Success of ULSL employees in Horizon Europe programme

We are pleased to announce that Associate Professor Barbara Sowińska-Swierkosz, Ph.D., from the Department of Hydrobiology and Ecosystem Protection in the Faculty of Environmental Biology, will be implementing a project entitled NBS4Drought as a part of the Horizon Europe programme (call: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-02).

As many as 91 project applications were submitted as part of the competition announcement. The “NBS4Drought” project received a very high number of points in the second stage of evaluation –  14.5 out of 15 possible.

The primary goal of NBS4Drought is to systematically demonstrate how to design cost-effective wetland-based NBS for sustainable water resource management, specifically in mitigating extreme drought impacts, by monitoring and assessing the example NBS implemented in 7 diverse showcases. The results will underscore the efficiency, replicability, and sustainability of  these wetland-based NBS in various regions and provide stakeholders with technical, economic, ecological, and  social evidence to choose NBS in their adaptation to climate change, thereby fostering the replication and scalability of wetlands as effective NBS.

In addition to Associate Professor Barbara Sowińska-Swierkosz, PhD, the project team includes:

• Professor Krzysztof Jóźwiakowski, PhD from Department of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy at the Faculty of Production Engeenering;
• Malwina Michalik-Śnieżek, PhD from the Department of Meadows and Landscaping at the Faculty of Agrobioengineering;
• Szymon Chmielewski, PhD from the Department of Meadows and Landscaping at the Faculty of Agrobioengineering.

The project also provides for the employment of a doctoral student or student.

Projects starts in the third quarter of year 2025 and will last for 4 years.
The total amount of the project is: 7 981 953.75 €         
The amount of funding for the team from ULSL is: 349 125.00 € / 1 491 531  PLN

In addition to the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, the project consortium includes:

1. AARHUS UNIVERSITET, Denmark – Coordinator
2. CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, IT Partner
3. TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, NL Partner
4. UNIVERSITAET GRAZ, AT Partner
5. HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH, Germany Partner
6. ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRDE, Partner
7. EUROPEAN SCIENCE COMMUNICATION INSTITUTE (ESCI), GDE Partner
8. UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, ES Partner
9. SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO, PL Partner
10. EIFER EUROPAISCHES INSTITUT FUR ENERGIEFORSCHUNGDE, Partner
11. POLITECNICO DI MILANO, IT Partner
12. UICN, BUREAU DE REPRESENTATION AUPRES DE L’UNION, BE Partner
13. BRANDENBURGISCHE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT COTTBUDE, Partner
14. INSTITUT MUNICIPAL D URBANISME, ES Partner
15. AJUNTAMENT DE GRANOLLERS, ES Partner
16. AARHUS KOMMUNE, DK Associated
17. SAMSO KOMMUNE, DK Partner
18. BODENSEE STIFTUNG, DE Partner
19. BIURO URZADZANIA LASU I GEODEZJI LESNEJ, PL Partner
20. POLESKI PARK NARODOWY, PL, Associated
21. NATURALEA CONSERVACIO, ES Partner
22. FUNDACIÓ RIVUS, ES Partner
23. SAMSØ LANDBOFORENING, DK Associated

We encourage you to prepare further applications! Please contact the International Projects Office.

photo Archive of Barbara Sowińska-Świerkosz, PhD, Associate Professor