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Mohn center for neuroprotection opened on 18. February

On Wednesday 18 February, the official opening of the Mohn Centre for Neuroprotection took place in the University Aula. The centre will conduct pioneering research into brain disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia. We would like to thank everyone for a successful gathering and share a few snapshots from the event.

Congratulations on completing your TMF Starting Grant project, Eirik Hovden!

Eirik Hovden is an associate professor specializing in Arabic, Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at the University of Bergen's Department of Foreign Languages. In his TMF Starting Grant project CanCode, Hovden investigated the canonization and codification of Islamic legal texts.

Thank you all for a wonderful Award Ceremony!

Friends and partners of the foundation gathered on Friday December 5th to celebrate this year´s awardees - especially the winners of this year´s TMF Starting Grants !

27 Million NOK for Proton Research in the Fight Against Cancer

The project, which has a total budget of nearly NOK 80 million, is accelerating the development of future cancer treatments.

Announcement TMF Starting Grants 2026

TMF Starting Grants help the University of Bergen with strategic recruitment of outstanding young researchers and scholars in all scientific fields.

TMF Starting Grant awards 2025

Valeriia Kalienkova, Rachael Morgan and Sebastian Wolf have been awarded the Trond Mohn Research Foundation Starting Grant 2025, receiving NOK 10 million each

From Geometry to Artificial Intelligence – Results from the TMF Starting Grant GeoProCo Project

GeoProCo has strengthened Norwegian research in mathematics and artificial intelligence, and provided new tools and insights that can be used both in academia and industry.

18 million NOK allocated to cancer research

The foundation supports promising clinical studies at Haukeland University Hospital.

Medical artificial intelligence: call for project funding for collaborative projects between the University of Bergen and Helse Bergen.

In collaboration with the Trond Mohn Research Foundation (TMF), the University of Bergen and Helse Bergen are launching a research program for artificial intelligence in medicine.

From cell biology to women’s health and mathematical models: The Computational Biology Unit at the University of Bergen facilitates interdisciplinary breakthroughs

The Computational Biology Unit at the University of Bergen conducts research in bioinformatics with support from the Trond Mohn Research Foundation.

Call for nominations TMF Starting Grants 2025

The call for nominations for the TMF Starting Grant program 2025 is now published.

Results from the Mohn Nutrition Research Laboratory

The Mohn Nutrition Research Laboratory was established at UiB in 2018. For the last five years, the laboratory has been supported by the Trond Mohn Research Foundation in collaboration with Haukeland University Hospital and the University of Bergen. This article highlights results from the research groups at the laboratory during this period. The laboratory is led by Professor Jutta Dierkes and researches obesity and malnutrition and their causes, consequences and treatment.

Trond Mohn Research Foundation invites all project leaders to the anniversary breakfast in August

The Trond Mohn Research Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2024. We want to celebrate together with our project leaders over the years.

Successful alumni gathering under the auspices of the TMF-UiB career program

Current and former winners of the TMF Starting grant and selected guests spent an entertaining and informative afternoon at this year's alumni gathering under the auspices of the TMF-UiB career program. This year 100-year-old plants and new ways to motivate employees were on the agenda.

The way we communicate about antibiotic resistance has a lot to say about whether the message gets across – successful 3rd annual meeting for the CAMRIA center

The Western Norwegian Center for Antimicrobial Resistance CAMRIA organized its third annual meeting at the beginning of May. Communication about antibiotic resistance and the projects of the young researchers in the center were the main topics this time.

Congratulations on completing your TMF Starting Grant, Arjan Schakel!

Professor Arjan Schakel joined the University of Bergen´s Department of Comparative Politics with a TMF Starting Grant in 2019 to shed light on regional democracy. Directly elected regional representatives can be found in 23 European countries and they rule over more than 430 million citizens, but the study of regional governance was at that time still in its infancy.

Women’s Health: announcement 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.

Welcome to Åsta Haukås as a new member of the Trond Mohn Research Foundation´s scientific advisory committee

Professor Åsta Haukås from the University of Bergen´s Department of Foreign Languages has been appointed as new member in the foundation´s scientific advisory committee from March 1st 2024.

The foundation changes its name

From February 1st 2024 the foundation changes its name to Trond Mohn Research Foundation.

New technology in combination with good care aims to improve the quality of life for the elderly

We must be at the forefront technologically, while at the same time retaining the important care for the ever-growing group of elderly people who will be living at home in the future, says the head of a new research center in Bergen, Professor Bettina Husebø. The Trond Mohn Foundation joins forces with the University of Bergen to fund this center with a total of NOK 52 million over the next five years.

Congratulations on completing your TMS Starting Grant, Helen F. Leslie-Jacobsen!

Helen Frances Leslie-Jacobsen received a TMS Starting Grant for the project Transformation of Medieval Law: Innovation and Application in Early Modern Norwegian Law Books.