Newsletter December 2025
The UiO Growth House – UiO's innovation unit for life sciences, health, and technology
New innovation service for medical device
Are you a researcher at UiO who develops medical device? The UiO Growth House has developed the service Medical Device Guidance that will help you ensure that your device is developed according to the regulatory requirements in EU step-by-step.
New innovation courses successfully completed – join the next round!
The UiO Growth House has innovation courses at several levels. The courses are intended to increase innovation competence, strengthen the innovation culture at UiO and contribute to putting more knowledge from research to use. The courses are open to all employees.
This fall, The UiO Growth House arranged two new innovation courses. In the IDEA course in October the participants identified an idea with innovation potential in their own research results. In the Idea-to-Innovation (I2I) course in November they learnt how they could develop the idea into a solid innovation project. Along the way, the participants learned and applied a variety of tools, ranging from design thinking to opportunity validation, academic innovation strategizing, and pitching. Many of them are receiving further 1:1 support from innovation advisers at the UiO Growth House
In the photo, the winners of the final pitch competition: Mohammad Nooraiepourm Siva Krishna Vagolu and Chiara Dalla Santa.?
'If one of the winners should identify you as an important stakeholder and invite you for coffee, please say YES!', says Katja D. Mj?s who has been in charge of the courses.
Apply to upcoming courses to secure your spot
Foundation level – IDEA: How to identify a good innovation idea from your research data
Have you ever wondered if there is an idea for an innovation project or even a start-up buried in your piles of research data? Or, how to know if that idea is any good? Then this interactive and reflective workshop is for you!
- 5 February 2026 ?09.15–13.15, registration deadline 26 January
- 24 March 2026 12–16, registration deadline 15 March
Step-up level –?Idea to Innovation (I2I): How to turn your idea into a successful innovation project
This course will be held later. ?
Join our meeting places for academia and industry
28 January: Impact Breakfast
I Oslo Science Park at 8–10.
Topic: Investable projects.
With Maria Vistnes, Klyv Therapeutics; Jonas Hallén, Calluna Pharma and Joachim Paasche, UiO Growth House and others.
See the preliminary programme and sign up.
In collaboration with Oslo Science Park and SINTEF.
9 April: Innovation Hangout
I Oslo Science Park at 17–20.
Programme with inspirational talk, role model talk and companies to come.
Read more about the event and sign up.
In collaboration with Norway Health Tech.
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21 October: Science Impact
UiO's innovation conference Science impact – tomorrow's solutions start today. Part of Oslo Innovation Week 2026.
In collaboration with the innovation ecosystem in Oslo.
Norway Life Science 2026: Building the Future
How can we foster knowledge?based innovation, build a competitive life sciences industry and increase value creation based on world?class research?
The UiO Growth House is in charge the session The Life Science Building: New opportunities research-driven value creation through collaboration 11 February. There we will show and discuss what opportunities the new building provides for research, education and innovation and how the building will become a resource regionally and nationally and the entire innovation ecosystem in Oslo Science City and thus contribute to value creation for society.
Student innovation
To strengthen the innovation culture at UiO, the UiO Growth House provides several innovation services for students in the innovation hub UiO iHub in Oslo Science Park.
The student innovation programme Co-Create, which the UiO Growth House runs in collaboration with OsloMet, BI and Kristiania, has received renewed support from Innovation Norway. The goal is to have more start-ups and more value creation.
The student internship programme Momentum UiO hosts a matchmaking for companies and students 5 February. Through the programme students are introduced to alternative career paths where they can utilise their knowledge and competence. Companies get access to smart, hard-working students who are interested in learning and contributing.
Read more about the programme and sign up as student or company.
The student association Insj manages the UiO Growth House funds for student innovation. Students can apply for NOK 25 000 ?to further develop their innovation idea. Application deadline: 10 January.
News from project that have received support
The Grand Challenge Mesosphere Student Rocket (GHOST) which is a collaboration between And?ya and NAS was launched from And?ya in November. It carried small satellites and experiments built by students in Norway, the US and Puerto Rico. The student association Lyra at UiO has received funding from the UiO Growth House for the project. They are testing a new innovative antenna design.
Read more about the project on the website of the Norwegian Space Agency (in Norwegian).
TIP US!
Have you received support and have news from your project that you would like to share with others? Send an email to norunnt@uio.no?to be included in the newsletter.
Happy holidays from the UiO Growth House team – we look forward to collaborating in 2026!
Contact us if you have an early-phase innovation idea!
We offer tailored guidance and support, including seed funding up to NOK 200,000. Contact us if you want to discuss how to proceed with your early-phase innovation idea.
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Published 16 December