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Trond Mohn Foundation is a generous contributor to this goal. </p> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-135839" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <picture title="UiB and Trond Mohn Foundation's logos"> <!--[if IE 9]><video style="display: none;"><![endif]--> <source srcset="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/content_main_mobile_1x/public/media/engelsk-100.jpg?itok=lBpo9UNA&timestamp=1551271067 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" /> <source srcset="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/content_main_narrow_1x/public/media/engelsk-100.jpg?itok=Gk-Ho4o5&timestamp=1551271067 1x" media="(min-width: 560px)" /> <source srcset="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/content_main_wide_1x/public/media/engelsk-100.jpg?itok=vnTgWXE3&timestamp=1551271067 1x" media="(min-width: 860px)" /> <!--[if IE 9]></video><![endif]--> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/content_main/public/media/engelsk-100.jpg?itok=7ObMaCtp&timestamp=1551271067" width="1086" height="543" alt="UiB and Trond Mohn Foundation's logos" title="UiB and Trond Mohn Foundation's logos" /> </picture><div class="uib-media-info"><div class="field field-name-field-uib-owner field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix field-wrapper"> <div class="field-label">Photo: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Illustration</div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="content-main-wrapper"> <h2 class="element-invisible">Main content</h2> <div class="region region-content"> <div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"> <div class="content"> <div id="node-103156" class="node node-uib-article clearfix"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><p>The University of Bergen has recruited five international excellent scientists in order to strengthen a number of leading research groups.</p><p>These five leading scientists are being funded via the Toppforsk programme, a joint collaboration between the generous contributions from the Trond Mohn Foundation (formerly Bergen Research Foundation) and UiB's own funds, for a total amount of 137 million NOK (approximately 14 mill EUR).</p><p>By offering these scientists special terms and support, the UiB Trond Mohn Foundation collaboration has strengthened UiB´s international research profile.</p><p>The five researchers are:</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Stefan.K%C3%B6lsch">Stefan Kölsch</a></strong>, Bergen fMRi Group</li><li><strong>Michael Fellows</strong>, Bergen Algorithms Research Group </li><li><strong><a href="https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Valeriya.Lyssenko">Valeriya Lyssenko</a></strong>, KG Jebsen Center for Diabetes Research</li><li><a href="https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Don.Kalb"><strong>Don Kalb</strong></a>, Department of Social Antrhopology</li><li><a href="https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Michael.Baumgartner"><strong>Michael Baumgartner</strong></a>, Department of Philosophy </li></ul><p>The Toppforsk programme emphasises the long-standing collaboration between the Trond Mohn Foundation and UiB, where the foundation has contributed generously to young researchers who are in the process of creating their own research groups.</p><p>Toppforsk is building on this work by recruiting established researchers to Bergen - to research groups where UiB already have leading research.</p><p>Producing world leading research environments in Norway is one of the most important areas in the Norwegian Government’s long-term plan for research and higher education 2015–2024. This is also the ambition of the University of Bergen (UiB) strategy for 2016–2022 – “Ocean, Life, Society”.</p><p> </p><p>This page is updated by <a href="https://www.uib.no/personer/%C3%85shild.Nylund">Åshild Nylund</a></p></div></div></div><div class=" group-article-sidebar field-group-div"><div class="group-event-info"></div><div class="field field-name-field-uib-fact-box field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><h3>FACTS</h3><ul><li>The Toppforsk programme is part of the Norwegian government’s support for establishing more internationally recognised research environments at Norway’s universities.</li><li>The Trond Mohn Foundation (formerly BFS) has donated 68,5 million kroner to recruit the best scientists to UiB.</li><li>The Trond Mohn Foundation has a general goal of supporting research in Bergen and is an important partner for UiB.</li><li>The Toppforsk goal is to encourage excellent researchers to start research teams at UiB, via a five-year start-up package.</li><li>The full budget for the Toppforsk programme, supported equally by the government and the foundation, is for 137 million Norwegian crowns (about 14 million EUR).</li><li><a href="https://www.mohnfoundation.no/?lang=en" target="_blank">More information about Trond Mohn Foundation</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><section class="group-related-persons field-group-html5"></section><section class="group-related-content field-group-html5"></section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-bottom-wrapper"> <div class="content-bottom"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-links field-type-link-field field-label-above field-wrapper"><div class="field-label">Relevant links </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://ekstern.filer.uib.no/formidling/bfs-toppforsk-uib.pdf">Download the mini-magazine (pdf).</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-uib-relation 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