The working group for the Research Day has now decided on the new date for the seminar day, which should have been held on February 4, but which had to be postponed due to covid-19. The new date is Friday, November 12, and registration is now open. The meeting is given in Swedish, and is planned to be given both in physical form, for a limited number of audience in the Wallenberg Conference Center, and digitally. The previous registrations have been reset, and you who registered for the canceled Research Day therefore need to register again. For updated program and registration: https://www.sahlgrenska.se/forskning/forskningsdagen-2021/

ERC is making large research funds available for applicants:

Starting Grant (25 February–8 April)

The Starting Grant is aimed at researchers at the beginning of their careers, who were awarded a doctoral degree 2–7 years ago. You may apply for 1.5 million EUR to cover 5 years.

Consolidator Grant (11 March–20 April)

The Consolidator Grant is aimed at researchers who have recently established a research team and wish to reinforce their role as a research director (7–12 years after completing a doctorate). You may apply for up to 2 million EUR for a period of maximum 5 years.

Advanced Grant (20 May– 31 August)

The Advanced Grant is aimed at established researchers. You may apply for up to 2.5 million EUR to cover 5 years.

Note, however, that neither the ERC Proof of Concept nor ERC Synergy program is included in Work program 2021.

The next call will first be presented in the next Work programme 2022.

See webcast info and kick-off: https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-kicks-off-horizon-europe

Press release 22 Feb: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_21_685

See ERC Work Program 2021

See Panel structure for 2021 & 2022

 

Do you need help applying for ERC or other funds within Horizon Europe?

As an employee at the University of Gothenburg, you can get help from the Research and Innovation Office (FIK).

Curious about our ERC researchers at the University of Gothenburg?

Read more about researchers at the University of Gothenburg who have received ERC grants

 

The Government’s investment in training more nurses, specialist nurses and midwives has not led to any major increase in the labor force in these professions during the review period 2015-2017, the National Audit Office states in a critical report. The problem does not lie with the higher education institutions, but in the assignment and the fact that the government has not taken the conditions of the higher education institutions into account, above all the lack of clinical placements, according to the report. The goals set for the period 2015-2017 could not be met; worst result was seen for specialist nurses, where the goal was to train 600 new ones while the result was 42. The goal for midwives was just under 300, with the result 50. The goal for nurses was 700, and the result 567.

The supplementary program for physicians with a medical degree from outside of the EU will be extended by one semester to connect to the new medical program. The program will begin with a course in academic Swedish and the clinical part of the education will be expanded. The program will therefore not admit any new students to the autumn term 2021. The first round of admissions to the new program opens the spring term 2022, and the planned start is the autumn term 2022. The Institute of Medicine provides more information (in Swedish): https://www.gu.se/nyheter/kompletterande-utbildning-for-lakare-pausar-antagningen

In 2020, the surplus for Sahlgrenska Academy was SEK 15 million, which is lower than budgeted. The increased number of students meant that the faculty did not have to repay any part of the maximum funding amount. In 2020, employees took less holiday than usual, which means that the faculty’s holiday debt increased. The pandemic has probably also led to delays for research projects, where external funding has not been used at the planned pace.
The faculty’s accumulated surplus is SEK 522 million, but is tied up in special purposes, such as start-up grants and new recruitments. This year, the faculty will receive a temporary pandemic reinforcement of SEK 11.4 million from the state, and a permanent reinforcement will be presented later in the year.

Have you defended a thesis within Sahlgrenska Academy’s knowledge areas? Do you want to help other researchers to bring in external research funding in various calls? Sahlgrenska Academy is now seeking a research advisor who will work pro-actively with calls from various funders and also assist researchers at our institutes with advice and writing support in applications. Placement at the Department of Research Support at the Sahlgrenska Academy’s office. Deadline for applications is Friday, March 12, 2021. The entire ad (in Swedish): https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=6&lang=SE&validator=3038fcf1516ea1184a6da70a891f87da&job_id=18958

Regional Director Ann-Sofi Lodin has appointed Jan Kilhamn as Acting Director of Health and Medical Care during the period 1 May to 31 December 2021. He will take over when Ann Söderström leaves the Region Västra Götaland, for assignments as hospital manager for Carlanderska Hospital. Jan Kilhamn is a medical doctor, and has devoted much of his professional life to research and development issues. Currently, Jan Kilhamn is head of research and development for health and medical care in VGR, and also alternate chairman of the collaboration body Hälsosam.

Due to the continued spread of infection, the Vice-Chancellor has decided to move the planned Inauguration of New Professors to next spring. Since the Inauguration of New Professors was also postponed last year, the decision means that three cohorts of new professors will be inaugurated in the Congress Center at the Swedish Fair in May 2022.
Discussions are ongoing about how the autumn’s Conferement of Doctoral Degrees can be carried out in a safe way. Both last year’s and this year’s Conferement of Doctoral Degrees are planned to be given in October 2021, but it is not clear how the ceremony will be designed. This year’s Retirement Ceremony and the ceremony for Zealous and devoted service, which would have taken place in January and February, have already been canceled.

Sahlgrenska Academy announces summer research scholarships for students from the Mary von Sydows Foundation, Born Wijk, Donationsfond and the Erik & Lily Philipsons Memorial Foundation. New for this year is that students from our dental program and pharmacy program also may apply, in addition to medical students. Approximately 55 scholarships of SEK 20,000 each are awarded, to enable eight weeks of summer research for medical students, and also similar scholarships for 10-15 future pharmacists and dentists. The student must arrange the contact with the supervisor, who must also must sign the application. Read the announcement here (in Swedish). Questions are answered by Professor Mia Ericson: 031-786 3978 or mia.ericson@neuro.gu.se. Scholarships from the Axel Lennart Larsson Foundation will soon be announced, which can be applied for by students in all vocational programs except the medical program at the faculty.

Fredrik Nyberg, visiting professor of register epidemiology, has recently started a seminar series on register research. In the first seminar, he gives an overview of how register research is done. He talks about the research process from ear to loaf – idea, ethics, data ordering, analysis and results. Until March 1, you who missed the seminar can see a recording. The next seminar in the series will be given on February 25, when Ola Rolfson and Erik Bülow from the Department of Orthopedics will talk about what is a clinically important difference in register-based research. Note – the seminars are held in Swedish.