The Tromsø cooperation
In collaboration with the Tromsø research foundation, the Trond Mohn research foundation contributes to various research initiatives at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway.
Tromsø research foundation acts as a working committee for this initiative and the awarding activity will be concentrated around two program types; The TFS Starting Grant program and thematic initiatives.
On 16 June 2023, the Trond Mohn research foundation (TMF) and Tromsø research foundation (TFS) signed a cooperation agreement on a separate UiT venture, to support high-quality research projects at UiT. TMF sets annual financial frameworks for the UiT initiative and TFS will identify and develop research projects worthy of support within this framework. The new projects can either be pure UiT projects or UiT-led collaborative projects with Bergen.
Since 2016 and until 2020, the Tromsø research foundation in cooperation with UiT have recruited outstanding young researchers to UiT, through the yearly call for candidates for a four-year recruitment program; TFS Starting Grants. This program have gives UiT a unique strategic opportunity to recruit good young researchers from all over the world to UiT.
From 2024, winners from the 6th call for TFS Starting Grant will be financed via TMF’s Tromsø cooperation.
