Curious about the Sandpit program?
Take a look at the recording from the information webinar led by Samantha Aspinall, Head of the Sandpit Program (also referred to as the Crucible Program).
What is it?
The Sandpit program offers the gift of time to step back, think, and collaborate. The Sandpits approach fosters free-thinking and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Early and mid-career researchers will work in diverse groups, brainstorming new ideas with facilitators from the University of Leeds. Exploratory project funding will be available to further develop the winning ideas after the program.
We will also have inspirational speakers to present during the sessions.
Program - May 8-9
Day 1
10:00 Welcome back and what have we all been doing since we last met?
10:30 Speaker: Prof Hugo de Boer
11:30 Coffee break
11:45 Developing an interdisciplinary call
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Gaps, noise and anomalies in our knowledge
15:00 Coffee
15:30 Collaboration time, project development, identify funding
17:00 Close and free time before dinner
Day 2
09:00 Skills and attributes of a successful interdisciplinary researcher
10:00 Speaker: Kristen Oxley
11:00 Coffee
11:30 How do you assess interdisciplinary projects?
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Collaboration time
15:00 Next Steps
Who can apply?
We invite researchers within Sustainable Energy, Climate and/or Environment with priority to fellows at the University of Oslo. However, we also invite researchers from the following collaborating institutions to apply:
- Members of Oslo Science City: BI, SINTEF, NGI, T?I
- Members of CIENS: CICERO, NIVA, NILU, NINA, NIBR and The Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Commitment
- Two in-person sessions at Holmen Fjordhotell, close to Oslo (two work-days each session):
- 5-6 March 2025
- 8-9 May 2025
- Active online participation between sessions is strongly encouraged.
The program is developed by Samantha Aspinall, University of Leeds, and hosted by the University of Oslo.
For more information see here.