The UiO Growth House is innovation unit for life sciences, health and technology at the University of Oslo (UiO). We aim to strengthen the innovation culture at UiO. We will help researchers and students to mature early-stage ideas. The unit is a collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Annual report 2023
- Read the UiO Growth House annual report for 2023.
In Norwegian with interviews with researchers in English.
The name of the unit was the Life Science Growth House when it was established in 2022. In 2023 we changed the name to UiO Growth House to show that we cover all departments and centres at both owner faculties.
The UiO Growth House in 88 seconds
Text in animation (with old name)
- Life Science Growth House
Innovation unit for life sciences
The Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
University of Oslo - We will contribute to idea stimulation and a stronger innovation culture in order to put knowledge from research to use for the benefit of society.
- We are a low-threshold service.
- We help to mature early-stage ideas.
- Our doors are open to researchers and students, to management and administrative staff who support innovative researchers, and to external collaborators.
- The strategic areas of the Growth House: innovation culture, communication, meeting places, collaboration and interaction, and business and society
- Our innovation services: tailored counselling, seed funding, knowledge, innovation hangouts, courses and seminars, internships for students and mentor programme.
- We organise innovation hangouts where academia and industry can meet and build networks.
- We help researchers and students to get started on the innovation process in a dynamic interaction with the innovation ecosystem.
- In our innovation ecosystem, we interact closely with units at the University of Oslo hospitals technology transfer office business clusters incubators industry.
- Do you have an innovative idea within the field of life sciences, and are wondering if your idea could make a difference? Or would you like to collaborate with us?
- Please contact us uio.no/lifesciencegrowthhouse or visit us at Oslo Science Park
- Life Science Growth House
The Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
With support from: UiO and UiO:Life Science
We aim to promote a stronger innovation culture by giving leaders, researchers and students the knowledge and tools necessary for the further development of innovation ideas in the early stages.
We collaborate with the technology transfer office Inven2, industry clusters and incubators in order to exchange expertise throughout our innovation ecosystem. The goal is to put more knowledge from the research conducted at UiO to use.
Our innovation services are available for researchers and students at the University of Oslo (UiO) as well as UiO affiliated researchers at Oslo University Hospital (OUS) and Akershus University Hospital (Ahus). We are also UiO's contact point for businesses or others who want to collaborate with UiO within the field of life sciences, health and technology.
Researchers and students can
- receive tailored counselling, seed funding and support tools in order to mature their early-stage ideas
- attend our innovation hangouts, which is a meeting place for academia, hospitals and business, and other events
- read more about our services and contact us for a first meeting
Business clusters, incubators and companies can
- be partners or contribute with services
- attend our innovation hangouts, which is a meeting place for academia, hospitals and business, and other events
- contact us for collaboration
Leaders and employees in research administrative departments can
- give us feedback on their own skills development needs within innovation
- attend our events
- contact us if they would like us to present our services for their unit
Vision and main strategic areas
Vision
We will challenge culture and thinking, foster new innovators and start-ups, and stimulate to the increased application of knowledge.
Main strategic areas with overall goals
Innovation
We will provide knowledge and stimulate increased innovation activity among students and researchers.
Culture
We will promote a stronger innovation culture and strengthen the ability to innovate.
Collaboration and interaction
We will create dialogue and strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration, both internally and externally.
Business and society
We will open doors and build bridges between our knowledge environments and relevant partners.
Meeting places
We will develop and use meeting places where knowledge is shared and put to use.
Communication spans all the areas.
Organisation
The UiO Growth House is an equal collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine (MED) and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MN) at UiO.
MED is the host faculty, and the leader of the unit reports to the dean of MED. The board and dean of MED are the highest-ranking decision-making bodies of the unit.
The dean of MN is the leader of the advisory body for the leader of the unit. The advisory body has the following composition:
- vice-rector for research and innovation, UiO – Per Morten Sandset
- dean of MN (leader of the advisory body) – Solveig Kristensen
- dean of MED – Hanne Flinstad Harbo
- faculty director of MN – Eva Mjelde
- faculty director of MED – Hans Ragnar Mossin
- director of department, Department of Research and Innovation Administration, UiO – Ingrid Sogner
Read the entire regulations for the UiO Growth House in Norwegian (pdf).
UiO and UiO:Life Science supports the operation of the innovation unit.
Cost center
13251000 (purchasing, finance, salary and more)
Visiting address
Oslo Science Park
Gaustadalléen 21
N-0349 Oslo
Postal address
Oslo Science Park
Gaustadalléen 21
P.O. Box 69
N-0349 Oslo