MAROFF – Innovation Programme for Maritime Activities and Offshore Operations
The MAROFF programme provides funding to support research and development activities to increase value creation for shipping and maritime operations in the fields of offshore oil and gas production, aquaculture, fisheries and renewable energy. The objective is to enhance competitiveness, strengthen the capacity for restructuring and improve interactivity and knowledge transfer between the R&D community and the maritime industry.
MAROFF work programme
The work programme provides an overview of
- challenges, objectives and priorities
- anticipated results, impacts and societal outcomes
- available resources and budget
See: The MAROFF work programme (pdf).

Key documents
Contact persons
Sigurd Falch
Frøydis Gaarder
Kjell Røang
maritim21
The Norwegian Government’s strategy for research and innovation in the maritime sector.
was allocated to projects in 2018.
166.9million NOK
MAROFF projects in the Project Databank
See the Research Council’s Project Databank for project information and statistics.