
Services for digital life Norway projects
We offer guidance and support within research data management, cross-disciplinary and cross-projects activities, innovation, industry collaboration, responsible research and innovation (RRI) and career development. Please contact the coordinators directly if you have any questions.
You may also apply for financial support from the centre for cross-project activities, events, innovation and data management, and we have an overview of relevant funding from the Research Council of Norway and other sources.
Data management
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Help on writing DMPs
- Guidance on metadata standards, data deposition and data formats
- Training and support for the DM-platform SEEK/FAIRdomhub
- Guidance on selecting storage and computing platforms; including GDPR considerations
- Projects can apply to become part of the BioMedData PAL network and profit from direct interaction with DM experts from research infrastructures
Call
- Funding to support projects on data management. The last application deadline was 1 December 2020. A new call will be out in 2021.
References
Projects with support from data management: dCod 1.0, BioZEment 2.0, DigiSal and DigiBrain
Coordinator
Korbinian Bösl


Cross-disciplinary & cross-project activities
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Creating platforms for transdisciplinary activities through workshops and meetings
- Facilitate interaction between research projects and relevant technological infrastructures
Calls
- Transdisciplinary publication of the year – 2020, deadline 1 March 2021
- Funding of cross-project activity, opens 6 April 2021
Coordinator
Kari M. Ersland
Innovation and industry collaboration
- Innovation support – develop a good idea further
- Assessment of project status and guide to “next steps”
- Support in developing a regulatory strategy
- Support on contacting TTO, relevant DLN projects and networks
- Support on business model strategy
- Support on funding schemes
- Training programs supporting innovation and commercialisation processes
Financial support
- Innovation support, open-ended deadline
Coordinators
Alexandra Patriksson
alexandra.patriksson@medisin.uio.ni
Beate Rygg Johnsen


Responsible research and innovation (RRI)
- Science, technology and innovation shape the future. But what kind of future do we want? This question goes beyond science. RRI guides the work of the centre. Read our material on RRI.
Coordinator
Anders Braarud Hanssen
Career development
- Training and support for PhDs and postdocs from the Digital Life Norway Research School
- Workshops aimed at researchers beyond PhD/post doc level. These focus mainly on data and knowledge management to support open science and the development of methods for research and innovation in digital biotechnology.
- The digital life industry internships initiative
Call
- Open call course proposals research school. The last application deadline was 1 December 2020. A new call will be out in 2021.
Coordinator
Liv Eggset Falkenberg
All other coordinators are also involved in this work.

Combine several fields
You may also contact several coordinators to get support from several fields.
Reference project with support from both data management innovation and industry collaboration: SmartSoil
Others support related to communications, events and administration will also be available for you if you work with the coordinators on any of these fields.
Funding opportunities
Relevant calls from others
The Research Council of Norway
- Collaborative Project to meet Societal and Industry-related Challenges
Application deadline 17 February 2021, 13:00 CET
Note that this call is also a new opportunity for researchers all over the country to join the Centre for Digital Life Norway, and that the centre coordinators are available for discussions also before you send your application.
Read our news article about this opportunity and how you may contact the centre coordinators to discuss your application.
Other calls
- Large-scale Interdisciplinary Researcher Project
Application deadline 10 February 2021, 13:00 CET - Researcher Project for Young Research Talents
Application deadline 10 February 2021, 13:00 CET - Three-year Researcher Project with International Mobility
Application deadline 10 February 2021, 13:00 CET - Researcher Project for Scientific Renewal
Application deadline 10 February 2021, 13:00 CET - Pre-project for Health Pilot
Application deadline 5 May 2021, 23:59 CEST - Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector, open-ended
- Qualification Project (former Milestone Project) – Research Commercialisation from Publicly Funded Research, open-ended
- Proof-of-Concept Project – Research Commercialisation from Publicly Funded Research, open-ended
For the calls mentioned above with innovation aspects, you may reach out to our team for innovation and industry collaboration Alexandra Patriksson and Beate Rygg Johnsen for support.
Peder Sather Grant Program
- Support for projects carried out by researchers at UC Berkeley in collaboration with researchers from eight Norwegian universities
Application deadline 8 April 2021