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Seed funding for student-initiated activities

SITRAP invites NMBU students to apply for seed funds for academic activities that go beyond their usual curriculum.

Your initiative must be linked to the field of ​​spatial planning.

Each semester, a total of NOK 100,000 is awarded with a maximum support of NOK 50,000 per project. You can apply for support twice a year: 14 October and 14 April.

Support is not given for usual courses on the curriculum nor for completion of the master's thesis. Other than that, there are no restrictions on the type of projects that can be supported. For inspiration, we list some examples here:

  • Video/podcast production
  • Development of a business idea or product development
  • Participation in a summer school, course or conference
  • Study trips
  • Purchase of tools, equipment and software

The aim of the call is to support innovative, student-active learning; to increase student engagement; and to explore new learning methods and curricula.

  • Who can apply?

    Applicants can be individual students, student groups or associations, or other student organisations.

    Students from all of NMBU's fields of study are eligible to apply, but the project leader must be a student on one of the following NMBU degrees:

    • Urban and regional planning
    • Property
    • Property development
    • Landscape architecture
    • Landscape engineering
    • Landscape architecture for global sustainability

    SITRAP will assess the applications based on the projects' academic relevance to the degree programmes listed above. See also the section on assessment criteria. Support is not given for ordinary courses on the curriculum nor for completion of the master's thesis. Otherwise, there are no restrictions on the types of projects that can receive support.

  • Application process

    The application process consists of two elements:

    1) Completion of the form:

    To apply for support from SITRAP, you must fill in the following form with information about the project you are proposing. The form must contain a description of what the project is about, what academic relevance it has for your degree programme, who will be active in the project or benefit from it, and the personal motivation for carrying out the project.

    Application formDownload the application form (Word)

    The completed application form is uploaded via the following digital form:

    Upload your application via the digital form

    2) Pitch for the jury

    After the form has been submitted, you will be invited to give a three-minute pitch of the project to SITRAP's jury. Here, you get the opportunity to explain why your project is valuable and why it should receive support.

  • Evaluation criteria

    1) Academic relevance to your degree:

    The support will be awarded to projects that have a direct relationship to the degree programs: landscape architecture; urban and regional planning; property; and property development. The jury will assess how well the project connects to the students' education, and how much it contributes to expanding the students' academic and professional competence.

    2) Personal motivation:

    The jury will assess the applicant's commitment and interest in carrying out the project, and to what extent the motivation is linked to the project's academic relevance.

    3) Feasibility:

    The jury will assess how realistic it is that the project will be completed, with the students and possibly staff that are proposed, and within the proposed budget and timetable for implementation. The jury will also place weight on how implementation of the project is dependent on this support.

  • The jury

    The jury that evaluate applications is put together by SITRAP and consists of the following members:

    • Einar Hegstad / Property and Law
    • Frode Degvold / Landscape Architecture
    • Kristine Lien Skog / Urban and Regional Planning
    • Anja Standal / Urban and Regional Planning
    • Tove Bredesen Søyland (secretary) / SITRAP
  • Reporting requirements

    Projects that receive support are obliged to report on their learning outcomes and experiences after the project completion. The reporting will take place via:

    • A public presentation together with the other projects that have received support
    • A short written report based on a predefined template
  • Important dates

    You can apply for support twice a year: 14 October and 14 April

    The pitch for the jury takes place approximately 2 working days after the application deadline.

    The jury's recommendation is ready approximately 2 weeks after the application deadline.

  • Projects that have received support

    Spring 2024

    • Permaculture Design Certificate. Course in Stavanger
      Sofie Ringdal
    • Internship at Sussex Prairie Garden
      Jon Nordendal Bjellås
    • Field trip to Berlin with Terra Forma
      Rebecca Mathilde Eikaas
    • Tour of SLU Alnarp's landscape laboratory
      Henrik Hæhre Ingebrigtsen & Marcus Liam McKelvey
    • Interpreting and conveying landscapes in the form of tufting and mixed media
      Louise Antonsen Rognsvåg og Beattrice Marie Cabal Nilsen
    • Grey to green stormwater management in Sheffiled, England and the historical garden at Chatsworth House
      Solveig Vaaga

    Autumn 2023

    • Field trip to Lisbon - Struktura Student Organisation
      Mia Mathilde Maudal
    • Ceramics course with a focus on building technology
      Trude Breistrand Gerrard
    • Field project: Art and Outdoor Space in Durban, South Africa
      Tuva Lindskog Torjesen

    Spring 2023

    • Summer school on climate-resilient cities
      Karoline Hannisdal
    • Internship & practice in an English garden - July 2023
      Rannveig Winsnes Nordhagen
    • Field study in rice field flooding in Fandriana, Madagascar
      Pernille Eskeland Janssen


Questions?

Any questions on the seed funding scheme or call should be directed to Einar Hegstad: