Kick-off for Proposal Mill for Formas 2022

Theme day, Research profile seminar

Welcome to the kick-off for the Proposal Mill for Formas 2022. The morning program will be organized in Zoom meeetings and is open for all who are interested.

The Proposal Mill is a three-step process including an oral pitch in front of an expert panel, co-reading with research peers and written feedback from experts on your almost finished application. The initiative has been developed with support from the Grants and Innovation Offices at Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg and draws on learnings from an analysis conducted by Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development during 2021.

The deadline to apply to be a part of the Proposal Mill has passed, but you are welcome to attend the morning program of the kick-off on January 26. See full program below.

Register for the morning program here


Program for the kick-off event January 26

08.45 The Zoom meeting open

09.00 Welcome and introduction by organizer
- Caroline Petersson, Project manager Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development

09.10 What happens after you press the Prisma button? Experiences from analysing application efforts for Formas.
- Madelene Ostwald, Docent at the Department of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology and affiliated researcher at the Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, GMV

09.30 Panel discussion: Inside the head of a reviewer
Discussion with researchers with experience of reviewing for Formas

- Anders Burman, Associate Professor and ¿Assistant Head of Department for Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg and reviewer of the Formas open call (urban and rural areas) 2019 and 2021

- Lena Blom, Strategic Coordination at the Department of Sustainable Waste and Water, City of Gothenburg, Adjunct Professor in resilient water and wastewater systems at the department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology and reviewer of Formas open call for four years (built environment).

- Magnus Hennlock, Researcher at the Swedish Environmental Research Institute, IVL and perennial reviewer for Formas uptil 2020

- Christian Ekberg, Professor and Division Manager at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers and Chair of evaluation group for Formas open call for three years.

- Henriette Söderberg, Head of Department at the Environmental Administration at the City of Gothenburg, evaluator of the Formas-call "Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals" and former Prefect and Head of area of advance at Chalmers.

- Moderator: Madelene Ostwald

10.10 - 15.00 Pitch-session
This part of the program is only open for selected participants of the Proposal Mill.


Confirmed experts in the pitch-panels

- Jan Pettersson, Director of Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, GMV, Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Chair of evaluation groups at the Swedish Research Council and the Academy of Finland.

- Christian Ekberg, Professor and Division Manager at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers and Chair of evaluation group for Formas open call for three years.

- Merritt Polk, Professor and Head of Deparment at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg
Stefan Forseus Nilsson, Research advisor at Chalmers Grants Office and Deputy Head at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering,

- Maria Enge, Research advisor at the Grants and innovation Office at the University of Gothenburg working with the Science and IT faculties

- Meike Froitzheim, Research advisor at the Grants and innovation Office at the University of Gothenburg working with the Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts and the School of Business, Economics and Law.

- Marcial Franze, Innovation Advisor at at the Grants and innovation Office at the University of Gothenburg

- Henriette Söderberg, Head of Department at the Environmental Administration at the City of Gothenburg, evaluator of the Formas-call "Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals" and former Prefect and Head of area of advance at Chalmers.

- Maria Sigroth, Head of Department, Regional planning at Göteborgsregionen and Chairperson for the Centre for Sustainable Urban Futures.

- Karl Johan Bondesson, Former environmental reporter/editor at newspaper and radio/TV. Former Press secretary for the Ministry for the Environment, and the Swedish Gender Equality Agency. Member of the advisory board to the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI).

- Charlotta Hanson, Senior scientist at Essity Hygiene and Health AB and adjunct Professor at Chalmers
More experts will be announced