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Overhead – indirect costs (2)
This is a continuation of the editorial from last week focusing on the new TDI-model (full costs model for all activities). The model consists of both indirect costs and Research Infra-structure Resources (RIR) implemented by UiB and which the institutes now build up their project budgets from.
It is nice that we have received written comments from enthusiastic scientists at our institute. Two of these are now published as commentaries in this K2 news (after approval and wish by the scientists).
We also want to emphasize that the TDI model is something presented by the The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR) in close collaboration by the RCN, NTNU and all other universities in Norway. The faculties have implemented this model for all project plannings from 01.01.2015. So we have to live with this for the near future.
It will be interesting to take part in the coming report from the project ”Forskningsbevilgninger og gavemidler” Nr. 2014/02. This report will hopefully soon be available and will certainly represent an overall policy and provide guidelines with basis in rules and regulations.
Roland
Letter to the Editor 1
From Professor Karl-Henning Kalland May 22 (in Norwegian). Continue reading
Letter to the Editor 2
From Professor Ketil Grong May 23
Newsletter – new syllabus in the medicine study programme
The faculty has launched a news site on which news related to the development of a new syllabus in the the medicine study programme will be put out. Click here for more information (In Norwegian).
«Building the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Proposal” workshop June 17
Wednesday June 17 Dr. Robert Parker from the University of Tennessee will run the workshop «Building the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Proposal” at UiB. Continue reading
OBESITY RESEARCH DAYS OKTOBER 19-20 2015
Registration before July 1st. Abstract on obesity / diabetes related research must be submitted before August 20. Continue reading
UiB celebrates Supreme Court 200 years
To celebrate the anniversary UiB invites all employees to book launches and a conference. Continue reading
Breakfast meeting: Law, Policy and digitalization
DigUiB invites everyone to a breakfast meeting concerning the legal system in dealing with digital teaching and research dissemination – what rules apply and where can you can find the help you need? Continue reading
“Ethics Appraisal Procedure” workshop, Ulrike Pihls Hus June 16, 01:00-03:15 pm
Workshop in Ethics Appraisal Procedure. Should be read by anyone applying for EU funding. More info here.
NEW K1/K2 SEMINAR June 3rd
We wish to invite everyone to the next K1/K2 seminar, the 3rd of June! Continue reading
Invitation to PhD supervisor workshop: Trondheim 12-13 October 2015
Norwegian Research School for Medical imaging and Norwegian Research School for Neuroscience will give a PhD Supervisor Workshopin Trondheim October 12trh and 13th. More info here.
K2 Teaching Award 2015
Please send nominations for the award to Siv Eggereide before June 15. Statutes can be read here.
New Publications
Week 22/2015 Continue reading
Overhead – indirect costs
Overhead – Indirect costs
The Devil is known by many names, and so are these concepts that scientists often don’t like, but still have to deal with. Why do I
adress this in an editorial in K2Nytt? Well, because this is a very
significant part of the department’s finances, that we are so utterly
dependent on.
But what do these terms mean? The University of Bergen has implemented the TDI model (total direct and indirect costs) that we are now budgeting for projects based on. This model consists of both indirect costs (overhead) and direct costs like research infrastructure. As of today, the indirect costs of a scientific FTE is 413.000 NOK and for a technical / administrative FTE it is 114.000 NOK. The indirect costs are the costs of infrastructure such as offices and common areas, services like the library, IT, administrative and financial management, safety, training, legal assistance, documentation and so forth. The direct costs are another component of the total cost model (TDI). This is composed of investment and depreciation of instruments, service contracts, general laboratory costs, including rent and technical support – called the research infra-structure resource cost (RIR). The Department of Clinical Science has calculated the RIR-cost for 2015 to be 95.000 NOK per FTE. The RIR-cost include technical support to get laboratories ready, laboratory costs like gloves, gas, pipette tips, etc. – the common infrastructure costs. The Department of Clinical Science is currently the department with the largest portfolio of externally financed projects on MOF. The NFR and EU/H2020 projects are exemplary in the way that they contribute overhead funds that cover the costs the department incurs to be able to operate the project. But what happens when indirect costs are not part of the grant for the projects? Who must then pay? Well, then it will be the Department in collaboration with the Faculty that takes the costs. In this way the Department’s economy is continuously weakened whenever a project with zero overhead is accepted. What can we do about this? Do we have to refuse projects that do not include overhead? How long will it take to get a new “culture” – changing the attitudes of contributors? How do we achieve it? These questions concern us all together!
Roland
Announcement of Norgesuniversitetets research grants 2016. Invitation to application seminar May 27.
Project grants are intended to stimulate and promote the development and use of technology for learning and flexible study in higher education, and promote educational cooperation between higher education and work places through the use of learning technology. Continue reading
Horizons lecture by former Nobel prize winner Yuan T. Lee – Tuesday 28th of May, Egget at 4 PM
Title: Energy, Environment and our Sustainable Future
Refreshments will be served before the lecture, which starts at 4.15 pm. Everybody is welcome!
Read more about the lecture.
Seminar: Primary cells – Cell Culture Transfection – Genome editing and IPSC generation
BioNordikaBergman is giving a seminar about primary cells, cell
culture, transfection, genome editing and more in Bergen on June 2nd.
Please see the attached invitation for more information and registration deadline.
MSCA Individual Fellowship Information and Proposal Writing Workshop, June 9
Tuesday, June 9, NCP Ian Devine from UKRO is coming to UiB to lead a Marie Curie Actions Sklowska-Individual Fellowships (IF) information and proposal writing workshop.
Continue reading
University Lecturers Summer School
Dublin City University will run specialist summer schools, intended for university lecturers who deliver their academic classes through English and who wish to
develop their skills in this area. You can find more information here. Continue reading
FORNY2020 / BIOTEK2021 – Application deadline
It is now possible to apply for FORNY verification funds and BIOTEK optimization funds. See attached information documents. Scientists with relevant projects must contact the BTO as soon as possible, before May 29, for initial project discussions.
New editor of K2Nytt
My name is Elin Netland Opheim, and this week I take over as editor of “K2Nytt”. I have been a PhD candidate since March 2013, working on the project “Monitoring of thromboelastography, platelet function and platelet recovery in hemato-oncologic patients with thrombocytopenia”. My work place is at the Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine in the Laboratory Building, and I can be contacted by e-mail: elin.opheim@uib.no.
The Facultuy Day June 18th
The Faculty Day will be held Thursday June 18th. There will be awarding of research and education prizes.
This year the principal of UiB will also award the Søren Falch Senior Prize here at the faculty.
More information (in Norwegian) here.
Norwegian language courses for UiB employees
The application form for the Norwegian language courses for UiB employees is still open. Please remember to apply if you wish to attend the courses for the fall semester.
Invitation to the Nordic PhD course Bio-8302: “Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Cancer”
Attached you will find an invitation to the Nordic PhD course Bio-8302: “Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Cancer”. The course will take place at the University of Tromsø in week 35 and 36 (August 24th to September 4th, 2015). Continue reading
Call for nominations for the Novozymes Prize
This is a Call for nominations for the 2016 Novozymes Prize.
The purpose of the Prize is to raise awareness of basic and applied biotechnology research. Continue reading
Announcement of the Olav Thon Foundation national academic awards in science and medicine 2016
The Olav Thon Foundation has announced its national academic awards for 2016. It is awarded up to 10 prizes of NOK. 500,000 to: