Scholarships

Each year, the Swedish Phytogeographical Society offers scholarships from the Lundman Foundation for Botanical Studies and the Lundman Foundation for Anthropological Studies. Read the SVS statement about Bertil Lundman here.

PhD Thesis Award

Starting in 2022, the Society offers a 30,000 SEK scholarship to the PhD student working at a Swedish university for the best thesis in the field of plant geography and plant ecology.  Read more details on the Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis here.

Previous winners

2022: Giulia Zacchello, "Ecology and evolution of local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana"

2024: Linus Söderquist, "Population size, viability and genetic diversity in the orchid Gymnadenia conopsea"

Research Scholarships

The Society promotes research projects in plant ecology and plant geography as well as research projects in physical anthropology and for biographical work on B. Lundman. Grants can be used to cover costs for travel, equipment, and publishing results related to the project. Grants are normally and preferably paid out as tax-free scholarships that will not include overhead costs. If overhead costs are requested in the budget, the Society will cover a maximum of 20%, when necessary.

Who can apply

Scholarships are awarded to members of the Society, primarily to postgraduate students and students at Uppsala University.

How to apply

It is compulsory to use our application form that can be downloaded here:

• Application Form for Swedish Phytogeographical Society Scholarships

The application must not exceed 4 pages, excluding a well-motivated budget (1 page) and CV (max 2 pages).  A maximum of SEK 50,000 per application can be granted but please note that partial funding is sometimes allocated.

The cover sheet, research proposal, budget, and CV should be submitted as a single PDF file to svs@ebc.uu.se no later than 31 January each year.

The Board of the Society decides on the granting of scholarships approximately one month after the deadline.

A progress report on the work and a report of how the grants have been used must be submitted the following year by 30 September. If reporting is not done, no further scholarships will be granted by the Society.

For inquiries about the application process, please contact the secretary at lisette.vankolfschoten@ebc.uu.se or svs@ebc.uu.se.

* Grants are normally and preferably paid out as tax-free scholarships that will not include overhead costs. If overhead costs are requested in the budget, the Society will cover a maximum of 20%.