HELP – project grants from L. Meltzers høyskolefond

1. Project title

The title must be short and describe the project in a way that is understandable to persons not expert in the field.

2. Who can apply?

Grants from the Meltzer foundation are awarded to particularly gifted students at the University of Bergen. Particularly gifted students at other universities and specialised university colleges in Norway can also apply for grants from the foundation. These are: the University of Oslo, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the University of Tromsø including the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), the Norwegian School of Sports Science, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science. Students from other university colleges than the ones listed above are not eligible.

Grants are awarded as support for academic projects confirmed by an academic supervisor, primarily to students at Master’s degree level, students at the corresponding level of a programme of professional study and candidates at doctoral degree level. Grants can also be awarded to Bachelor students if the application is connected to a research project/assignment and this is confirmed by an academic supervisor.

NOTE in particular that research fellows who have been admitted to a doctoral programme at the University of Bergen must be registered as having been admitted to this programme in the National Student Database (FS) in order for their applications to be considered.

3. Education

Applicants must have taken exams at university/university college level worth a total of at least 120 credits.

Students who are studying for a period of up to one year away from their ‘mother institution’, either through an exchange agreement or in order to specialise in subjects/courses, may apply.

Grants are normally awarded for one calendar year, and the applicant should be a student for the whole year. Applicants who complete their studies in the spring semester will therefore not normally be able to compete for grants.

4. Project description

Provide a description of the project, including the academic grounds for the project, how the project fits in with the doctoral or Master’s degree programme (or other study programmes). No more than 1,000 words.

5. Financial conditions – which expenses can be covered?

Budgeted expenses must be stated in NOK 1000s without delimiters. Grants are awarded in varying portions, limited to a maximum of NOK 75,000. The size of the grant will depend on documentable project-related expenses (such as study trips, equipment, materials etc.) that the applicant applies to have covered. Applicants cannot apply to have their normal subsistence costs at the place of study covered, such as research fellow pay or similar.

6. Additional information

If illness or other circumstances affect the work situation, this must be documented separately here.

7. Kontonummer

For students and research fellows at other universities who receive a grant from the foundation, the project grant will be transferred to their own bank accounts. Research fellows and students at the University of Bergen do not have to provide their bank account number, as their grants are paid into a project account at the university.

8. Enclosures
Include the title of the enclosures you wish to forward. Once the application has been electronically submitted, you will receive a receipt. The applicant must print this receipt, sign it and have their academic supervisor sign it, and then submit the signed original receipt together with the enclosures they are required to submit to the foundation by 8 December 2010, at the latest.

The deadline for forwarding results from exams taken in the current semester is 18 January 2011.

Submission of applications

Remember to submit the application to the foundation’s application system once it is completed, no later than 1 December 2009 by 13.00.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SAVING AND DELETING APPLICATIONS:
Remember to press either ‘Save and quit’ or ’Save’ at the top or bottom of the application form during and after each work session. The foundation is not responsible for any data lost due to failure to save it. Applications that are not to be submitted should be deleted. This is done via your personal page in the application system. The application cannot be changed after the deadline has expired or after it has been submitted electronically.

2010-Nov: Bente Krossøy