Academic staff, postdoctors, PhD-students and student associations at the University of Oslo can apply for funding to partially finance open events targeted?at a general audience.?
Academic staff, postdoctors and PhD-students within the life sciences at the University of Oslo can apply for funding to strengthen collaboration with international research environments. The next application deadline is 1 June 2026.
Six startups and innovation projects took part in the pitch contest held at the Norway Life Science Conference 2026. The health tech company Eupnea, represented by two medical students, took first place.
Six new projects have been admitted to UiO:Life Science's innovation programme for health-related life sciences, SPARK Norway. The teams will develop their ideas to products and solutions benefiting patients and society.
Are you a researcher with an innovative idea based on your research that can contribute to solving an important need in society, but need funding to develop the idea further? Check the UiO call for innovation funding within all academic fields. The call is aimed at both commercial and non-commercial projects. The application deadline was16 March 2026.
Are you a PhD student, postdoc or master's student in life sciences and looking for career opportunities outside academia - then you must sign up for Norway Life Science 2026!
Five projects have completed UiO:Life Science’s innovation programme in health-related life sciences, SPARK Norway.?
The Norway Life Science Conference 2026 will address the areas where Norway has world-leading research. How can we, based on these areas, facilitate knowledge-based innovation, a competitive life sciences industry, and increased national value creation?
Neurodevelopmental conditions,?embryonic development, biodiversity, cancer control, medications,?addiction, mental health and drug delivery?are topics the new convergence environments will explore.
– We are pleased to see that this budget invests in higher education and research, and that our concerns about rent for the Life Science building have been heard. We look forward to moving in next year, says Rector Ragnhild Hennum at the University of Oslo.
This summer 50 students gained work experience from a research project with a scholarship from UiO:Life Science. The closure of this year's summer projects was celebrated with presentations, a poster exhibition, and a prize ceremony.
Academic employees, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students within the life sciences at the UiO can apply for support to strengthen collaboration with international research communities.
Academic employees, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and student associations at the University of Oslo can apply for support to partially fund open events within the life sciences that align with the strategy of UiO:Life Science.
Do you have an idea in life sciences that could help solve health challenges for humans or animals? Then you can apply for admission to UiO:Life Science's innovation programme SPARK Norway to further develop the idea into new technology, treatment or solution.
UiO:Life Science’s innovation programme SPARK Norway is designed to help academic innovators to advance promising research into value creating solutions. By applying a novel process model including mentoring, education, market exposure and global networks, SPARK Norway helps transforming good ideas into exceptional solutions.
Cybernetics student Leonard Sandl?kk Schiller is well underway with his summer project. He is one of 50 students who have received a scholarship from UiO:Life Science to participate in a real research project over a six-week period this summer. We meet him at the Department of Technology Systems in Kjeller, where he is immersing himself in his summer project.
UiO:Life Science has granted 150,000 NOK for the development of the new interdisciplinary course KOS1500 – Bridging Humanities and Medicine for Sustainable Societal Impact – An Introduction to Translational Medical Humanities.
Are you a researcher with an innovative idea based on your research that can contribute to solving an important need in society, but need funding to develop the idea further? Check the UiO call for innovation funding within all academic fields. The call is aimed at both commercial and non-commercial projects. The application deadline was 1 September 2025.
In the autumn of 2024, UiO:Life Sciences announced a new application round for convergence environments. By the application deadline on 27 May, 51 applications were received.
13–14 March the first ever SPARK Europe showcase event took place in Birmingham.
UiO:Life Science funds open events?within life sciences.
UiO:Life Science funds activities that strengthen the collaboration with international research environments.
This year, six start-ups and innovation projects participated in the pitching contest taking place at the Norway Life Science Conference.
Five new teams are ready for UiO:Life Science's innovation programme for health-related life sciences, SPARK Norway. The teams will develop their ideas within health-related life sciences for the benefit of patients and society.
The Honours Certificate in Life Science Innovation was offered for the first time at the University of Oslo last year, and already 14 students have successfully completed the programme and earned the certificate.
