Daily Archives: Thursday November 16th, 2017

Winter is coming

Winter and the Christmas holiday is fast approaching, and I know I’m not the only looking forward to some much needed holiday. But if you feel Christmas is just around the corner, I can ensure you that January and springtime’s most beautiful experience is coming quickly thereafter. The chaotic Christmas preparations are only partly to blame; The 2018 deadline for Norwegian Research Council calls is one month earlier, meaning that the deadline is already in April. This year the NRC divided the different programmes into two different deadlines, whereof the last one was in May. However, now all the programmes are gathered in one deadline, which is late April 2018.

Where we previously had January, February, March and April to submit drafts, attend internal review meetings and scrutinize the budgets, we now have to make do with one month less. K2 will arrange the application process also for 2018, helping to ensure the best possible application and turnout, with the help of our economists, research advisers and our colleagues. In order to allow time for the same schedule we arranged for 2017, it is necessary to start the process already in January.

More information to come, but considered yourself well prepared for both winter and spring. Forewarned is forearmed.

Best,
Julie

New publications

Here are recent publications with contributions from K2 based on last week’s search on PubMed (and optionally articles that have not been included in previous lists). This time the list includes in total 24 recent publications. The entries appear in the order they were received from NCBI. If you have publications that are not included in this or previous lists, please send the references to Johnny Laupsa-Borge.

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Pål Njølstad received the Norwegian Diabetes Association’s Research Prize 2017!

The Diabetes Association awarded “The Diabetes Association’s Research Prize” for the first time, a prize for outstanding diabetes research. Pål received the prize for his research in genetic diabetes variations nationally and internationally. The award took place at the University’s aula in Oslo on the World Diabetes Day. The new research prize from the Diabetes Association has been created to honor, inspire and motivate more diabetes research in Norway.
Read more here (only in Norwegian)

K2 congratulate Pål with the award!