The Department supports externally funded projects that are in line with the academic priorities.
Approval process
All new projects must be approved by the Head of the Department before submission. The department head assesses the project's legal and financial implications and whether it is in line with academic priorities.
The research administration will assist the applicants with the approval process. All applicants must complete this online form at least 6 weeks before the planned submission (for larger projects, at least 3 months before). This will give sufficient time to plan and complete the applications and budgets.
The following information may be relevant in the approval process:
- Academic content /topic /title
- Role in the project (coordinator or partner)
- Type of call (RCN, DIKU, EU, ERA, JPI, centre, foundations, UiO-calls etc.)
- Personal needs (PSI participants and type of employment)
- Budget (max. amount, self-funding etc.)
- Project start and project duration
- Application deadline or delivery deadline
All applications should be approved by the management two weeks before the deadline.
Applicants
Most calls today are directed towards established researchers/ educators.
Academic staff in permanent positions can follow the abovementioned approval process.
Temporary academic staff (postdocs, researchers, lecturers) should first discuss this with their group leader and/ or Head of sections. When this is done they can follow the usual approval process.
Exceptionally external candidates that is not employed today can apply from the department. Those candidates should be supported by an established faculty member who will support the candidate. The sponsor should follow the usual application process and have to make sure that necessary information - including documentation - is included. The sponsor should also contact the Head of Department and Head of Research.
Buy-out and office space
If the project leader needs a buy-out ("frikj?p") for the project this will be taken equally from their research and teaching time. The project leader should discuss possible buy-out with their Head of Section.
Successful projects
If the project is successful the project leader will get support in the contract phase, operating phase and end phase from the research administration.
About commissioned projects
There are two types of externally funded projects in the university sector; commissioned projects and collaboration projects.
In commissioned, project work is carried out on behalf of a client. The client can set terms on results, secrecy, publications, rights to data and work. Such projects are therefore often more demanding for the project leader and administration. Due to that the Department only recommends taking part in a commissioned project when there is a high academic gain.
Collaboration projects are funded by external actors that contribute with funding. Grant projects have fewer constrains on results, publications and other academic liberties. Projects from EU, RCN, DIKU and foundations are often collaboration projects and are easier to administer.