The Communication Divison and Faculty of Science and Technology recently published a website presenting the SFI-initiative Biobase, led by Ivar Rønnestad. The Biology Based Innovation Centre for Salmon Welfare and Survival (BioBase) initiative will investigate the biological constrains of Atlantic…
Category: Research
The Fridtjof Nansen reward and the Nansen fund
[Our translation] Please see the attached information about the Fridtjof Nansen reward for outstanding research for 2025, which will be awarded in science and medicine, the Fridtjof Nansen reward for younger researchers is awarded in both science & medicine and…
SFNO – Spanish researchers in Norway. Membership info and annual meeting
Hi everyone 👋! I would like to share with you some information about an organisation of Spanish researchers in Norway called SFNO 🇳🇴🇪🇸 If you are Spanish working in Norway you might be interested to join (free of charge!).
Fifth Webinar of RICH Europe on Transnational and Virtual Access Opportunities (TA/VA) 26th November 2024
During the webinar will be highlighted some opportunities available through the Research Infrastructures (RIs) and provided the guidance to access them. The webinar is designed to help stakeholders find and leverage the opportunities offered by the RIs. See the attached…
ERC StG Development Programme 2025 – Request for feeback by 11 Nov
Dear all, To support/encourage a greater number of applications to the ERC program, UIB will continue its ERC Starting Grant Development Program in 2025.
European Marine Board (EMB) launches Navigating the Future VI
Navigating the Future VI is a flagship EMB Position Paper that explores the role of the Ocean in the wider Earth system and promotes collaboration between disciplines to tackle global issues.
Good news from our neighbours: Nature article from the Department of Physics and Technology and new important infrastructure for the Department of Chemistry
[Our translation] New gamma radiation phenomenon discovered by NASA’s research aircraft Researchers at the University of Bergen have discovered a hitherto unknown phenomenon of gamma radiation in thunderstorms. The findings, published in Nature today, show that gamma radiation from thunderclouds…
Four new NRC projects awarded to BIO researchers!
We are extremely pleased that we seem to be following up the impressive success-rate in the first rounds of allocations from the NRC this autumn. Four new grants are awarded to BIO researchers, three of these coordinated by BIO. We…
Fulbright stipends for 2025/26 – application deadline October 1st 2024
[Our translation] We kindly remind you that the application deadline for Fulbright stipend to the USA for the academic year of 2025/26 is: 1.October, 2024. Stipend are offered in all fields at master, PhD, post doc and senior researcher level.…
BIODIVERSA+ Call: Biodiversity and Transformative Change #BiodivTransform
This call for proposals will aim for interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and/or cross-sectoral research and innovation projects to identify, analyse, and comprehend transformation processes that may halt and reverse biodiversity decline.