Events

Hi everyone,

We’ll have our stormtracks group meeting this Wednesday (23.09) from 14:00 to 15:00 at U105. This week we will have our ‘Bring a plot’ session, so feel free to bring anything you would like to share or have input from people and enjoy the discussion!

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

Save the dates!

Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026

Time: 10:00-12:00

Place:

- In person: Bjerknes lecture room 4020 (Jahnebakken 5, top floor)

- Online: Zoom

Program:

10:00-10:20 RA1: Ramdane Alkama (EPOC/INRAE, online): From large-scale climate signals to regional decadal predictability

10:20-10:40 RA2: Lu Zhou (NUIST/NERSC): Data-driven Tropical Climate Modeling for ENSO Predictions

10:40-11:00 RA3: Kaiyan Yao (UiB): Multidecadal variability and trends of subpolar North Atlantic overturning between 1860-2022

11:00-11:20 RA4: Sara Moreno (visiting PhD student from BSC): Decadal predictions for the renewable energy sector in Europe

11:20-11:40: Helene Langehaug (NERSC): A webpage with marine heatwave predictions from NorCPM

11:40- Lunch, Mingling and Open Agenda (for those who wish to share or discuss)

*RA stands for Research Area

This informal discussion space is open to all Bjerknes members and guests.

Please feel free to join us and we welcome contributions from all.

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 

********** PROGRAMME ***********

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 

Save the dates!