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SPARK Norway

SPARK Norway is a two-year innovation programme designed to further develop ideas within health-related life sciences.

Oslo Cancer Cluster was a co-creator of SPARK Norway in 2016 and has been involved in the SPARK Norway management team since its inception.

https://www.uio.no/english/research/strategic-research-areas/life-science/innovation/spark/about/

Questions?

Do not hesitate to contact Jutta Heix, Head of International Affairs, Oslo Cancer Cluster.

SPARK Norway is

  • An innovation programme designed to increase the success rate of projects with high potential impact, addressing critical unmet needs in the life science domain
  • Designed to increase the maturity of discoveries in academia and hospitals towards practical solutions through education, mentorship, advising and milestone-based funding
  • Based on the original Stanford SPARK programme for clinical research, which has achieved a translational success rate of > 50%
  • Developed in close collaboration with the two other European SPARK sites – SPARK Berlin and SPARK Finland
  • Led by UiO:Life Science and supported by University of Oslo (UiO) top management, Inven2 and Oslo University Hospital (OUS)
  • Application for admission through annual open calls