Join us as the faculty gathers for this year's Faculty Day! There will be an award ceremony for the faculty's awards and Søren Falch awards, academic refreshments, and of course food, mingling, and great colleagues.
Time: 29 April at 08:45–12:00 Place: Auditorium, AHH
The Grieg Academy is in full swing this spring! After Easter, the students will present a wide range of exam repertoire and projects, spread over 12 concerts. The audience will experience Japanese shamisen, the premiere of a new work, chamber music, jazz and student compositions.
Are you a research fellow and want to become an outstanding communicator? Registration for the Norwegian Championship in Research Communication is open.
We, the research advisors at MED, will hold a course on application writing for PhD candidates, June 2 and 5, 2026:
In mid-April, the fourth One Ocean Week will take place – a week of exciting and entertaining events about sustainable oceans in Bergen. Here you will find an overview of UiB's events during the ocean week.
How can you handle and share sensitive research data, in line with legal and ethical obligations?
CCBIO invites you to both the 14th CCBIO Annual Symposium (May 12–13) and the new OC-INSIGHTS symposium (May 10–11) at Solstrand. Register soon – places fill up quickly, and registration closes without notice.
You can now submit an application for the desired period at the welfare cabins for the fall of 2026, in the period August 16 to October 18:
Through extensive fieldwork aboard several tankers, social anthropologist Marianna Betti has gained unique insight into the lives of those who live and work at sea.
The University of Bergen is establishing UiB Kvante – Center for Quantum Technology in Bergen. The center is funded by UiB and the Trond Mohn Research Foundation, with a total budget of NOK 80 million over five years. The goal is to build an interdisciplinary center based on strong academic environments, which can develop quantum technology with direct impact on society.
A deep dive into biology may make it possible to predict which patients with chronic kidney disease will have a serious course and which will not. Associate Professor Øystein Solberg Eikrem at UiB is leading the research that could be a game-changer for patients with the disease "IgA nephropathy."
The new council, led by Ole F. Norheim, was established by the government under the Ministry of Health and Care Services and is intended to be a national arena for strategic and principled discussion of priority issues and long-term sustainability in the health and care sector.
We are now launching a newsletter that will provide regular updates on the land processes at the faculty. The goal is to ensure good information, overview, predictability and to make it easier for employees and students to follow ongoing and upcoming changes in buildings, relocation projects and construction work.
Registration of main holiday must be registered in the self-service portal by May 1. Remember that all holiday must be clarified with the nearest supervisor before applying for holiday in the self-service portal and entered in the comments field: "Holiday has been clarified with the nearest supervisor."
Dear everyone,
With some delay you now can apply for the small-scale funding. The funds are a joint venture between the faculty and the institute. The intention is to help those without major funding to start projects and get into position to apply for larger grants.
Applications for operating costs, travel expenses, seminars, courses, materials, and technical-administrative assistance are welcomed.
Application requirements and the faculty’s award criteria:
Funding for researchers who have applied to NFR, EU or others without success, who do not have operating funds already.
You can apply for 15 000-75 000 NOK.
The funds have to be used within 2026 and cannot be transferred to 2027.
Recipient has to be an active researcher with a permanent scientific position at K2 (50% or more)
Søk via denne lenken: Smådriftsmidler/Small research funds (frist/deadline 26.4.26)
The application deadline is 26.4.2026
Have a really good weekend!
Silke
The Research Days will be held from September 16th – September 27th, 2026. Register your interest in contributing to the research festival!
Reconstruction will be carried out in the BB building (Jonas Lies vei 91). The work includes the Physiology rooms on the 2nd floor and the Histology rooms on the 4th floor, including associated rooms. The reconstruction involves new floor plans, renovation of surfaces and upgrades to technical installations such as ventilation, electrical and AV equipment.
Registration of main holiday must be registered in the self-service portal by May 1. Remember that all holiday must be clarified with the nearest supervisor before applying for holiday in the self-service portal and entered in the comments field: "Holiday has been clarified with the nearest supervisor."
On Sunday, April 12, the University of Bergen opens its doors and invites the entire city to the Knowledge Festival.
Eating seaweed and kelp can lead to excessive amounts of iodine in the body, shows research from the Institute of Marine Research and the University of Bergen.
ArealMed has published a new newsletter with updates, events and professional content relevant to employees at the departments. We encourage everyone to take a look and share it in their own communities.
Bergen is hosting the 51st annual conference of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology (SSI2026) from September 7–10. This year, the course HUIMM905 “From Innate to Specific Immunity” will also be held in connection with the conference and summer school.
At home in her living room, guided on screen by physiotherapist Cecilie S. Hagemann, Gro G. Wang trained herself to endure cancer surgery and recover quickly afterward.
Through ten years as a Center for Excellence (CFE), CCBIO contributed to more precise treatments by researching the biological characteristics of cancer and the environment around cancer cells.
Charalampos Tzoulis, professor at the University of Bergen and senior consultant at the Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, has been awarded the Norwegian Brain Council's Research Prize 2026 for his outstanding research on Parkinson's disease and related brain diseases.
is Norway's most important investment in science and technology. The government has now made a concept choice, and supports UiB's recommended solution, which involves rehabilitating the Science Building and the Physics Building, in addition to constructing a relief building.
