How to carry out field work?
- Discuss it with your supervisor. Going on field work should be relevant to your Master's thesis project and must be approved by your supervisor. Moreover, your supervisor can give you advice on where to carry out your field work.
- Apply for funding. This should be done within the given deadlines (please see below). You may of course choose to go on field work without applying for funding.
- If you are going abroad: read the information about safety abroad. Before you travel you need to submit the statement concerning studies abroad through an electronic form. Funding will not be given by the Department unless the statement has been submitted.
- When you start planning your field work, you should discuss with your supervisor whether your material will include personal data and if it you need to notify the Data Protection Official for Research. Read more about guidelines on privacy protection here.
Funding for Field Work
The trip/conference must be relevant to your Master's thesis and should take place in the same semester that the application is made. You cannot receive this type of funding more than once during your course of study. The department can grant up to 5000,- NOK for field work.
When the field work is complete, you submit an online form that gives you access to the PayMe platform, where you can upload receipts and boarding passes. Documents must be uploaded no later than one month after the trip.
Deadline for applications
You must complete all parts of the application form well ahead of the date you plan to start your fieldwork, and no later than November 1st for the autumn semester and May 1st for the spring semester. Applications will be processed as they are received.