VISTA supports young researchers and professorships
VISTA is a basic research programme funded by Statoil, conducted in close collaboration with The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. VISTA was established in 1985 to promote the co-operation between Statoil and academia in Norway and to strengthen the capacity and quality of science in areas of particular interest in the oil and gas industry.
VISTA supports approximately 25 projects on PhD and Post Doc level, in addition to VISTA Professorships, within the research areas listed below. Close to NOK 22 million were allocated to VISTA projects in 2010.
VISTA Post Doc Thomas Haverkamp, CEES, University of Oslo. Photo: Eirik Furu Baardsen
Extended possibilites for VISTA funding: First deadline for applying for VISTA funding 1 February 2012
VISTA opens up for applications within the following areas:
Exploration
Improved recovery
Oil and gas processing
Environment
Biotechnology
There will be four annual deadlines for applying for VISTA funding.
Bjørn Jamtveit new Chairman
Bjørn Jamtveit, Professor of Geology at the University of Oslo, is elected chairman of the VISTA Board for 2012. Starting from 1. Januar 2012, Statoil and The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters will hold the position as chairman every second year.
New breakthrough for VISTA scholar Zarah Forsberg
PhD-student Zarah Forsberg has published her first article in the magazine Protein Science. - She has in her research come up with results that been noticed internationally, says Vincent Eijsink who is her VISTA project manager at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Zarah Forsberg is a VISTA scholar (2010 - 2013) in the research area Biotechnology lead by Hans Kristian Kotlar.
(10.09.2011) MoreThe VISTA board visited Svalbard
The VISTA-board visited Svalbard during their annual board trip. The objective was to get an overview of Norwegian and foreign research activities at Svalbard, especially related to geosciences and environmental sciences.
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