Closing event for students with scholarship from UiO:Life Science

Fifty students have gained work experience from a research project with a scholarship from UiO:Life Science this summer. The end of this year's summer projects was celebrated with presentations, poster exhibition and prize ceremony.

The prize winner for best academic poster, Nasimeh Naseri and Anastasiia Brativnyk (Sander Vassanyi was not present), together with director of UiO:Life Science, Carl Henrik Gørbitz and the winners of the popular science poster Pia Merete Eriksen og Tengel Hvidsten. Photo: Torunn Vistnes Espe, UiO:Life Science.

The summer projects give bachelor's and master's students practical experience with research projects that address a social challenge in health or the environment. The initiative was created by UiO:Life Science in 2018 and is very popular among the students.

Poster exhibition, presentations and prize ceremony

The program of the event included a poster exhibition summarizing the students' research projects, an inspirational talk by a former summer student, now a PhD student at the Institute of Oral Biology, Inga Solgård Juvkam while Associate Professor Jan Magnus Aronsen, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences talked about the honours certificate in Life Sciences which will launched in 2023.

In addition, six of the students gave short presentations about their projects, while the director of UiO: Life Sciences, Carl Henrik Gørbitz, spoke about the initiative with the summer project.

The event ended with a prize ceremony for the best poster in two categories. Pia Merete Eriksen og Tengel Hvidsten who had their project at the Natural History Museum received most votes and won the prize for best popular science poster. A jury consisting of UiO:Life Science' own PhDs and postdocs evaluated the posters on the basis of academic quality. Nasimeh Naseri and Anastasiia Brativnyk shared the prize for best academic poster with Sander Vassanyi.

A new announcement will be made around the turn of the year

The initiative with the summer project is planned to be continued in 2023. Information about the next announcement will be posted at the end of December or the beginning of January. Read more about the application process in 2022

About the life science summer research projects 

One of the tasks of UiO:Life Science is to recruit, educate and develop talented students. The summer research project for students is part of this work.

The aim of the summer research projects is to provide the students with practical experience of real research that addresses a social challenge within health or environment. It is also desirable that the projects provide the students with insight into interdisciplinary research.

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