{"id":8448,"date":"2023-11-21T17:06:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T16:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/praxisschock\/?p=8448"},"modified":"2023-11-21T17:06:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T16:06:35","slug":"erasmus-internship-at-uit-the-arctic-university-of-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/praxisschock\/2023\/11\/21\/erasmus-internship-at-uit-the-arctic-university-of-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus+ Internship at UIT – The Arctic University of Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview:<\/strong>
\nAn international student from the Master\u2019s program of Marine Geosciences, University of Bremen, embarks on a research journey to the mystical Arctic circle to learn more about the tiny marvelous marine creatures called \u2018foraminifera\u2019.
\nThis report provides a summary of the process of planning the two month internship project at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, the steps for Erasmus+ mobility fund application, the experience of two week research expedition to the Norwegian Sea, the knowledge gained during the internship under the supervision of Dr. Ezat Mohamad & Dr. Julie Meilland in the laboratory and finally a sneak peek into the beauty of Troms\u00f8 courtesy of the midnight sun.<\/p>\n

1. Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Workplan<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Development of the internship idea began late December of 2021 with my student job supervisor Dr. Julie Meilland, MARUM. \u2018The population dynamics of planktic foraminifera in the Norwegian Sea\u2019 was the core idea of the project.<\/p>\n

The collaboration with Dr. Ezat Mohamad in UiT, whose team works extensively in developing paleoclimate proxies using planktic foraminifera in their project ARCLIM, allowed us to design the internship project within it.<\/p>\n

Mobility fund<\/em>
\n\"\"<\/a>To support my stay in Norway for two months, I applied for the Erasmus + funding with a letter of motivation, traineeship document and other supporting papers through service4mobilitat website. The whole process was quite smooth. It took about 3 months for the entire process to get completed. I received 75% of the funding before the start of the internship to help with ticket bookings to Norway.<\/p>\n

Reaching Troms\u00f8<\/em><\/p>\n

The flight from Hamburg to Troms\u00f8 had 2 layovers at Copenhagen and Oslo. The scenic beauty all along the way was something special. The island of Troms\u00f8ya stood out from the surrounding as the plane prepared to land.<\/p>\n

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