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幸运飞艇计划 Climate Fund

Apply for the 幸运飞艇计划 climate fund and help reduce the university's climate footprint.

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About the fund

For a number of years, the University of Bergen has been working to promote sustainability in our research and education programs. In the last few years 幸运飞艇计划 have also increased the awareness of the importance of sustainability within our own organization. Our university board has pushed the organization to set ambitious climate goals, which includes the introduction of an annual climate budget that maps the totality of the university鈥檚 emissions.

In October 2020, the University Board decided to establish a dedicated fund to finance actions that will help motivate employees and students in the work to reduce the university climate footprint. This fund will amount to 2 million NOK each year.

The purpose of the fund

The fund shall finance measures that support the work to ensure a more environmentally and climate friendly university. Either through direct reduction of 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 climate footprint, or by motivating students and employees to participate in a joint 鈥渆nvironment and climate dugnad鈥.

There is one application deadline each semester.

The deadline this semester is March 15th.听

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Who can apply:

  • Funding can be given to initiatives and measures that contribute to 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 work for a more climate and environmentally friendly university, either by directly reducing听幸运飞艇计划's climate footprint, or by engaging students and staff in joint environmental and climate efforts.
  • Applicants must be registered students or employees at 幸运飞艇计划, and affiliation to the person's faculty/department must be stated in the application.
  • Applicants must send an electronic application form (see above)听within the current application deadline. There is one application deadline per semester.
  • Both students and employees can apply for funding for smaller or more extensive measures limited to NOK 300,000. Students and employees are assessed equally with regards to assessment criteria.
  • You can only apply for funding for the same measure once.

Funding can be given to various measures and projects within the following categories:

  • Environmentally friendly transport and events
  • Measures for circular economy
  • Creative and innovative ideas
  • Green master*

* This is an incentive scheme for master's theses with a focus on climate, environment and sustainability. Students at 幸运飞艇计划 can apply for NOK 10,000 each, which is financed by the 幸运飞艇计划 climate fund. Read more here.

This is not funded:

  • Applications for measures aimed at individual students or individual employees.听
  • Major climate measures related to buildings are prioritized and financed via the Estate and Facilities Management Division (EIA) at 幸运飞艇计划, not by the climate fund.
  • The climate fund normally only covers costs related to purchases that belongs to the faculty/department's that exeeds the ordinary operating costs. For example: replacement of fossil vehicles/machines. Repair/redesign services are excluded from this rule.
  • Measures where the scheme can or should fall within the scope of teaching at the institutes/faculties.
  • The Climate Fund cannot support applicants with their own organization number outside 幸运飞艇计划, unless it concerns student organizations specifically associated with a faculty at 幸运飞艇计划.
  • Salary or fee to the applicants.

If your proposal has been funded:

  • Grants are provided on the condition that the project is carried out in line with the application. In case of significant changes to the project, contact the climate secretariat at 幸运飞艇计划: 听Klima2030@uib.no.听
  • 幸运飞艇计划 has framework agreements with external听 in several areas that can be used for the measures that are given support. These should preferably be used as far as possible.听
  • 幸运飞艇计划 is subject to Norwegian law and regulations concering public procurement. See 幸运飞艇计划's procurement map for information on current procedures: Procurements and purchases | Employee Pages | 幸运飞艇计划
  • Recipients must strive to implement measures and/or use the funds within one year after funding has been approved. If a situation arises which means that implementation of the measure cannot take place within a year, the climate secretariat must be contacted and an interim report must be submitted.听
  • Allocations from the Climate Fund are public information and allocations can be announced internally or externally.听
  • If the grant is not used in accordance with the conditions, the clime plan's managment board can demand that all or parts of the grant be repaid.听
  • A short report with a description of the results and accounts showing the use of the grant must be sent to klima2030@uib.no within two months after the measure has been implemented.