views, and announcements in KM Vatten, Week 45 Kunskapsmiljö: Vatten
INSIDE The funding issue 3 exciting funding opportunities in the fields of water, sustainability, business and innovation
EU Regional Development Fund A current call for EU Regional Development Funds (ERDF) is open to 50% financing of seed funding projects in Småland and the islands. ERDF will co-finance up to 400.000 SEK seed funding projects that are co-financed by the regions in Småland (Kronoberg, Kalmar, Jönköping, Gotland). The regions may provide up to 50% co-financing of total seed project (prestudy) budget. The goals of the ERDF with this call is the development of smart transformation of small and medium business, especially in the areas of innovation, digitalization, circular economy, effectivization of energy or renewable energy sources, and adaptation to climate change. The Småland + Island Regions prioritize smart specialization, diversification and renewal of SMEs in collaboration with accademia.   Current call available at Lnu ad: https://lnu.se/medarbetare/forum/horisont-europa—eus-nya-ramprogram-for-forskning-och-innovation/tillvaxtverket-har-oppnat-en-utlysning-fran-europeiska-regionalutvecklingsfond-/ Deadline to Tillväxtverket is 13 December. Co-financing decision from a region must be secured prior to ERUF application. Do you have an idea you want to develop? Want to learn more for future applications?   Contact Inga Aflaki for consultation or to connect you with Region Kalmar / Kronoberg.

 

Junior researchers – just for you!
BalticWaters2030 Scholarship program for junior researchers   Deadline: 20 December 2021 Extent of aid Funds of up to SEK 200,000 can be applied for for equipment, field studies, equipment and travel that are necessary to carry out the research. Salary funds will not be distributed. The scholarship can be awarded a maximum of twice to the same applicant. The foundation intends to distribute a maximum of SEK 1.5 million per year for this purpose. Read more: https://balticwaters2030.org/stipendieprogram

 

KM Vatten Funding
KM Vatten Call for Seed Funding Deadline: December 10th 2021 The latest call for seed funding/funding for pilot projects  has now been announced! The Linnaeus Knowledge Environment: Water (KM Water) invites applications for seed funding and funding of pilot projects to support cross faculty collaborations connected to water issues. KM Water can support approximately 5 projects with funding for novel ideas addressing cross faculty questions connected to societal relevance issues. KM Vatten seed funds can support the preparation of applications to external funders or for making pre-investigations of new ideas, and/or fund a pilot project that addresses the objectives of KM Water. Applications should preferably involve at least 2 faculties, or/and a collaboration with at least one non-academic partner. The amount of money available per project is max 200,000 kr and can be used to cover time for external funding proposal writing, cover operation costs and salaries or buy external services. You can find more information about this call here: https://lnu.se/mot-linneuniversitetet/kunskapsmiljoer/vatten/

 

**Got something to share with KM Vatten? Do you have a new research project, a newly published paper or an idea? Write to  caliac@lnu.se

 

 

The latest news, views, and announcements in KM Vatten, Week 42, 2021

INSIDE EventsRead about the Kalmarsundskommission Think Tank Highlighted research Paper in Nature, Energy efficiency and biological interactions define the core microbiome of deep oligotrophic groundwater Call for seed funding New call for seed funding has been announced!

Recent Events

Kalmarsundskommissionen Think Tank on Öland, October 4^th

A meeting of the minds in Kalmar Region to discuss water challenges and projects in the region

Biocoal, algae, reeds and mussels

Projects, industrial and research collaborations in the field:

• Mussels for dog food and reeds for animal feed – starting in Västervik’s fish factory
• Rest till Bäst– also Rest till Bäst Västervik
• Odevata Biocoal Leader
• LOVA project biocoal of shrimp and algae – with Byxelkrok’s marine service, LNU and Albertsson’s mechanical
• Kalmar Energi – Looking at biocoal production as part of the future electricity system.
• Kalmar Science Park:  biocoal for soil augmentation with KRAV farmers on Öland.
• Karlskrona municipality and WSP – biocoal from washed-up seaweed and sediment
• LNU tests cultivation in biocoal+ sediment within the Life Sure project
• Project Släk – Lift the industry from the sea

 

A dialogue is underway regarding the production of biocoal between Kalmar Municipality, KSRR and Kalmar Energi. Conversion

of boilers for biocoal production are investigated at Kährs AB in Nybro, among other places. Biogas from reeds, and animal feed

of mussels, has been tested previously in the projects Biogas marine substrate and Baltic Blue Growth

 

Sediment

Projects, industrial and research collaborations in the field of dredged material

• A dredging project in Sjöboviken south of Oskarshamn is looking for an area of ​​use for its

sediment

• The companyNETICSvisits the LifeSure project week 43.
• Returbetong och byggblock
• Life Sure and LNU look at areas of use and pollutants in sediments

 

Water in the landscape / agriculture / treatment plant and industry

Projects, industrial and research collaborations in the field of water supply

• Mörbylånga water industry– circular water supply
• The seed-money projectWaterman, i.a. on wastewater recovery
• LEVA from strategy to action Kalmarsund
• LEVA Water Coordination Västervik
• LNU Smart cities
• Several LOVA and LONA projects for water conservation / groundwater formation measures
• Preliminary study on sustainable water supply in southern Sweden

Water shortages and competition for water were discussed from different perspectives: Access to water for cultivation, groundwater and the possibility of artificial infiltration into drinking water. Can desalination can also be a solution for agriculture? How can and should wastewater and stormwater be used? How can we collaborate aroundtechnical water, i.e. water that does not need to have drinking water quality?

The day culminated in atrip to the Mörbylånga water desalination treatment center:

Highlighted Research

‒ By Mark Dopson

In collaboration with SLU, Uppsala and other universities, KM Vatten researcher Mark Dopson and his team have investigated how deep biosphere communities are able to survive in the extremely oligotrophic groundwaters of the Fennoscandian Shield. Using comparative genomics, they show that deep biosphere communities have common species in two sites on opposite sides of the Baltic Sea. Furthermore, the community thrives via mutually beneficial partnerships of nutrient exchange and by growing in a stop-start manner when energy is available. The study was published in the journal Nature Communications at the link:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24549-z

 

Call for seed funding   The latest call for seed funding/funding for pilot projects  has now been announced. You can find it on our website: https://lnu.se/mot-linneuniversitetet/kunskapsmiljoer/vatten/ And also attached to this newsletter! Deadline: December 10th 2021