Norwegian Research School in Global Health (NRSGH) Elisabeth Darj, Director of NRSGH Professor Global Health NTNU, Trondheim 15 March 2017

Norwegian Research School in Global Health Project initiated “Norwegian Forum of Global Health Research” Proposal April 2015 from NTNU, Universities of Oslo, Bergen, Tromsø and Norwegian Institution of Public Health Granted financial support from RCN April 2016 - 2022 Meeting with the Board of GLOBVAC April 2016 Report February 2017

Project timetable

Aims and objectives Overall aim: Build capacity in global health by a strong national team to meet the challenges within education and research Objectives: Relevant courses National network for PhD candidates Improve quality of supervision Strengthen academic capacity Increase awareness

Board of NRSGH NTNU, UIB, UIO, UIT and NIPH + two PhD candidate and one international representative

Strategic plan Strengthen the global health research community in Norway and in Partner institutions. Seven Work Packages – activities

Activity, WP 1 webpage Develop a webpage launching the Research School (1 Sept 2016) registration of members - 93 information of membership courses conferences mobility grants within and outside Norway

93 Members UiB 46 UiO 22 NTNU 11 UiT 8 others 6 53 women (57%) 40 men (43%)

http://www.ntnu.edu/nrsgh

Activity, WP 2 courses PhD courses – ongoing at “other universities” Develop new – Scientific writing NTNU, 12 PhD candidates – Systematic review and meta-analysis NIPH, 20 PhD candidates Evaluation after the courses

Activity, WP 3 mobility grants Travel grants to other universities within Norway 2 to UiB, 10 to NTNU Travel for 1-2 month on international visits 6 for courses in Europe International conference 1 to Australia 1 to London NRSGH PhD conference 7 from low income countries

Activity, WP 4 PhD conference Annual national PhD conference Organize together with the PhD candidate Rotate within the board institutions In connection with GLOBVAC conference biannually Stiklestad 16-17 March Evaluation after the conference

Activity, WP 4 PhD conference Focus on presentations and constructive feed back 6 groups abstract power point presentation poster lectures How to present your research Presentation techniques Preparing a manuscript Students’ responsibility Future research agenda, SDGs

Activity, WP 5 Regional seminars Regional seminars Two during the financial period In collaboration with a institution in Africa and/or Asia Board will decide the location 2018 Ethiopia ? Evaluation after the seminars

Activity, WP 6 Supervision Improve quality of supervision Workshop/seminar biannually, 2016, 2018, 2020 – Supervising seminar, UiO + UiB, April 2017 20 supervisors, Post-Doc and Senior PhD candidates Evaluation after the seminar

Activity, WP 7 Recruitment Recruitment strategy for new academic positions in Global Health at Norwegian Universities Report sent to Norwegian politicians, rectorate at Universities and various meetings

Issues raised at the last meeting Sustainability after GLOBVAC funding Indicators of quality

Budget 2016 - 9 months April-Dec Launched the NRSGH 1 September 2016 Not used all estimated 1,878 000 NOK as anticipated Some costs accepted 2016, but used in the beginning of 2017 Proposal to transfer remaining 785 000 NOK to 2017 (mobility grants, PhD-conference, invited international speakers, operating costs)