Nominations for the Christie Prize 2026 are now open. The prize goes to a person or business that has contributed to good interaction between research, education and society, and has highlighted UiB's importance for societal development.
Deadline: February 27, 2026
Global Societal Challenges (GSU) is one of three priority areas at the University of Bergen. Funding is allocated to various activities such as events, visiting scholar stays, seminars, and other initiatives that can help develop cross faculty research projects related to the theme of “inequality” in a broad sense. Applications should include concrete plans for continued research collaboration and the submission of proposals to external funding sources. Application deadline: 1 March 2026.
Time and place:
January 2026, 8:30–9:15 am Online or meeting room Tarlebø, Alrek health cluster Language: Norwegian Coffee and tea will be served
UiB has received 5.3 million euros from the EU for the PRoRota project, which will investigate whether probiotics, better hygiene education and mathematical models can reduce child mortality related to diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries. The project tests whether probiotics can improve the effect of the rotavirus vaccine in a large study with 4,000 newborns in Tanzania, Malawi and Ivory Coast. In addition, a warning system for rotavirus outbreaks is being developed and research is being conducted on how WASH routines can work better in practice.
