Large-scale Programmes
As part of the effort to meet national research-policy priorities, the Research Council has established a special funding instrument called the Large-scale Programmes. This initiative is designed to build long-term knowledge in order to encourage innovation and enhance value creation as well as to help find solutions to important challenges facing society.
At present the Research Council administers seven programmes under the Large-scale Programme initiative. These programmes have been developed in a dialogue between the research establishment, industry and the public administration, and extend across various sectors and value chains. They incorporate a wide variety of actors, providing them with a strategic and dynamic arena for communication and cooperation.
The current Large-scale Programmes were launched during the period 2002-2006, and represent a key component of the Research Council's efforts to satisfy the objectives regarding priority thematic and technology areas laid out in Report No. 20 to the Storting (2004-2005) Commitment to Research.
The Large-scale Programme initiative aims to:
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Achieve specific objectives and identify concrete challenges or opportunities of strategic national importance.
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Generate synergy and interaction between strategic basic research, applied research and innovation.
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Implement efforts within a long-term perspective and elicit results that would otherwise be difficult to achieve.
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Mobilise researchers and industry through strategic utilisation of different types of funding together with other instruments administered by the Research Council.
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Promote an effective international orientation.
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Maintain a clear profile vis-à-vis the research community, the political community, the government administration and the public at large.
For more information about the Large-scale Programmes, see the individual research programme websites.
Functional Genomics in Norway - FUGE
Research in functional genomics at the international level to enhance expertise in basic biological, medical and marine research, as well as to promote innovation and industrial development in Norway.
AQUACULTURE - An Industry in Growth - HAVBRUK
Research to promote aquaculture as a sustainable, market-oriented, profitable growth industry.
Nanotechnology and New Materials - NANOMAT
Research to promote Norway as a world leader in research in selected areas relating to new materials and nanotechnology.
Climate Change and its Impacts in Norway - NORKLIMA
Research to enhance knowledge about the climate and promote a better interface between different types of research to give society a stronger platform for dealing with changes in the global climate.
Optimal Management of Petroleum Resources - PETROMAKS
Research to facilitate the utilisation of petroleum reserves to the benefit of society.
Clean Energy for the Future - RENERGI
Research to generate clean energy systems for the future.
Core Competence and Growth in ICT - VERDIKT
Research to place Norway at the forefront of ICT development and the application of ICT-based knowledge to innovation and interaction.
- Published:
- 07.03.2007
- Last updated:
- 28.03.2008
