As many of you may already know my term as leader of the Institute ends 1 April. Per Bakke will start a new period. Congratulations Per. At this point I want to thank all colleagues for support and for making the leadership period endurable and educational. The leadership group, and especially Synnøve has been of invaluable help.
K2 is a fantastic place to work and has great potential for new discoveries in research. So keep up the good work.
Happy Easter!
Eystein
We remind you that deadline for registration of vacation 2015, is April 1. Please register in Paga.
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Deadline was February 15, and the registration is done via PAGA. Click here for the information letter from the university leadership regarding the issue (in Norwegian). Click here for general information about the registration (in Norwegian). Click here for step-by-step instructions (in Norwegian).
Family Blix fund for suppor of medical research was established on 1 December 1983. The purpose of the fund is to support medical research, particularly in the fields of cardiovascular disease and cancer, including medical diagnostics in these fields. Support from the Fund will particularly go to research that combines basal and clinical research, with special emphasis on applications from young researchers. Applications for grants must be submitted to the Fund’s Board v / attorney Erik Keiserud Hjort DA, Postboks 471 Sentrum, 0105 Oslo.
Applications must be sent no later than 25 June 2015. It must be written on a standard form which will be sent on request to e-mail goe@hjort.no
12 hour course in Nynorsk for employee with international background.
(April 8, 15 and 22, 2015)
For more information and registration – http://www.uib.no/sim/87022/nynorsk-framandspr%c3%a5klege
For the third time UiB now offer intensive Norwegian courses in the summer for international researchers (employee + spouse/partner of international researchers) and students.
This course is especially for those new to UiB in spring / summer.
It might be a good start to the employment relationship at UiB.
If you have people coming, but not in until May 15th (deadline) – be sure to apply so they don`t have to wait until fall.
More info and registration:
http://www.uib.no/en/lle/30674/norwegian-language-courses#intensive-norwegian-language-course-16-july-8-august-2015
Do you dream about beeing headliner in The News? Do you want the Minister of Education and Research to read about your research in the newspaper? No matter what, media practice will still be useful. This is a course for you who want to get better impact through media.
We kindly ask research leaders to think through if you want to encourage someone spescial to participate.
For more information and registration ; http://www.uib.no/foransatte/87108/medietrening-forskere
Deadline April 8, 2015
Science, Stockholm, and snow
Who among us hasn’t dreamed of being in Stockholm when the Nobel Prizes are awarded? If you’re a recent PhD graduate, the journal Science and SciLifeLab may just offer you that chance to walk among the new Nobel Laureates during the second week of December — and to accept a prize, no less. The four winners of the 2015 Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists will have their essays published in Science, share a total of $60,000 in prize money, and attend an awards ceremony in Stockholm.
Deadline for submissions is August 1, 2015.
http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/data/prizes/scilifelab/howto.xhtml
Competence in research ethics is essential for leading clinical research centers. The workshop will discuss how different institutions have built ethics expertise, with examples from Norway, Singapore, US and Japan.
June 18 and 19, Bergen, Norway
For more information and program
Week 13/2015.
In clinical research, the registration of personal information, is a particularly sensitive and important issue to deal with. This applies to all academic staff incl. PhD candidates and those in post-doc positions. University of Bergen (UiB) has adopted a general framework for health research and treatment of personal information at UiB (Case 52/12, 27/09/2012). The purpose and strategy document specifies, among other responsibilities, the current guidelines for securing confidentiality and data security. Requirements for agreements with partners, as well as internal requirements for employees’ skills, secures quality and internal control. The regulations can be found here: http://link.uib.no/euw0
As a follow up of this work, we have prepared an online form that has to be answered by the individual project owner, in projects where UiB is responsible for the research. The forms can be downloaded and answered here: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=1073772
Please note that this applies only to projects where UiB is responsible for the conduct of research. All REK-approvals shall also be sent to the department to be filed in the archive system ePhorte. The same applies to NSD, but here the department Head and the Head of administration has access to the NSD portal.
In anticipation of a joint research server this “tax return” form will be sent out to be audited once a year. The deadline for this year is the 1st of May 2015. During 2015 there will also be performed an internal audit at UiB, where it will be inquired if we have a system in place for processing and storage of personal data at UiB. Just do it! So we can all be certain of having the right high quality archive and storing facility for this kind of personal information. More reminders will be sent to each researcher at K2, ahead of the deadline 1st of May 2015.
National Science Week/ Forskningsdagene and UiB invite PhD-candidates to an information meeting about Researcher’s Grand Prix/ Forsker grand prix on the 9 of April at 10 am.
The meeting will take place at the Communication Division/ Kommunikasjonsavdelingen UiB, Johannes Bruns gate 12, 5 floor/ 6.etasje.
We will here share with you some practical information about how to apply and what you as a participant can expect from Forsker grand prix. Last year’s winner of Forsker grand prix in Bergen, Audun Havnen, will also be there to share his experience and to answer any questions you may have.
Link to the event in the UiB calendar: http://www.uib.no/en/foremployees/87109/information-meeting-about-reseachers-grand-prix-forsker-grand-prix
Please contact Ingeborg Revheim within April 7, if you would like to attend this Meeting
Tel: +47 55 58 90 40/ +47 975 16 025
The Forsker grand prix application deadline is 15 of May!
For further information about Forsker grand prix: http://www.forskningsdagenebergen.com/forsker-grand-prix-2/information-in-english/