Election for Rector 2025: Exercise your right to vote! Voting closes on 4th April at 08:00! Educational Development. The significance of local and international research infrastructures for our research environments. The Heart Research Prize and the Dementia Research Prize.
A team of Norwegian researchers, through international collaboration, found that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) during colonoscopy increased the detection of polyps by about 8%, but the risk of cancer was minimally affected.
The Horizon Europe is planning several calls in 2025 on cancer under its flagship program - Cancer Mission. Deadline: to be announced
Researchers at the Centre for Embryology and Healthy Development (CRESCO) aim to find out why so many early embryos fail in their development. New insights into how maternal and paternal DNA is replicated during the initial stages of pregnancy are contributing pieces to the puzzle.
Faculty Director Hanna Ekeli encourages staff and students at MED to use their voting rights in the rector election.
Rector election 2025: Use your right to vote between 24 March and 4 April
The Leo Foundation welcomes applications for dermatology research projects, Serendipity Grants. Deadline: 24 June 2025.
Familien Blix Fund has announced yearly funding to support projects within cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Deadline: 25 June 2025.
The Leo Foundation welcomes applications for dermatology research projects. There are two deadlines: 2 April and 11 September 2025.
An increasing number of individuals experience discomfort in the gut or are being diagnosed with intestinal conditions such as coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Scientists have now mapped the cells in the gut as part of The Human Cell Atlas project, revealing several new findings.
The university allows staff to take time off during work hours to donate blood, which can be recorded as short-term leave.
Gestational diabetes, hypertension, preeclampsia, and preterm birth can be warning signs that a mother has a genetic vulnerability to cardiovascular diseases.
When it comes to lung cancer, we know of more than 30 substances that are carcinogenic. But when researchers began investigating why there is a higher incidence of prostate cancer in firefighters, they had little to go on.
The Research Council of Norway's FRIPRO - Radical Research Ideas for Early Career Scientists is planned. Deadline: Open-ended.
The Research Council of Norway's FRIPRO Top Researchers – Researcher Projects to Develop World Leading Research Communities is planned. Deadline: Open-ended.
The Horizon Europe Health Cluster has announced several single- and two-stage calls. Deadline: 16 September 2025.
The Research Council of Norway (RCN) has announced a call for innovation processes that can increase sustainability in health and care services and stimulate value creation in Norwegian trade and industry. Deadline: 24 September 2025.
Dean Hanne Harbo and Vice-Dean for Research and Research Education Grete Anita Dyb talk about this year's NorDoc Summer School for young researchers. The school is a collaboration between 20 Nordic universities. This year, they have also invited colleagues from Ukraine.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued a call for its 2025 calls cycle. Deadlines for EOI: 4 July 2025.
Cancer Grand Challenges has announced seven new Challenges to address the most urgent, complex problems in cancer research that require collaboration across borders and disciplines. Deadline EOIs: 18 June 2025.
Congratulations on International Women's Day! NorDoc Summer School for young researchers is being held in Oslo for the first time. Lillehammer has been chosen as the place of study for Innlandet. Rector election 2025: Two election meetings remaining. Use your right to vote between 24th March and 4th April.
The Research Fund for Asthma and Allergy has announced funding to promote research on asthma and allergy. Deadline: 20 October 2025.
Faculty director Hanna Ekeli and dean Hanne Harbo provide an update on efforts to adjust the faculty's finances to the new economic situation. Finally, they also share a useful tip about a strong support offering for our teachers.
Adapting to a new economic reality at UiO. An extra half billion for groundbreaking research provides new FRIPRO opportunities; sign up for the webinar. Four of our researchers have received FRIPRO grants. Read about the life sciences conference in 2025. Rector election 2025: two meetings left. Use your vote between 24th March and 4th April.
From 24 March to 4 April, you can cast your vote in the rector election and help shape UiO's future. If you missed the election meeting at the Faculty of Medicine, it's not too late.
