Call for UiO:Energy and Environment Convergence Environments 2024/2025

Through UiO:Energy and Environment Convergence Environments, we aim to foster the development of an interdisciplinary culture as well as partnerships between researchers at UiO and external stakeholders (from the industry, governmental bodies and/or the society at large) within sustainable energy, climate and environment. UiO:Energy and Environment will?fund the development of three new Convergence Environments.

On this page you will find all relevant information regarding the 2024/2025 call. Read?more about?the Review process

The full application should adhere to all the requirements listed above. Each proposal shall be evaluated by experts proposed by the applicants (to be appointed in spring 2025).?Each expert will write an individual evaluation report, that will be compiled into a common evaluation feedback report for each application. The applicants will be invited to write a short answer to the feedback report. The template for the evaluators is found below.

The applications, the individual expert reports, and the feedback reports will be given to the UiO:Energy and Environment board. The board may invite a selection of applicants to present their research projects to a panel composed of members of UiO:Energy and Environment board ¨C supplemented by other relevant scientists if needed.

Assessment criteria for experts and review panel:

The evaluation of the full applications has four main components:

1. Relevance to UiO:Energy and Environment. To what extent does the proposal answer to the UiO:Energy and Environment main research areas and/or cross-cutting themes?
2. Academic quality and originality (9-10 excellent; 7-8 very good; 5-6 good; 1-4 not satisfactory for funding). Suggested assessment criteria
   • To what extent is the proposed research ambitious with a potential to achieve groundbreaking results and novel knowledge?
   • To what extent does the proposed research address important research challenges and are the objectives beyond the current state-of-the-art (e.g. novel concepts and approaches, development of novel methodology and development across disciplines)?
3. Feasibility of the proposed Convergence Environment (9-10 excellent approach, timeline, resource allocation, team and organisation; 7-8 very good feasibility; 5-6 good feasibility ¨C but some areas of improvement, please comment if possible; 1-4 insufficient feasibility). Suggested assessment criteria
   • Are the outlined scientific approaches feasible and the proposed research methodologies appropriate to achieve the described goals?
   • Is the proposed timeline realistic?
   • Is the proposed use of resources sufficient, appropriate, and well justified?
   • To what extent is the track record of the project leader/s and team characterized by the ability to conduct this Convergence Environment and achieve the ambitions described under point 1?
   • To what extent does the project contribute to recruitment, education and development of young researchers within a cross-disciplinary environment of high quality?
4. Added value of the proposed Convergence Environment including societal relevance (9-10 excellent scientific and societal relevance ¨C to the research field, UiO and the society at large; 7-8 very good relevance; 5-6 good relevance, but some areas have room for improvement; 1-4 insufficient relevance). Suggested assessment criteria
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   • To what extent does the Convergence Environment address a societal challenge that requires an interdisciplinary approach, and to what extent is successful accomplishment of the main research objectives dependent on the described research collaboration?
   • To what extent does the Convergence Environment explore the possibilities for increased collaboration across faculties/departments/centres at UiO?
   • How and to what extent will relevant stakeholders and international partners be involved in the Convergence Environment?
   • Are there plans for attracting additional external funding?

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