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Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector: Energy and transportation

The Research Council wants to solve major societal challenges in a climate-friendly manner, and promote research-based innovation, demonstration and transition in both established and new business and industry. This call applies to applications where the scope of the innovation is within environmentally friendly energy, petroleum, maritime and t...

Oceans
Energy and transportation
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Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector: Industry and services

The Research Council wants to solve major societal challenges in a climate-friendly manner and seeks to promote research-driven innovation and transitions in both established and emerging business sectors. This call applies to applications where the scope of application of the innovation falls within the health industry, the ICT industry, the pr...

Innovation
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Health Pilot

Through the Health Pilot scheme, we fund innovation processes that can contribute to sustainability in the health and care services and to value creation in Norwegian trade 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 ...

Health
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Verification – Research Commercialisation from Publicly Funded Research 2025

The purpose of the Research Council's commercialisation support is to contribute to the use of publicly funded research through increased commercial exploitation and/or societal innovation. The purpose of verification support corresponds to the purpose of Horizon Europe's EIC-Transition: to mature and validate new technologies from the laborator...

Trade and industry
Commercialisation
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Qualification – Research Commercialisation from Publicly Funded Research 2025

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

Trade and industry
Commercialisation
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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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Communication and Dissemination of Climate, Environment and Ocean Research

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

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

Internationalisation
Commercialisation
Oceans
Health
Enabling technologies
Innovation
Energy and transportation
Climate and the environment
Food and bioresources
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REACH: Silicon Valley Incubator Programme for Commercialisation of Research

REACH is an incubator programme in Silicon Valley that aims to lift Nordic research-based technology projects and start-ups with international ambitions and potential. The purpose of the programme participation is to define and validate the path to commercial success, refine how your technology or solution responds to a specific need, improve th...

Commercialisation
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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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Pre-clinical therapy studies for rare diseases using small molecules and biologicals – development and validation

The Research Council of Norway (RCN) is announcing € 600 000 to Norwegian researchers who wish to contribute to advancing therapeutic solutions for rare diseases. The ERDERA Joint Transnational Call (JTC) 2025 aims to foster international collaboration on interdisciplinary research projects, leveraging complementary expertise to benefit millions of patients worldwide.

Ground-breaking research
Health
Enabling technologies
Democracy and global development
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Second call of the European partnership AGROECOLOGY

This call focuses on the performance of agroecology, under different aspects: evaluating this performance in its various dimensions, quantifying environmental impacts, transforming value chains, and contributing to the design of public policies to better support the transition.

Food and bioresources
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Call Announcement African-European call for proposals “Climate Services for Risk Reduction in West Africa” (CS4RRA)

Call’s objectives: Strengthen climate resilience in West Africa based on a better understanding of the impacts of climate change; Improve climate knowledge, capacities and services for climate risk reduction and adaptation to climate change; Strengthen African and European partnership.

Democracy and global development
The research system
Climate and the environment
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Chips 2025 Electronic Components and Systems R&I Calls

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

Enabling technologies
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MarLEN - Maritime Low Emission Network

The purpose of the call is to promote international cooperation on research and innovation to strengthen the European Research Area in green maritime transport.

Energy and transportation
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M-ERA.NET - Call2025 - ERA-NET for research and innovation on materials

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

Enabling technologies
Innovation
Energy and transportation

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