| 17.02.13 |
The European Commission is carrying out a evaluation of the EURAXESS project (2008-2012). We hope you are willing to spend 15 minutes answering their survey.
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| 19.01.13 |
Fellowship (MC) - Experienced researcher (R2) at the Laboratory for Tribology and Interface Nanotechnology (TINT) Academic, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Ingeenering
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| 20.12.12 |
In January, the first ever joint European-African call for proposals will be issued. Norway will participate in the thematic area of renewable energy.
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| 17.12.12 |
The Research Council of Norway has allocated funding for ten new national graduate-level researcher schools. The researcher schools will receive a total of NOK 218 million as part of the effort to enhance doctoral programmes.
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| 29.06.12 |
Approximately one-third of all public research funding in Norway is channelled via the Research Council of Norway. Key figures summarising the Research Council’s activities for the period 2007-2011 are now available.
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| 27.06.12 |
Doctoral degree programmes in Norway are well-organised, amply funded and provide an excellent learning framework. Potential areas for improvement lie in the length of time it takes to complete a degree, recruitment and the relative size of the individual educational environments.
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| 11.06.12 |
EURAXESS invites mobile researchers to evaluate our web sites. Deadline for registering as jury: Friday June 22th.
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| 06.01.12 |
A simple video is now available which explains the Research Council of Norway’s grant application system and how applications are processed.
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| 14.07.11 |
Leading Norwegian researchers and companies have joined forces to create knowledge-sharing solutions that promote internationalisation and enhance competitiveness.
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| 08.07.11 |
Research cooperation is a separate programme area for funding under Norway’s agreements with Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Latvia under the EEA and Norway Grants scheme. These four countries will receive nearly half a billion Norwegian crowns in the current period up to 2014.
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| 29.04.11 |
International researchers interested in coming to Norway and Norwegian researchers looking to work abroad for a period of time now have a new tool to help them gain an overview over relevant funding opportunities.
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| 18.04.11 |
We want students and researchers to find relevant mobility funding, and the scholarship database from the Research Council of Norway will make this easier said Minister Tora Aasland when she launched the new database during the Scholarship Day 2011.
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| 03.03.11 |
Only one-fourth of the projects funded under the Research Council are headed by women. Now the Council is making a push to get more women into research management positions.
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| 21.01.11 |
Higher Education Institutions in Norway will develop a system to promote researchers' career opportunities. British Vitae, which has worked with the researchers' career development for many years, shared their experiences as the sector met for discussion at the seminar "How to attract and retain excellent researchers” on the 19th January.
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| 22.12.10 |
Kitty Fehringer from the EU Commission and Hans Borchgrevink from the Norwegian Research Council respond to questions about EURAXESS. If you did not attend the workshop arranged from the 30 November to the 2 December you now have the opportunity to receive a summary via video chat.
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| 23.11.10 |
Short or longer-term research stays in Norway are popular among international researchers. Recent years have seen a significant rise in the number of doctoral fellows and other academic staff who come from abroad.
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| 19.11.10 |
The Research Council of Norway and the Association of Higher Education Institutions invite you to the seminar on "How to attract and retain excellent researchers?". Ellen Pearce, Director of Vitae will present experiences from UK. Experiences will also be presented from Norwegian universities and university colleges. Toril Johansson, Director General, Department of Higer Education from Ministry of Education and Research will present the Norwegian action plan on the European Partnership for Researchers, and Dagmar Meyer from the European Commission will present perspectives from a European context. Inga Bostad, pro-rector of University of Oslo will summarise the day.
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| 21.09.10 |
The first edition of the EURAXESS Magazine is now available online. The magazine gives you latest news from EURAXESS and histories and examples of successful EURAXESS activities. In addition you get an overview of useful facts and figures.
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| 30.04.10 |
The Nordic Research Opportunity scheme, which brings leading young US researchers to Norway, is being continued. During 2010, seven more top graduate research fellows from the US will spend time carrying out research at Norwegian institutions.
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| 02.12.09 |
Hundreds of Norwegian students have had parts of their education in Germany funded under the E.ON Ruhrgas scholarship programme. A large number of Norwegians can thank the company for the opportunity to carry out research at German universities, while German researchers have been the recipients of researcher grants to Norway.
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| 25.11.09 |
Professor Frede Thingstad is the third Norwegian researcher this autumn to be awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant of NOK 20 million. Professor Thingstad is investigating the biological interactions among microorganisms at the ocean surface.
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| 20.10.09 |
Good research opportunities and attractive working conditions are bringing talented researcher recruits to Tromsø. Pavel Caha from the Czech Republic is pleased to have started his research career so far north. "There are lots of opportunities for doctoral fellows here," he says.
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| 11.10.09 |
This autumn Lori Groven has enjoyed a three-month research stay at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) funded under the Nordic Research Opportunity scheme. "My stay has been short but sweet, and I`ve learned a lot," she says.
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| 11.10.09 |
Lauren Rogers is one of 13 doctoral candidates from the USA who will be spending several months in Norway under the Nordic Research Opportunity scheme. "My stay in Norway is giving me new scientific perspectives and motivation," she says.
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| 08.10.09 |
The first group of US research fellows funded under a prestigious National Science Foundation programme have begun their stays as visiting researchers at Norwegian institutions.
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| 07.10.09 |
Norwegian researchers and research groups are very satisfied with the results of the Leiv Eiriksson mobility programme, a grant scheme to strengthen researcher mobility between Norway, the USA and Canada which recently concluded its first five-year period.
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| 23.12.08 |
Norway is a member of the EURAXESS - Researchers in motion network, the EU's joint initiative for transnational researcher mobility.
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| 19.12.08 |
Norway is seeking to clarify and simplify the recruitment and funding processes to successfully compete for the best international researchers. The EU Charter and Code for researchers and recruitment provides a vital tool for these efforts.
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| 15.03.07 |
UHR (the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions) has now ratified "The European Charter for Researchers" and "The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers".
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| 05.07.06 |
The European Commission has taken a position on how best to modernise Europe's universities. This is fundamentally important for them to make their contribution to the EU's objective to become a leading global and knowledge-based economy.
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