Bergen Research Foundation (BFS) has announced a new round of BFS Starting Grantwith final deadline 15 March. Since there are restrictions in the number of candidates each department can nominate, we kindly ask interested applicants to send a two-page sketch describing the candidate, the project and the research environment in addition to the candidate’s CV (BFS asks for a maximum 3-page CV listing the most important and relevant publications).

The internal deadline is 20 February. You can send the sketch and CV to amra.grudic@uib.no with Eystein Husebye and Julie Stavnes on copy.

Please note that this fellowship provides an opportunity to recruit external candidates something the foundation and the Faculty of Medicine strongly encourage.

The foundation Kristian Gerhard Jebsen calls for proposals for funding new K.G. Jebsen centres in the field of Medicine. In this round, they aim to support two additional centres expected to start early 2020.

For more information, please consult the call text and templates on their webpage. The Foundation’s program of translational medicine was evaluated in 2018. You can download the evaluation report here.

The final call deadline is 6 May 2019. The department asks interested applicants to send a short sketch including the centre’s research focus and partners by 8 March.

You can send the sketch to amra.grudic@uib.no with Eystein Husebye and Julie Stavnes on copy.

Dear all,

Please see below the updated links for external funding:

External funding opportunities: http://www.uib.no/en/med/112772/external-funding-opportunities

Funding opportunities for education: http://www.uib.no/med/113987/funding-opportunities-education

The webpages are updated every second week. New calls are marked as NEW.

Kind regards,

Amra, Ramune and Kaia

We would like to continue our success of granted proposals by Research Council of Norway. This year, additional efforts will be necessary due to the structural changes in the application process. Most of us know that it is an enormous job to complete a proposal. It may therefore be useful to spread the work over a longer period. Proposals are like vintage wine – they can often mature into a product of higher quality.

We would therefore like to encourage you to start preparing for the 10 April deadline. As the previous years, Amra can discuss, read and comment your proposal. Due to limited capacity, we encourage you to involve Amra as early as possible.

–          1 February: deadline to submit a ½ page sketch containing information about the project hypothesis, primary aim and secondary aims, the project plan in bullet points and an approximate budget and project period. On this page you can find information about the project period, budget, etc. We encourage everyone to apply, and remember that if you applied for Helse Vest in the last round you already have a sketch ready.

–          5 February: faculty advisors, including Amra, will arrange a workshop where they will present the new template and provide information about the structure and content of a proposal. The department will serve lunch so we kindly ask you to register before 1 February. Venue: seminar room 8.1 and 8.2. We will start at 09.00.

–          14 February: Everyone who submitted a sketch are invited to present the sketch to other researchers at K2 for useful input. Venue: seminar room 5.1 and 5.2 at 10.00.

–          27 February: the application portal is open and it is time to register the proposal and give access to the economist.

–          March: contact with the economist to finalize the budget during March. That will leave time to complete the proposal with the approaching deadline.

–          5 April: final approval of the proposal and the budget by head of department. Take this opportunity to submit the proposal for the first time. You can keep submitting the proposal until the deadline.

–          10 April at 13: final deadline.

Best wishes,
Amra, Silke and Eystein