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Guillaume Poncelet, postdoctoral researcher in the Christiaen group, will receive funding from the UiB Idé innovation program to develop a novel product inspired by marine life.
The Digital Mathematics Instructional Materials (DMIM) is an innovative project developed by Ms. Ema Boki, a Math4SDG-sponsored PhD student from the School of Education at the University of Dar es Salaam. This initiative aims to address the long-standing challenge of poor performance in Mathematics in Tanzanian secondary schools.
On September 19, the University of Bergen will host the second edition of UiB Innovation Day. “Our goal is to create an inspiring meeting place – not least for researchers who want to take their work further into innovation and increase its societal relevance,” says Øyvind Frette, chair of the program committee.
Scholars under the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme (N-POC) at The University of the South Pacific (USP) attended a PhD writing and publishing workshop in early March to be better equipped in composing their PhD theses and preparing their researches for publication.
Four researcher projects and three student projects have been funded by the innovation program UiB Idé.
Petroleum, mining, geology and civil engineering joint forces in an interactive stand called esCOndi2 located downtown Guayaquil, Ecuador. More than 50 people, both adults and children, were trained in CO2 injection in geological formations.
UiB and the Trond Mohn Research Foundation are collaborating on a career program that prepares researchers for a career as top scientists. This fall, the participants gained new insights into the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Research.
SENUPH II focuses on building research capacity, supporting existing MSc programs, and expanding support for the PhD program on Infectious Diseases. The project is conducting a large malaria trial in the Southern Rift Valley of Ethiopia. In September 2024, the project held a progress report workshop at Arba Minch University/AMU and a field visit to the Arba Minch area and Mirab Abaya districts.
There was great interest in the first UiB Innovation Festival on September 20th. Vice-Rector Gottfried Greve hopes the event will create a new momentum for the innovation culture at The University of Bergen (UiB).
Three years have passed since the SENUPH II project started. Here you can learn more about some of the project's achievements.
Dr. Wongani Kumwenda from the PRICE project is a first year MMed in the Nkhoma family medicine program, and she recently attended the WONCA conference in Sydney, Australia.
At this event in Brussels on 23 January 2024, researchers from the University of Bergen and NORCE presented and discussed new and pressing democracy issues with policy makers and experts from the European Commission and stakeholder organizations.
MIT-UiB Seed Fund awards funding for collaborative projects between researchers at UiB and MIT. This years call is open for the faculties of humanities and medicine. The deadline is 16. December, 2025.
The international research project PROTECT has produced a set of policy recommendations on how to improve refugee protection. At an upcoming conference in Brussels, the recommendations will be showcased to leading figures within policymaking and civil society.
The University of Bergen has provided input to the EU Commission on priorities for Horizon Europe in the next period of the programme, 2025-2027. The recommendations have been submitted today in a position paper, as part of UiB’ s response to the Open Consultation on the next Strategic Plan for Horizon Europe.
Interested in visiting UC Berkeley? Apply for the Peder Sather Grant Program to collaborate with one of the best universities in the world. Deadline is April 1st.
The University of Bergen (UiB) and NORCE Norwegian Research Centre have joined forces to give input to the European Commission on ocean-related research and innovation in Horizon Europe. Read the key messages here.
At the 2022 Coimbra Group Annual Conference in Padova, Margareth Hagen, the rector of the University of Bergen was elected to the Rectors` Advisory Group.

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