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First ever European-African joint call for proposals
In January, the first ever joint European-African call for proposals will be issued. Norway will participate in the thematic area of renewable energy.
Published: 20.12.2012 -
Season's Greetings 2012
Season's Greetings 2012 With all our best wishes for a joyful holiday season and a Happy New Year - for you and for research! Our English website will be back with more news items and other content on 3 January 2013.
Published: 17.12.2012 -
Nanoscale impulse radar measures depth of snow and ice
Snow is the be-all and end-all for alpine ski resorts. Now a tiny sensor has been developed to determine how much cold gold there is on the slopes and how much more should be produced. The sensor is based on Norwegian radar technology and is no larger than a match head.
Published: 17.12.2012 -
Cutting CO2 emissions with innovative technology
Researchers are testing a variety of technological solutions in the battle to reduce CO2 emissions. On this technological front, there is room for not just one but many winners
Published: 17.12.2012 -
Better opportunities for talented young researchers
The Research Council of Norway has allocated funding for ten new national graduate-level researcher schools. The researcher schools will receive a total of NOK 218 million as part of the effort to enhance doctoral programmes.
Published: 17.12.2012 -
Enormous interest in Polish-Norwegian research cooperation
The Polish-Norwegian Research Programme, funded under the scheme for EEA and Norway Grants, received a total of 269 joint project proposals for the November application deadline. This is almost four times the number received in the previous programme period.
Published: 17.12.2012 -
Big-data research spurs industrial development
One of the world’s largest specialist groups within the field of big-data analytics is being assembled in Norway. The centre for Information Access Disruptions (iAD), with its head office in Tromsø, is at the core of this activity.
Published: 13.12.2012 -
New report will influence Norwegian energy research
The Global Energy Assessment Report (GEA) provides policymakers around the world with a variety of pathways they can follow to solve global energy challenges. Research will play an important role in achieving the goals set out in the report.
Published: 06.12.2012 -
Funding instruments for regional R&D and innovation evaluated
An evaluation of the Research Council of Norway’s Programme for Regional R&D and Innovation (VRI) has been carried out midway through the programme period. The evaluation shows that the programme is on the right track, but would benefit from further development.
Published: 05.12.2012 -
Promotes greater innovation in the public sector
The Research Council of Norway is expanding its efforts to promote innovation in the public sector. A new policy in this area has been drawn up. The objective is to stimulate the public sector to invest in and use research that produces new and better solutions.
Published: 05.12.2012 -
Many seeking a research stay in Norway
Upwards of one-fourth of the grant applications submitted for the 28 November deadline were addressed to the Research Council of Norway’s guest researcher programme, the YGGDRASIL mobility programme. The largest call for proposals was issued by the Research Programme on Sickness Absence, Work and Health (SYKEFRAVAER).
Published: 04.12.2012 -
The petroleum sector: Interplay between governance and industry
Insight into the interplay between policy, economics and petroleum activities is critical for Norway as a major oil and gas-exporting nation. Over the past six years, activities under the Programme on Social Science Petroleum Research (PETROSAM) at the Research Council of Norway have resulted in new knowledge in this field.
Published: 03.12.2012 -
NOK 100 million for projects on cultural conditions underlying social change
The Research Council of Norway has awarded a total of NOK 100 million in funding to 15 projects under the Programme on Cultural Conditions Underlying Social Change (SAMKUL). This is the first round of grant allocations under the new programme.
Published: 03.12.2012
