(TCLS= Thursday Chemistry Lunch Seminar: 12.15-13 @ Tripletten
  • For ALL employees at the Chemistry Department!
  • Course at KI: «Project proposals for dummies»

    Time: Tuesday 26 February, 9:00 – 13:00

    For who: PhDs and postdocs from Dept. of Chemistry

    Where: Media City Bergen

    Course leader: Cecilie Evjen, KI research adviser.

    For more info, see program and registration link.

    The course will give you an introduction in how to reach up in the competition in writing project proposals. The day will include workshops with hands-on exercise, talk from a researcher’s point of view, and group work with other young researchers from Dept. of Chemistry. Due to limited space, we can only guarantee a place for the first registered participants (see registration link).

     

    SPIRE såkornsmidler

    Søknadsfrist: mandag 18. februar. 

    Du kan nå søke om midler fra SPIRE (Strategisk program for internasjonalt forskningssamarbeid).

    Dette er relevant for vitenskapelige ansatte og post doktorer ved Kjemisk for å utvikle nye internasjonale forskningssamarbeid som grunnlag for prosjektsøknader. Se link for mer informasjon og søknadsskjema.

     

    Info meeting – Mobility Grants

    The University of Bergen (UiB) and The Research Council of Norway (NFR) is organising an information meeting course on the NFRs Mobility Program 2019.

    Time: 20 February, 9:00 – 13:00. See link here.

    Target group
    This course only applies to the Mobility grants announced by NFR with deadline 10.04.2019. You will also
    receive information on How to apply to the European Commission’s Horizon2020 MSCA IF 2019 (Mobility
    grants) call with deadline in September 2019.

    The course is open to everyone at UiB with up to a maximum of 7 years after the defense of an approved
    doctorate (PhD) who wants some «international experience». It is also possible to apply before you have
    submitted your PhD dissertation.

    Congrats, Dr. Alette!

    Alette Løbø Viken successfully defended her thesis today, on «Viscosity and Viscoelastic Properties in Hydrophobically Modified Polymers for Enhanced Oil Recovery». Once again, prof. em. George Francis provided a much appreciated service to the department by leading the event with a firm yet gentle hand. We congratulate the freshly minted doctora!

    Bygging av nytt dusj- og garderobeanlegg i RFB, våren 2019

    Da er det er endelig klart for oppstart, ombygging og modernisering av dusj & garderobeanlegget i kjelleren, Realfagbygget, til glede for både jobbsyklister og andre ansatte.
    Dette innebærer at eksisterende bruk av dusj/garderobe i kjelleren midlertidig må opphøre, f.o.m. dato for byggestart:  1.februar, 2019. Ombyggingen er forventet å ta noen måneder.
    Spørsmål om selve ombyggingen kan rettes til prosjektleder ved EiA, Morten Storheim:  90985213.

    Kristof Vlaeminck will visit Chemistry

    UiB’s man in Brussels, Kristof Vlaeminck, will visit Department of Chemistry next Thursday 24 January. He will update us on the next Horizon Europe framework program, and guide us through a strategic prosess toward influencing the next framework program.

    «It is my task to help the university leadership and the UiB researchers understand Horizon 2020 and guide them in making strategic choices«.