Calls for proposals

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 60 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 10 000 000-40 000 000

Project duration:

48-60 months

The purpose of this call is to stimulate more world-leading research groups and to increase the number of Norwegian applications to the ERC. The call is only open for applicants who have been invited to apply. Researchers who submitted an application to ERC-2024-StG or ERC-2024-CoG and who received the score A in the second stage of the evaluati...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 840 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 000 000-12 000 000

Project duration:

36-96 months

FRIPRO funds both basic and applied research that is curiosity-driven and bold. This call is aimed at experienced researchers who have demonstrated the ability to conduct research of high scientific quality.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 330 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 000 000-10 000 000

Project duration:

36-48 months

FRIPRO funds both basic and applied research that i scuriosity-driven and bold. This call is aimed at early-career researchers who have demonstrated the potential to conduct research of high scientific quality.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 30 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 700 000-5 600 000

Project duration:

36-36 months

FRIPRO funds both basic and applied research that is curiosity-driven and bold. This call is aimed at researchers at postdoctoral level who wish to spend two years at a foreign research organisation and the third year in Norway.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 205 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 000 000-12 000 000

Project duration:

36-96 months

The purpose of this call is to promote innovation and development in research that can contribute to advancing the international research front in ICT, including digital security and sovereignty, the next generation of data processing/ICT systems and other ICT research areas.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 30 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 500 000-2 000 000

Project duration:

4-12 months

The purpose of this call is to fund curiosity-driven and bold research that can contribute to advancing the state-of-the-art and is open to applications within all research areas. The support aims to give researchers the opportunity to test particularly bold research ideas where the risk of failure is high, but where the significance for the research field is great if the idea succeeds.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 160 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 15 000 000-40 000 000

Project duration:

48-96 months

The purpose of this call is to fund curiosity-driven and bold research that can contribute to advancing the state-of-the-art through giving good research environments the opportunity to develop into being world-leading within their fields.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 50 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 8 000 000-16 000 000

Project duration:

24-48 months

The purpose of this call is to stimulate research organisations to collaborate with relevant societal and business actors. This will increase knowledge about the biodiversity on the seabed where the minerals are located, knowledge about the mineral resources, and what consequences any extraction may have for the marine environment. The research ...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 823 500 000

Funding scale:

NOK 30 000 000-80 000 000

Project duration:

24-36 months

The purpose of the call is to mobilise and trigger new three-year Green Platform projects that contribute to the green transition in the business sector. The call is intended to support ambitious projects that provide significant environmental and climate benefits, while ensuring socio-economic profitability and a competitive industrial sector. ...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 60 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 60 000 000-60 000 000

Project duration:

96-96 months

The aim of the centre is to strengthen Norwegian knowledge about developments in the international economy and the consequences of changed framework conditions for developing countries, for Norway and Norwegian foreign- and development policy.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 768 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 50 000 000-96 000 000

Project duration:

60-96 months

Funding is available for up to eight new Centres for Research-based Innovation - SFI. The objective of the SFI scheme is to promote innovation by supporting long-term research through close collaboration between R&D-intensive enterprises and prominent research institutions.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 50 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 100 000-500 000

Project duration:

3-12 months

The purpose of the Research Council's commercialisation support is to contribute to the use of publicly funded research through increased commercial exploitation and/or societal innovation. The purpose of a qualification project is to carry out initial investigations of possible applications, which form the basis for further choices, including f...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 43 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 8 000 000-35 000 000

Project duration:

5-6 months

The purpose of this call is to provide Norwegian research groups with access to relevant and up-to-date infrastructure for quantum technology research. Upgraded infrastructure will support high-quality research and innovation and contribute to meeting society's knowledge challenges.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 100 000 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 5 000 000

Project duration:

48-48 months

Norwegian research organisations can apply for funding for partnerships with Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, China, South Africa, South Korea and the USA. 

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 5 000 000

Funding scale:

minimum NOK 100 000

Project duration:

12-24 months

The purpose of this call is to provide funding for dissemination and communication that increases people's understanding of climate, environmental and marine research, and that facilitates the use of research-based knowledge.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 28 000 000

Project duration:

maximum 12 months

The Project Establishment Scheme (PES) is intended to ensure that applications with Norwegian participation in Horizon Europe are of high quality, so that Norwegian potential is exploited as well as possible. This call is intended to contribute to increasing the impact of Norwegian applications to Horizon Europe and the European Defence Fund (EDF).

Funding scale:

NOK 50 000-150 000

Project duration:

1-12 months

Through this call, you can apply for funding to organise conferences, workshops and seminars. The event will be a meeting place for dissemination of research results, knowledge sharing, development of a knowledge base and/or generation of scientific collaboration. The event can be both physical and digital.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 40 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 500 000-2 000 000

Project duration:

12-24 months

The Research Council supports network activities that address the needs described in the national reports for the subject evaluations of natural sciences (EVALNAT), mathematics, ICT and technology (EVALMIT), life sciences (EVALBIOVIT) and medicine and health sciences (EVALMEDHEALTH). Evaluated research groups may apply for funding for coordinati...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 80 000 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 16 000 000

Project duration:

96-96 months

The Research Council of Norway is announcing funding to establish new research schools as part of the follow-up of the subject evaluations of natural sciences (EVALNAT), mathematics, ICT and technology (EVALMIT), life sciences (EVALBIOVIT) and medicine and health sciences (EVALMEDHELSE). The research schools will give research fellows access to ...

This is a portal for registering Norwegian partners in projects awarded funding in a Horizon Europe co-fund partnership call where the Research Council provides funding for the Norwegian partner's project costs. Registration of granted project participation provides a basis for establishing a contract with the Research Council for the national f...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 16 000 000

Project duration:

12-48 months

The call aims to promote ground-breaking research of scientific quality at the forefront of international state-of-the-art. The results must be of relevance to the Norwegian financial market. In the application, you must clarify the relevance to the purpose of the Finance Market Fund. In addition, you must show that the support from the Fund has...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 12 000 000

Project duration:

48-60 months

This special call covers two priority topics: regulation in banking and insurance and personal finance. The Finance Market Fund funds research and general information in the financial market area. The purpose of the Fund is to contribute to increased knowledge and understanding of the functioning of financial markets, and to increase ethical awa...

Funding scale:

NOK 1 000-500 000

Project duration:

1-12 months

The purpose of this call is to support events that address the functioning of the financial market and contribute to ethical awareness in the financial market area. Support from the Finance Market Fund will be used for purposes within areas of activity that include the securities market (see Section 7 of the Regulations). In addition, we can sup...

Deadline:

29 April 2025

Deadline full project proposal:

17 September 2025

Program:

Chips

The Chips for Europe Initiative under the European Chips Act is implemented through the Chips JU.  Chips is a European partnership under Horizon Europe with a focus on electronic components, semiconductor technology and system technologies.  The European Commission, industry organisations and participating countries together develop the work program.  The calls relevant for this national co-funding call are announced under Horizon Europe and on the website of Chips JU under "ECS R&I Calls". 

Deadline for pre proposals:

13 May 2025

Deadline for full proposals:

19 November 2025

Program:

M-ERA.NET 3

The Research Council announces up to 3.7 million euros for Norwegian researchers and businesses who want to participate in international research collaboration in materials research.  

Application deadline 2:

13 May 2025

Program:

NordForsk

Fund excellent research activities that address shared Nordic and Nordic-Baltic societal challenges in the context of extensive use and implementation of AI.

Application deadline:

21 May 2025

Program:

Design-Driven Innovation Program (DIP)

DIP provides financial support for early-stage innovation where design plays a key role in identifying needs and developing new solutions. The program reduces risk for businesses and fosters innovation through structured design methods.

Application deadline:

12 June 2025

Program:

Nordic Societal Security initiative

NordForsk calls for projects that increase our knowledge about antagonistic threats and societal security in the Nordic-Baltic region.

Call for preproposals:

28 January 2025

Application deadline:

17 June 2025

Program:

ERA4Health

The Research Council of Norway is announcing NOK 10 million to Norwegian researchers who want to participate in transnational investigator-initiated clinical studies.

Application deadline 1:

18 February 2025

Application deadline 2:

17 June 2025

Program:

The European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed)

The overall objectives of the JTC2025 will be to Support research projects in human health on pharmacogenomic strategies for personalised medicine.