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 20 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
Two VISTA scholars tell their stories:
VISTA opens up for applications within the following areas:
Deadlines in 2013 will be 1 February and 15 August.
VISTA opens up for applications within the following areas:
Exploration
Improved recovery
Oil- and gas processing
Environment
Biotechnology

Do we have enough energy? Is it the consumers or the politicians who are most influential when it comes to energy consumption? To what degree does energy politics influence the general development in Europe? Is CO2 capture and storage a wrong track or will it contribute towards reducing the carbon dioxide emissions? These are some of the questions that will be debated during the VISTA-day at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters on the 20th of November.
(23.10.2012) More
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) More
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.
(09.09.2011) More