The applicant
Academic employees on behalf of their departments and faculties.
Funding
Each applicant may receive a maximum of NOK 300 000 for course development and running costs, of which the latter may not account for more than NOK 100 000. The support may be distributed over a period of one to three years.
The purpose of life science course development funding
- stimulate the adaptation of existing university courses of rather disciplinary nature into more interdisciplinary courses suitable for mixed student groups including participants from outside the host faculty
- develop new interdisciplinary life science courses
Courses eligible for development support should satisfy the following criteria:
- It is possible to sign up for students from other study programs outside the host faculty
- If access is limited, at least 50% of the seats must be available for such students
- Curriculum and teaching are adapted to students with different backgrounds
- Should be of broad interest and not be too specialized
- No other courses are defined as required prior knowledge