Info Day for ECRs at GEO

Info Day for ECRs at GEO

Are you an Early Career Researcher (ECR) at our department? Please save the date and join us on the Info Day at GEO! 20 May 2022 10:00 – 12:00 GMT+2, Auditorium 2 @ Realfagbygget

You’ll get to know more about UiB’s new Career Centre, Momentum program and other funding opportunities for PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers in the early career stage. Very much appreciated if you can share your thoughts with us, which will help to improve the quality of services for the ECRs at our department.

If you have questions, please contact: linling.chen@uib.no.

Preliminary program

10:00 – 10:05 Introduction, Deputy Head of Department, Prof. Berit Hjelstuen

10:05 – 10:20 UiB Ferd Career Center for Early Stage Researchers, Senior Advisor Ellen Hagen

10:20 – 10:35 Are you ready for an ERC Starting Grant? Senior Advisor at FIA Anja Hegen

10:35 – 10:50 Momentum program, Senior Advisor at FIA Katie Anders

10:50 – 11:00 Funding opportunities for ECRs, Research coordinator at GEO Linling Chen

11:00 Break

11:15 – 12:00 Discussion

- Experiences with ERC grants (Prof. Eystein Jansen), Momentum program (Dr. Willem van der Bilt), and PhD life at GEO (Dr. Albina Gilmullina)

- Career Development Plan