Events

Dear all, 

As part of our Bjerknes Proposal Writing Class, we invite the whole BCCR community to a special seminar: "How to succeed with your project proposal - successful applicants share their experience". It is taking place on 13th October 2026, 10:30 – 12:00, the programme and the meeting link are below. 

We hope that many of you will join!

Cheers

Cat and Nadine 

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Invited speakers:   

Neda Gilannejad, Senior Researcher, Aquaculture and Marine Biodiversity Group, NORCE

Successful Proposals: Researcher Project for Early Career Scientists, Research Council of Norway (2026): CopeFISH: Copepod-based Feeds for Improved Salmon Health and Aquaculture Sustainability, and Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (2025): Zinc-SAFE: Optimizing Zinc Supplementation in Salmon Feed for Improved Bioavailability, Fish Health, and Reduced Environmental Impacts

Sebastian Wolf, Researcher, Department of Earth Science, UiB

Successful proposals: Trond Mohn Research Starting Grant (2026) - ICICLE 

Our invited speakers will answer the following questions, as well as additional questions from the audience: 

1. Why do you think that your proposal was successful? What made the trick, compared to other excellent proposals?  

2. Did you submit unsuccessful proposals during your career?

3. How can we be successful?  

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Microsoft Teams meeting 

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/379539299579761?p=6EZdYPqsgKytwKYUUt 

Meeting ID: 379 539 299 579 761 

Passcode: er2SB2n9 

Hi everyone,

We’ll have our stormtracks group meeting this Wednesday (14.10) from 14:00 to 15:00 at U105. This week Josh will present his work with Johannes about Representation and trends of european extreme rainfall in CMIP6.

The meeting will be hybrid and you can join remotely via Zoom: https://uib.zoom.us/j/62886269543?pwd=ajWbi97zr0hbniaoQdZkUtD2EUSSri.1
Meeting ID: 628 8626 9543 | Password: qSKTfKU3

The meeting schedule for this semester is in the following google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oLVVNtXjbjU3uNZ62qnXF8pcYbrCB34aUqUbDfnb2vo/edit?tab=t.0

Looking forward to seeing you all!:)

Best,

Birgit and Yangfan

Abstract

Decadal climate predictions provide an opportunity to anticipate climate variability over the coming years, with potential applications for the renewable energy sector. This seminar presents the work developed during my PhD on improving and exploiting decadal climate information for renewable energy applications in Europe. I will first introduce statistical downscaling approaches to improve the regional information provided by decadal prediction systems. I will then assess their predictive skill for wind, solar and compound energy indicators and investigate the added value of initialization compared with non-initialized climate simulations. Finally, I will present ongoing work combining observations, decadal predictions and climate projections to constrain future climate trajectories and provide surface wind information beyond the conventional decadal prediction horizon.

Speaker information

My name is Sara Moreno Montes, and I am a PhD candidate at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). I am originally from a small city in Catalonia and hold a BSc in Physics and an MSc in Meteorology, both from the University of Barcelona. Before starting my PhD, I worked for two years as a programmer at a private company in Barcelona. After completing my Master's thesis at BSC, I decided to continue there as a PhD candidate. I am currently part of the Climate Services team, and my research focuses on the application of decadal climate predictions to the renewable energy sector in Europe.

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Zoom link:     https://uib.zoom.us/j/68304284910?pwd=2IgsDMWHuJlQw3XFHSTo3OoGBsRrhz.1

Meeting ID:   683 0428 4910

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