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Department of Physics and Technology, UiB |
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A
Word from Departmen Administration
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At the
end of this week we would like to remind our scholarly staff of two things we
would like you to prioritize: 1. The first thing
is your registration with Cristin (Frida’s successor), see below.
It is particularly important to check whether all journal articles published at
the end of 2010 have been transferred. The second thing you have to do is
store all other recent lectures and publications. These things are also very
important because they constitute the department’s documented history. Go
through your 2010 calender and check whether your articles and lectures have
been transferred. 2. The second thing is that we have already received many excellent descriptions of learning benefits, but some of them are still missing. In order for the process to reach its goal by March 1, it would be very good if these would be sent to our programme committee leaders as soon as possible. Read the e-mail from Bjarne, dated February 8. |
News and general information
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Today’s open
seminar
Friday, February 11 at 14:15, Auditorium B. Coffee,
tea and cake from 14:00 Over the
last few weeks there has been much talk about the radon concentration
problems in the Kinsarvik area. Radon measurements are a part of the
laboratory work for the students at IFT, and therefore it is of great
interest to us to keep ourselves updated on all issues taking place in the
field. This seminar will try to give a general overview over radon and radon
measurements, as well as presenting all the issues surrounding it, with
discussion of the measurements in Ullensvang. Over the last couple of years,
some new insights on radon and related health risks have become more apparent.
This has resulted, among other things, with Norwegian State Radiation
Committee to revise its previously defined limits. We also intend to discuss the
results from a selection of radon studies. |
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Many of you have probably already noticed that the old Frida for research documentation has been replaced by Cristin which requires of you to log in as UoB-employees. It is important for accessing all quality assured information already stored there (the data has been transferred from Frida and the ITAR-database – the latter is slightly delayed, which means that all publications sent in 2010 have to be entered manually), as well as for storing new information. In addition to scientific articles, this also refers to chronicles, debates, mediation – including those taking place on radio, TV, etc. One of the advantages of this system is that in cases of several UoB authors signed under the same article, the first mentioned author is responsible for entering the data. |
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Promotional film on
Bergen If you
know somebody who is planning to move to Bergen for a shorter or longer period
of time, or someone who would like to know more about the town and the region,
recommend them to watch this film created by NCE Subsea. |
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Norwegian Course for the Employees Level 1 Norwegian
course for the employees (and their spouses/partners) starts in April. You
can find more information on this both in Norwegian and English. |
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Project
Establishment Support (PES) 2011 from the Research Council of Norway (NFR) UoB;
current announcement English text here. You can now apply for the project establishment
support from the Norwegian Research Council, University of Bergen for researchers
intending to apply for the announcement of the 7th frame
programme, the deadline being 2011/ beginning of 2012. There is a continual application
procedure going on for project establishment support with the following dates
for collecting the applications: 1. March, 15. June, 1. September
and 15. November 2011. Some
changes have been introduced to the participation criteria for the PES-funds,
primarily focused on the following type of funds: ·
Funds from the EU’s 7th Frame
Programme ·
Activities related to the Frame Programme
(for example JTIs and European Institute of Innovation & Technology, EIT) · Article 185-initiative · Funding announcements under ERA-NET · EUREKA ·
Research announcements connected to
EEA-funding schemes such as Polish-Norwegian research fund. · The IKT-part
of CIP (Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme) No support will be given to general positioning
tasks that cannot be linked to a concrete announcement. It is possible to
apply for funds up to 150.000,- NOK. The funds can
be used in connection with organization/ participation in workshops/seminars,
travels, assistance in writing applications. Travels for potential consortium
partners will not be approved. Any grant should be used in 2011 (NFR-condition).
The upper limit for individual applications is set to 25.000,- NOK (ERC). The amount of the grant will be dependent upon the
role of the researchers in question in the process of developing applications
to FP7-programmes, independently of whether the researcher is a partner or
coordinator. All researchers are encouraged to take the initiative in the project planning phase in order to affect the final shape
of the project application and/or in order to affect any FP7-announcements in
the future. Applications for positioning funds must be sent
using a special
form to Mary Helle at Research Administration
Department. The applications must be signed by the
administrative staff of respective departments. The applications will
be prioritized in consultation with the respective Faculty. Further
information on FP7 will be available upon contacting the Research
Administration Department. |
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Subject Meeting – Permanent reservoir and
the subsea monitoring NCE
Subsea invites you to their open subject meeting, which
will be focused on the significance of a holistic and integrated monitoring
system, for subsea marine environment monitoring, in addition to the monitoring
of reservoirs and the ovelaying rocks. Location: Solheimsviken Næringspark -
Motorhallen Entrance A You can
find information on programme and registration details here. From
idea to the finished product NCE
Subsea and research institutions SINTEF, Christian Michelsen Research and
UniResearch invite you to a seminar on innovation and technology development.
The purpose is to inspire you to do some idea regenering and inform you about
the possibilities and available instruments. Place: Radisson Blu Hotell Norge, Nedre
Ole Bulls Plass 4, Bergen Programme
information and registration details can be obtained from here. |
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The most
recent newsletter from Energi Rike could be read here |
