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In November the first open call for our new innovation programme SPARK Norway was out.
SPARK Norway is a two-year innovation programme to further develop ideas within health-related life sciences for the benefit of patients and society. Researchers from UiO and affiliated research groups at OUS or Ahus can apply UiO:Life Science to be included in the programme through annual calls.
See the SPARK-teams – SPARKees – that were admitted in the pilot phase autumn 2017.
The application deadline for the first open call was 15 December 2017.