Newsletter May 2026

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May newsletter from UiO:Life Science

PharmaSafe welcomes two summer students

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The students will gain research experience over a period of six weeks in the summer.

Bergen’s innovation community met to explore how the SPARK model could help bring research closer to patient impact.

We are excited to see that many former and current members of UiO:Life Science's convergence environments are advancing to the Centres of Excellence (SFF) finals:

Stefan Krauss from the convergence environment ITOM together with Hanne Scholz, project leader of ABINO.
Jorrit Enserink and Anne Gjøen Simonsen both from the convergence environment AUTORHYTHM
Siri Leknes, project leader of the convergence environment Decoding addiction, is among the SFF finalists with Tilmann von Soest from the environment ContraMent.
Victor Greiff from the former convergence environment ImmunoLingo is in the finals.
So is Rene J. Huster, PI in the former convergence environment ConsciousBrainConcepts.

Apply for the Innovation Roadmap Postdoc and PhD internship program

The Industry Internship Program will connect you with leading biotech companies and innovation-oriented organizations where you will undertake a three-month (PhD student) or two-month (postdoc) internship.

Application deadline: 21 June, 2026.

Apply now

Incentive funding for FRIPRO-applications

Are you a life science researcher at UiO who is considering applying for incentive funding, please note that we have changed the scores in the call so that they are in accordance with NFR's new scoring system. This only applies to applications submitted in 2026.

Go to the call

Internationalization support

Life science researchers seeking funding to strengthen international collaboration can apply for our internationalization funding scheme, which provides up to NOK 100,000 in financial support. The application deadline is 1 of June.

Go to the call