Momentum career development programme for early stage researchers
Momentum is UiB’s flagship development programme for early stage researchers - postdocs, researchers or assosciated professors – who wish to pursue an academic career at a research university.
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The 7th Momentum Programme will start in the fall semester of 2025.
The call for applications to Momentum 7 is now closed. The application deadline was 21 March 2025. Information such as seminar dates and eligibility criteria are available here: Call for the 2025-2026 Momentum Programme | Employee Pages | UiB.
The programme
The Momentum Programme is designed to strenghten the career development of UiB Early Stage Researchers. The programme includes five seminars, planned to run between August and June. Seminars are designed to:
- Provide resources, training and advice to support participants' strategic career planning and development toward research independence/leadership (commensurate with their discipline/career stage).
- Support participants to be able to develop and deliver competitive applications to appropriate national and international funding instruments.
- Facilitate the development of participants' proffesional networks.
- Promote the development of interdisciplinary connections and networks within UiB.
The seminars are structured around the key categories career development and external funding, with the topics of the seminars being excellence, impact, research leadership and implementation, internationalisation, and grant writing.
Please note that attendance at the seminars is compulsory for delegates admitted to the Momentum programme. Only postdocs, researchers or assosciated professors employed at UiB may apply.
Momentum stipend and mentoring
In addition to the seminar series, Momentum delegates receive a NOK 100 000 stipend to spend on mentoring, travel, networking, research stays, conferences, workshops and other activities directly related to their career development.
Momentum delegates
Each faculty is responsible for choosing its Momentum delegates.
Please click on the delegate's name for a short presentation of previous participants.
Contact
For questions relating to the Momentum programme, regarding seminars, career development, the application process, stipend or mentoring scheme, please contact Cecilie Nordbotten or Ingunn Voster.
Open Call
The call for applications for the seventh Momentum Programme is now closed. The application deadlinewas 21 March 17.00 CET.
Future calls will be announced via this website.
Eligibility criteria
Postdocs, researchers and associate professors employed at UiB can apply to Momentum. Candidates should adhere to the following eligibility criteria:
- The candidates must be employed by UiB, normally in a minimum 80 % FTE position.
- Employees in fixed-term positions must have at least one year left on their contract at the start of the programme in September 2025.
- It should be no more than six (6) years since candidates have obtained their PhD from the start of the programme in September 2025. You can subtract time for statutory leaves of absence, compulsory military or civilian service or sick leave.
- The programme holds a strong focus on strengthening the candidate’s ability to attract external funding and win research grants. Candidates should be motivated to apply for external funding. However, admittance to the programme does not guarantee that the department will support proposals if, for example, there are no plans for further academic development within the field.
Events 2024 - 2025 (current cohort, Momentum 6)
20.-21. August 2024 - Seminar One (Excellence), Solstrand Hotel, Os
4.-6. November 2024 - Seminar Two (Internationalisation), UiBs office in Brussels, Belgium
28.-29. January 2025 - Seminar Three (Grant writing), Nygårdsgaten 5 UiB
11.-12. March 2025 - Seminar Four (Impact), Media City Bergen
3.-4. June 2025 - Seminar Five (Leadership/Project management), Solstrand Hotel, Os
Seminars will be held in English.
