Monthly Archives: January 2017

Horizon 2020 HelpDesk

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Horizon 2020 HelpDesk is a meeting arena where companies and researchers can meet and develop Horizon 2020 (H2020) projects.Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU research and innovation programme, and provides funding over 7 years (2014 – 2020).

Who should attend?
Companies and researchers from the Bergen Region are welcome to book a meeting at the HelpDesk.

What services do we provide?
EU advisors and business developers will answer your questions and help you with:
•Finding the right calls
•Application writing process
•Project organisation
•Finding partners
•Financing the writing process

When?
Horizon 2020 HelpDesk runs every second Wednesday (even weeks) from 9PM to 12PM at BTO (2nd floor, Vitensenteret, Thormøhlensgate 51).

You can register for the HelpDesk here, or contact us if you have any questions. Contact information .

Changes in HR Portal / Pagaweb

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skjermbildeFrom 2017 all reimbursements to employees will be sent through the HR portal, not just travels. For refunds other than traveling one should use the form “Reimbursement of expenses” and that will give you three alternative types of expenses:

•Compensation for expenses

• Reimbursement of equity services (eksample: internet, tel.)

• Reimbursement of taxable private expenditure (eksample:membership fees and private Subscription)

Receipts will be scanned by the person filling out the form and no longer need to send original receipts in paper form. Expenses are posted by economists as notes on the comments of funds it shall be charged to avoid delays.

There are three payments pr. month: the main payroll on the 12th and in addition approximately 20 and about 28.

Form for payment of refunds to people who are NOT employed by UIB to go in paper form as before.

Recalling also that the main rule is that all goods and services shall be ordered through UIB their ordering system Basware PM. Contact consignor in the group to make reservation.

This weeks editorial

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Ræder_portrettFrom Bench to Business

 How should scientists at the Department of Clinical Science improve innovation of their research? This was the topic of one of the panel debates at the strategy meeting last week with panelists from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Bergen technology transfer office (BTO) and the Department , and with research group leaders in the audience. Prime Minister Erna Solberg has previously said that our country needs more suppliers to the National budget – not more companies and institutions living on the National budget. She asked for more innovation once again in her New Year speech where she also pointed to BerGenBio as a successful example of research-driven innovation at our faculty.
K2 aims to increase innovation in the present strategy period, and point number one is to establish an innovation strategy for K2 this Spring.
I will head an advisory group for the innovation strategy which subsequently will be discussed at the Department Board in the Spring. I therefore  ask for input from you, both to the group’s composition and to the elements we should include in this strategy. As an example I already received a proposition of speed-dates between researchers at the Department and economists at NHH. The proposed idea was to pair scientists with entrepreneurs to increase the success rate. Prof. Tor Andreassen at NHH pointed to the entrepeneurship challenges at the strategy seminar: The entrepreneur should, in addition to developing increased customer and marketing understanding and investor relations also withstand being poor, work 80-hour weeks, travel up to 200 travel days, make difficult decisions, live with risk, move quickly and adapt continuously. Since researchers also lead or participate actively in a research group, we certainly require good helpers on the team if we also aim for innovation. Perhaps the way to go may be to build a bridge between K2 and the environments in Sandviken – or with other environments in Bergen aimed at innovation, including Innovation Norway and the new Mohn Center for Innovation and Regional Development at the Bergen University College.

I would like to hear from you if you have input.

 Helge

Theme Day Tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis clinic at Haukeland University Hospital organizes conference about tuberculosis.

Theme Day is m.a. for doctors in specialist rode almost the municipal health almost, students at the medical school, nurses, nursing educators

Thursday February 9 at 08.30 to 15.30.
Location: Bikuben, Haukeland University Hospital

See the attached program and registration. Deadline for entries 01/20/17

Call for ERA-NET

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kreftforeningenThe Norwegian Cancer Society wishes to inform about a new round of ERA-NET for translational cancer research – TRAN SCAN-2.
The theme of the announcement is “Minimally and non-invasive methods for early detection and / or progression of cancer.”

You can read more about the call on the NCS and TRAN SCAN their websites, see
https://kreftforeningen.no/forskning/sok-forskningsmidler/

 http://www.transcanfp7.eu/calls/third-joint-transnational-call-jtc-2016.html

Norwegian researchers are encouraged to participate in the announcement!

Invitation to organise a permanent PhD course at Bergen Summer Research School

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We hereby invite you to propose a permanent course for Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS). Taking place at the University of Bergen in June every year, BSRS attracts about 80 PhD candidates and young researchers from all over the world. BSRS is an integrated part of the doctoral education at UiB and offers a series of parallel h
igh quality doctoral courses targeting doctoral candidates and junior researchers.

For more information.