4 reviews done for Fondazione Cariplo

I have just completed my review of 4 applications in phase 2 of Fondazione Cariplo´s scheme Young researchers Humanities & social sciences.

2 Inequalities Research applications reviewed for Fondazione Cariplo

I have recently reviewed 2 research project applications for Fondazione Cariplo (Italy) in relation to their Inequalities Research 2024 call.

8 peer-reviews done for Fondazione Cariplo

I have just finished peer-review of 8 applications for Fondazione Cariplo´s Young researchers scheme (focused on granting of post.doc. projects). The foundation is based in Milan, Italy.

Prospective book plans (Hellstrand and Tønnessen)

As part of our research applications in the Baltic Research Program, Ingvil Førland Hellstrand and I have a tentative plan, pending funding, of co-writing a book (scientific joint monograph) work-titled The Futures in Our Hands: Socio-Ecological Narratives in Norwegian Science Fiction and Policy Documents. We are currently awaiting response on this Spring´s Lithuanian call, and working on our application for the Latvian call which is due in October.

"Animal vision" application not funded

The SAMKUL application I took part in, on "Animal vision", was not funded.

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Animal vision research application submitted (November 2017)

Kazakhstan Center seeking peer-reviewers

I have received an email from The National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation (NCSTE), Kazakhstan, where I am invited to review research applications for 250 USD a piece. However, the deadline indicated is only 2 days per proposal, which is not enough given my usual, quite busy work schedule.

EU forum

Today I have attended the first EU forum meeting, held by the research department of University of Stavanger.

First PRE-FRIPRO workshop

Today I have attended the research application preparation PRE-FRIPRO course - a 5 hour workshop, this time - at University of Stavanger.

Joining the UiS´ PRE-FRIPRO pre-application program

I have been admitted to the University of Stavanger´s PRE-FRIPRO pre-application program, a program offered by the UiS Research and Innovation Department and designed to prepare "Young research talent" applicants for research applications within the Research Council of Norway´s FRIPRO program (independent projects).

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Meeting on FRIPRO

Meeting on FRIPRO

On February 4th I had a meeting with a consultant in the University of Stavanger´s Research and Innovation Department to discuss the Research Council of Norway´s FRIPRO program (independent projects). I intend to apply this May, with the project "Umwelt theory for our time".

Excellence in research program: Project budget composed

Today I met with an economist in the administration of University of Stavanger to compose a project budget for my upcoming research application within the university´s program for excellence in research. About 8 million Norwegian Crowns in total, over 5 years.

SAMKUL application evaluation received

Today I was informed (upon requesting information, which had not arrived to my collaborator the Project Manager) that our 2012 SAMKUL research application (see previous posts, from 2012) got the grade 4 (out of 7) in the international peer-review. The 6-page evaluation report made quite good sense.

In the application I was the prospective Assistant Project Manager.

Czech-Norwegian grant scheme delayed

Today the announcement of the results of the Czech-Norwegian research programme was supposed to be made. However, a new timetable for the programme has been announced. Expected announcement of the results of the call is now July 15th.

I have applied as the prospective Norwegian Project leader (University of Stavanger) in cooperation with Anton Markoš, Head of department at Department of philosophy and history of science at Charles University, Prague (Project Promoter), and Dan Faltýnek at Palacký University, Olomouc (Czech project Partner), with the project "Living beings as sign systems in evolution and development".

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400 applied for Norwegian-Czech funding

Czech-Norwegian research application composed and submitted

Prospective research collaboration on ethics of shale oil

While in Tartu last week I discussed a prospective research project application on the ethics etc. of shale oil production with a good colleague. I am interested in being involved as a researcher in this prospective project. An application is expected 2015.

400 applied for Norwegian-Czech funding

According to the Research Council of Norway (the news story "Over 800 vil forske med Tsjekkia og Romania" [More than 800 want to do research with the Czech Republic and Romania], about 400 applications were submitted to the recent call in relation to the EEA-affiliated Norwegian-Czech research program. Among these is "Living beings as sign systems in evolution and development", which will prospectively be lead by Anton Markoš (Charles University, Prague) and have me in the role as Norwegian project leader (University of Stavanger).

I assume some 20-30 projects (i.e., 5-7,5 %) will be funded.

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Czech-Norwegian research application composed and submitted (February 3)

No funding for PERLAR (November 2012)

The application for research funding from SAMKUL (Samfunnsutviklingens kulturelle forutsetninger - the cultural preconditions of societal development) in which I was involved as a prospective Assistant Project Manager, with Paul Thibault as Project Manager, "Perceptions of Animal Agency: Large Predators and other Cultured Animals" (PERLAR), did not get funding.

Here's an overview of the 15 projects that did get funding - announced in November 2012 (as the overview shows, no applications from University of Stavanger or University of Agder were successful).

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SAMKUL decision on PERLAR etc. delayed (November 2012)