Women’s Health: announsement of a Research program
Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bergen, together with Helse Bergen and Trond Mohn Research Foundation (TMF), announces a Research program in Women’s Health.
It is widely recognized that research related to women’s health traditionally has received less attention and has been poorly funded. Further research on women’s health and women’s bodies is essential to provide women with good and accurate health care. TMF has set aside a maximum of 24 MNOK for this research program, which will be matched by UiB and Helse Bergen.
This joint initiative between TMF, UiB and Helse Bergen, aims to intensify and strengthen research on women’s health in Bergen and Norway.
In particular, the program is intended to contribute to the scientific and strategic development of the newly established Center for Research on Women’s Health, Driv, at the Faculty of Medicine, UiB.
The goal of the center is to strengthen research on women’s health in Norway, and to bring together transdisciplinary expertise and facilitate scientific breakthroughs that in time will improve quality of life for women.
Thematic scope of the program
Funded projects shall contribute to Driv, Center for Research on Women’s Health. The specific aim of this call is to develop better diagnostics and treatment for one or more of the following:
- Diseases that affect women more often than men.
- Diseases in which women get different variants than men.
- Diseases that only affect women.
The project proposal must bridge biomedical or early translational research with clinical questions. The proposed research must be in line with the scientific scope of Driv.
In addition to the scope as outlined above, proposals must meet the following technical requirements:
- For successful project proposals, its PI shall become affiliated to Driv and contribute to the center’s overall goal in collaboration with Faculty of Medicine (MED), UiB and Helse Bergen.
- The project proposal must be led by one dedicated principal investigator (PI) of high academic standing and with proven project leadership experience.
- At the time of submission, the PI must have a permanent main position at MED UiB or at Helse Bergen.
- Each project may be granted TMF funding for either three or four years. The maximum contribution from TMF is 6 million NOK (for projects lasting 4 years) or 4,5 million NOK (for projects lasting 3 years). The minimum grant for any project is 3 million NOK.
Any TMF funding must be matched by resources at about the same level from the participating institution(s). Please note that the inclusion of relevant national and international partner institutions is encouraged and expected.
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Tekst: INGRID OVIDIE LYDERSEN HAGERUP
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