With this call, we wish to give innovative students within life sciences an opportunity to follow up on creative lab-related ideas they have developed during their studies.
The applicants' long-term goal could be to test a process, develop a product or a lead compound, or even to establish a company.
Successful applicants will receive up to 30 000 NOK for their project. We will fund 5–10 projects in this first pilot run.
Application process
- Submit application. Use the template and form below.
- Review. Selection of projects will be done by a review panel consisting of UiO:Life Science and external reviewers ultimo June (NB postponed to August).
- Funding of selected projects. The money received should cover extra operating expenses, including chemicals and/or equipment, when performing the experimental work. Applicants are obliged to participate in the accelerator program hosted by the student organization Insj UiO during fall 2019. Our partner Bayer will contribute with lectures on the industry's perspective.
Selection criteria
The proposed projects must
- Be within the life science domain
- Be performed in a “wetlab”
- Start in 2019 and finish within the timeframe of your degree
- Have an easily recognizable innovation aspect and incorporate clear, well-defined goals
- If relevant, not unduly interfere with or delay the work done for the master thesis
- Not be a part of the master thesis work.
The purpose of this call is not to support investigations that could have been financed by the host institution itself as part of a mandatory research project. The suggested project may, however, build on ideas and knowledge acquired from the master thesis project - Must follow regular environment, health and safety standards and requirements in the lab
Additional requirements
- Applicants must work be Master students/professional degree students in one of the following departments/institutes* at UiO:
- Department of Biosciences
- School of Pharmacy
- Department of Chemistry
- Institute of Health and Society
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
- Institute of Clinical Medicine
- Applicants must get approval from their supervisor to apply and perform the project
- Applications can be submitted by single students or a team of two or more students
*This is a pilot run and therefore limited to these units. More units may be included in later calls.
The students who receive funding have to submit a short report after their project has ended, describing the outcome of their investigations and a budget summary.
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