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Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector 2021

Published 22 Oct 2020

Last updated 10 Dec 2021

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Published 22 Oct 2020

Last updated 10 Dec 2021

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Application typeInnovation Project

Application deadline20 September 2021, 23:59 CEST

Relevant thematic areas for this callOceans Energy, transport and low emissions Petroleum Industry and services Enabling technologies Land-based food, the environment and bioresources

Target groupsIndustry

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposalsNOK 1 300 000 000. The amount may be adjusted. See information about the funding scale and project duration under each topic.

Upcoming call for proposalsDate will be announced soon

Contact for the call

IP-Nip-n@forskningsradet.no 22 03 70 55

Important dates

JANUARY–JUNE 2021

Period 1

Applications submitted from 4 January to mid-April, with a funding decision between mid-May and the end of June.

APRIL–DECEMBER 2021

Period 2

Applications submitted between mid-April and mid-September, with a funding decision between the end of October and mid-December.

Important dates

Last updates

17 Aug 2021

We would like to emphasise that projects that receive funding after the next period of funding decision can start no earlier than 1 January 2022, and no later than 30 April 2022.

02 Jul 2021

There has been much interest in this call for proposals. So far, we have funded NOK 650 million and we have a further NOK 700 million at our disposal for the funding of new projects in 2021.

Due to these budgetary constraints, we will for the remainder of 2021 conduct one more round of project assesments and grant funding (and not two rounds as previously planned). We will process and assess all grant applications submitted or before 20 September 2021. Successful applicants will be informed before end of December 2021.

Please see our webpages for upcoming calls for proposals for projects starting in 2022.

29 Apr 2021

Requirements relating to collaboration and roles in the project: added spesification on doctoral work.

Requirements for this application type: specified that the application must comply with the limits given under each thematic area regarding funding scale and project duration.

Purpose

An Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector is a funding instrument that provides grants to business-led innovation projects that make extensive use of research and development (R&D) activities. The Innovation Project is to lead to renewal and sustainable value creation for the project’s business partners. Funding should also generate socioeconomic benefits by making new knowledge and solutions available.

Call for proposals
Application results

About the call for proposals

This funding is intended to encourage companies to invest in R&D that can contribute to innovation and sustainable value creation. This call for proposals encompasses the full breadth of the Norwegian business sector, described in more detail under the call's thematic areas.

Project grant applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Accepted applications will in general be processed at regular intervals. Read more under the section ‘Expected funding decision’ (under ‘Processing procedures’ towards the end of the call).

This call for proposals constitutes a funding scheme that is notified to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA), and must be practised in compliance with the EEA state aid rules. Read more about state aid under the section ‘Conditions for funding’.

See video from our application webinar (opens in new window, the webinar was held in Norwegian).

The Norwegian-language call for proposals is the legally binding version. We will provide three months’ notification of any significant revisions to the call.

Who is eligible to apply?

This call is open to companies that have been issued an enterprise number under the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises and that carry out economic activity in Norway. Public enterprises that carry out activities of an industrial or business nature may also serve as the formal applicant.

Sole proprietorships and research organisations are not eligible to serve as a formal applicant.

Who can participate in the project?

Requirements relating to the Project Owner

The Project Owner must be a company or public enterprise that carries out activities of an industrial or business nature and has been issued an enterprise number under the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises.
The Project Owner must secure funding for the project (over and above the Research Council’s funding) and make provisions for utilisation of the project results.

Requirements relating to collaboration and roles in the project

The Project Owner must carry out the project together with at least one partner or one R&D provider. These must be listed in the section ‘Project partners and R&D providers’ in the application form. Read more about project partners and R&D providers here.
Partners must fulfil the criteria listed under the section ‘Who is eligible to apply?’ to be able to receive funding. Partners must be involved in what is known as an effective collaboration with the Project Owner, which entails sharing both the risk associated with the project and the results it generates. Partners whose project costs are covered in part by Research Council funding are recipients of state aid.
Norwegian and foreign expert environments and research organisations may participate in the project as R&D providers with responsibility for performing R&D work on assignment for the business partners. R&D providers may not contribute to project funding and in general have no rights to the project results. They deliver on assignment and should receive the market price for their work. If they are nonetheless to maintain the rights to results, this should be reflected in the assignment’s pricing.
Where a PhD candidate contributes to the R&D provider’s work in an Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector, restrictions cannot be placed on the publication of the candidate’s doctoral work. An exception to this rule can be made if the parties agree up front on a delay of the publication.
The work an R&D provider delivers is procured through an assignment from the project owner and/or other partners, and such work, when assigned to universities and university colleges, will be classified as contract R&D and renumerated thereafter. This means that R&D providers shall be reimbursed for all relevant costs associated with the doctoral work.
Other international and public sector bodies may participate in the project, but will not receive Research Council funding.
The Project Owner or one of the partners may not be in an interdependent relationship with any of the R&D providers in the project, e.g. where both entities are part of the same corporation. The ‘arm’s length principle’ must be observed when engaging R&D providers.
The Project Owner and partners participating in the project that are interdependent will be considered as one entity and as a single recipient of funding in accordance with the state aid rules.
The application with relevant partners and R&D providers at the time the application is submitted forms the basis for grant allocation, and is a stringent condition for funding. Changes made to the composition of a project before a contract has been entered into may result in the Research Council withdrawing its offer of funding.

Typical characteristics of a funded project

The project builds on a unique and innovative idea by one or more of the partner companies in the project. The resulting innovation from the project may be in the form of a new product, service or production process, or new means of delivering products and/or services. An innovation in this context can also mean significantly improving or adding new features to existing products, services or processes.
The project demonstrates a likely and significant positive impact for one or more key sustainability challenges, such as emission reductions, climate adaptation, resource efficiency, well-functioning ecosystems or social/societal improvements. We expect the project to have a positive impact without causing harm to other areas.
The project's partnership constellation forms the basis for long-term collaboration, development and dissemination of knowledge and effective mutual utilisation of the results.
The companies collaborating in the project typically have a need for new knowledge or new technology in order to deliver the intended innovation. The knowledge or technology is to be developed through R&D activities using recognised methodology. The project’s R&D activities must satisfy the definition of either ‘industrial research’ or ‘experimental development’ as set out in the state aid rules (see ‘Important definitions for Article 25’ on our info page on state aid).
The Project Owner and partners have access to the R&D expertise necessary to implement the project.
The scope and risk profile of the project is such that the companies would not be able to carry out the project without Research Council funding. This means that funding from the Research Council is a critical incentive for implementing the R&D activities. Project funding from the Research Council may also be instrumental in helping companies to obtain follow-up investments from private risk capital investors that can be used to further develop and utilise the results.
The project incorporates clear objectives and a concrete plan for its R&D activities and for utilising the results. Results and knowledge generated from the project that are not bound by protection or confidentiality agreements are disseminated via relevant publications and other relevant dissemination channels.

What can you seek funding for?

Parts of the business partners’ costs pertaining to R&D activities under the project qualify for funding. Article 25 of the state aid rules describes which activities qualify for funding and which costs associated with these activities can be fully or partially funded. Funding can be provided for both direct and indirect project costs to the extent they can be categorised as costs pertaining to industrial research or experimental development. This applies to both costs associated with R&D activities performed by the project partners and for purchase of R&D services.

See more detailed information about which project costs qualify for funding here.

The Research Council does not provide funding for operational business activities including activities associated with the commercial exploitation of the R&D results, such as protection of intellectual property rights, market surveys and marketing, and testing and completion of new products or services. Nor is funding provided for costs that will not be recorded in the Project Owner or partners’ official accounts, such as own unpaid work effort. Such costs are therefore not to be included in the project budget.

Scope of funding

The level of support (aid intensity) available for a company’s project costs will depend on the size of the company and the type of R&D activities, as well as the extent to which the funding increases R&D investments among the project partners. Effective collaboration does not qualify for additional funding. The aid intensity may therefore vary from 25 per cent to 70 per cent, cf. the state aid rules (see ‘Article 25: Aid for research and development projects’ in the link, and the table below).

Type of company/type of activity	Industrial research	Experimental development
Small business	70 %	45 %
Medium-sized business	60 %	35 %
Large business	50 %	25 %

For applications awarded funding, the final grant amount will be determined in conjunction with contract negotiations. Applicants will receive an offer of funding on condition that a revised application is prepared in accordance with the conditional decision, cf. the points below.

Information about how much you can apply for and the length of the project period is available under the respective thematic areas.

Conditions for funding

This call for proposals constitutes a funding scheme that is notified to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA).

Funding awarded under this scheme is granted in accordance with Article 25 of the General Block Exemption Regulation for state aid (Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014). The general terms and conditions in Chapter I of the Regulation must also be satisfied. You can read a consolidated version of the General Block Exemption Regulation for state aid with amendments from July 2020 here.

This funding scheme must be practised in compliance with the EEA state aid rules. This means that conditions and concepts are to be interpreted in keeping with corresponding conditions and concepts in the state aid rules. In the event of conflict between the text of the call and the state aid rules, the latter will have precedence. The text of the call may be adjusted for the same reason.

State aid may not be given to an undertaking that is subject to an outstanding recovery order following a formal decision by the EFTA Surveillance Authority or the European Commission stating that state aid received is illegal and incompatible with the internal market. Nor can the Research Council award state aid to an enterprise that is defined as an ‘undertaking in difficulty’ under the state aid rules, unless the undertaking was not in difficulty as of 31 December 2019, but became an undertaking in difficulty in the period 1 January 2020 – 30 June 2021. It may in such case receive funding.

The call for proposals has been approved as an aid scheme by The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) with the reference: GBER 8/2021/R&D&I.

If the project application is awarded funding, the Project Owner must revise the project and grant application in accordance with the conditions set out by the ruling body in the Research Council. The revised application must incorporate updated and supplementary information about the project and participating partners, including documentation of implementation capacity and own funding.
The participating companies must also submit a declaration confirming that they are qualified to receive state aid.
Other public funding allocated to the project, or to activities under the project, will affect the amount of funding that the Research Council can provide.
Allocated state aid of EUR 500,000 or more will be listed in a public registry.
When the Project Owner is informed that the project will be allocated funding, they must inform any partners listed on the stock exchange or that have applied to be admitted to trading to give them an opportunity to assess whether the allocation of funding is sensitive inside information.
For awarded projects, the project must commence no later than four months after the awarded grant was announced. Projects approved for funding that have not started by this date may lose their grant.
Projects awarded funding under this call, are among other things, required to submit accounting reports annually documenting incurred project costs and their financing.

The Research Council’s requirements relating to allocation are set out in the General Terms and Conditions for R&D Projects.

Relevant thematic areas for this call

The topics listed under the thematic areas below describe the objectives, emphases and priorities for the allocation of funds. See the respective portfolio plans and work programmes referred to under ‘Relevant plans’ for more information about the priorities pertaining to each topic.

We encourage applicants to read them so that they understand the basis for our qualitative assessment and how we prioritise applications. The Research Council strives to achieve a balanced project portfolio of supported projects within the specified topics.

Please remember to select the thematic area and topic in the grant application form. The chosen thematic area and topic are merely for guidance to help the Research Council plan the application review process, and applications may be transferred to other thematic areas and topics.

The monetary amounts listed under each topic indicate how much funding is available. If all funding available to the respective topics has been allocated at a given time, the Research Council will post an official notification of this at the top of the call for proposals. Applications received for topics that do not have available funding will be rejected. These may in such case be re-submitted when any new funding becomes available.

Please contact the advisers affiliated to the respective topics for more information about the topic and the amount of project funding available.

Oceans

Innovation in the aquaculture industry

Funding is available for R&D-based innovation projects within all relevant areas of the aquaculture industry. Projects concerning all aquaculture species and the whole value chain from feed ingredients to processing of aquaculture products are relevant for funding. Project funding may be sought by producers as well as industry suppliers.

For more information about the priorities for this thematic area, please see the portfolio plan below.

Projects within this topic that contribute to achieving the goals of sustainable growth and development of the aquaculture industry will be prioritised. As regards applications from suppliers, priority will be given to projects with partners that are end users (producers).

Applications of relevance to this topic recieved in period 1 will be notified of the funding decision in the first part of October. The processing of applications recieved in period 2 and 3 are the same as for the rest of the call for proposals.

Budget, project period and funding amount
Roughly NOK 40 million has been set aside for ‘Innovation in the aquaculture industry’.

The projects may have a duration of between 1 and 3 years, and receive NOK 2–6 million in funding from the Research Council.

Contacts

Inger Lise Nerland Bråte

ilbr@forskningsradet.no

+4797114333

Elin Vikane

eli@forskningsradet.no

+4794525370

Lars Hagbarth Andresen

lhan@forskningsradet.no

+4791747117

Relevant plans

- Portfolio plan for Oceans research

Maritime industries

Funding is available for R&D-based innovation projects that help to increase value creation in the maritime industry. The objective is to work within a sustainable framework to enhance competitiveness, strengthen the capacity for restructuring and improve interactivity and knowledge transfer between the R&D community and the industry.

Funding is available for projects within all areas of the thematic area maritime activities and offshore operations:

opportunities in the ocean industries;
autonomous and remote-controlled vessels;
digital transformation of the maritime industry;
promoting climate and environmentally friendly maritime activities/green shipping;
safety and security at sea;
the Arctic and northern areas.

For more information about the priorities for this thematic area, please see the portfolio plan below.

To carry out full-scale testing of experimental technology on vessels/at facilities in commercial operation, funding is available for demonstration projects in which several industry actors collaborate on equipping commercial vessels with new technology concepts for testing and further development. The aid intensity for such demonstration projects will generally be limited to 25 per cent of project costs, since this is R&D activity classified as ‘experimental development’ under the state aid rules.

Within this thematic area, priority will be given to projects involving research tasks that require integrated efforts from a variety of stakeholders in order to achieve project objectives, and in which research findings will be of benefit to a wider range of companies in the industry. To be considered for funding, projects with a small number of participating companies will need to achieve high marks for the assessment criterion ‘Excellence’, or must lead to significant positive societal impacts.

Budget, project period and funding amount
The Research Council has set aside roughly NOK 100 million for projects relating to ‘Maritime industries’.

The projects may have a duration of between 2 and 4 years, and receive NOK 3–16 million in funding from the Research Council.

Contacts

Sigurd Falch

sf@forskningsradet.no

+4792031718

Kjell Røang

kjr@forskningsradet.no

+4791354664

Relevant plans

- Portfolio plan for Oceans research
- Attachment on Maritime Activities and Offshore Operations

Ocean technology and expertise across ocean-based industries

Funding is available for projects encompassing the development and exchange of expertise and technology across the ocean-based industries, i.e. maritime industries, aquaculture, fisheries, offshore oil, gas and renewable energy, as well as new ocean-based industries.

For more information about the priorities for this thematic area, please see the portfolio plan below.

Grant applications must explain the type of development and/or exchange of expertise/technology between the ocean-based industries the project will advance and specify the ocean industry(ies) for which the expertise or technology development will be relevant.

Projects for this topic must also be relevant to at least one other topic listed under this call, primarily pertaining to ocean-based industries. The application must therefore also satisfy the criteria stipulated for the other topic(s). Applications that are relevant to the topic Ocean technology and expertise across ocean-based industries can be allocated to another topic within this call without obtaining approval from the applicant.

When prioritising between applications, in addition to the assessment of relevance of each individual application for the topic Ocean technology and expertise across ocean-based industries, emphasis will also be placed on evaluation of quality and priorities given for at least one other topic announced in this call, primarily for the ocean-based industries.

Project collaboration between actors across the ocean-based industries is expected, and it is especially encouraged to include end users in the collaboration.

Applications of relevance to this topic will be processed from mid-September 2021, and applicants are expected to be notified of the funding decision by mid-December.

Budget, project period and funding amount
The Research Council has set aside roughly NOK 8 million for projects relating to ‘Ocean technology and expertise across ocean-based industries’.

Projects may have a duration of between 1 and 3 years. The funding is to be used to co-finance projects that meet the requirements of this topic. The rest of the Research Council’s funding will be covered by another topic under this call, primarily those related to ocean-based industries.

Contacts

Hanna Lee Behrens

hlb@forskningsradet.no

+4748181290

Relevant plans

- Portfolio plan for Oceans Research

Fisheries and other marine industries including processing of harvested seafood

Funding is available for R&D-based innovation projects seeking to generate knowledge about ecosystems in the ocean and coastal areas and the impact of pressures from human activity.

For more information about the priorities for this thematic area, please see the portfolio plan below.

Within this thematic area, priority will be given to projects that help to develop solutions and technology, including digital solutions, for advances in the fisheries industry, the marine processing industry and among companies using marine resources to produce energy or new marine products. Cooperation between actors across the ocean industries will be viewed in a positive light when assessing grant proposals.

Applications of relevance to this thematic area will be processed from mid-September 2021, and applicants are expected to be notified of the funding decision by mid-December.

Budget, project period and funding amount
The Research Council has set aside roughly NOK 20 million for projects relating to ‘Fisheries and other marine industries including processing of harvested seafood’.

The projects may have a duration of between 1 and 3 years, and receive NOK 2–6 million in funding from the Research Council.

Contacts

Lars Hagbarth Andresen

lhan@forskningsradet.no

+4791747117

Christian Wexels Riser

cwr@forskningsradet.no

+4794535385

Elin Vikane

eli@forskningsradet.no

+4794525370

Relevant plans

- Portfolio plan for Oceans research

Energy, transport and low emissions

Carbon capture and storage

Funding is available for R&D-based innovation projects that contribute to long-term and sustainable technology development in the field of carbon capture and storage. The projects must both promote competitive Norwegian trade and industry and contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Funding is available for projects within all areas of this topic. The priorities are described in more detail in the work programme below.

Applications for projects that address the following topics are particularly encouraged:

sustainable hydrogen production combined with CO₂ capture and storage;
projects that contribute results that are directly applicable to benefit realisation in the Norwegian Longship project for carbon capture and storage.

We will prioritise projects that have a feasible and ambitious development, industrialisation and scaling plan, as well as projects with strong consortiums.

Budget, project period and funding amount
Roughly NOK 20 million has been set aside for ‘Carbon capture and storage’ under this call.

The projects may have a duration of between 1 and 3 years, and receive NOK 2–6 million in funding from the Research Council.

Contacts

Aage Stangeland

ast@forskningsradet.no

+4795822903

Åse Slagtern

asl@forskningsradet.no

+4793059481

Cristina Mihai

cmi@forskningsradet.no

+4741680011

Relevant plans

- Portfolio plan for Energy, transport and low emissions
- CLIMIT Programme plan

Environment-friendly energy and low emissions

Funding is available for projects that promote the long-term, sustainable development of the energy system, that enhance the competitiveness of Norwegian trade and industry, and that help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Funding is available for projects within the entire scope of environment-friendly energy and low emissions as defined in the work programme (see the link below). This encompasses the following areas:

renewable energy (including solar energy, wind, bioenergy and hydropower);
the energy system (energy distribution, power infrastructure and markets);
efficient consumption of energy in buildings and industry;
energy technologies for transport (including biofuels, hydrogen and batteries);
energy policy, economics and sustainability

We also have the following priority areas in 2021, and projects within these fields are therefore of particular interest:

cost-effective, safe and sustainable production and use of hydrogen.(In Norwegian only –link opens in a new window);
cross-sectoral technology development in the field of renewable energy, such as utilising expertise from the oil and gas sector in the development of renewable energy solutions in collaboration with the thematic area ‘Petroleum’.

In 2021, we will prioritise projects:

that concern hydrogen and/or have cross-sectoral partnership constellations;
within other thematic areas that address the priorities set out in the work programme;
that have a feasible and ambitious development, industrialisation and scaling plan;
that have strong consortiums.

Budget, project period and funding amount
The expected amount available in 2021 for ‘Innovation Project in environment-friendly energy and low emissions’ is NOK 250–280 million.

The projects may have a duration of between 2 and 4 years, and receive NOK 3–20 million in funding from the Research Council.

Project applications sought an average of NOK 9.5 million in funding in 2020. Extra requirements are made of the applicant’s implementation capacity for projects that apply for more than NOK 10 million in funding. These must also submit a description of own funding.

Contacts

General enquiries

Michel Bohnenblust

mbo@forskningsradet.no

+4748046433

Wind/hydropower

Harald Rikheim

hri@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 71 93

Energy consumption in buildings and industry

Mari Lyseid Authen

mlau@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 75 08

Energy technologies for transport/batteries/hydrogen

Andreas Bratland

abr@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 74 96

Energy technologies for transport/biofuel/biogas

Per Arne Karlsen

pak@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 72 65

Power grids/the energy system/digitalisation

Khanh Tuan Le

ktl@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 70 46

Bioenergy, biofuel and geothermic energy

Per Arne Karlsen

pak@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 72 65

Solar energy

Trond Moengen

trm@forskningsradet.no

+47 952 73 220

Energy policy, economics and sustainability

Benjamin Donald Smith

bds@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 70 36

Petroleum

Funding will go to projects that encompass research on issues relating to petroleum activities in open areas on the Norwegian continental shelf. For issues related to safety, also land-based facilities may be relevant.

Funding is available for R&D-based innovation projects within all areas of the portfolio plan:

reducing greenhouse gases, energy efficiency and the environment;
subsurface understanding;
drilling, completion, intervention and permanent plug and abandonment of wells (P&A);
production, processing and transport;
major accidents and the work environment.

Goals and priorities for the thematic area Petroleum are described in the portfolio plan (see link below). Particular priority will be given to projects on:

Improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions on the Norwegian continental shelf
A minimum of NOK 35 million is earmarked for projects targeting ‘Improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions related to petroleum activities on the Norwegian continental shelf’. This priority applies across the calls for applications under Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector (this call), Demonstration Project for the Industrial Sector and Knowledge-building Project for Industry in 2021.

Examples of areas where there is a need for research and technology development include:

heat and power production with higher efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions compared to current solutions;
offshore energy systems and management;
socio-economic research and new concepts, ideas and technology that can shed light on or facilitate integrated energy systems promoting low emissions, including solutions that incorporate new midstream energy value chains.

Applicants must give an account of the estimated total emissions reduction for the technology/technologies the proposed project has targeted for development. The grant application must also include a description of the time perspective and framework conditions for implementing the knowledge/technology, viewed in connection with the industry’s new climate targets for 2030 and 2050.

Cross-sector collaboration on renewable energy and petroleum
Renewable energy technology is in rapid development, but market access can be a challenge for many technologies, as well as finding specific areas of application that can lead to commercialisation. At the same time, the petroleum sector has a great need for new technological solutions that will rapidly reduce offshore greenhouse gas emissions. Cross-sector collaboration during the R&D phase can speed up the development of technology for specific areas of application and new markets. Examples of areas where there is a need for research and technology development include:

reducing greenhouse gas emissions from offshore oil and gas activities by employing integrated renewable technology;
safe production of hydrogen and hydrogen-based solutions from natural gas with a low environmental impact.

We will prioritise projects that have cross-sectoral partnership constellations.

The focus on hydrogen is part of a major Research Council initiative in this field. Read more about the hydrogen priority area, with an overview of relevant calls for proposals (In Norwegian only – opens in a new window).

Budget, project period and funding amount
Roughly NOK 70 million has been set aside for ‘Petroleum research’ for 2021.

The projects may have a duration of between 2 and 4 years, and receive NOK 3–16 million in funding from the Research Council.

Contacts

Reducing greenhouse gases, energy efficiency and tThe environment

Andreas Quamme Nielsen 

aqn@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 74 27

Subsurface understanding

Ingrid Anne Munz 

iam@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 75 68

Drilling, completion and intervention 

Inger-Lise Rismark

iri@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 74 83

Production, processing and transport 

Kimberly C. Mayes 

kcm@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 75 33

Major accidents and the working environment 

Espen Forsberg Holmstrøm 

efh@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 74 93

Cross-sector collaboration

Andreas Quamme Nielsen 

aqn@forskningsradet.no

+47 22 03 74 27

Relevant plans

- Portfolio plan for Petroleum

Industry and services

Sustainable value creation in Norwegian trade and industry

Funding is available for R&D-based innovation projects across the full breadth of Norwegian trade and industry. Projects are to reflect and support the companies’ own strategies and challenges.

Project support is to enhance value creation through the development of new, knowledge-based trade and industry and the renewal and restructuring of established trade and industry. Funding is available for projects in all sectors, disciplines and technology areas not encompassed under other thematic areas in this call.

Priority will be given to projects with major potential for sustainable value creation in Norway, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and in particular projects that can contribute to environmental sustainability, for example within circular economy, sustainable production and consumption or new business models.

Projects with plans for sharing and dissemination of knowledge to enable a greater number of companies and communities in Norway to benefit from the project results will be viewed positively. This is possible to achieve by the projects engaging in broad-based collaboration, for example between actors along a value chain or across sectors and thematic areas/subjects, or through plans for publication, dissemination to relevant user groups or industry clusters. It is also considered important that the funding will have a trigger effect for the project’s implementation, partner constellations and sharing of results.

The Research Council seeks to achieve a balanced project portfolio that accommodates the full range of industry and service areas, also across different branches, sectors, subject areas and along value chains. We also seek to incorporate companies that have not previously received funding for an innovation project as either an applicant or business partner, and industry areas or regions that are inadequately represented in the portfolio.

Budget, project period and funding amount
NOK 580 million has been set aside for ‘Sustainable value creation in Norwegian trade and industry’.

The projects may have a duration of between 2 and 4 years, and receive NOK 3–16 million in funding from the Research Council.

Contacts

Building, construction and real estate sector

Svein Erik Moen

sem@forskningsradet.no

+4791157219

Banking and finance, Media and culture, Travel, hospitality and tourism Retail/wholesale sector, Other service provision

Paul Torkil Fjuk

ptf@forskningsradet.no

+4790878372

Health industry

Renate Margrete Simonsen

rms@forskningsradet.no

+4741017592

Margarethe Biong

mbi@forskningsradet.no

+4748409398

Lina Rodahl

lir@forskningsradet.no

+4793043343

ICT industry

Paul Torkil Fjuk

ptf@forskningsradet.no

+4790878372

Bergur Olafsson

bol@forskningsradet.no

+4796902340

Processing industry

Norun Jetlund

nj@forskningsradet.no

+4792238173

Øystein Asphjell

oas@forskningsradet.no

+4792628910

Manufacturing industry

Norun Jetlund

nj@forskningsradet.no

+4792238173

Relevant plans

- Portfolio plan for Industry and services

Enabling technologies

Nanotechnology, microtechnology and advanced materials

Funding is available for R&D-based innovation projects for the development of knowledge and technology within the areas of nanotechnology, microtechnology and advanced materials.

In principle, the Portfolio Plan for Enabling Technologies is a neutral topic, but the following topics are nonetheless given priority:

medicine and health;
bioeconomy;
environment-friendly energy and low emissions;
sustainability, environment and climate.

Applications must include the researchers' own reflections and relevant measures that help to ensure that the planned research is in line with expectations of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).

More information about the priorities and RRI can be found in the portfolio plan and in the attachment ‘A Framework for Responsible Innovation’.

Budget, project period and funding amount
The Research Council has set aside roughly NOK 50 million for projects relating to ‘Nanotechnology, microtechnology and advanced materials’.

The projects may have a duration of between 2 and 4 years, and receive NOK 3–16 million in funding from the Research Council.

Contacts

Aase Marie Hundere

amh@forskningsradet.no

+4741422058

Turid Grøtli Aalholm

tga@forskningsradet.no

+4793426124

Cecilie Anita Mathiesen

cam@forskningsradet.no

+4745690357

Relevant plans

- Portfolio plan for Enabling technologies
- RRI framework

Technological convergence

Funding is available for socially responsible innovation projects that build on new technological concepts across the enabling technologies. Examples of enabling technologies are biotechnology, ICT and nanotechnology.

The projects must be innovative and target radical innovations. The projects can be high risk – high gain, meaning there can be a high risk of not achieving the project's goals if the potential benefits to society and potential value creation are high.

Applications must include the researchers' own reflections and a description of relevant measures aimed at bringing the research and the innovation it targets in line with expectations of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). More information about priorities and RRI can be found in the Portfolio Plan for Enabling Technologies and in the attachment ‘A Framework for Responsible Innovation’.

Budget, project period and funding amount
The Research Council has set aside roughly NOK 50 million for projects relating to ‘Technological convergence’. The projects may have a duration of between 2 and 4 years and receive NOK 3–16 million in funding from the Research Council.

Contacts

Aase Marie Hundere

amh@forskningsradet.no

+4741422058

Jacob Edward Wang

jew@forskningsradet.no

+4793282102

Helge Rynning

hr@forskningsradet.no

+4790989917

Relevant plans

- Portfolio plan for Enabling technologies
- RRI framework

Land-based food, the environment and bioresources

Sustainable value creation in biobased businesses

Funding is available for projects that encompass research-based innovations for production, value chains and consumption of land-based food and feed, forestry and wood-based industries, and other land-based bioresources.

Industry, including land-based biobased industries, plays a key role in efforts to realise a sustainable future in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and ambitions for Norway’s green transition.

If we are to succeed in limiting global warming, preserving biodiversity, reducing waste and pollution and ensuring a safe food supply, we need a new approach to production, value chains and consumption. Current solutions, technologies and value chains must be challenged, restructured and improved. There is also a need for brand new innovations and technologies that can form the basis for new industry in Norway and/or that can be scaled up in an international market. Funding is available to businesses that will spearhead the work on realising the green transition and a sustainable future.

When assessing the relevance of the application, emphasis will be placed on the extent to which:

The application describes how the project will contribute to the green transition, and to achieving one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The application shows that the project is not at the expense of other important ambitions related to sustainability, such as:
- reducing greenhouse gas emissions and climate adaptation
- safeguarding healthy ecosystems and biodiversity
- reducing pollution
- transition to a circular economy

For more information about the priorities for this topic, please see the portfolio plan below.

Please state that you are applying for funding for this topic under section 15 ‘Additional information specifically requested in the call for proposals’ in the project description template available for download at the end of the call.

Budget, project period and funding amount
Roughly NOK 80 million has been set aside for ‘Land-based food, the environment and bioresources’.

The projects may have a duration of between 2 and 4 years, and receive NOK 3–16 million in funding from the Research Council.

Contacts

Rune Groven

rgr@forskningsradet.no

+4791140488

Nina Elisabeth Solheim

nsf@forskningsradet.no

+4745225496

Mona Gravningen Rygh

mgr@forskningsradet.no

+4797630301

Relevant plans

- Portfolio plan for Land-based food, the environment and bioresources

Research Funding for Agriculture and the Food Industry (FFL/JA)

Funding is available for projects that promote increased value creation, profitability and sustainability throughout the agricultural value chain. According to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable food production covers economic and social conditions, as well as environmental and climate considerations. 

The research should help Norway to achieve its agricultural policy objectives, and the applications should be connected to one or more of the four overriding agricultural policy goals, cf. Report No 11 to the Storting (2016–2017) and Proposition No 1 to the Storting (Resolution) (2020–2021). Grant applications must refer to existing challenges, research questions and knowledge gaps, and explain specifically how the project will address these and help to realise agricultural policy objectives.

Food security and preparedness
The main objectives are to ensure that consumers have safe food and to strengthen food preparedness. These topics have become particularly relevant in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The utilisation of bioresources is to be increased through selective research and education, breeding and processing. Good plant and animal health, good animal welfare and high quality processing provide the foundation for producing sufficient quantities of safe food.

The following areas are particularly relevant:

Norwegian agricultural supply capacity in times of crisis;
increased production and utilisation of Norwegian feed resources;
factors that affect the production capacity of arable soil (soil health);
anti-resistance strategies against plant pests in agriculture and horticulture and against pathogens in livestock;
sustainable materials and packaging technology for a correct shelf life and reduced food waste;
transfer of compounds that are hazardous to health to food and fodder crops through soil, air and water;
the risk of international trade to Norwegian plant and animal health.

Agricultural production throughout the entire country
Agricultural production throughout the entire country can be achieved by facilitating diversified agriculture with varied farm structure and geographic production sharing that provide opportunities for jobs and settlement throughout the entire country. Measures to increase the use of soil resources and grazing resources and measures that ensure recruitment to agriculture and the food and beverage industry throughout the entire country will help to promote this. The following areas are of particular relevance:

increased use of grazing resources in uncultivated areas;
more knowledge to enhance educational programmes and increase recruitment to agriculture and the food industry;
increased sustainability in Norwegian agriculture and food production in relation to labour and/or human resources;
more knowledge about the ability to achieve the agricultural policy objectives through effective design of market schemes and agricultural policy instruments targeting the agricultural value chain, including production, market, the environment and climate.

Increasing value creation
Agricultural policy is to lay the foundation for profitable and sustainable value chains in agriculture and the food industry, including the income opportunities and ability of farmers to invest in their farms, and to promote the efficient, profitable use of a farm’s combined resources. Market-based production opportunities must be employed and the value chain for food must be cost-effective and competitive. Norway must be further developed as a food-producing nation.

The following areas are particularly relevant:

developing knowledge and methods to better utilise residual raw materials in the value chain for food and beverages to develop new and profitable products;
mapping the opportunities to increase Norwegian food production and competitiveness for the agriculture-based food and beverage industries in a changing market;
mapping of innovation potential in and across value chains;
developing new technology and new methods to improve efficiency in every segment of the value chain, such as automation, robotics, information technology and sensor technology;
further developing methods and collaborative solutions for the collection, analysis and utilisation of large amounts of data;
increased knowledge of consumer trends, diet, health and nutrition.

Sustainable agriculture with reduced greenhouse gas emissions
Sustainable agriculture entails sustainable use and strong protection of agricultural areas and resource bases. The cultural landscape and biodiversity must be safeguarded, and pollution and greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced. CO₂ uptake must be increased and good climate adaptation measures must be implemented.

The following areas are particularly relevant:

new knowledge and methods that help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration in agricultural value chains from the primary sector to the consumer;
new knowledge on climate-adapted production and adaptation strategies;
better knowledge base on the climate impacts of different production methods;
mapping and finding solutions to environmental challenges resulting from the impacts of agriculture on ecosystems, aquatic environments and biodiversity;
organic production.

What do we prioritise when deciding which applications will receive funding?
The boards of FFL/JA prioritise applications on the basis of scientific merit, relevance to the call and benefit to agriculture and food industries. Applications are otherwise prioritised on the basis of industry’s R&D needs, ongoing research activities and distribution among the industry branches. This is because the research projects will be financed by the industry itself through the payment of research duties on agricultural products and transfers through the Agricultural Agreement Research Fund. The contribution from the different branches will therefore be reflected in the project portfolio.

The research must be adapted to Norwegian conditions and interdisciplinary collaboration in the project is deemed a positive factor. The boards emphasise the importance of the research results benefiting the industry as quickly as possible. Innovative and user-friendly dissemination measures are considered positive. Collaboration between the aquaculture industry and agriculture will be positive where relevant. Industry actors in the land-based value chain must nonetheless have significant involvement in the project.

Amendments may be made to the text of this call in the beginning of June as a result of guidelines from the year’s Agricultural Settlement. Applications submitted by mid-September 2021 with relevance to FFL/JA’s part of the call will be processed by the boards of FFL/JA in December.

Please state that you are applying for funding from FFL/JA under section 15 ‘Additional information specifically requested in the call for proposals’ in the project description.

For more detailed information, see the website in the link below.

Budget, project period and funding amount
The Research Council has set aside roughly NOK 50 million for research on ‘Agriculture and food industry (FFL/JA)’.

The projects may have a duration of between 2 and 4 years, and receive NOK 3–16 million in funding.

Contacts

Heidi Engeset

heidi.engeset@landbruksdirektoratet.no

+4795184632

Relevant plans

- Informasjon om FFL/JA

Practical information

Requirements for this application type

Applications must be created and submitted via My RCN Web. The application and all attachments must be written in Norwegian or English. This call has an open-ended deadline. A unique grant application may only be submitted once (whereas calls with a fixed deadline may be submitted and resubmitted multiple times up to the submission deadline).

All attachments to the online grant application form must be uploaded in PDF format. The templates for attachments can be found at the end of the call for proposals.
The project description must be written using the designated template, and all sections must be completed.
If the applicant has submitted the same or similar grant proposals to other Research Council calls for proposals, this must be stated in the grant application.
All project costs must be budgeted in accordance with the Research Council's guidelines.

Mandatory attachments

Project description of up to 10 pages in length using the designated template. Please note that there is a new template for 2021.
Information about partners for the company submitting the grant application (Project Owner) and each of the participating companies (company partners) using the designated template. Please note that there is a new template for 2021.
CVs for the project manager and other key project participants (e.g. individuals responsible for the project’s work packages) using the designated templates. A maximum of five CVs can be attached per application.

All requirements set out in the call must be met. Applications that do not meet the formal requirements, or requirements relating to the Project Owner, collaboration and roles in the project, will not be considered. The application must comply with the limits given under each thematic area regarding funding scale and project duration.

We will not assess documents and websites linked to in the application, or other attachments than those specified above. There is no technical validation of the content of uploaded attachments, so please ensure that you upload the correct file for the selected type of attachment.

Assessment criteria

Grant applications will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:

Excellence

To what extent does the project represent an ambitious innovation that is supported by relevant R&D activities of high quality?

• To what extent does the innovation represent something new?
• To what extent is the innovation targeted towards clear needs or new market opportunities for the Project Owner and the companies that are partners in the project?
• To what extent does the project build on relevant and updated knowledge?
• To what extent does the project employ relevant and recognised R&D methods?
• To what extent are the R&D activities essential for the success of the innovation?

Impact

To what extent does the project pave the way for significant benefits for the Project Owner and the company partners, and lay a foundation for other positive impacts for society?

• To what extent will the project entail a potential for sustainable value creation in Norway with significant economic benefits for the Project Owner and the companies that are partners?
• To what extent can the project have positive external impacts, such as:
– helping to disseminate knowledge through networks and publications;
– producing results that can be used by other industries, the public sector or in society at large;
– leading to an innovation that can address UN Sustainable Development Goals or solve other important societal challenges.
• To what extent are the potential impacts of the project clearly formulated and highly plausible?

Implementation

To what extent does the work plan provide a good basis for implementing the R&D activities and realising the potential for value creation?

• To what extent does the R&D project work plan incorporate appropriate and effective objectives, work packages, milestones, resources and relevant risk assessments?
• To what extent will the project have access to the necessary R&D expertise and adequate capacity to carry out the R&D tasks?
• To what extent does the project reflect the strategic priorities of the Project Owner and the companies that are partners and have a project organisation appropriate to the task?
• To what extent does the project manager have appropriate expertise and experience to lead an R&D project targeted towards innovation and sustainable value creation for companies?
• To what extent is the plan for implementation of R&D results and realisation of benefits relevant and appropriate, for instance with regard to:
– IPR issues,
– assessment of the competitive framework and market risks,
– investment needs and plans,
– needs and plans regarding partnerships for commercialisation or industrialisation,
– need to develop business models.

Relevance to the call for proposals

To what extent does the project meet the requirements and guidelines set out in the call for proposals?

• To what extent do the companies in the project meet the requirements and expectations set out in the call for proposals with regard to the Project Owner and partners?
• To what extent have the conditions set out in the call for proposals with regard to collaboration and specification of roles been met?
• To what extent can support from the Research Council be expected to trigger increased R&D investment among the Project Owner and the companies that are partners in the project and provide added value to the project beyond the financial support?
• To what extent is the project in keeping with thematic or budgetary guidelines in the call for proposals, where this is relevant in light of the project’s content?

Administrative procedures

The application and all mandatory attachments will be made available in a digital portal for referees who will perform an assessment of the criteria ‘Excellence’, ‘Impact’ and ‘Implementation’. Each application will normally be assessed by a referee panel comprising three experts. The referee panel will submit a consensus-based assessment for each of the three criteria.

If the mark awarded by the referee panel for all of the criteria is 4 or higher on a scale where 7 is the highest mark, the application will also be assessed by the Research Council’s case officers on the basis of the criterion ‘Relevance to the call for proposals’. The assessment and marks for all four criteria will be consolidated into a single, overall mark that indicates the merit of the application.

The Research Council administration will then present the project proposals and their respective marks to the Research Council’s portfolio boards for the final funding decision. The portfolio boards will attach importance to achieving a balanced project portfolio in the areas under their purview and in relation to ongoing projects and applications submitted under other calls for proposals. These assessments will be based on the budgetary framework, the text of the call for proposals and documents referred to in the description of the respective thematic areas. An overview of all ongoing projects is available at prosjektbanken.no.

Each portfolio board will also act in accordance with the Research Council’s general policy for allocation of funding, including policy on:

prioritisation of projects based on the impact on sustainability and the environment, assuming all other quality-related factors are essentially equal;
prioritisation of projects led by women project managers, assuming all other quality-related factors are essentially equal;
research ethics perspectives.

Notification of funding decisions

Project grant applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis, and you may submit your application when it is complete. Notification of the funding decision will depend among other things on the number of applications received for the various topics and our internal application processing procedures. The Research Council will in principle have three periods in 2021 during which applications will be received and processed.

Period 1: Applications submitted from 4 January to mid-April, with a funding decision between mid-May and the end of June.
Period 2: Applications submitted between mid-April and mid-September, with a funding decision between the end of October and mid-December.

In certain topics, we will only process applications during period 2. This is stated under the respective topics it applies to. It is possible that certain topics will be awarded all available funding in period 1 or 2. The Research Council will in such case post an official notification of this at the top of the call for proposals. Applications received for topics that do not have available funding will be rejected. These can in such case be re-submitted when any new funding becomes available.

Projects may not start until notification of funding has been given, and the latest date for start-up is four months after such notification.

Please note that the periods listed above are not absolute deadlines for submitting an application. This means that an application submitted by Thursday 15 April will fall under period 1 and will, in principle, be processed during this period. The applicant is then likely to receive notification of the funding decision by the end of June at the latest. An application submitted a few days after 15 April may also fall under period 1 and thus be processed during this period, but the Research Council cannot guarantee this to be the case. If an application is submitted during the early part of a given period, the applicant may be notified of the funding decision sooner.

Please contact the advisers affiliated to the respective topics for more information about submitting and processing applications during the different periods, and the amount available for project funding.

If an application is re-submitted without significant changes to the project and grant application, it will retain the previous scientific assessment by the portfolio board. On the other hand, if a previously unsuccessful grant application is re-submitted but with significant changes to the project and the grant application itself, this application may be assessed again and by a panel comprised wholly or in part by the same referees who assessed the previous version of the application. Applicants who are re-submitting a previously unsuccessful grant application must provide an account of the relevant changes and their significance to the project in part 4, item 15 of the project description.

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About the results of the application assessment process

Total amount sought: NOK 2 580 426 000
Amount awarded: NOK 731 392 000
Total number of applications: 250
Number of approved applications: 74

Approved applications
Project no.	Organization	Project title	Subject	Sought	Published
332110	ELKEM ASA TECHNOLOGY KRISTIANSAND	H2Si - Silicon Production from Quartz and Hydrogen	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332308	ENERIN AS	Rask innfrysing av fisk ved ultralave temperaturer, med lavt energiforbruk, ved bruk av ny kuldeteknologi	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332081	BEYONDER AS	Upscaling of Super Activated Carbone (SAC) from laboratory scale (500 g/batch) to prototype scale (5-10 kg/batch)	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332227	YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA AVD PORSGRUNN	Highly efficient combined production of green hydrogen and chemicals	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332357	HYDROGEN MEM-TECH AS	PALLAMONIA	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332277	TioTech AS	Titania Anodes for Sustainable, High-Power Batteries	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332287	Cenate AS	COULOMBUS: Silisiumanoder med høy Coulombisk effektivitet for neste generasjon Li-ion-batterier	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332279	NEL ASA	Optimization of Nickel usage for corrosion protection and efficiency gains in high performance hydrogen producing electrolyzers.	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332080	HYPERTHERMICS AS	New hyperthermophilic organisms to increase biogas production	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332178	HYSTAR AS	Autostack – Optimised and automated Norwegian production of low cost, high efficiency PEM electrolysers	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332136	YARA MARINE TECHNOLOGIES AS	AMmoniA Zero Emission abateMENT (AMAZEMENT)	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332314	NEL ASA	H2ACCELERATE - Fast-tracking advanced PEM electrolysis materials and monitoring	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332323	AGDER ENERGI NETT AS	Simuleringstjeneste for elektrifisering - DataArena	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332325	NEXANS NORWAY AS HOVEDKONTOR	Connect- Floating Offshore Wind	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332354	REN AS	Risikobasert fornyelsesplanlegging av kraftledninger	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
331676	STATKRAFT ENERGI AS	Innovative monitoring and modelling of loads and damage processes on embankment dams	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332261	REC Solar Norway AS	Recycled kerf for mono silicon feedstock	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332149	REELWELL AS	Geothermal Energy - Horizontal Closed Loop System	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332198	OVER EASY SOLAR AS	Vertical.Solar by Over Easy: Overcoming challenges for vertically mounted bifacial solar panels in different climatic conditions	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
331908	Hyper Energy	IPN2022_RotoReformer. Compact, rotating reformer converting natural gas and water to hydrogen and liquid CO2	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332165	Nemo Maritime AS	Intervallbasert injeksjon av store mengder CO2	N/A	N/A	07.12.2021
332391	DOSCON AS	Hybrid Sensors for Safe Drinking Water	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332280	Nordovo Biosciences AS	Automated Production of Tissue-Engineered Vein Grafts	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332148	CORTICALIS AS	New, ultra-efficient, non-antibiotic gel for clinical decontaminations of ailing bone anchored implants	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
331591	PACERTOOL AS	Precision medicine at the heart of heart failure therapy	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332366	CRAYONANO AS	UVC LEDs based on nanowires-on-graphene	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332265	NORBAIT AS	Norbait Crustacean	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332286	TAU TECH AS	PresiSkjell - Bærekraftig presisjonsfiske av haneskjell	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
327148	UNDER RESTAURANT AS	Konsept for levendelagring av flere arter	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
327771	FORSØLJENTA AS	Verdiskaping av små kongekrabbe gjennom målrettet fangst, levendelagring og oppfôring i merder i sjø	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332161	EWOS AS	OmegaTrout – Optimizing the use of omega-3 for the production of robust rainbow trout	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332349	MOWI GENETICS AS	Economic impact of genomic selection on reducing treatments for sea lice infestation in Atlantic salmon aquaculture	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332312	BENCHMARK ANIMAL HEALTH NORWAY AS	Novel vaccines against tenacibaculosis and mouth rot.	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332298	KRISTIAN GERHARD JEBSEN SKIPSREDERI AS	Route optimization integrating low-carbon technologies	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332369	ARCTIC COATING AS	GREEn Norwegian LubricANt proDuction	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
332374	WILHELMSEN SHIPS SERVICE AS	Disrupting and Adding Value to maritime supply chains by using Additively Manufactured Spare parts	N/A	N/A	09.12.2021
330474	ELECTRICAL SUBSEA & DRILLING AS	Open Water Drilling – Well & System, modelling and analysis	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332335	ZEG POWER AS	System & tech. development enabling large-scale clean hydrogen and power prod. by the ZEG ICC™ technology, including offshore applications	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332086	DYNAMIC WELL SOLUTIONS AS	Dynavac Separator – A sustainable and responsible system to handle offshore drilling waste	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332271	ANIMALIA AS	EyeAM! - Digital transformation of meat inspection	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332151	GRAMINOR AS	How high can we get? High-yielding and winter hardy perennial ryegrass cultivars for higher latitudes	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332249	ENERGONX AS	Energon Arktiske Feltrasjoner - et innovativt og bærekraftig næringsprodukt tilpasset militære og sivile marked.	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332444	NORTURA SA	First generation of animal derived hydrolysates meeting sensory conditions and consumers’ demand	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332390	AGROSENSE AS	FILIMA – The smart farmers' solution for more sustainable and effective Field Lifecycle Management	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332304	BAMA GRUPPEN AS	Vekst-i-vekst – Bærekraftig vekst i norsk veksthusproduksjon	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332130	NORSVIN R&D AS	Breeding for better cardiovascular and respiratory function of pigs - “A heart for pigs”	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332243	FLOWFOOD AS	Novel production method for boosting texture and binding of Nordic plant-based meat [PlantBoost]	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332248	GREENCAP SOLUTIONS AS	Energieffektivisering av fangst og utnyttelse av grønn CO2	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
331662	NORGES BIRØKTERLAG	Bærekraftig birøkt og bevaring av ville pollinerende insekter	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
332310	RANHEIM PAPER & BOARD AS	EcosatX - Innovativt produkt for eksteriørlaminat basert på resirkulerte råvarer	N/A	N/A	10.12.2021
328147	GLENCORE NIKKELVERK AS	Hyperspektral imaging for produkt- og prosesskontroll av basemetall-elektrolyse	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332139	MNEMONIC AS	Delautomatisering av digital risikostyring	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332144	NOAH AS	Askepott - Utnyttelse av verdiskapingspotensialet i flyveaske og avfallssyre	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332152	NORNER AS	HULK - The Ultrastrong Green PE Fiber	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332166	SOLGT.NO AS	Decision support system for professional real-estate price estimation	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332168	QUANTAFUEL ASA	Chemical Recycling of Plastic Wastes	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332188	REQ CAPITAL AS	REQ Cultural Index Model	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332230	PRE DIAGNOSTICS AS	New blood test for diagnosing early stage Parkinson's Disease	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332239	WENAAS WORKWEAR AS	Lighten the load by optimized occupational footwear	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332241	AKER SOLUTIONS AS	Mot fremtidens bærekraftige betongkonstruksjoner i marine miljøer	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332266	MOBAI AS	SALT - Secure privacy preserving Authentication using faciaL biometrics to proTect your identity	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332268	ASAP-NORWAY AS	SmartLaken for tilstandsovervåkning av pasienter	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332270	ØSTLANDSKE LETTMETALL AS	Resirkulert aluminium for Marine Applikasjoner	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332273	SMARTFISH AS	Remune™-Complete - Nytt fullverdig næringsmiddel til spesielle medisinske formål til pasienter med kreft kakeksi	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332274	KRISTIANSAND DYREPARK AS	AIM: AI-drevet Multiformatunivers	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332299	THEFACTORY AS	An AI Tool to Assess, Track, and Predict Early-Stage Startup Impact	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332316	FOODBACK AS	LAUNCH: Data-driven insights to boost the success rate and lifetime of retail food and beverage products	N/A	N/A	15.12.20.21
332319	DIPS AS	UNITY - pasientens digitale veiviser	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332336	SKIPLUKKERN AS	SKidx: Plattform for klassifisering og karakterisering av skiegenskaper til langrennsski	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332371	AIDEE HEALTH AS	(IPN) Hypersension 2.0	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332411	Targovax ASA	Development of targeted therapies for mutant RAS cancers	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332416	ALGIPHARMA AS	Targeting Alginates to Resistant and Recurrent Infections: Generating Eradication Therapies (TARRGET)	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332449	AS B'ZEOS	AlgiPack: Alginate-based films for packaging	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021
332455	SERAM COATINGS AS	A new pilot reactor for producing metal bound SiC microparticles for the thermal spray market	N/A	N/A	15.12.2021

Messages at time of print 8 February 2023, 10:58 CET

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Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector 2021

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Important dates

JANUARY–JUNE 2021

Period 1

APRIL–DECEMBER 2021

Period 2

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Purpose

Innovation in the aquaculture industry

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Maritime industries

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Ocean technology and expertise across ocean-based industries

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Fisheries and other marine industries including processing of harvested seafood

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Carbon capture and storage

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Environment-friendly energy and low emissions

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General enquiries

Wind/hydropower

Energy consumption in buildings and industry

Energy technologies for transport/batteries/hydrogen

Energy technologies for transport/biofuel/biogas

Power grids/the energy system/digitalisation

Bioenergy, biofuel and geothermic energy

Solar energy

Energy policy, economics and sustainability

Petroleum

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Reducing greenhouse gases, energy efficiency and tThe environment

Subsurface understanding

Drilling, completion and intervention

Production, processing and transport

Major accidents and the working environment

Cross-sector collaboration

Relevant plans

Sustainable value creation in Norwegian trade and industry

Contacts

Building, construction and real estate sector

Banking and finance, Media and culture, Travel, hospitality and tourism Retail/wholesale sector, Other service provision

Health industry

ICT industry

Processing industry

Manufacturing industry

Relevant plans

Nanotechnology, microtechnology and advanced materials

Contacts

Relevant plans

Technological convergence

Contacts

Relevant plans

Sustainable value creation in biobased businesses

Contacts

Relevant plans

Research Funding for Agriculture and the Food Industry (FFL/JA)

Contacts

Relevant plans

About the results of the application assessment process

Important message

Drilling, completion and intervention 

Production, processing and transport 

Major accidents and the working environment 