Bergen Teknologioverføring (BTO) informs that it is now possible to apply for Proof-of-Concept funding (FORNY2020).

Researchers with current projects must contact BTO as soon as possible and at latest by 10 September for initial project discussions. In other words, time is short.

Proof-of-Concept funding from the Research Council of Norway are a golden opportunity to raise funds for testing, scaling up and continuing research projects, independent of research fields.

More information can be found here.

Centre of International Health (CIH) is now developing suggestions for master thesis projects in Global Health. This is an opportunity to engage in Global Health activities, and we therefore invite scientific staff in your department to contribute with project proposals.

At CIH the distribution of proposed projects to the master students will be done in the following way:

• CIH will present the proposed project proposals to the master students in a meeting.
• Each student will submit a ranked list of three desired projects.
• When a supervisor and a student have agreed on a project, the two will be paired.
• In case two or more students are interested in the same project, the supervisor will select who is the best match.

Template for suggesting thesis projects for master students.
Deadline for proposals: Wednesday 13 September 2017.

The proposals should be forwarded to Hallgeir Kismul.

E.ON Stipendienfonds is a scholarship fund designed to promote and strengthen German-Norwegian academic relations in the field of energy sciences. This is achieved by awarding mobility grants to Master / PhD students and junior researchers. In addition, the aim is to organize workshops, conferences and seminars and further expand the existing alumni network.

Deadline for application: 15 October 2017.

Call for applications for scholarships.
Application form.

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Several universities and institutes in Europe and US have been running a workshop on “Effective visual communication of science” for PhD students and researchers.

In this workshop, participants learn various principles and approaches for visually communicating complex research ideas and results. They talk about research papers, slide presentations, conference posters, and project proposals and work on materials supplied by participants. In a drawing exercise, everybody will prepare a graphical abstract for their next publication and get feedback. Everybody receives a certificate of participation and some institutions also give ECTS points.

More information and booking.