News
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E-tool will help young people who have had cancer Mar. 14, 2024
It will soon be easier for people to live with long-term after effects if they have had cancer in their childhood or youth. Associate professor Hanne Cathrine Lie plays an important role in a European innovation programme tasked with developing the digital tool e-QuoL.
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Advanced infrastructure will revolutionise brain research Mar. 6, 2024
The European research infrastructure EBRAINS enables neuroscientists to share, find and use data in new and far more effective ways than before.
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Conflicting theories of consciousness may fit together after all Feb. 27, 2024
Professor Emeritus Johan Frederik Storm has led research forming the basis of a scientific article that is causing a stir. The article is the result of 8 years’ collaboration on the EU «Human Brain Project». The aim was to uncover an alternative approach to our understanding of how human consciousness functions.
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Can exams be shorter and better? Feb. 27, 2024
Associate Professor Stefan Schauber studies the quality of exams and believes that it should be possible to find an alternative to the current practice of setting around 100 questions in exams on the professional medical degree.
Events
Speaker: Ingvild Bergom Lunde, Institute of Health and Society
Welcome to a lecture by Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, followed by commentaries and a panel discussion.
A narrative of pharmaceutical regulation development and its implementation entanglements. Speaker: Peter Mangesho, Institute of Health and Society, UiO
Funding opportunities
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Human Frontier Science Program
The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) funds teams of 2-4 scientists from different countries and disciplines to focus on problems in the life sciences. Upcoming deadline for application registration is 19 March 2024, deadline for submission: 28 March 2024.
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Support for writing Norwegian academic textbooks
The Norwegian Agency for Higher Education and Skills (HKdir) has a call supporting authors to write academic textbooks in Norwegian or Saami. Deadline 1 April 2024.
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EMBO Young Investigator programme
Through the Young Investigator Programme, EMBO supports talented young researchers in the life sciences. It offers financial and practical support, as well as a network of more than 700 early career scientists. Deadline: 1 April 2024.
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Laerdal foundation - program support - Resuscitation, trauma and newborn health
The Laerdal Foundation - Program Support, funds research aligning with the foundation 2025 strategy, including neonatal health and resuscitation. The application deadline is 1 April 2024.
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Laerdal foundation - project support - resuscitation, trauma and newborn health
The Laerdal Foundation - Project Support, funds practically oriented research within the field of resuscitation and neonatal health. The application deadline is 1 April 2024.