National graduate school in bioeconomy

Formas announces funding to establish and implement a ten-year national graduate school in bioeconomy. The call is aimed at consortia of approximately 4-6 universities, university colleges and research institutes that together want to coordinate and lead such a graduate school. The call is for funding for the first five-year period of said graduate school. The purpose of the graduate school is to strengthen the competitiveness of the bioeconomy and the green transition through increased supply of expertise in the field. It must be interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral, with broad support from both academia and industry. The business sector is expected to co-finance the graduate school through industrial PhD students, mentorship, participation in the implementation of PhD courses, etc. A maximum of one application will be granted funding in this call. The graduate school aims to promote the competitiveness and sustainability of the Swedish bioeconomy, contribute to more graduates with relevant skills entering industry, and create a broad common knowledge base for the bioeconomy's key areas such as resource-efficient industrial processes, energy and water consumption, policy development, policy instruments and regulations, and market issues.