VISTA supports young researchers and professorships

New VISTA Centers for future energy solutions

Photo: Visit Oslo/Saad Butt
The VISTA board calls for proposals for new VISTA centers to be established i 2020. Two new centers will be funded by MNOK 4,5 annually for five years. Areas of research include basin analysis, future development solutions and sustainability, environment and low carbon solutions.

Naureen Akhtar wins the  Idekonkurransen 2017 prize

for her development of an environmentally friendly material that prevents the formation of is and frost on airplanes.  Watch the shortmovie about her project: 

Lars Hov Odsæter  - Vista scholar since 2013

Ever since he was a boy, Vista scholar Lars Hov Odsæter has enjoyed two things: skiing and maths. He made great strides in his research and a professional career in cross-country skiing, but finally it was maths that came out on top. Lars took his civil engineering degree in six and half years, specializing in industrial mathematics. He wrote his project paper and his master's thesis for Statoil.

Read the interview with Lars Hov Odsæter

Maria Amelie has interviewed Lars Hov Odsæter and five other VISTA scholars; Henrik Anfinsen, Charmain Hamilton, Casey William Nixon, Jack Leo and Elisa Magnanelli. Follow the above links to the interviews.

It has been a unique experience to get to know these young and talented researchers. As a journalist one usually interviews researchers who are at the end of their careers, when they have received prizes and become famous. I have met young people with passion and dedication for science, and I am sure we will hear more from them in the future. - Maria Amelie