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Results of the Talent Management mini-grants call (February 22, 2021)

We are pleased to announce the results of the first “Talent Management” mini-grant call within the framework of the Anthropocene Priority Research Area (PRA).

The call was addressed at students and doctoral candidates enrolled at the Jagiellonian University and intending to obtain funding to pursue either research or outreach projects. Topically, the call scope revolved around the problems of the Anthropocene, while implementation-wise the applications were assessed for congruence with the 4I principle encompassing interdisciplinarity, internationalization, integration and innovation. The mini-grant proposals were submitted either individually or by teams, and the proposed projects could be planned for up to 18 months with a budget of up to 50000 PLN.

Applications were collected and handled through the brand new “strefaid.uj.edu.pl” proposal submission and evaluation system. The evaluation of the submitted proposals was handled by an inter-faculty committee. Meetings of the committee were attended by representatives of both the JU Student Council and the PhD Students’ Association. Following formal eligibility check, 60 proposals were sent out to reviewers selected from within the eight university departments participating in the Anthropocene PRA. Each proposal was assessed by two reviewers evaluating the project according to the publicly available “Proposal evaluation criteria”. The reviewers remain anonymous, while both the comments from reviewers as well as the points granted will be accessible to the applicants in the submission system. The maximum score a proposal could attain in the assessment was 150 points. Following reception of all 120 reviews, the call committee decided to request additional reviews for proposals with contrasting reviews (five cases). Average score from the reviews was used as the ranking criterion.

The committee approved granting funding for proposals with a note of over 100 points what resulted in offering support to 45 projects in the total amount of 1 889 774 PLN. The list of successful mini-grant proposals is given below.

Each project will be carried out under the mentorship of researchers affiliated with the Jagiellonian University, the breakdown of mentors’ affiliations for the winning grants is depicted below:

Among the supported projects, there were individual and group projects led by students and doctoral candidates with the following split:

Let us thank all the applicants and mentors who responded to the call, and congratulate the successful in- dividuals and groups who will receive further details shortly. Subsequent edition of the “Talent Management” call is planned for next year.

Points		Title
147	DI	Bivalve shells as biogeoarchives of environmental conditions
144	SG	Violence against women during pandemic
144	DG	Influence of tropical forest deforestation and depth of basal rock on biodiveristy and occurence of phasmids (Insecta, Phasmatodea) of Sabah (Borneo, Malaysia)
142	SG	Li-ion batteries recycling for circular economy approach
140	DG	Fossil record of roads in the inland dune sediments
138	SI	Emerging contaminants as a challenge for the implementation of the sustainable development goals
138	DI	Journey to the West? Comparative Analysis of Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Future Energy Governance in China and Hong Kong
136	DI	Very short migrations. Does river fragmentation restrict availability of summer refugia for riverine fishes in the conditions of climate change?
136	DI	Consequences of land use change and agricultural land abandonment in Poland
135	DI	Determining reasons of the increase of Covid-19 incidence among people sufferring from civilization diseases
135	DI	Dynamics of population models described by partial differential equations
134	DG	The essential oils as natural pesticides. The investigations on the effect of the mixtures of terpenes on models of phytopathogenic bacterial membranes
133	SI	Soil moisture changes in Narew National Park
129	SG	Anion exchange membrane fuel cells - modern and sustainable energy source as a way to reduce environmental threats
128	DI	Impact of different types of tundra vegetation on content and molecular composition of soil organic matter in permafrost-affected soils of the central part of Spitsbergen (Svalbard)
127	DI	The past as the key to the future-crisis of ’carbonate factory’ and the possibilities of its regeneration in the context of ocean acidification
126	DI	The influence of nanoplastics on biomembranes - aspects of cytotoxicity
126	DI	Variability in high-level cloudiness in context of climate change and anthropogenic factors
125	SG	Environmental issues in the Arctic: glacier retreat and microplastic pollution
125	DI	Valorization of fly ashes from energy sector towards of obtaining functional materials used in catalysis
124	DI	The solution is at hand: zeolite for utilizing plastic waste in the friendly manner
124	DI	Induced polyploid metallophytes of the Arabidopsis genus for phytoremediation purpose
123	SG	Comparative analysis of climate youth social movements and organizations in selected cities of Central Europe - do young people have a voice?
122	SI	Optimization of the properties of the supported cobalt-based catalysts towards an efficient hydrogen production from bioethanol
122	DG	Monitoring environmental pollution by toxic organophosphorus compounds using zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance
120	SG	Sources and occurrence of microplastic in rivers
119	DI	Suburbanisation and water cycle in small foothill catchments
119	SG	Popularising climate catastrophe and anthropocene related topics among JU students and the University’s environment
118	SI	City as a symbol of Anthropocene
117	SG	Human awareness in the age of ecological crisis: Grassroot initiatives of local communities and NGOs for environmental protection
117	DG	Impact of Beavers dams on water circulation in small mountain catchments
115	DI	On-line is ‘green’ – integrated sample pretreatment for the determination of antiviral drugs in surface waters
115	SI	CRISPR/Cas9- an Ally or an Adversary of the Sustainable Development Goals?
113	SI	Development of collaborative platforms in the European Union from the standpoint of sustainable development
112	SI	Tolerance and accumulation of heavy metals by cells of metallophytes – how do plants cope with heavy metals
112	DI	’Astrolabium’ National Competition in Astronomy
110	SI	Multidimensional spatial analyses of Cherven Towns in the aspect of studies on the Antropocene boundary
109	DI	Nickel-ruthenium selenide as a catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction
108	DI	Experimentalist governance and environmental protection. Evidence from the case of the EU external aviation policy
106	DI	Sustainable Development Chapters in new-generation trade agreements concluded by the EU. Comparative study
106	DI	Financialization and environmental goals of 2030 Agenda
104	SG	Anthropocene and health aspect of Sustainable Development. Can natural alginate polymeric films aid in implementation of the Agenda’s priorities?
103	DG	Pandemic-ecological crisis and organizational resilience. Folk universities case study
102	SI	Cost effective and simplified synthesis of functional polymer brushes by biocompatible ATRP methods free of toxic copper compounds
101	SG	ACtivating educaTION (ACTION): vaccines
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