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Congratulations to Mohammed M. Ezat

TFS Starting Grant candidate Mohammed M. Ezat recently was awarded UiTs prize for young researcher. Mohammed M. Ezat is associate professor at the Department of Geosciences at UiT. Red more about the prize in this news article from UiT. The foundation congratulates!

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Gratulerer til UiT og tre nye vinnere av TFS Starting Grants

Tromsø forskningsstiftelse (TFS) kunngjorde i dag vinnerne av TFS Starting Grants 2020. Årets Starting Grants går til Mohamed M. Ezat Ahmed, Bastian Fromm, og Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, som med tildelingen skal realisere prosjekt innen hhv klimaforskning, microRNA og dyrenes evolusjon samt antimikrobielle stoffer. Til sammen får

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Second Nature Communications publication on Cuscuta

A collaboration that started in 2018 between TFS-Toppforsk project manager and UiT professor Kirsten Krause and plant biologists around Professor Markus Albert, Germany, has recently been rewarded with a published article in the renowned journal Nature Communications. After the Nature communications paper in 2018, this

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The Mohn Prize 2020 – call for nominations

UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Academia Borealis - The Academy of Sciences and Letters of Northern Norway, and Tromsø Research Foundation welcome nominations for The International Mohn Prize for Outstanding Research Related to the Arctic (The Mohn Prize). The prize, which carries a cash

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Congratulation Eva-Stina Edholm!

TFS Starting Grant Winner 2017, Eva-Stina Edholm, recently was awarded a grant from the Resarch Counsil of Norway in the category Aquaculture Research (HAVBRUK). The program received 42 proposals and 10 of them were funded. Eva-Stina Edholm is also one of many talented young participants in

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Congratulations Cordian Riener!

TFS and BFS Mathematics Starting Grant winner Cordian Riener recently were awarded a partnership grant in Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN). The consortium of scientists will investigating the development of new algebraic and geometric methods combined with computer algebra techniques for global non-linear optimization problems.

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Congratulations Kathrin Helen Hopmann!

TFS Stating Grant winner 2016, Kathrin H. Hopmann were late 2017 awarded support for a large consortium supported by NordForsk; Nordic Consortium for CO2 convension. The Consortium started in 2018. The Nordic Consortium for CO2 Conversion (NordCO2) is a network for Nordic researchers working on chemical CO2 conversion in the Nordic countries. In

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Congratulations Andreia Plaza-Faverola!

TFS Starting Grant Winner 2018, Andreia Plaza-Faverola, recently received a grant from the Research Council of Norway in the category "young research talent". Tromsø Research Foundation will congratulate and wish you luck with your new project! UiT's second award in the same category went to Krishna

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Congratulations Juha Vierinen!

TFS Starting Grant Winner 2016, Juha Vierinen, were late 2017 awarded support from ESA - European Space Agency (1 MNOK). The support from ESA will strengthen the space debris aspects of Vierinens TFS-project. Tromsø research foundation congratulates Juha and his group! Juha Vierinen is also one of many