Timetable

• Monday 29 February: Deadline for submission of 1-2 page sketches to the Head of Department
• Monday 14 March at 1 pm: First joint meeting with a short presentation of the scientific goal of the project, and briefly about the budget (with list of positions and operating expenses). Participants: extended management team and other senior researchers; research adviser; administration
• Monday April 18: Creating online application in NRC’s systems, and provide access for the project economist.
• Wednesday, 20 April at 1 pm: Joint meeting. The project leaders present the applications for each other and department management (5 to 10 min per presentation).
• Thursday 21 April – Friday 22 April: Contact Meetings between management and researchers, budget planning. Siv will make a time table for meetings these two days.
• Ultimo April: Internal peer review.
• Monday May 23: Deadline for approval by Head of Department.
• Wednesday May 25: At 1 pm Final deadline to NFR.

New representatives from group B (temporary scientific staff) is to be elected for the department council at K2 this spring. The election period is 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017.

New this year is that employees with part-time position at K2 and main position at HUS also have the right to vote.

One representative and three deputies are to be elected. Nominations should be signed and submitted to Irene Hjelmaas within 25 April 2016. Continue reading →

The time has again come for election of a member and deputies to the University Board for the period 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017; representatives of temporary employees in teaching and research positions (group B).
One member from the group of temporary employees in teaching and research will be elected. In addition, three deputies will be appointed. Proposal Deadline: Wednesday March 31
Election Dates: The election will be electronically conducted during the period 20 -26 April. The polling station is open from Wednesday 20 April 9 am to Tuesday 26 April 12 noon.
Details on how the proposal should be designed and how it should be sent can be found on this page.

You will find the calls for proposals and the application forms as attatchments at the bottom of this post.

For research projects the announcement states that “The funds are intended to contribute to new knowledge about technological, natural science and social issues related to the development and utilization of renewable energy, energy restructuring and future-oriented infrastructure.” Continue reading →

Unfortunately there is an error in the flex schedules formulas in that leap day February 29 is not included.
In the formulas on line 83 (total) 81 must be corrected to 82, as follows: Continue reading →

It’s time to start planning your holidays.
The Department has set the following deadlines for application for holidays for 2016:

Continue reading →

Hi,
Information and registration for the experience seminar 17 March is available on the wiki pages for digital assessment.

With best regards
Nina Fox
Acting Project Manager Digital Assessment
Student Affairs
University of Bergen
Tel: 55 58 88 53

In December 2015 the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry submitted an application for an ORPHEUS Label for its PhD programme.
The faculty’s application was processed in January, and 30 January 2016 the news came that the faculty was awarded an ORPHEUS Label.

Attachments:
Presentation letter
Evaluation report
Award letter
ORPHEUS Certificate

See attatched announcement (in Norwegian). Application deadline 30 April.

See attatched guidelines (in Norwegian). We will now intensify the efforts to follow up the guidelines, and especially ask that you read the guidelines for poster setup.

Best regards
Askjell Utaaker
Division Director
Operations / technical division
Mobile 932 30 448

New grants from ExtraStiftelsen.