New International INTPART-Partnership Strengthens Cooperation in Research and Education
The new project will strengthen a global network for sustainable energy storage. The partnership will provide new initiatives and opportunities for international collaboration for students and staff at UiB, as well as for the partners.
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(Excerpts are taken from an article originally published by Åshild Nylund)
The research group Reservoir Physics the University of Bergen has been awarded NOK 5 million from the INTPART programme. The funding will support a four-year initiatives that strengthen international partnerships in higher education, research, and innovation. This collaboration aims to address global challenges while further enhancing Norwegian academic excellence.
A global network for sustainable subsurface energy storage
At the Faculty of Science and Technology, the new project ICE-SSR will advance education and research in physics-based modeling and simulation of energy and carbon storage. The initiative is carried out in close partnership with NORCE and nine leading universities and research institutions in Europe, North and South America, and Asia.
Researchers at the Department of Physics and Technology (IFT) and the Department of Mathematics (MI) will develop new courses, organize winter schools and workshops, and facilitate exchanges and joint supervision of master’s and PhD students with the project’s international academic partners. The activities are closely linked to the Centre for Sustainable Subsurface Resources (external link) and build on UiB’s world-leading research in CO₂ storage.
“This grant gives us a unique opportunity to strengthen interdisciplinary and international collaboration in sustainable energy and carbon storage in the subsurface. For our interdisciplinary academic community at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, it means we can offer our students access to a global network of leading researchers, innovative courses, and training in the green transition,” says Prof. Martin Fernø at IFT.
The project is called International Cluster of Excellence in Sustainable Subsurface Research (ICE-SSR). In addition to Fernø, the project team includes Sarah Gasda (NORCE and IFT), Jan Martin Nordbotten (MI), Kundan Kumar (MI), and Geir Ersland (IFT).