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Researcher Project for Early Career Scientists (FRIPRO)

The purpose of FRIPRO is to fund curiosity-driven and bold research that can contribute to advancing the state-of-the-art. FRIPRO supports both basic and applied research in all research areas. This call is aimed at researchers at an early stage in their careers, who have demonstrated the potential to conduct research of high scientific quality.

Ground-breaking research
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Researcher Project with International Mobility (FRIPRO)

The purpose of FRIPRO is to fund curiosity-driven and bold research that can contribute to advancing the state-of-the-art. FRIPRO supports both basic and applied research in all research areas. This call is aimed at researchers at postdoctoral level who wish to spend 1-2 years at one or two foreign research organisations, combined with 1-2 years...

Ground-breaking research
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Top Researchers – Researcher Projects to Develop World Leading Research Communities

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.

Ground-breaking research
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Radical Research Ideas for Early Career Scientists

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.

Ground-breaking research
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Researcher Project for Experienced Scientists (FRIPRO)

The purpose of FRIPRO is to fund curiosity-driven and bold research that can contribute to advancing the state-of-the-art. FRIPRO supports both basic and applied research in all research areas. This call is aimed at experienced scientists who have demonstrated the ability to conduct research of high scientific quality.

Ground-breaking research
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Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector: The Seafood Industry 2026

The Research Council wants to solve major societal challenges in a climate-friendly manner, and wants to promote research-based innovation and restructuring in both established and new business sectors. This call is for applications where the innovation is within the seafood industry.

Oceans
Innovation
Food and bioresources
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CALL FOR PROPOSAL 2 OF 6

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Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector: Industry and services 2026

The RCN wants to solve major societal challenges in a climate-friendly manner and aims to promote research-driven innovation and transitions in the industrial sector. This call applies to innovations applicable within the health industry, the ICT industry, the processing and processing industries, the manufacturing industry, and the building, co...

Innovation
Climate and the environment
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Verification: Research Commercialisation from Publicly Funded Research Organisations 2026

Utlysningen skal bidra til at forskningsresultater tas i bruk gjennom økt kommersiell utnyttelse og/eller samfunnsinnovasjon ved å modne og validere nye teknologier og innovasjoner fra tidlig fase til relevante anvendelsesmiljøer. Utlysningen er åpen for alle fagområder. TTO-er (Technology Transfer Offices) og oppstartsselskaper med utspring fra...

Ground-breaking research
Enabling technologies
Innovation
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Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector: Agriculture and the Food Industry (FFL/JA)

With this call, FFL/JA will promote research-based innovation and restructuring within the land-based value chain for food and beverages.

Innovation
Food and bioresources
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Innovation project in the industrial sector: Energy and transport 2026

The Research Council aims to solve major societal challenges in a climate-friendly way and seeks to promote research-driven innovation and demonstration of new technology that will strengthen Norway's competitiveness and contribute to transformation in both established and new industries. This call applies to applications within environmentally ...

Innovation
Energy and transportation
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Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector: Food and Bioresources 2026

The Research Council seeks to solve major societal challenges in a climate-friendly manner and aims to promote research-based innovation and restructuring in the industrial sector. This call is for applications where the innovation is within Norwegian agriculture, forestry, forest management and the wood industry, farming and the food industry.

Innovation
Food and bioresources
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Industrial PhD Scheme – Doctoral Projects in Industry 2026

The purpose of the Industrial PhD scheme is to strengthen research-based innovation and contribute to long-term competence building in Norwegian business and industry through the recruitment of doctoral candidates in companies.

Innovation
Forsvarsevne, sikkerhet og beredskap
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Public Sector PhD Project – Doctoral Project in the Public Sector 2026

The purpose of the Public Sector PhD Scheme is to strengthen research-based innovation and contribute to long-term competence-building in the public sector through the recruitment of doctoral candidates in public agencies. The projects must be based on needs and challenges and be included in the public agency's plans for development. 

Policy and government administration areas
Innovation
Forsvarsevne, sikkerhet og beredskap
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SKATTEFUNN: Tax Deduction Scheme for Companies with Research and Development Projects

The SkatteFUNN Tax Deduction Scheme is a right-based tax deduction scheme designed to stimulate research and development (R&D) activities in Norwegian companies.

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Qualification – commercialisation of research at publicly funded research organisations 2026

The purpose of a qualification project is to carry out initial investigations of potential applications, which will form the basis for further choices in the process of bringing research into use. Approved research organizations, TTOs (Technology Transfer Offices) and start-up companies originating from approved research organizations may apply.

Trade and industry
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Support for a National Network for Women's Health Research

The objective of the call is to establish a national network for women's health research that will contribute to better national coordination of existing research groups, so that resources are utilised more efficiently and dialogue is strengthened. At the same time, the network is encouraged to actively mobilize new professional communities to e...

Health
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Support for Events

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 the establishment of scientific collaboration. The event can be both physical and digital.

Oceans
Health
Enabling technologies
Innovation
Democracy and global development
The research system
Energy and transportation
Climate and the environment
Food and bioresources
Forsvarsevne, sikkerhet og beredskap
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Communication and Dissemination of Climate, Environment and Ocean Research

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

Oceans
Climate and the environment
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PES – Support for Project Establishment Aimed at Horizon Europe

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).

Internationalisation
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Funding for Research Stays Abroad for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows

The purpose of the scheme is to increase the proportion of young researchers who take research stays abroad. International experience is important for the research career and helps to strengthen Norwegian research by increasing competence and adding new knowledge to the project, developing networks and strengthening the opportunities for access ...

Internationalisation
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Registration of Doctoral Students Funded by the STIPINST Scheme (by invitation only)

This is a so-called registration call for departments that have been awarded salary and operating funds for doctoral research fellows from the STIPINST scheme. The call for proposals enables the Research Council to register doctoral students that the departments enroll on the basis of a letter of commitment.

The research system
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Support for membership of the European Open Science Cloud Association

The purpose of this call is to provide support for membership of the European Open Science Cloud Association (EOSC AISBL) for approved research organisations and publicly funded providers of research infrastructure that collaborate closely with Norwegian research organisations. Recipients must be able to document their membership in EOSC AISBL.

The research system
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Registration Call for Norwegian Project Partners in the Calls for the Co-funded Partnerships in Horizon Europe

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...

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Support for Events Focused on the Functioning of the Financial Market and Ethical Awareness

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...

Policy and government administration areas
Humanities and social sciences
Democracy and global development
Welfare and education
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ENg: Testløp PROD lik SkatteFunn versjon 2.3 til 2.4 versjonTestløp SkatteFunn 2.3

The SkatteFUNN Tax Deduction Scheme is a right-based tax deduction scheme designed to stimulate research and development (R&D) activities in Norwegian companies.

Messages at time of print 28 March 2026, 00:18 CET

Important alert

SkatteFUNN will be unavailable from 12 noon on Friday 27 March until 7 am on Wednesday 8 April. It will not be possible to submit an application during this period.