I hope everyone got to enjoy a bit of sun and snow during the Easter holidays and is ready for spring! It will come eventually!

Those of you intending to apply to NFR are hopefully well on their way and have been in contact with ʺtheirʺeconomist – are you in doubt who that is, get in touch with Amra (amra.grudic@uib.no). The approval of the application by the institute leader should go via the economist (deadline 20.4.). If of interest, Amra is available to read through your application.

But now to something else that is more fun than writing applications: The awards of the medical faculty 2017.

Have you been supervisor for an exceptional PhD candidate who defended her/his outstanding thesis in 2017, or (maybe even better?) have you attended a PhD thesis defense and been impressed by the PhD thesis of the candidate? Send suggestions for PhD thesis of the year to Pål Njølstad! You also still have the possibility to suggest Research group of the year, Publication of the year and Dissemination award of the year – but remember, the deadline is today!