I hope everybody have had a peaceful Christmas and used the opportunity to recreate in the Christmas and New Year’s Eve. This editorial will mention three deadline coming up in January. The first is the opportunity to apply for small assets (SMÅFORSK) January 13^th. This has been the topic of a recent editorial by Eystein.

Kristof Vlaeminck is the head of the EU office of UoB in Brussels, He will give a half day workshop on “How to write a good proposal?” on January 19^th, The workshop is of relevance to those who plan to or are considering writing an EU application. The workshop has room for 20 participants on a first first apply first serve basis. Sign up to Irene here. 

Finally The KG Jebsen call for proposals for translational research should be mentioned. The faculty of Medicine and Odontology wants to promote candidates and hold a prequalification round in which leading research groups are asked to submit a 2-pages draft of a proposal. Requirements for the draft is given here.

The faculty in collaboration with the Haukeland University Hospital will then pick four applicants who will be invited to write a full application. The deadline for submitting the draft is January 24^th. The draft should be sent to Julie.

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