Editorial
Adapting to the new economic reality
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 instructors. Read the full editorial.
Management Column
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Half a Billion Extra for Groundbreaking Research
Increased flexibility provides more opportunities. Five new initiatives will give curiosity-driven research a clear path within the Research Council, from basic research through to social innovation and commercialisation. Research Dean Jan Bj?lie encourages everyone to familiarise themselves with the new opportunities. The Research Council invites you to a webinar on the new FRIPRO programmes available for application. Learn more about the webinars and sign up:
19 March: FRIPRO - Banebrytende forskning: nye utlysninger
20 March: FRIPRO - Groundbreaking Research: New Calls
News about MED
Delightful FRIPRO awards from the Research Council of Norway!
Congratulations to Harry Thorpe on receiving an early career grant of 6.8 million kroner for research on antibiotic resistance. Congratulations also to Cathrine Rein Carlson, Marit Inngjerdingen, and Valeria Vitelli, who have each received 12 million kroner for their research projects on heart health and gender differences, immunology, and cancer genomics with the help of data. Congratulations also to Ludvig M Sollid, who has received funding for a project at Oslo University Hospital. Read more about the FRIPRO projects on UiO's website (in Norwegian).
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"I aim to discover the connection between the αA-targeted protein and the risk of Alzheimer's," says Shu-qin (Queena) Cao. She has received three million kroner from the National Association for Public Health to research whether a molecule found in fruit and vegetables can be used as a medication against Alzheimer's disease. Congratulations! Read more on Klinmed's website.
Life Sciences Conference 2025
During this year's conference, researchers discussed, among other topics, how AI methods are being used to improve dementia diagnosis, robots in the healthcare sector, and how next-generation machine learning can make artificial intelligence more reliable in clinical practice. Our professors Ole Andreassen, Kjetil Taskén, and Arnoldo Frigessi were among the contributing researchers. Read more about this on UiO's website in Norwegian.
Also, read this article on UiO's website: Outstanding research on artificial intelligence and health data paves the way for the future of health (in Norwegian).
Briefings to our staff
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UiO: Rector election 2025: Attend the election meetings! Catch one of the last two election meetings. Some of the meetings are streamed. The election takes place between 24 March and 4 April. Voters are to rank the teams when they cast their votes. - IMB: Construction Work at Domus Medica: Delayed demolition of the patient hotel and closed footbridge.
- UiO: Exercise during working hours: All employees may use 1.5 working hours per week to exercise.
UiO: Looking for a spot in our UiO kindergarten in the fall?1 March is the deadline for applying to the University Kindergartens for year 2025/2026 with start-up in August. If you meet the application criteria, submit an application on the online form. The application form opens 1 February.
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UiO: Theatre offers for staff:
1) Sigrid Bonde Tusvik's performance "Ond spiral" at Chat Noir on 27 February
2) National Theatre: The Nightingale from Hans Christian Andersen's world of fairy tales until the end of February.
3) Europavisjonar at Det Norske Teatret on 4 or 7 March. Book by 25 February.
Management meetings
- Instituttlederm?tet: The next meeting is on 4 March. The meetings are held every other Tuesday from 13:30 to 15:30. Agenda papers should be sent by 12:00 on the preceding Thursday.
- The Faculty Director's seksjonslederm?te every Thursday at 12:00.
- Overview of Faculty Board meetings and IDF meetings in 2025 (pdf) with deadlines for submitting items. The next Faculty Board meeting is on 25 February 2025. The agenda and minutes for the Faculty Board are updated here.
- Meetings of the University Board in 2025, with agendas and minutes. The meetings are streamed and open for anyone who wishes to follow along. The next meeting is on 11 March.
Opportunities and deadlines
See all deadlines for applications for research funding under Funding opportunities.
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Keep an eye on the annual awards calendar. There are several active calls for applications out now!
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NFR: This year, The National Science Week is held from 17 to 28 September, and the theme is safety. You can now apply for support for activities during The National Science Week 2025 (Norwegian). Deadline: 12 March.
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UiO: UiO: Who should receive the University of Oslo's Human Rights Award 2025 ? (Norwegian). Until 15 March, individuals, associations, and organisations both within and outside the University of Oslo can nominate candidates for this year's Human Rights Award.
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UiO Growth House:
Call: UiO Growth House seed funding for innovative researchers 2025.Do you have an innovative idea based on your research for a new product or service, but need funding to develop your early-stage technology or service further? Apply for seed funding from The UiO Growth House! Application deadline: 20 March 2025. -
UiO:Life Science will fund seven to eight interdisciplinary research projects, some of which are reserved for researchers who will have the Life Science Building as their workplace. Researchers from all disciplines are encouraged to apply. UiO:Life Science will hold workshops for potential applicants in January and February. Se more info below.
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Researchers in life sciences at UiO can apply for incentive funds for FRIPRO applications submitted from now until the end of 2025.
Courses and events
See the University of Oslo’s calendar for an overview of all available courses. See also updated overviews of courses from UiO IT (in Norwegian) and the Updated course overview from the University Library.
Overview: Upcoming public defence.
- In January and February, UiO:Life Science organizes workshops for potential applicants to interdisciplinary research projects in life sciences. Each workshop will have four different topics. Read more and sign up.
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28 February: New ITSD - webinar spring 2025 (Norwegian). The University of Oslo's IT department invites you to an open webinar about TSD - Services for Sensitive Data. If you are unable to attend, a recording of the webinar will be posted on the page afterwards, subtitled in Norwegian/English.
5 March: Global Health: Why does the world need women like Fakhra and Elizabeth? We honour two extraordinary women in the fields of equality and global health – in a world marked by war and conflict. Elizabeth Hoff and Fakhra Salimi are two pioneering Norwegian women who have tirelessly worked to promote health, justice, and equality among people affected by conflict and hardship – both globally and in Norway.
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24 March - 28 March: Data management week 2025. Learn how to plan, organise, and share your research data. Discover more about "FAIR data" and requirements for open data and reuse strategies. Gain practical experience with the "FAIR Wizard Norway" tools for DMPs, SQL for large datasets, and Git for version control.
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The Postdoctoral Program’s courses for the spring 2025 – A golden opportunity for postdocs and other researchers at the beginning of their career. We recommend that all postdoctoral fellows at MED complete these courses to assist in their future career paths. Sign up today! Note that the list has been updated with new courses.
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24-25 February: Communicating Research: Give your career a boost and improve your ability to communicate how your research leads to societal improvement. There are still some places available.
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25-26 March: Research Management. The course provides enhanced knowledge about research management.
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8-9 May: Career Development. Gain greater awareness of your own skills and various career paths.
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19-20 May: Supervision: How to become a better supervisor? Gain understanding and tools for the supervisory role.
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IMB: Celebration over large FRIPRO grants to Vitelli and Thorpe (in Norwegian).Valeria Vitelli will combine the use of multiple datasets, statistics, and gene analyses to detect cancer. Harry Thorpe will investigate how plasmids help bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics.
Klinmed: Klinmed receives a good outcome in this year's first FRIPRO allocation (in Norwegian). Researcher Cathrine Rein Carlson and Professor Marit Inngjerdingen each receive 12 million kroner from the Research Council for groundbreaking research projects on gender differences in heart health and NK cells in cancer treatment, respectively.
Apollon/ Klinmed: Small molecule with a big impact: NAD? slows ageing and disease (in Norwegian). The most important molecule for a long and healthy life decreases dramatically as we age. Researchers are now developing medicines to boost its levels again. This is good news – especially for those affected by Alzheimer's.
Scientia Fellows: From fellowship to startup company
- The fellowship gave me freedom, funding and networking possibilities to develop the platform that is now leading to an international startup, says Scientia Fellow Mathias Busek.
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