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UiT Aurora Centres

UiT Aurora Centres is an internal instrument aiming at developing the academic environments at UiT. This instrument was established to give our excellent environments better opportunities to succeed in establishing externally funded centers.

UiT has four Aurora Centres:

Project	Project leader	Project period
AcqVA Aurora - UiT Aurora Center for Language Acquisition, Variation & Attrition: The Dynamic Nature of Languages in the Mind	Marit Westergaard, HSL	2020-2024
DYNAMO- Aurora Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems Modelling	Odd Erik Garcia, NT	2020-2024
The Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea	Tore Henriksen, Jurfak	2021-2025
ASTI- Arctic Seasonal Time-keeping Initiative	David Hazelrigg, BFE	2021-2025
ArcEcoGen - Norwegian Centre for Arctic Ecosystem Genomics (ArcEGen)	Inger Greve Alsos, UMAK	2022-2026
MASCOT - UiT Aurora Center for Mathematical Structures in Computations	Boris Krugliko og Cordian Riener, NT	2022-2026

Updated: 10.04.2024, updated by: Inger Lin Uttakleiv Ræder

Thematic strategic research areas

UiT Aurora Outstanding

Updated: 15.11.2021, updated by: Inger Lin Uttakleiv Ræder

Project	Project leader	Participants	Project period
iCCU- Transforming CO2 to capital by interdisciplinary CCU optimization strategies	Øyvind Stokke, HSL	BFE, HSL, NT	2018-2021
Data-Driven Health Technology	Robert Jenssen, NT	NT, Jurfak, Helse	2018-2021
LEADScAMR- Lead-to-drug development of amphipathic scaffolds targeting multi-resistant bacteria	Morten B. Strøm, Helse	Helse, NT, BFE	2018-2021
FISH & CRISPR – Innovative strategies to improve salmon health	Jorunn Jørgensen, BFE	BFE, Helse, NT	2019-2022
RENEW: Transformation to a Renewable & Smart Rural Power System Community	Tobias Bostrøm, NT	NT, HSL, IVT	2019-2022
BrainSTORM: PET in Targeted Brain Theranostics and Education	Jørn Hansen, NT	NT, Helse, BFE, HSL	2019-2022
SECURE- Novel Marine Resources for Food Security and Food Safety	Edel Elvevold, BFE	BFE, Helse, Jurfak, UNN	2020-2023
VirtualStain- Artificial intelligence solutions to virtually stain label-free cell and tissue images for studying cardiovascular diseases of fish and mammals	Ludvig A. Horch, NT	NT, Helse, BFE	2020-2023
NASAR- Nanoscopy Applied to Selective Autophagy Research	Terje Johansen, Helse	Helse, NT	2021-2024
CPCAI- Consortium for Patient Centered Artificial Intelligence	Rolv Ole Lindsetmo, Helse	Helse, NT	2021-2024
ArcICE- Arctic Icing: A step forward to better understand the ice accretion physics and develop innovative technological solutions	Muhammad Virk, IVT	IVT, NT	2021-2024

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Internal instruments at UiT

UiT Aurora Centres

Thematic strategic research areas

UiT Aurora Outstanding