Gemini-samarbeidet
Gemini-senter er en modell for strategisk samhandling mellom faggrupper ved NTNU, SINTEF, Universitetet i Oslo, St. Olavs Hospital og NTNU Samfunnsforskning.
The Gemini collaboration
The Gemini centre is a model for strategic cooperation between research groups at NTNU, SINTEF, University of Oslo, St. Olav’s Hospital and NTNU Social Research.
The Gemini Centre
The Gemini Centre is a venue that will foster larger, more resilient research communities with higher quality that will be better equipped to seize and develop new opportunities. Through this, the partners will increase their competitiveness and value creation for society as a whole.
Internationally, both clients and students call for outstanding research communities. It is the best communities that succeed in increasingly fierce international competition. This is why the Gemini Centre works in line with the vision of «global excellence together».
The Gemini model requires planned and actively maintained collaboration between otherwise independent entities. The pillars of the model are a willingness to collaborate and a mutual understanding and respect for each other’s roles and unique characteristics. The collaboration will be characterised by equality, inclusive behaviour and fair allocation of resources.
The concept was launched by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and SINTEF in 2003. The University of Oslo joined the scheme in 2004, St. Olav’s Hospital in 2007 and NTNU Social Research in 2019. Today’s revised collaboration concept was adopted by NTNU and SINTEF management and entered into force from 2018.
The Gemini Centre may adopt several purposes:
- The partners coming together to develop new fields.
- The partners seeking to address major, interdisciplinary societal challenges.
- The partners using the concept as a platform for developing applications to the Centres for Research-based Innovation/Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research/EU.
- The partners using the concept to coordinate joint activities and laboratories.
Joint interaction with businesses and the public sector in the form of networking and external seminars can be an additional motive for all Gemini centres.
Geminisenter / Gemini Centres
Bærekraftig havbruk
2022-2026
Partnere/partners: NTNU HF, NTNU IE, NTNU IV, NTNU NV, NTNU Samfunnsforskning og SINTEF Ocean
Bærekraftig omstilling /
Sustainability transitions
2020 – 2028
Partnere/partners: NTNU HF, SINTEF Community, SINTEF Digital og UiO (Tik-senteret og Energi og miljø)
COmputational multi-Scale materials societY (COSY)
2023-2027
Partnere/partners: NTNU IV, NTNU NV, SINTEF Industri og UiO MatNat
Havbunnsmineraler /
Deep Sea Mining
2023-2027
Partnere/partners: NTNU HF, NTNU IV, NTNU NV, NTNU ØK, NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet, SINTEF Industri, SINTEF Ocean og UiO JF
Digitalisering og automatisering av fremtidens vegtransport
2021-2025
Partnere/partners: NTNU IE, NTNU AD, SINTEF Community og SINTEF Digital
Elektrisk energi og energisystemer /
Electrical Energy and Energy Systems
2004 – 2026
Partnere/partners: SINTEF Energi og NTNU IE
Extended Realities (XR)
2019 – 2027
Partnere/partners: NTNU IE, NTNU SU, SINTEF Digital og SINTEF Community
Fysikalsk metallurgi (FysMet)
2020-2028
Partnere/partners: NTNU IV, NTNU NV, SINTEF Industri og SINTEF Manufacturing
Global Impact
2023-2027
Partnere/partners: NTNU AD, NTNU SU, NTNU ØK, NTNU IV, NTNU MH, SINTEF Community, SINTEF Digital, SINTEF Energi, SINTEF Industri og SINTEF Ocean
Grønn Luftfart /
Green Aviation
2021-2025
Partnere/partners: NTNU IE, SINTEF Energi, SINTEF Digital og SINTEF Industri
Helsefremmende arkitektur og omgivelser /
Health promiting architecture and surroundings
2019 – 2027
Partnere/partners: NTNU AD, SINTEF Digital, SINTEF Community og NTNU Samfunnsforskning
Human Centred Manufacturing
2022-2026
Partnere/partners: NTNU ØK, SINTEF Digital og SINTEF Manufacturing
Humani
2024-2028
Partnere/partners: NTNU MH, NTNU NV, SINTEF Digital og St. Olavs Hospital
Hydrokjemisk prosessteknologi i den sirkulære økonomien (HyProS)
2018 - 2026
Partnere/partners: NTNU NV, UiO MatNat og SINTEF Industri
Inkluderende skole og oppvekst (OppInk)
2020-2028
Partnere/partners: NTNU Samfunnsforskning, NTNU MH, NTNU SU og SINTEF Digital
Individualized Treatment and Research on Crohn’s and Colitis - InTRaCC
2023 – 2027
Partnere/partners: NTNU MH, SINTEF Industri, UiO MF, St. Olavs hospital
Maritim kommunikasjon
2012 – 2026
Partnere/partners: SINTEF Digital, SINTEF Ocean, NTNU IE og NTNU IV
Maritim logistikk
2012 – 2026
Partnere/partners: SINTEF Ocean, SINTEF Industri, SINTEF Digital, NTNU IV og NTNU ØK
Medical Imaging Research and AI (MIRA)
2020 – 2024
Partnere/partners: St. Olavs Hospital, NTNU MH, NTNU IE og SINTEF Digital
Metal Forming
2022-2026
Partnere/partners: NTNU IV, NTNU NV, SINTEF Industri og SINTEF Manufacturing
MiMaC
Funksjonstid: 2022-2026
Partnere: NTNU IV, NTNU NV og SINTEF Industri
Norsk senter for digitale teknologier i rehabilitering
Norwegian Centre for Digital Technologies in Rehabilitation
2023-2027
Partnere/partners: NTNU MH, SINTEF Digital, UiO MF, St. Olavs hospital
Vannkraftoptimering /
Hydropower Optimization
2020-2028
Partnere/partners: NTNU IE, NTNU ØK og SINTEF Energi
Post-Growth Futures
2023 – 2027
Partnere/partners: NTNU HF, NTNU SU, NTNU Samfunnsforskning, UiO-Senter for utvikling og miljø, SINTEF Community, SINTEF Ocean og SINTEF Industri
Resilient Critical Infrastructures and Societies (Resilience)
2019 – 2027
Partnere/partners: NTNU SU, NTNU ØK, NTNU IE, NTNU IV, SINTEF Ocean, SINTEF Digital, SINTEF Community, SINTEF Energi og NTNU Samfunnsforskning
Risiko- og sårbarhetsstudier (ROSS)
2007 – 2027
Partnere/partners: SINTEF Digital, SINTEF Energi, SINTEF Ocean, NTNU IV, NTNU IE og NTNU Samfunnsforskning
Småsatellitter
2022-2026
Partnere/partners: NTNU IE, NTNU IV, SINTEF Digital, SINTEF Ocean og UiO MatNat
Solceller
2005 – 2026
Partnere/partners: SINTEF Industri, SINTEF Community, SINTEF Ocean, SINTEF Digital, SINTEF Energi, NTNU AD, NTNU HF, NTNU IE, NTNU SU, NTNU IV og NTNU NV
Termisk energilagring /
Thermal Energy Storage
2022-2026
Partnere/partners: SINTEF Energi, SINTEF Industri, SINTEF Ocean, NTNU IV og NTNU NV
100 klimanøytrale byer innen 2030 – av og for innbyggerne
2021 – 2025
Partnere/partners: NTNU AD, NTNU ØK, NTNU SU, NTNU IE, NTNU NV, SINTEF Community, SINTEF Digital, SINTEF Energi og SINTEF Ålesund
Transmisjonselektromikroskopi (TEM)
2005 – 2026
Partnere/partners: NTNU NV og SINTEF Industri
VertiGrow
2024-2028
Partnere/partners: SINTEF Digital, SINTEF Community, SINTEF Energi, SINTEF Industri, SINTEF Ocean, SINTEF Nord, NTNU IE, NTNU NV og NTNU Samfunnsforskning
How to apply
Becoming a Gemini Centre is far from complicated, as long as the partners are motivated and agree on the purpose. Naturally, the application needs to clearly state why you are seeking to establish the centre and what the partnership will do to achieve its goals.
The establishment of the centre must also be strategically endorsed by line management. Formally speaking, line managers must sign the application and will have a special responsibility for ensuring that the centre is strategically endorsed. The application must also be approved at Dean/Director level.
The application must be addressed to the relevant institutional management, i.e. NTNU, UiO, SINTEF, St. Olav’s and/or NTNU Social Research. There are two application rounds each year. Appointments are made during SINTEF’s Council Dinner in April and November.
Application deadlines:
Spring: 15 March.
Autumn: 15 October.
A Gemini Centre will be appointed for a period of four years. At the end of the four-year period, an application may be submitted for re-appointment for an additional period of four years. Re-appointment will be subject to the partners demonstrating positive results from the initial period and establishing new goals for the collaboration for the next period.
Finances
A Gemini Centre will be awarded NOK 100,000 each year to cover direct costs. This funding is allocated by parent institutions and will be managed by the centre management. The centre must report on its use of funding in annual reports.
The centre management can also use strategic resources to fulfil the role of the centre. This applies both in terms of time and other resources. This must be agreed with line management.
Detailed information about finances and procedures can be found in the policy document.
Annual report
All Gemini centres are required to prepare annual reports. Annual reports will primarily describe progress in relation to the centre’s goals and milestones, as well as a revised strategic plan. The report must be submitted to the Gemini Centre Coordinator, as well as line management, before 15 February. The annual report must be submitted by the Board of the Gemini Centre.
Board and Coordinators
The Gemini scheme is managed by a Board comprising representatives from NTNU, SINTEF and the University of Oslo. The Board has the overall responsibility for managing and further developing the Gemini collaboration.
The Coordinator has the day-to-day responsibility for monitoring centres and will meet with centre management each year to discuss results and progress. Such meetings will take place during the spring semester and will be based around the annual report for the centre.
The Gemini Centre Coordinators are (Senior Project Manager, SINTEF) and (Director of Research, SINTEF).
More about the Gemini collaboration in Norwegian
