This info day on 22 May aims to inform applicants about the topics included in the Cluster 1 ‘Health’ work programme of 2025.

Under the pillar 2 of Horizon Europe, Cluster 1 focuses on Health and aims to deliver on the following six destinations matching the Strategic Plan:

• Staying healthy in a rapidly changing society
• Living and working in a health-promoting environment
• Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden
• Ensuring access to innovative, sustainable and high-quality health care
• Unlocking the full potential of new tools, technologies and digital solutions for a healthy society
• Maintaining an innovative, sustainable and globally competitive health-related industry

https://research-innovation-community.ec.europa.eu/events/3F0n7H46ft6PlJqQPaRmIt/overview

UiB Career days for early-stage researchers from 8.-10. April 2025! UiB Ferd offer career development activities, seminars and talks related to various aspects of reflecting and preparing for the next career step.

Find updated programme here https://www.uib.no/en/ferd/170564/career-days-2025

The 31st NOFE conference will be held in Bergen on the 29th–30th of October 2025 at Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Bergen, hosted by the Norwegian Epidemiological Association/ Norsk forening for epidemiologi (NOFE).

We are thrilled to announce that the theme will be “Transforming epidemiology with AI”. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly applied in epidemiological studies. AI offers opportunities to advance our understanding of complex patterns and causal inference but is also associated with some key challenges. How can AI and machine learning techniques be leveraged for better public health?

We have invited three eminent keynote speakers, who are all prominent researchers within AI research.

Join us at the NOFE conference for an inspiring conference to learn more, to present your research and to meet new and old colleagues. We welcome all abstracts with topics within epidemiology.

Register for the conference here!

Important dates:

6th of June: Deadline for abstract submission

23rd of August: Deadline for early bird

The Young Investigator Day will be organized as a pre-conference workshop one day before the conference the 28th of October 2025.

New call – Accelerating methods into practice

Many promising methods in cancer treatment, diagnostics, and healthcare never progress beyond testing due to implementation challenges.

We are seeking projects ready to take the next step – advancing a promising method toward real-world use.

The application deadline is Wednesday 14th of May at 13.00. We look forward to receiving your application!

Q&A for “Accelerating methods into practice” 8th of April, 9.30

New call – Advancing prevention research

At least 1 in 3 cancer cases can be prevented – and cancer shares many of the same risk factors as other non-communicable diseases.

In collaboration with LHL and the Norwegian Health Association, we want to identify the most effective prevention strategies and understand how to scale and implement them at a population level.

We are looking for innovative, interdisciplinary projects that can make a real difference in public health!

The application deadline is Thursday 5th of June at 13.00. We look forward to receiving your application!

Prevention research 2025 – Webinar for applicants – April 8th 9:30-11

A communication channel for MED-faculty young/postdoctoral researchers (Microsoft teams group – MED postdocs) with one departmental representative is now established.

MED – Extended Research Management (Postdoctoral Representative)

• Shamundeeswari Anandan (Shamundeeswari.Anandan@uib.no ; samanandhan@gmail.com)

Departmental Representatives:

• Shuntaro Yamada (shuntaro.yamada@uib.no) – MED IKO,
• Krishna Aryal (krishna.aryal@uib.no) – MED IGS,
• Vladan Milosevic (v.milosevic@uib.no) – MED K1,
• Thomas Michael James Stevenson (thomas.stevenson@uib.no) – MED IBM,
• Ester Anne Kringeland (ester.kringeland@uib.no) – MED K2

It is encouraged that all postdoctoral/early-stage researchers from the respective departments to take this opportunity to contact their contact points to connect on the teams group.

Faculty day

April 30,

08:45-12:00

Auditorium, AHH

26 May 10:00–11:30

Do you have a groundbreaking research idea, but need the expertise of one or more outstanding researchers to potentially solve the scientific challenge? ERC Synergy Grants might be the solution. Join our webinar!

ERC Synergy Grants (SyG) allow two to four outstanding “principal investigators” (PIs) to collaborate on a project for up to six years. Norwegian top researchers show great interest in this grant scheme and have been increasingly successful. The Research Council of Norway will encourage broader participation by hosting a webinar on May 26th.

https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/events/2025/webinar-erc-synergy-grant-2026/

April 28, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

The applicant webinar is suitable for anyone interested in research and innovation for sustainable municipal health and care services.

There will be an orientation about the call for “Research and Innovation to Strengthen Sustainability in Municipal Health and Care Services,” which has an application deadline of September 24, 2025.

Link to the event