News - Page 6

The Research Council of Norway's FRIPRO Early Career Scientists call is open. Deadline: open-ended.

The Research Council of Norway's FRIPRO call for Experienced Scientists is open. Deadline: open-ended.

The Research Council of Norway has pre-published the FRIPRO three-year researcher project with international mobility call. Deadline: open-ended.

Wellcome's Discovery Research Funding aims to generate knowledge that leads to a shift in understanding or delivers new insight into how human life and health work. It welcomes proposals that may have a clinical or societal impact or have translational potential, but the focus should be on discovery research. Deadline: various dates.

Researchers at NCMM have demonstrated the mechanisms behind the activation of Aurora B, a central conductor of cell division. Their findings can lay the foundations for developing new cancer drugs. 

In 2023-2024, the EU is conducting a pilot for blind evaluation of applications to Horizon Europe

The Office of the Dean wishes everyone a good summer and describes the ongoing work on the faculty's strategy and annual plan for 2024-2026, and gives a reminder about the opportunity to apply to become a distinguished educator at UiO.  

The Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation provides us with an update on the status of the Life Science Building from the perspective of the Faculty of Medicine (MED). We are now seeing the building take form and it is exciting to be part of the planning of the building in the final phase.

Guest article: The internal innovation unit the UiO Growth House will contribute to a stronger innovation culture at the University of Oslo to put more knowledge from research to use, says innovation director and professor Hilde I. Nebb.

Guest post: Acting Head of the Centre for Pandemic and One-Health Research (P1H), Jens Petter Berg, writes about the intentions behind the establishment of the centre, which was officially opened on 30 May

Rapid diagnosis and treatment are crucial in the fight against tuberculosis. But today's testing methods are not good enough. Tests based on blood biomarkers may be the solution.

Have a great summer!

Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure Consortium for triple-helix innovation (HALRIC) provides funding for pilot projects at the HALRIC partner organizations. Open-ended deadline until 30 September 2025.

Pro-Dean Magnus L?berg, Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo and Vice-Dean Eli Feiring provide an update from the final semester of the spring.

In this edition of MED-nytt, we place extra focus on studies. Read the editorial written by the Dean and the deans of studies. See how cardiology teaching has won students¡¯ hearts in both modules 6 and 8.

Researchers at the Centre for Medical Ethics have studied the significance of systematic family involvement for patients with psychotic disorders.

A new study indicates that some individuals are more prone to both using cannabis and developing mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, than others.

UiO:Democracy announces small-scale funding in order to create activity and research on issues of democracy. The call is open to UiO employees. Deadline: Open ended.

The European Research Council (ERC) funds researchers both during the early stages of their careers and when they become more established. An ERC grant provides researchers with the opportunity to follow their research concepts for five years, and they are some of the most prestigious grants that can be awarded to researchers.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about the process of establishing a strategy for the faculty, the Holmenkoll Relay Race and the good response to the breakfast invitations.

Read about the work on the new strategy. Apply for an ERC grant and get the opportunity to apply for additional funding afterwards, such as Johanna Olweus, who has recently received Proof of Concept funding. Task¨¦n receives the Innovation Award. Allocation of Ukraine funding and much more.

The Research Council of Norway has an open call for Qualification projects with the purpose to undertake initial investigations into the commercial potential of research results. Deadline: Open-ended.

In research, things do not always go according to plan. Sometimes that leads to new discoveries.

The support was strongest towards assisted suicide conducted by a doctor, when the patient described had a terminal illness with short life expectancy.

Eight out of ten Norwegians believe that the next of kin are responsible for making decisions about life-prolonging treatment when patients cannot make decisions themselves. This is incorrect.