The ALF office announces research months (1–3 months) for researchers holding a PhD, employed at administrations outside Sahlgrenska University Hospital in the Region Västra Götaland. The research months will be used during 2022. The application period is open during the whole month of March 2022. The application is made electronically in Researchweb.
Eligible professions are, for example, pharmacist, occupational therapist, audiologist, midwife, biomedical analyst, dietitian, physiotherapist, speech therapist, doctor, psychologist, hospital physicist and nurse. However, a dental hygienist and dentist are not eligible to apply for ALF-funded research months.
For complete announcement text, see the webpage of ALF Västra Götaland (Swedish only) >>

The Sahlgrenska Academy is now announcing a research scholarship of SEK 120,000 for a medical student, called the Landén Research Scholarship. The applicant must be admitted to the medical program at Sahlgrenska Academy and study at semesters 5 – 12. The scholarship funds are the return from the Landén Fund, which Sahlgrenska Academy disposes of after a 1960 donation by sisters Lizzie, Annie and Eva Landén. The funds have previously been used as travel grants for medical students who have completed degree projects abroad. The scholarship is announced once a year. The last day to apply is 19 April 2022. Read more about the call here (Swedish only).

The University of Gothenburg has exchange agreements with universities in both Ukraine and Russia, but at present there are no exchange students on site in any of the countries. This according to the International Center. Nor are there any staff who have arranged travel via the university’s travel agency in any of the countries. At the University of Gothenburg, however, there are a handful of program students from Russia and Ukraine respectively.

The connection between science and sports is an area that Dean Agneta Holmäng holds dearly. She has therefore agreed to take over the assignment as the University of Gothenburg’s project owner for the Swedish Sports University (RIU). Among other things, it provides the opportunity for active elite athletes to combine their training and competitions with a higher education. As a project owner, Agneta Holmäng is chairman of the steering group and has the task of supporting the project manager in the daily work, in interaction with the city, the region and the the sports movement. Until July 31, 2022, RIU is a joint venture between the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. The universities will thereafter form separate, but interacting, RIU’s.

The invasion of Ukraine may cause concern among some employees. If you as an employee is worried about the invasion, you are welcome to contact Avonova, which is the university’s provider of occupational health service. Support is provided in both Swedish and English.
If you need someone to talk to, contact Avonova either by phone 031–704 54 40 or via email info.goteborg@avonova.se. Please state connection to Ukraine.

After consultation with the Department of the Swedish Language and the Language Council, the current Swedish writing rules for how the University of Gothenburg should write the names of institutes, units and departments have been changed. The previous guideline was that these names should always be written in lower case at the beginning (institute of xx, unit of xx, department of xx). From now on, these names will instead be written in capital initial letters (Department of xx, Unit of xx). Only the initial letter should then be capitalized, other lowercase letters.
The rules for English spelling remains as before. When used in proper/formal names, terms like ‘department’, faculty’, and ‘programme’ should be capitalized: examples “Department of Computer Science and Engineering”, “Faculty of Science”, and “International Master’s in Educational Research”.

Here you can read the University of Gothenburg’s writing rules (in Swedish only).

Have you, your colleague or your teaching team made an effort to increase the internationalization of education at Sahlgrenska Academy? The effort must have added an international dimension to the education and contributed to increasing students’ global knowledge. Read more about the prize and the criteria. The nomination form is open now with a deadline of 14 March.

The Jubilee Clinic’s Cancer Fund has decided to distribute more than SEK 15.2 million to cancer research at, or in connection with, the Jubilee Clinic at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Researchers employed at other oncology activities in the Region Västra Götaland and Northern Halland can now also apply for this grant, provided that there is a connection to the academic research at the Jubilee Clinic.

The following cancer researchers have been awarded project grants:
Andreas Hallqvist, Anna Bäck , Anne Thilander Klang, Barbro Linderholm, Caroline Olsson, Cecilia Bull,  Daniel Giglio, Eva Forssell-Aronsson, Gunnar Steineck, Ingela Franck Lissbrant, Johanna Svensson, Kerstin Lagerstrand, Khalil Helou, Lars Ny, Maja Sohlin, Maria Ljungberg, Maria Hedelin, Marianne Jarfelt, Max Levin, Niclas Pettersson, Per Albertsson, Per Karlsson, Peter Bernhardt, Roumiana Chakarova, Stig Palm, Sture Lindegren, Thomas Björk-Eriksson, Toshima Parris.

The following cancer researchers have been awarded funding for research months for clinicians: Anna Nordenskjöld, Esmaeil Mehrara, Jan Nyman, Malin Blomstrand.

The Jubilee Clinic’s Cancer Fund (Jubileumsklinikens Cancerfond) was established in 1952 and has in the last five years distributed a total of approximately SEK 69.2 million to cancer research in western Sweden. The financing is possible entirely through generous gifts from individuals and companies.

 

The term of office for Ann Wennerberg’s current assignment as Vice Dean for Internationalization and Collaboration expires in May this year, and the assignment has now been extended to December 31, 2023. Within the assignment, Ann Wennerberg is chairman of the Council for Internationalization, and a member of the Council for Recruitment of Teachers. She also has assignments as a member of the library committee. The scope of the assignment is 35 percent of full time.

During the Science Festival, a competition (3MT) for doctoral students will take place, where you give a popular presentation in English about your research in just three minutes. You may use a PowerPoint slide as support, but no film, sound or other props. The competition takes place on the stage in Nordstan, Friday the 6th of May at 16.00–17.15. The winner will travel to South Africa in December 2022, to represent GU at a major international 3MT competition.
Sign up by emailing a short presentation of the research and the layout to maria.eriksson@gu.se, no later than March 15.
More information on the Staff Portal.