Newsletter March 2023
The UiO Growth House is UiO’s innovation unit for life sciences, health, and technology. We cover all departments and centres at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Reminder: Call seed funding for innovative UiO researchers
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!
This call is aimed at faculty staff, clinicians, postdocs, and PhD students who are (i) associated with a research group at UiO and (ii) have an innovative idea or are working on an early-stage technology or service.
We have dedicated NOK 1.5 M to this round of seed funding. You may apply for seed I NOK 50 000 as well as seed II max 200 000 and 10 hours mentoring.
- See the call and application criteria and apply. Application deadline 14 March 2023.
New guide for start-ups
The University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have, together with their technology transfer office Inven2, made a guide for employees who are considering starting a company based on work results. The aim is to stimulate increased value creation through the establishment of new companies based on research results.
Read more and download the guide from Inven2's website (in Norwegian).
Events
- 27 April: Innovation hangout #1 2023 in collaboration with dScience – Centre for Computational and Data Science. Registration opens 15 March.
- 24 May: Impact breakfast in collaboration with SINTEF and Oslo Science Park
- 27 September: All-day innovation conference including impact breakfast and innovation hangout #2 2023 as part of Oslo Innovation Week in collaboration with Oslo Science Park, Inven2, SINTEF, LMI and Oslo University Hospital
- 9 November: Innovation hangout #3 2023
Contact us!
We offer tailored counselling and support, including seed funding. Remember to contact us if you want to discuss how to proceed with your early-phase innovation idea.