Project Establishment Support

Objective:
To enable recipients to prepare the organisational framework and clarify necessary planning-related elements with regard to a specified project.

Comments:
Project establishment support may encompass the process of identifying partners and/or the preparation of plans/grant proposal for a planned  project. Project establishment grants may not be awarded for more than 12 months.

Expenses that may be covered:
Relevant project expenses including payroll expenses, procurement of services and network measures.

Applications will be accepted from:
See the call for proposals.

Application requirements:
See the call for proposals.

Attachments to the application:
See the call for proposals.

Assessment of grant proposals
The Research Council views it as a prerequisite that all projects will maintain high ethical standards, and give adequate consideration to potential environmental impacts.
The Research Council considers it essential that research projects seek to promote the internationalisation of Norwegian research, to increase the recruitment of women to higher academic positions and within MST subject areas, to enhance the gender balance in Norwegian research and to ensure that gender perspectives are adequately integrated into research activities.
These elements will be taken into consideration when assessing and ranking grant proposals.

Assessment criteria for the application:
See the call for proposals.