Researchers from the University of Bergen can now apply for funding to cover Open Access Article Processing Charges (APC). In 2014 the amount set aside for this fund is 1,8 million NOK.

Information, guidelines and application forms can be found here.

At times there have been a great deal of uncollected waste in this room. This is due to several reasons:

• inadequately filled out declaration form
• the waste has not been marked with declaration number
• the red boxes have been sealed, thus making it impossible to check the contents

It turns out that we have been given the wrong type of red waste boxes. We should only use the boxes with hinges on one side, not the ones with removable lids. The idea is that the declaration form will lie inside the box, since the lid can be opened. There may be several types of waste with different declaration forms in the same box, but it is important that the declaration number is written on the correct waste. The waste will be removed from the box at the waste centre, and the boxes will be reused. The following documents have thorough descriptions: «Handling of dangerous waste» («Håndtering av farlig avfall») which you can find at Innsiden under Hospitaldrift Transport and «Guidelines for filling out declaration forms» («Veileder for utfylling av deklarasjonsskjema») in Helse-Bergen’s electronic quality handbook (both sites require a log in).

Remember to fill out the declaration forms correctly. Miljøhallen may help you if you have questions. Contact Pål Andersen (section manager) at 7-2583 or Aspjørn Gelin (Unit leader) at 7-2550.

Declaration forms must be ordered from Sentralforsyningen, form number 202 580. Clear waste cans, cones and red boxes may be ordered from the porters in the lab-building (tlf. 7-7892) or Miljøhallen (tlf. 7-6930). Blue plastic waste cans will no longer be used. The clear cans will now be sent for destruction, and will not be reused like before.

There will only be one round of mail delivery April 14-15. There will be no mail delivery on Wednesday. TPS is open until 12:00 and external post going out that day must be in by 10:30.

The Campus Bus will go as usual April 14-15. No bus on Wednesday April 16.

The unit for material, moving and other transportation is closed all of Easter, from Monday April 14 to Monday April 21.

All units, institutes and faculties that are closed during Easter should report to TPS on e-mail.

For more information (in Norwegian).

K2Nytt now has employee overviews by fields of study and research groups at K2.

The information you will find under the “Employee info” in the menu.

The information in these overviews are put in manually, so if you should find an error or something missing we will appreciate the feedback. Send mail to Irene Hjelmaas.

UoB signed an agreement with NSD in February 2006 that NSD should be the privacy protection authorities for research projects that deal with personal information under the Personal Data Act. Due to the Health Research Act UoB is now in dialogue with NSD to revise and expand the agreement to include research covered by the Health Research Act. For more information (in Norwegian).

Resistance to chemotherapy is often the cause of a failing cancer treatment. Norwegian researchers are now on the track of a method that can predict if the chemotherapy will work before the treatment has begun.

For more information (in Norwegian)

Student at the integrated master program of odontology and bachelor program of dental hygiene have to write either a project assignment (12 credits) or bachelor thesis (10 credits). Now is the time to collect proposals for new project assignments and bachelor theses for these student groups. For more information (in Norwegian).

We are creating a process this spring with the Research Council of Norway’s FRIPRO applications, with deadline May 21st. See schedule (in Norwegian).

Here is a short description of FRIPRO

Here you can find an overview of the health research programs of NFR (in Norwegian).

NFR is also including the calls from EU, H2020. You will  find the deadlines here (in Norwegian). First deadline is at 25th of March for ERC young researchers.

NB!!! IMPORTANT! The institute MUST approve applications at least  two weeks before the deadline to get rent and administration costs covered for employees of the Cancer Society, BMFS, BFS and Jebsen.