- Strategy 2009-2012. In the Vanguard of Research (PDF-71.4 KB)
New Research Council strategy:
Charting a new course
The Research Council's new main strategy, In the Vanguard of Research, maps out the direction for the Research Council's activities for the coming four-year period.
The strategy document was circulated to Norwegian R&D stakeholders for a comprehensive review process before being finalised and adopted. The new strategy revolves around four key challenges facing the Norwegian research establishment:
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To ensure adequate capacity and quality: There must be greater investment in research activity and the overall quality must be enhanced to help researchers, trade and industry and society at large to develop and compete in an increasingly globalised world.
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To meet the changing needs of society: Research must seek to respond more directly to specific social and industrial challenges, especially in relation to welfare and industrial development, as well as global climate and energy problems.
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To create a sounder structure: The structure of the Norwegian research system, its national partnerships and its international participation must be upgraded to achieve optimum utilisation of Norway's overall R&D resources.
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To promote new learning: Research must generate results that can be applied by the private and public sectors alike, as well as provide a framework for learning that will benefit the national knowledge culture.
The designated national thematic and technology priority areas will comprise key areas of focus for the Research Council during the coming strategy period. The strategy attaches particular importance to addressing research issues involving global challenges and climate change, as well as to enhancing scientific equipment and research infrastructure in general, and to promoting a better framework for the internationalisation of research.
Global challenges and internationalisation of research are among the topics in the new Research Council strategy. (Illustration: Shutterstock)
- Published:
- 06.02.2009
- Last updated:
- 06.02.2009
