Dear colleagues,
An HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) day and a Christmas party are being planned at the BB-building on Friday, December 1st, so please mark the day and evening on your calendars already! More information will follow!
It is now possible to apply to the Norwegian Research Council (NFR) for the FRIPRO-program with a floating application deadline! So please go ahead and apply when you are ready, but remember to always send a short notice to the department first so we know and can help out with the budgeting etc. Plans for external funding (Department of Biomedicine) (uib.no)
https://www.forskningsradet.no/utlysninger/
Treårig Forskerprosjekt med internasjonal mobilitet (FRIPRO)
Forskerprosjekt for erfarne forskere (FRIPRO)
Forskerprosjekt for tidlig karriere (FRIPRO)
To make sure that all purchases will be registered in this fiscal year, and to avoid package deliveries during the Christmas holiday, the final date for purchasing will be December 6, before 14.00. It is important that you plan which spendings are to be issued before the end of the year, and that you assess what is needed regarding ongoing research activity in December and activities or disputation early next year. Purchases will resume as normal from the first business day of 2024.
Update on the restructuring work at the department: There will be a Department council meeting on November 2nd, where the establishment of research units will be put to a vote. The documents outlining the mandate for unit leaders and the structure for technical positions have now circulated in all research groups twice, and there were few feedback comments on the latest version. After some changes from the last round, these documents are therefore considered to be finalized now and will be presented to the Department council prior to the vote.
Regarding the relocation of research groups, Bård is working through this group by group. The goal is that as much as possible of the research activity should take place on the 5th and 6th floors, and the office locations for everyone involved in research are therefore also desired to be on the 5th and 6th floors to the greatest extent possible. To make room for this, we are looking into the possibility of moving the administration to the corresponding A-wing on the 7th floor. It is expected that one or two new research centers will be established on the 7th floor, which will have members from across the departments at MED.
I wish everyone a pleasant and productive workweek!
