- Work programme for the VERDIKT programme (PDF-554.9 KB)
- 1. About the programme
- 2. Announcement
- 3. Create application
| Deadline | Announcement | |
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| Open-ended | The VERDIKT programme is seeking innovative, extraordinary results generated by the projects | Choose |
| Open-ended | Support for conferences at the national and international level | Choose |
| Open-ended | Personal Overseas Researcher Grants and Personal Visiting Research Grants for VERDIKT projects | Choose |
Objectives:
The primary objective of the VERDIKT programme is:
To generate world-class expertise and value creation in the field of ICT.
This will be achieved through fulfilment of the following secondary objectives:
Competence-building – Training new researchers and enhancing research expertise in academia, trade and industry, and the public sector.
- Developing world-class research expertise.
- Expanding cooperation between trade and industry and academia.
- Increasing interest in the ICT subjects.
- Increasing the proportion of women working in ICT.
Knowledge-development – Producing and publicising research results that will benefit trade and industry and society at large.
- Conducting relevant research that increases the competitiveness of Norwegian trade and industry.
- Generating project results that help to meet major challenges to society, especially those related to the environment, climate, energy and health.
- Increasing the number of publications and presentations in recognised scientific forums.
- Producing research results that are used by trade and industry and that benefit the development of society.
Innovation – Promoting innovation and value creation fuelled by ICT research.
- Developing new patents, products and services.
- Establishing new companies.
- Strengthening existing companies.
- Enhancing efficiency in the public sector.
To achieve these objectives, the VERDIKT programme has established a set of scientific priority areas that form the main pillars of the programme:
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User interfaces, information management and software technology
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Communication technology and infrastructure
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Security, privacy protection and vulnerability
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Social, economic and cultural challenges
The programme designates specific thematic areas within the scientific priority areas. These thematic areas apply to basic research, applied research and innovation projects, and are intended to promote research across several subject areas.
The thematic areas were revised in 2009 after comprehensive consultation. The VERDIKT programme's three main thematic areas are now: Social Networks, the Internet of things, and Mobile Internet. These are key drivers of the development of the Future Internet, as well as important research topics in their own right, and "Future Internet" provides the overall thematic framework
This programme/activity normally accepts grant applications from:
Trade and industry, independent research institutes, universities and university colleges, and the public sector.
Duration:
2005 - 2014
Overall budget:
The overall budget for the VERDIKT programme for 2012 is approximately NOK 160 million.
Attachments
Contact
- Olaug Råd Senior Adviser 22 03 72 43 olr@forskningsradet.no
- André Fossen Mlonyeni Senior Adviser 22 03 75 57 afm@forskningsradet.no
- Jan Rasmus Sulebak Special Adviser 93 05 93 50 jrs@forskningsradet.no
- Harald Holm Simonsen Special Adviser 22 03 75 75 hhs@forskningsradet.no
- Trond Knudsen Senior Adviser 22 03 75 27 tk@forskningsradet.no
- Hilde Albech Senior Executive Officer 22 03 72 14 ha@forskningsradet.no
- Turid Grøtli Aalholm Senior Executive Officer tga@forskningsradet.no
