Research and Innovation

Horizon Europe info day @UiB

This event was organized in January 2022 to learn more about EU's funding for research and innovation. Horizon Europe provides opportunities for researchers in all fields and at all career stages.

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Renate Paulsen

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We invited all researchers at UiB to participate in this event, to receive information and get the opportunity to ask questions about the funding instruments and processes of Horizon Europe.

Due to the current covid infection control measures, this was a digital event, broadcast from the University Aula.

Horizon Europe supports a wide range of research and innovation activities, including basic and applied research, innovation projects, and networking activities, and provides funding and opportunities for researchers in all fields and at all career stages.

Programme

Host: Benedicte Løseth, Director, Research and Innovation

Approx. Time	What	Who
10:00	Welcome - opening speech	Rector Margareth Hagen, University of Bergen
10:10	Video presentation by the European Commission	Deputy Director-General Signe Ratso, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
10:20	Video presentation: The Profile of Successful Researchers in European Research Programmes - Download handout	Managing Director Sean McCarthy, Hyperion ltd
10:30	Presentation by The Research Council of Norway: Overall structure of the programme What is new in Horizon Europe? Research support from the Research Council of Norway	Director Rune Vistad, Department for International Cooperation, The Research Council of Norway
11:00	Break
11:10	Speech by UiB's new Vice Rector	Professor Benedicte Carlsen, Vice Rector for Research and International Relations, University of Bergen
11:15	Presentations by UiB researchers: Experiences from participation in EU-projects	Assoc. professor Kjetil Rommetveit Professor Jan Haavik Professor Lise H. Rykkja Post.doc. Jessica Schultz Professor emeritus Kuvvet Atakan
12:10	Short break
12:15	Panel debate on experience with participation in EU-projects; takeaway, benefits and challenges	Moderator: Professor Barbara Wasson Professor Bodil Holst Professor Kenneth Hugdahl Professor Eivind Seland Professor Ragnhild Muriaas Professor Emmet McCormack
13:00	Lunch break
13:30	Panel debate on possibilities for providing scientific input to the EU and strategic policy work	Moderator: Head of Section Are Straume Division of Research and Innovation, UiB Professor Jan Erik Askildsen, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences Head of UiB's Brussels Office Charlotte Eide Professor Eystein Jansen
14:00	Introduction to the Horizon Europe support services at UiB	Head of Section Birgit Falch BOA Team leader Vibeke Irgan Division of Research and Innovation, UiB
14:20	Closing remarks	Director Benedicte Løseth

By showcasing success stories from UiB and the vast opportunities and numerous entry points in Horizon Europe, we aim to stimulate participation from UiB researchers in EU's research and innovation programme.

Practical information

Digital event.

The event was held in English.
No attendance fee.

Event

14.01.2022 - 10.00–14.30

Digital broadcast from the University Aula

Vivil Valvik Haraldsen

Registration deadline

12.01.2022 - 12.00

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HORIZON EUROPE

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. Running from 2021-2027 with a budget of 95.5 billion euros, it is the largest research funding programme in the world.

The programme supports a wide range of research and innovation activities, including basic and applied research, innovation projects, infrastructure and networking activities, and provides funding and opportunities for researchers in all fields and at all career stages.

Researchers from Norwegian institutions can participate fully on equal terms with researchers from the EU.