Calls for proposals

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 40 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 700 000-7 400 000

Project duration:

36-48 months

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...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 510 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 000 000-10 000 000

Project duration:

36-48 months

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.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 320 000 000

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 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 750 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 000 000-12 000 000

Project duration:

36-96 months

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.

The capacity boost is aimed at strengthening collaboration between the industrial sector and research organisations in a region. We fund projects that develop increased expertise and research capacity with the aim of strengthening the competitiveness of the regional industrial sector.

The Research Council will invest in projects that support the development of a competitive business sector that sees value creation opportunities through quantum technology R&D. The projects are intended to strengthen the interaction between companies and research organisations, and trigger private R&D investments

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.

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

The call aim to increase the use of research results through increased commercial exploitation and/or societal innovation by maturing and validating new technologies and innovations from an early stage to relevant application environments. Approved research organisations, TTOs (Technology Transfer Offices) and start-up companies originating from...

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 ...

Research- or development-driven innovation projects that will develop new technology, products or services throughout the value chain within the land-based bio-based sector such as forestry, wood utilisation, agriculture, the food industry and reindeer husbandry.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 109 000 000

Project duration:

36-48 months

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. 

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 145 800 000

Project duration:

36-48 months

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.

Through the Pilot Health scheme, we fund innovation processes that can contribute to sustainability in the healthcare services and to value creation in Norwegian business and industry, in line with Report No. 18 to the Storting (2018–2019) "The health industry – together on value creation and better services". The innovation processes must be ba...

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

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 1 760 000 000

Project duration:

120-120 months

The scheme Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF) gives Norway's best researchers the opportunity to organise their research activities in centres that seek to achieve ambitious scientific objectives through collaboration and with long-term basic funding. The research conducted at the centres must be innovative and have great potential to generat...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 60 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 100 000-500 000

Project duration:

3-12 months

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.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

up to NOK 400 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 200 000

Project duration:

6-9 months

The purpose of this call is to provide funding to cover the participation fees for the REACH programme for up to two ongoing or recently completed commercialisation projects supported by the Research Council (Verification or Qualification). The programme will contribute to accelerating the path from research to market by strengthening the projec...

Funding scale:

NOK 50 000-200 000

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

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 41 000 000

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).

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 30 000 000

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 ...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 179 622 000

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.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 7 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 10 000-130 000

Project duration:

1-12 months

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.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 10 000 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 100 000

Project duration:

1-6 months

The purpose of this call is to make it easy for companies to explore how research can contribute to innovation, value creation and further collaboration with research communities.

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...

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 to submit a required Notice of intent to apply (NOI):

3 March 2026

Deadline to submit full application:

3 November 2026

Program:

2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges

This call aims to harness the potential of disruptive technology to offer novel solutions to global challenges and accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The projects are required to address at least one of the seventeen SDGs.

The European Commission finances research/innovation and capacity building within semiconductor technologies under its Horizon and Digital Programme. The European Commission and the national research councils work together to finance the projects. The announcements that are relevant for this national co-financing announcement are advertised on the website of Chips JU (Participate).

Deadline for pre-proposals:

10 November 2026

Application deadline:

16 April 2027

Program:

Biodiversa+

BiodivFuture focuses on supporting future-looking research and innovation that will address biodiversity and novel ecosystems, as well as their socio-ecological dynamics and consequences relating to the sustainability goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and associated future pathways and trajectories of change. The call covers investigating the causes (drivers), effects (biological responses), and outcomes (including opportunities, risks and trade-offs) of current and future trajectories of change in all relevant realms (terrestrial, freshwater, marine and coastal areas), in all regions of the world. 

Preproposals:

17 November 2026

Full proposal:

15 April 2027

Program:

Driving Urban Transitions to a sustainable future (DUT)

The aim of this call for proposals is to support transnational research and/or innovation projects that help cities tackle urban challenges and transition towards a climate neutral and resilient future for all.

Preproposal:

12 May 2026

Full proposal:

18 November 2026

Program:

M-ERA.NET

The Research Council announces up to 2.4 million euros for Norwegian researchers and businesses who want to participate in international research collaboration in materials research.

Application deadline:

28 January 2027

Program:

EuroHPC

Norwegian participation in this EuroHPC call is co-financed by the Resarch Council by 15 million kroner.

Pre-proposal:

22 September 2026

Full proposal:

15 February 2027

The Raw Materials Partnership for the Green and Digital Transition (RAMP) is an international joint call funded by multiple countries for projects that contribute to a sustainable and secure supply of raw materials in the green and digital transition. Projects must be developed by consortia with partners from several countries and address one or more of the thematic areas of the call’s thematic areas.

Funding is available for research-based innovations in the public sector that will help the public sector to innovate services, infrastructure and public administration in a sustainable, systematic and efficient manner.