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The UiO Growth House will contribute to a stronger innovation culture and will contribute to more knowledge from research being put to use. We help researchers and students to mature early-stage ideas. We provide tailored counselling, seed funding, meeting places, innovation mentor programme, student internship and more.
Our doors are open to researchers and students; leaders and administrative staff who support innovative researchers; and existing and new external partners. In our innovation ecosystem, we collaborate closely with departments at the University of Oslo and university hospitals, and with the technology transfer office, business clusters, incubators and industry.
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"The biological diversity of Earth is threatened. Understanding and preserving species will therefore be crucial for the survival and prosperity of humanity," says a professor at the University of Oslo. The Norwegian part of the global Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is now gathering forces from all of academic Norway, as well as representatives from the business sector, to DNA sequence everything from ferns to bears.
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The coffee tables are made of pallets, and there are an above-average number of post-it notes in circulation when a group of students is gathered at Oslo Science Park for some "design thinking". Co-Create is a joint initiative by and for colleges and universities in the Oslo area where students are encouraged to solve real world problems through entrepreneurship and startups.
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