Research projects where Somidh Saha was involved in a leadership role or worked as a doctoral and postdoctoral researcher
Financial volume of research grants initiated and coordinated by Somidh Saha: approx. 6,035 million Euros [Ph.D. grant (2008) plus grant as speaker, PI, co-PI (2018-2024)]
Financial volume of research grants directly awarded to Somidh Saha: approx. 3,035 million Euros [Ph.D. grant (2008) plus grant as speaker, PI, co-PI (2018-2024)]
Projects with role as a speaker and principal/lead investigator
[11] Name of the project acronym: Innovation Cluster URBORETUM
Project homepage: https://www.urboretum.de/
Funding period: 2024-2027, can be extended until 2029 if it passes an evaluation in 2026
Involved disciplines: Urban Forestry, Ecology of City Trees, Root Ecology, Tree Biology, Ecosystem Services, Urban Biodiversity, Neuropsychology, Tree Physiology, Dendroecology, Wood Anatomy, Governance, Tree Health, Human Wellbeing, Social-Ecological Systems, and Urban Forest Digital Twin
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (lead), Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Centre for Mental Health at Mannheim of University of Heidelberg, Rinntech Heidelberg, greehill Berlin, City of Karlsruhe
Funding agency: The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the Innovation Cluster REGULUS program
Total amount of funding: approx. 2.5 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.8 million Euros
[10] Name of the project acronym: FutureBioCity
Project homepage: https://www.itas.kit.edu/projekte_saha23_fubici.php
Funding period: 2023-2024
Involved disciplines: Urban Biodiversity and Human Wellbeing
Institution: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Funding agency: The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Total amount of funding: approx. 0.1 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.1 million Euros
[9] Name of the project acronym: GrüneLunge
Project homepage: https://www.projekt-gruenelunge.de/
Funding period: 2018-2024
Involved disciplines: Urban Forestry, Urban Ecology, Ecology of City Trees, Tree Biology, Ecosystem Services, Urban Biodiversity, Dendroecology, Governance, Tree Health, Human Wellbeing, Human Biometeorology, Realworld/Living lab experimental methods, Social-Ecological Systems
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (lead), Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg at Freiburg, German Meteorological Service (DWD), and City of Karlsruhe
Funding agency: The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Total amount of funding: approx. 2.5 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 1.2 million Euros
[8] Theme of the project: Establishing oak stands with cluster planting
Project homepage: https://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forschung-en/ResearchAreas/walbau_en/all_projects_silviculture/Oak-en
Funding period: 2008-2012
Involved disciplines: Silviculture, Forest Restoration
Institutions: Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Total amount of funding: approx. 0.1 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.1 million Euros
Remark: Ph.D. scholarship to Somidh Saha by the DAAD
Project with a role of Work Package leader and co-Principal Investigator
[7] Name of the project acronym: ICN project ZUKAMAS
Project homepage: under preparation (see grant notification at https://mwk.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/forschung/forschungslandschaft/innovationscampus-nachhaltigkeit)
Funding period: 2024-2026
Involved disciplines: Urban Forestry, Ecosystem Services, Governance, Human Wellbeing
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (lead)
Funding agency: Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst of Baden-Württemberg
Total amount of funding: 0.4 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.1 million Euros
[6] Name of the project acronym: UT-UBGI
Project homepage: https://www.itas.kit.edu/projekte_saha24_utubgi.php
Funding period: 2024-2027
Involved disciplines: Tree Biology, Root Ecology, and Urban Tree Ecophysiology
Institutions: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (lead), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH
Funding agency: Helmholtz Association
Total amount of funding: 1.8 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: 0.315 million Euros
[5] Name of the project acronym: ErWiN
Project homepage: https://www.itas.kit.edu/projekte_saha20_erwin.php
Funding period: 2020-2023
Involved disciplines: Silviculture, Forest Restoration, Fire Ecology
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (lead), Free University Berlin, Thünen Institute Eberswalde, Fire Research Institute of North Rhine Westphalia at Münster
Funding agency: German Federal Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture (BMEL) under Waldklimafond program
Total amount of funding: approx. 1.5 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.4 million Euros
[4] Name of the project acronym: ReBio
Project homepage: https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/projects_saha20_rebio.php
Funding period: 2020-2022
Involved disciplines: Urban Forestry, Urban Planning
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Bern University of Applied Science (lead)
Funding agency: European Forest Institute (EFI), Finland
Total amount of funding: approx. 0.02 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.02 million Euros
Project with a role where I worked as a Postdoctoral researcher
[3] Name of the project acronym: BuTaKli
Project homepage: https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/projects_roes17_butakli.php
Funding period: 2017-2019
Involved disciplines: Silviculture, Ecosystem Services
Name of the lead researcher and Somidh Saha’s mentor: Dr. Christine Rösch of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (lead)
Funding agency: German Federal Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture (BMEL) under Waldklimafond program
Task of Somidh Saha: project management, data collection, analyses, publication, supervision of students
[2] Name of the project acronym: AdaptFOREST
Project homepage: https://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forschung/arbeitsbereich/waldbau2/projekte_ordner__AB_Waldbau/FNR_somid
Funding period: 2014-2016
Involved disciplines: Silviculture, Ecosystem Services
Name of the lead researcher and Somidh Saha’s mentor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus
Institutions: Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
Funding agency: German Federal Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture (BMEL) under Waldklimafond program
Task of Somidh Saha: project management, data collection, analyses, publication, supervision of students
Remark: Somidh Saha developed the idea for this project and wrote the initial draft of the proposal, which Prof. Jürgen Bauhus subsequently submitted to the BMEL.
[1] Theme of the project: Mitigation of drought stress in forest trees by thinning
Project homepage: https://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forschung-en/ResearchAreas/walbau_en/all_projects_silviculture/DFG_thinning
Funding period: 2011-2015
Involved disciplines: Silviculture, Ecosystem Services, Meta-analysis
Name of the lead researcher and Somidh Saha’s mentor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus
Institutions: Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
Funding agency: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Task of Somidh Saha: data collection, analyses, publication
Financial volume of research grants initiated and coordinated by Somidh Saha: approx. 6,035 million Euros [Ph.D. grant (2008) plus grant as speaker, PI, co-PI (2018-2024)]
Financial volume of research grants directly awarded to Somidh Saha: approx. 3,035 million Euros [Ph.D. grant (2008) plus grant as speaker, PI, co-PI (2018-2024)]
Projects with role as a speaker and principal/lead investigator
[11] Name of the project acronym: Innovation Cluster URBORETUM
Project homepage: https://www.urboretum.de/
Funding period: 2024-2027, can be extended until 2029 if it passes an evaluation in 2026
Involved disciplines: Urban Forestry, Ecology of City Trees, Root Ecology, Tree Biology, Ecosystem Services, Urban Biodiversity, Neuropsychology, Tree Physiology, Dendroecology, Wood Anatomy, Governance, Tree Health, Human Wellbeing, Social-Ecological Systems, and Urban Forest Digital Twin
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (lead), Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Centre for Mental Health at Mannheim of University of Heidelberg, Rinntech Heidelberg, greehill Berlin, City of Karlsruhe
Funding agency: The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the Innovation Cluster REGULUS program
Total amount of funding: approx. 2.5 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.8 million Euros
[10] Name of the project acronym: FutureBioCity
Project homepage: https://www.itas.kit.edu/projekte_saha23_fubici.php
Funding period: 2023-2024
Involved disciplines: Urban Biodiversity and Human Wellbeing
Institution: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Funding agency: The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Total amount of funding: approx. 0.1 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.1 million Euros
[9] Name of the project acronym: GrüneLunge
Project homepage: https://www.projekt-gruenelunge.de/
Funding period: 2018-2024
Involved disciplines: Urban Forestry, Urban Ecology, Ecology of City Trees, Tree Biology, Ecosystem Services, Urban Biodiversity, Dendroecology, Governance, Tree Health, Human Wellbeing, Human Biometeorology, Realworld/Living lab experimental methods, Social-Ecological Systems
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (lead), Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg at Freiburg, German Meteorological Service (DWD), and City of Karlsruhe
Funding agency: The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Total amount of funding: approx. 2.5 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 1.2 million Euros
[8] Theme of the project: Establishing oak stands with cluster planting
Project homepage: https://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forschung-en/ResearchAreas/walbau_en/all_projects_silviculture/Oak-en
Funding period: 2008-2012
Involved disciplines: Silviculture, Forest Restoration
Institutions: Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Total amount of funding: approx. 0.1 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.1 million Euros
Remark: Ph.D. scholarship to Somidh Saha by the DAAD
Project with a role of Work Package leader and co-Principal Investigator
[7] Name of the project acronym: ICN project ZUKAMAS
Project homepage: under preparation (see grant notification at https://mwk.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/forschung/forschungslandschaft/innovationscampus-nachhaltigkeit)
Funding period: 2024-2026
Involved disciplines: Urban Forestry, Ecosystem Services, Governance, Human Wellbeing
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (lead)
Funding agency: Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst of Baden-Württemberg
Total amount of funding: 0.4 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.1 million Euros
[6] Name of the project acronym: UT-UBGI
Project homepage: https://www.itas.kit.edu/projekte_saha24_utubgi.php
Funding period: 2024-2027
Involved disciplines: Tree Biology, Root Ecology, and Urban Tree Ecophysiology
Institutions: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (lead), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH
Funding agency: Helmholtz Association
Total amount of funding: 1.8 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: 0.315 million Euros
[5] Name of the project acronym: ErWiN
Project homepage: https://www.itas.kit.edu/projekte_saha20_erwin.php
Funding period: 2020-2023
Involved disciplines: Silviculture, Forest Restoration, Fire Ecology
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (lead), Free University Berlin, Thünen Institute Eberswalde, Fire Research Institute of North Rhine Westphalia at Münster
Funding agency: German Federal Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture (BMEL) under Waldklimafond program
Total amount of funding: approx. 1.5 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.4 million Euros
[4] Name of the project acronym: ReBio
Project homepage: https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/projects_saha20_rebio.php
Funding period: 2020-2022
Involved disciplines: Urban Forestry, Urban Planning
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Bern University of Applied Science (lead)
Funding agency: European Forest Institute (EFI), Finland
Total amount of funding: approx. 0.02 million Euros
Financing to Somidh Saha: approx. 0.02 million Euros
Project with a role where I worked as a Postdoctoral researcher
[3] Name of the project acronym: BuTaKli
Project homepage: https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/projects_roes17_butakli.php
Funding period: 2017-2019
Involved disciplines: Silviculture, Ecosystem Services
Name of the lead researcher and Somidh Saha’s mentor: Dr. Christine Rösch of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (lead)
Funding agency: German Federal Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture (BMEL) under Waldklimafond program
Task of Somidh Saha: project management, data collection, analyses, publication, supervision of students
[2] Name of the project acronym: AdaptFOREST
Project homepage: https://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forschung/arbeitsbereich/waldbau2/projekte_ordner__AB_Waldbau/FNR_somid
Funding period: 2014-2016
Involved disciplines: Silviculture, Ecosystem Services
Name of the lead researcher and Somidh Saha’s mentor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus
Institutions: Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
Funding agency: German Federal Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture (BMEL) under Waldklimafond program
Task of Somidh Saha: project management, data collection, analyses, publication, supervision of students
Remark: Somidh Saha developed the idea for this project and wrote the initial draft of the proposal, which Prof. Jürgen Bauhus subsequently submitted to the BMEL.
[1] Theme of the project: Mitigation of drought stress in forest trees by thinning
Project homepage: https://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forschung-en/ResearchAreas/walbau_en/all_projects_silviculture/DFG_thinning
Funding period: 2011-2015
Involved disciplines: Silviculture, Ecosystem Services, Meta-analysis
Name of the lead researcher and Somidh Saha’s mentor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus
Institutions: Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
Funding agency: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Task of Somidh Saha: data collection, analyses, publication
