Approved Norwegian research organisations can apply.
The objective is to promote renewal and development in research across all disciplines and thematic areas. Researcher Projects are to contribute to important new insights, scientific publication, researcher training and international research collaboration.
The objective of the call is to achieve radical new technological development through groundbreaking research across the enabling technologies. Only research organisations may apply.
The call is aimed at effective animal health and welfare processes in the public administration. We need more knowledge about what factors promote good animal welfare and about the effects of different measures and policy instruments used by public agencies. Approved research organisations are eligible to apply.
The objective of this call is to enhance research efforts in the thematic priority area “Ubiquitous data and services”. Research activities must seek to move the research front, promote essential competence-building and create new opportunities in the short and long term.
Funding is intended to support scientific renewal and development in research that can help to advance the research front. This call targets researchers who have demonstrated the ability to conduct research of high scientific quality and applies to all disciplines and research areas.
Funding is intended to give talented young researchers under the age of 40 in all disciplines and thematic areas the opportunity to pursue their ideas and lead a research project.
The purpose of this call is to increase international mobility and promote career development among researchers at an early stage in their careers, as well as to facilitate knowledge transfer to research groups in Norway.
Funding is intended to give talented researchers under the age of 40 the opportunity to pursue their ideas and lead a research project. This call is targeted towards researchers in the early stages of their careers, 2–7 years after defence of an approved doctorate, who have demonstrated the potential to conduct research of high scientific quality
The purpose of this call is to increase international mobility and promote career development among researchers at an early stage in their careers, as well as to facilitate knowledge transfer to research groups in Norway. The call is targeted towards researchers at the post-doctoral level who are to spend two years at a research organisation abroad and the third year at a research organisation in Norway. This call is open for project proposals in all disciplines and areas of research.
Funding is intended to advance the research front by providing larger-scale allocations to interdisciplinary projects. The Research Council will provide support for researchers from different subject areas to work together to generate new knowledge that would not be possible to obtain without interdisciplinary cooperation.
This application type is designed to provide funding opportunities for projects that incorporate radical new thinking and challenge existing research within a topic or area.
Funding is intended to support scientific renewal and development in research that can help to advance the international research front. This call is therefore targeted towards researchers who have demonstrated the ability to conduct research of high scientific quality. Grant proposals will be accepted for projects within all disciplines and research areas.
Funding is intended to give talented young researchers under the age of 40 in all disciplines and research areas the opportunity to pursue their own research ideas and lead a research project. This call is targeted towards researchers in the early stages of their careers, 2–7 years after defence of an approved doctorate, who have demonstrated the potential to conduct research of high scientific quality.
The purpose of this call is to increase international mobility and promote career development among researchers at an early stage in their careers, as well as to facilitate knowledge transfer to research groups in Norway. This call is targeted towards researchers at the post-doctoral level who are to spend two years at a research organisation abroad and the third year at a research organisation in Norway. Grant proposals will be accepted for projects within all disciplines and research areas.
This call is to promote more effective management to prevent the introduction and spread of new species of plant pests, and is being carried out in cooperation with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. The objective is to strengthen the management of plant health in Norway.
The purpose of this call is to strengthen basic, ground-breaking research of high scientific quality through interdisciplinary collaboration, and to advance the research front. Addressing the societal challenges of today and tomorrow calls for radical leaps in knowledge. Grant proposals will be accepted for projects within all disciplines and research areas. By providing large-scale allocations and requiring collaboration between researchers from different subject fields, we are seeking to produce new knowledge that would not be possible to obtain without interdisciplinary cooperation. Projects will be financed under the Fellesløft IV joint funding initiative between Norway’s research institutions and the Research Council of Norway.
Research targeting animal welfare and preparedness for animal health.
Approved Norwegian research organisations in cooperation with relevant actors from the private and/or public sector or other public or private organisations can apply.
The objective is to promote cooperation to develop R&D expertise and capacity in areas of importance to society and business and industry. Collaborative and Knowledge-building Projects are to help develop and promote new knowledge and to improve interaction and knowledge transfer between R&D groups and stakeholders in society in order to find solutions to important societal challenges.
The objective of the call is to achieve radical new technological development across the enabling technologies. The call is open to approved Norwegian research organisations in binding cooperation with relevant actors from public sector entities, non-governmental organisations, trade and industry and/or other private organisations.
The objective of this call is to further develop expertise and capacity in artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous systems. Efforts are to help to move the research front, build vital competence and create new opportunities for people and society in the short and long term.
The objective of this call is to generate new knowledge in the thematic areas digital security and artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous systems. The work will advance the research front, ensure essential competence-building and create new opportunities for people and society in the short and long term.
The objective of this call is to enhance research efforts and to encourage and support collaboration between research groups and users in the thematic priority area “Ubiquitous data and services”. Research activities must seek to move the research front, promote essential competence-building and create new opportunities in the short and long term.
Funding will go to Collaborative Projects that research the implementation of knowledge-based measures targeting children, young people and families in the child welfare services and/or family counselling services. Approved research organisations are eligible to apply.
The purpose of the call is to strengthen research, research expertise and collaboration on R&D work of key importance to museums. Only approved research organisations are eligible to apply in collaboration with museums outside the research sector.
The call targets approved research organisations, and funding will go to collaborative projects with services and public authorities in the justice sector, the family, children and youth sector and/or the child welfare service.
The purpose of this call is to develop new knowledge and generate research competence needed by society or the business sector to address important societal challenges.
The purpose of this call is to generate new knowledge about measures that can help us to understand, handle and prevent the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from a One Health perspective, both nationally and internationally. The call is open to approved Norwegian research organisations in collaboration with non-research organisations from Norway and/or developing countries (LLMIC countries), India and China.
The purpose of this call for proposals is to support research on health improvements for disadvantaged populations in low- and lower-middle income countries (LLMICs). The research must be relevant to Sustainable Development Goal 3 ‘Good health for all’ and its targets. The call is open to approved Norwegian research organisations in effective collaboration with relevant actors from public sector bodies, non-governmental organisations and/or other private organisations.
The objective of the call is to achieve radical new technological development across the enabling technologies through projects that endeavour to help to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and resolve major societal challenges. The call is open to approved Norwegian research organisations in binding cooperation with relevant actors from public sector entities, non-governmental organisations, trade and industry and/or other private organisations.
Research organisations in collaboration with industry can apply for funding to address challenges faced by the building, construction and real estate industry.
The projects are to encourage and support collaboration between research organisations and stakeholders from outside the research sector that represent societal and/or industry needs for knowledge and research competence
The purpose of this application type is to develop new knowledge and generate research competence needed by society or the business sector to address important societal challenges. The projects are to encourage and support collaboration between research organisations and stakeholders from outside the research sector that represent societal and/or industry needs for knowledge and research competence.
This call aims to promote increased industry-oriented research and development in tourism and hospitality, cultural industries, finance and retail/wholesale. To be eligible for funding, applicants must first have sought and received funding under the call for proposals, “Funding to Mobilise Service Industries for Research,” and carried out activities targeted towards establishment of collaboration and projects.
Collaborative and Knowledge-building Projects are to develop new knowledge and generate research competence needed by society or the business sector to address important societal challenges. The projects are to encourage and support collaboration between research organisations and stakeholders from outside the research sector that represent societal and/or industry needs for knowledge and research competence.
The purpose of this call for proposals is to fund research on the economic ramifications for Norwegian business and working life of the COVID-19 pandemic and the government’s measures to limit the spread of infection with the ensuing economic consequences. Research activities may focus on the pandemic and the measures implemented separately or...
On 31 December 2019, the local authorities of Wuhan (China), reported a cluster of pneumonia cases which turned out to be caused by a novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). By March 2020 the virus has already spread in over 80 countries outside China. On 30 January 2020 the WHO declared the recent COVID-19 outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of...
The objective of this call is to increase cooperation between research groups and collaboration partners aimed at addressing or resolving key societal challenges identified under the Research Programme on Welfare, Working Life and Migration (VAM). Pre-projects are intended to develop proposals for Collaborative and Knowledge-building Projects for the main call for proposals planned to be issued with an application submission deadline of 16 September 2020.
Knowledge-building Projects for Industry are to contribute to industry-oriented researcher training and long-term competence development in thematic areas of importance to the development of trade and industry.
Companies and public sector entities that are not research organisations can apply.
The objective is to encourage value creation and renewal in the business and public sectors. Innovation Projects are to help enhance competitiveness in new and existing business areas, strengthen the restructuring capacity of the Norwegian economy and the public sector, and increase interaction and knowledge transfer across stakeholders.
Companies can apply for Pilot-T funding. The purpose is to accelerate the application of novel, smart mobility solutions by developing and testing and/or piloting technologies, services and business models with the potential to contribute to the creation of an efficient, safe and environmentally friendly transport system for the future.
Our call Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector is aimed at companies engaged in business-led innovation projects where research and development (R&D) is a critical part of the innovation process.
The purpose of this call is to encourage companies to invest in demonstration and proof-of-concept of technology to promote innovation and sustainable value creation in line with their own business strategies. The call covers topics relating to the thematic areas Petroleum, Maritime industry and Land-based food, the environment and bioresources.
Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector is a funding instrument providing grants to business led innovation projects that make extensive use of research and development (R&D) to arrive at an innovative solution to a problem or opportunity in industry. Innovation Projects intends to deliver economic value for all companies and project partners involved, and for society at large from funding environmentally sustainable innovations and disseminating new knowledge.
This is notification of the coming call for 2020. More information will be published in the spring of 2020. Demonstration Project is to strengthen companies’ own efforts to demonstrate new technology for applications with major socio-economic benefits. Projects are to ensure expertise, value creation, job creation and a competitive industrial sector in Norway.
The purpose of this call is to encourage companies to invest more in demonstrating and verifying technology that can contribute to innovation and sustainable value creation in line with their business strategy. The call for demonstration projects in 2021 concerns topics relating to Petroleum, Maritime industry (green shipping) and Land-based food, the environment and bioresources.
The call is temporarily closed.
The Research Council has established the Industrial PhD Scheme to boost research efforts and long-term competence-building for Norwegian trade and industry through the recruitment of doctoral candidates.
This call for proposals is only available in Norwegian.
An 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.
An Innovation Project for the Public Sector is intended to promote sustainable, systematic and effective innovation in public-sector services, infrastructure and administration. Innovation projects must be based on needs and challenges and be part of the public entity’s plans for development. The project is to be executed through effective collaboration between the Project Owner (public sector body), R&D groups and other relevant stakeholders.
The call will help create innovative solutions to public sector needs. The call is only available in Norwegian.
Health Pilot is a new initiative that gives public sector bodies and businesses the opportunity to establish coordinated, needs-driven innovation together. Its aim is to encourage binding collaboration between the public and private sector, and to alleviate risk for the participants. The solutions the projects generate must be innovative, help to make the health and care services more sustainable and increase value creation in the Norwegian business sector.
The purpose of this call for proposals for Pilot-T projects is to accelerate the application of novel, smart mobility solutions by developing and testing and/ or piloting technologies and business models with the potential to contribute to the creation of an efficient, safe and environmentally-friendly transport system for the future.
A pre-commercial procurement challenges industry to develop innovative solutions to meet public sector needs. Pre-commercial procurement enables the public purchaser to compare alternative potential solutions and filter out the best possible innovations that the market can deliver to address the public need. This enables public authorities to modernize public services faster and to create opportunities for the supplying companies to take international leadership in new markets.
The Pilot-T scheme is designed to accelerate the application of effective solutions by developing and testing/piloting technologies and business models with the potential to enhance the transport system of tomorrow by increasing mobility, improving safety and security, and reducing emissions.
This call for proposals is only in Norwegian.
This is a time-limited call for Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector involving public-private collaboration. The purpose of the call is to stimulate R&D activity that promotes value creation and enhanced international competitiveness for the business sector and encourages innovation and sustainability in the health and care sector. This...
The Pilot-T scheme is to accelerate the application of effective solutions by developing and testing/piloting new technologies and business models with the potential to enhance the transport system of tomorrow by increasing mobility, improved safety and security, and reducing emissions.
Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector are company-driven projects that incorporate extensive research and development (R&D) activities. The Innovation Project is to contribute significantly to renewal and increased value creation for the participating companies, and it should yield socioeconomic benefits by making new knowledge and solutions available.
Demonstration Project is to strengthen companies’ own efforts to demonstrate new technology for applications with major socio-economic benefits. Projects are to ensure expertise, value creation, job creation and a competitive industrial sector in Norway.
We are seeking projects designed to promote sustainable, systematic and effective innovation in public-sector services, infrastructure and administration.
This call for project outlines qualifies applicants to submit complete applications for the call Research Centre for Petroleum. Applicants who have not submitted an outline by the deadline for project outlines are not eligible to apply for funding through the main call for proposals. Approved Norwegian research organisations may submit an outline.
Only applicants who submit a project outline under this call will be qualified to submit a complete grant application under the main call for proposals for the National Financing Initiative for Research Infrastructure (INFRASTRUKTUR) with the deadline of 18 November 2020. Applicants who have not submitted a project outline by the deadline of 27...
On 31 December 2019, the local authorities of Wuhan (China), reported a cluster of pneumonia cases which turned out to be caused by a novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) . By March 2020 the virus has already spread in over 80 countries outside China . On 30 January 2020 the WHO declared the recent COVID-19 outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of...
The call for project outlines qualifies applicants to submit complete applications for funding for Centres for Clinical Treatment Research with the deadline of 12 May 2021. Applicants who have not submitted a project outline by 6 January 2021 are not eligible to apply for funding through the main call for proposals.
This call gives companies the opportunity for non-binding dialogue with the Research Council on a project outline prior to the planned call for Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector with the deadline 25 September 2019.
Following up the Memorandum of Understanding between China’s Ministry of Science and Technology and the Research Council of Norway, this joint call asks for industry-oriented proposals for collaborative research projects on digitalisation.
Approved Norwegian research organisations can apply. Many calls for proposals require collaboration with trade and industry or stakeholders in the public sector.
The objective is targeted, long-term investment to strengthen and further develop outstanding and creative research and innovation groups, or to build up research groups in areas of key strategic importance. Research Centre provides a framework for calls under several different centre schemes that are designed to support the best research groups and lead to pioneering research and new innovations, or to strengthen key priority areas.
We seek to strengthen Norway’s research capacity and competence in the nuclear field by establishing one or two national centres. Norwegian research organisations are eligible to apply.
The purpose of the call is to establish two research centres for integration of EEA law into Norwegian law. Research institutions offering a master’s degree in law are eligible to apply.
The Research Council is advertising funding for two centres for tax policy research. The centres shall generate knowledge about tax policy and economics and contribute to building a robust tax policy research environment in Norway. Approved research organisations are eligible to apply.
The Research Council is issuing a call for proposals to establish a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) in the field of clean hydrogen and hydrogen-based energy carriers. The call is open to approved Norwegian research organisations in binding cooperation with partners from other research organisations, trade and industry and the public sector.
The SFF scheme 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. Phase 2 is reserved for prequalified applicants selected from the Phase 1 assessment process.
The purpose of this call is to establish up to two new Research Centres for Petroleum. The objective of the research centres is to improve capacity and expertise by addressing defined and delimited challenges related to utilisation of petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Funding is available to establish a Centre for Clinical Treatment Research (FKB). Only applicants who have submitted a mandatory project outline by the deadline of 6 January 2021 are eligible to apply. Applicants must be an approved Norwegian research organisation with access to patients in binding collaboration with relevant actors.
The purpose of this call for proposals is to establish a Centre for Research on Special Needs Education and Inclusive Practice. The centre is a long-term investment with an overriding goal to strengthen special needs education research in Norway.
The SFF scheme 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 Council is issuing a call for proposals to establish a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) in the field of wind power. Approved Norwegian research organisations may apply in cooperation with companies.
The purpose of this call for proposals is to provide funding for continued Norwegian participation in the large-scale, long-term CERN experiments that Norwegian researchers have helped to develop, establish and take part in over many years. Funding will only be granted to one project.
The Research Council is now accepting complete applications seeking funding to establish a Centre for Research-based Innovation (SFI-IV). Only applicants who submitted a mandatory outline by the deadline of 4 April 2019 are qualified to submit a complete application in response to this call for proposals.
Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), approved Norwegian research organisations and micro-businesses originating in research organisations and/or TTOs can apply.
The objective is to promote greater commercial utilisation of R&D results from publicly-funded research in Norway. Commercialisation Projects are to clarify uncertainties related to the commercial utilisation of high-potential research results by answering questions that will prevent the project from moving forward in the commercialisation process if they remain unanswered
A STUD-ENT project aims to reduce uncertainty related to technology and the market in student-driven business ideas. The goal is, when the project is finalised, that the most critical questions and uncertainties have been minimised, so that the next stage of the commercialisation process can begin. Students at master’s or PhD level or who are taking a programme of professional study are eligible to apply in cooperation with a Norwegian university or university college.
The purpose of a Proof-of-Concept Project is to reduce the project’s uncertainty relating to technology and the market.
The purpose of a Qualification Project is to undertake initial investigations into the commercial potential of research results. Approved research organisations, TTOs and start-up companies originating in an approved research organisation are eligible to apply.
The purpose of a Qualification Project is to undertake initial investigations into the commercial potential of research results.
The purpose of a Proof-of-Concept Project is to reduce the project’s uncertainty relating to technology and the market. Approved research organisations, TTOs and start-up companies originating in an approved research organisation are eligible to apply.
A Milestone Project is a short-term Commercialisation Project targeted towards completing the next, most critical milestone phase in order to move along the long-term commercialisation pathway.
Projects under the STUD-ENT funding scheme are to increase entrepreneurship among students by cultivating student-driven business ideas based on research results or related to knowledge the students have obtained through their studies.
Commercialisation Projects are to help to increase commercial utilisation and value creation based on the results of publicly funded research in Norway.
Approved Norwegian research organisations and publicly funded administrators of research infrastructure who cooperate closely with Norwegian research organisations can apply.
The objective is to promote and strengthen infrastructure that leads to innovative research and development. Research Infrastructure projects are to provide Norwegian research groups and companies with access to relevant, updated infrastructure that facilitates high-quality research.
Funding is available for establishment or upgrades of research infrastructure of national importance, including Norwegian participation in collaboration on the establishment or upgrade of international research infrastructures. Only applicants who submitted a mandatory project outline are eligible to submit a complete grant application under this call.
The call only applies to selected memberships in international research infrastructures. The relevant applicant groups have been informed.
Approved Norwegian research organisations, companies, public sector entities, non-governmental organisations and groups of such entities can apply.
The objective is to fund the planning, coordination and dissemination of R&D activities. Coordination and Support Activities are to promote researcher mobility, national and international networks, publication, dialogue, dissemination activity and more in connection with R&D activities.
The purpose of this call is to award funding for follow-up measures after the Evaluation of Legal Research in Norway (JUREVAL). The funding will go to network activities that contribute to scientific renewal and development in the evaluated organisations and in their research groups.
Svalbard Science Forum allocates funding to Norwegian research organisations to facilitate fieldwork in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Funding is available for master's students, PhD candidates and researchers employed, enrolled at or affiliated with Norwegian research organisations.
We intend to fund one project which will result in a state-of-the-art review on hazardous substances in plastics. Only approved Norwegian research organisations are formally eligible as applicants.
Support for events is available to approved Norwegian research organisations, companies, public entities, non-governmental organisations and groups of such entities in order to better equip them to organise conferences, workshops and seminars. Funding may also be granted for international conferences when the Norwegian applicant is the main...
The purpose of this call is to encourage a greater number of researchers to conduct a research stay abroad and to increase international collaboration. International experience is important for building a career as a researcher. It increases expertise and expands networks, providing Norwegian research with greater opportunity to access the...
The PES2020 scheme helps to strengthen Norwegian participation under H2020 and improve returns in the form of project funding under the EU framework programme. The PES2020 scheme is designed to relieve some of the cost burden for Norwegian applicants related to the preparation of project proposals, and to raise the overall competence of Norwegia...
The aim of this call is to facilitate cohesive Norwegian collaboration and increase the participation of Norwegian stakeholders in the effort to promote Norwegian interests in the process of shaping the content of Horizon Europe, the EU’s next research and innovation framework programme (2021–2027).
The purpose of this call is to create a framework to encourage more international collaboration.
The Research Council offers financial support to Norwegian institutions and companies seeking to participate in events that will provide them with greater insight into the Horizon 2020 framework programme.
The purpose of this call is to identify potential partners for future international, industry-oriented projects. Support may be sought for travel to any country outside the EU/EEA.
The “Borrow a Researcher” scheme is to increase cooperation between companies and the R&D community. It is designed for small and medium-sized enterprises that need greater in-house research competence for a given period and for researchers who wish to learn more about challenges in the business sector and provide assistance to R&D efforts in companies.
This call is only in Norwegian. Please see the Norwegian-language call for proposals for more information.
If you have applied to the ERC and advanced to stage two, but not been awarded funding, you are eligible for support to prepare a new proposal. The Research Council awards up to NOK 500 000 to applicants submitting a new grant proposal within two years of submitting the original one.
The aim of this call for proposals is to provide support for planning of potential Norwegian participation in the establishment of research infrastructure on the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) Roadmap.
The purpose of support for networks is to strengthen collaboration on research and/or innovation between research organisations nationally and internationally, and between research organisations and other relevant stakeholders (companies, public entities or other organisations). Funding is to cover the applicant’s costs relating to the...
The Emerging Leaders programme is an early career mentoring programme designed to provide young researchers with a framework for network-building, leadership development and an introduction to scientific opportunities and challenges in the pan-Arctic region.
The objective is to cover the membership fee for approved research organisations and publicly funded administrators of research infrastructure who collaborate closely with Norwegian research organisations that can document membership of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC AISBL) Association.
The call is intended to contribute to ensuring that applications to Horizon Europe with Norwegian participants are of a high quality, so that as much Norwegian potential as possible is realised. Apply for funding as soon as the project proposal begins to take shape and no later than four weeks before the EU application submission deadline.
This call for proposals supports communication and dissemination projects that help to increase ocean literacy. The projects are to disseminate research-based knowledge related to oceans and the Ocean Decade.
Norwegian organisations that are on the Research Council of Norway's list of approved research organisations, can seek funding for activities that stimulate to increased scientific cooperation within Svalbard research and/or contributes to connect Svalbard research to a pan-Arctic perspective.
Are you going abroad with an MSCA Individual Fellowship? Or have you received a fellowship in an MSCA Innovative Training Network to pursue your doctoral studies abroad? If so, you may be eligible for an additional financial support from the Research Council.
Funding is intended to contribute to increased R&D activity in service industries that are currently under-represented in the Research Council's trade and industry portfolio: tourism, cultural industries, finance and retail.
Support to apply for formal Norwegian participation in partnerships in Horizon Europe, especially agreement-based and institutional partnerships. Applications must be based on specific calls for proposals from the EU Commission (Call for Expressions of Ideas, Expression of Interest).
Up to NOK 100.000 may be sought for fieldwork based in Svalbard in the period 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020. Applications related to Ny-Ålesund/ the Kongsfjorden area must describe how they will contribute and relate to the four Ny-Ålesund flagships (atmosphere, glaciology, Kongsfjorden and terrestrial systems).
The Health Pilot initiative grants funding to public sector bodies and businesses for ambitious and demanding innovation processes in collaboration with other relevant public and societal actors. You can apply for funding for a pre-project under this call.
Researchers from Norway may seek support for funding for short-term visits in France for the purpose of launching and developing new joint research projects.
We seek to ensure that the results of publicly funded research are made openly accessible. With the STIM-OA funding, you can receive up to 50 per cent of the research organisation's costs for open publication from the previous financial year.
Norwegian research organisations may apply for funding for partnerships with Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, China, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and the United States. Funding may also be sought for partnerships with Germany and France under this call.
Approved Norwegian research organisations can seek funding for activities that stimulate to increased scientific cooperation within Svalbard research and/ or contributes to setting Svalbard research into a pan-Arctic perspective.
This funding must be used for additional independent activities that support or build on a Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe project, and must not be used for activities already covered by EU funding. Nor can the supplementary funding be used for R&D or innovation activities. Only projects that have not previously received supplementary funding are eligible to apply.
The purpose of the call is to fund a national network that coordinates and builds competence in neuroinformatics and participates in the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) network. Approved research organisations are eligible to apply.
Svalbard Science Forum allocates funding to Norwegian research organisations to facilitate fieldwork in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The funding is available for Master students, PhD students and researchers affiliated with these organisations.
Funding is available to establish collaboration between research groups and public/private sector actors with a view to applying for funding under a call for a Collaborative and Knowledge-building Project relating to antimicrobial resistance from a One Health perspective.
The objective is to establish collaboration on a doctoral degree programme to ensure the candidates receive a coordinated, high-quality education that qualifies them for research and other work that requires good scientific insight and competence. Through these funds, we support projects that increase doctoral degree programmes’ relevance to the labour market. The objective is to develop and use new methods and approaches to that end, in collaboration with one or more partners in industry, the public sector and/or organisations.
The STIM-OA scheme facilitates the transition to open access publication. You can receive up to 50 per cent of the research organisation's costs for open publication from the previous financial year. All approved research organisations in all subject areas in Norway may seek support.
Researchers from Norway may seek support for funding for short-term visits in France for the purpose of launching and developing new joint research projects. The call is open to approved Norwegian research organisations applying jointly with research organisations in France.
The Health Pilot scheme is a new initiative that will grant funding to public sector bodies and businesses to develop projects with a holistic innovation process together with other relevant stakeholders in society. The projects shall contribute to sustainable health and care services and to value creation in Norwegian trade and industry. You can apply for a pre-project until 5 May 2021.
Increase children’s and adolescents’ opportunities to learn how digital content and services are developed and applied. Non-profit organisations can apply.
We are looking for collaborative consortiums that can deliver the best projects, from research and technology development through to turnkey solutions. The aim is to create green jobs, internationally competitive business and industry and a more sustainable future. The first phase of the Green Platform comprises NOK 1 billion over a period of three years. You can apply for funding for pre-projects until 6 January 2021.
Norwegian research organisations may apply for funding for partnerships with Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, China, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and the USA. Funding may also be sought for partnerships with Germany and France under this call.
The mobilisation projects will have more companies using research in their innovation efforts and getting companies already engaged in research-based innovation to raise their ambitions. This call for proposals is only available in Norwegian.
This funding must be used for additional independent activities that support or build on the Horizon 2020 project, and must not be used for activities already covered by EU funding. Nor can the supplementary funding be used for R&D or innovation activities. Only projects that have not previously received supplementary funding are eligible to apply.
Research organisations may apply for funding for establishment and operation of international research networks in the field of development.
It is a Research Council objective to ensure that the results of publicly funded research are made openly accessible. The STIM-OA scheme is designed to facilitate the transition to open access publication.
The purpose of this call is to provide funding for a meeting place where research institutions can stay up-to-date on the latest new ideas, methods and theories relating to gender balance in academia. The BalanseHub network will collect and share useful and essential knowledge from the research front and provide an arena for exchange of experien...
The purpose of this call is to provide support for follow-up measures in response to the Evaluation of the Social Sciences in Norway (SAMEVAL). Support is to be reserved for network-related activities that promote scientific development and renewal among the institutions encompassed by the evaluation and within the associated research groups.
The objective of this call is to encourage Norwegian researchers to participate more widely in, and exert greater influence on, global research on climate and the environment.
Support for an annual event to provide a meeting place for young researchers to learn about new ideas, methods and theories within eScience as well as build a professional network.
The county municipalities can apply for funding to increase the competence of teachers in upper secondary schools in research method and critical thinking.
Funding for activities that stimulate to increased scientific cooperation within Svalbard research and/or contributes to connect Svalbard research to a Pan-Arctic perspective.
The Emerging Leaders programme is an early career mentoring programme designed to provide young researchers with a framework for network-building, leadership development and an introduction to scientific opportunities and challenges in the pan-Arctic region. The Emerging Leaders programme will be held in advance of the Arctic Frontiers 2020 conference in Tromsø, Norway, and includes participation in the first two days of the conference.
Funding for fieldwork in Svalbard and Jan Mayen for Master students, PhD students and researchers affiliated with approved Norwegian research organisations.
The Research Council is seeking to ensure that the results of publicly funded research are made openly accessible. The Research Council has launched the STIM-OA scheme to facilitate the transition to open access publication.
The purpose of this supplementary funding is to encourage a greater number of Norwegian actors to take on a key role in Horizon 2020 projects and to give a wider range of Norwegian actors access to knowledge developed through Horizon 2020 projects. This will increase the impact of Horizon 2020 projects on research, society and trade and industry...
Approved Norwegian research organisations may apply for funding for partnerships with Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, China, Russia, South Africa, the USA, Germany and France, as well as for extensions of partnerships started in 2015 and 2016.
Scientific staff/groups of researchers from Norwegian research organisations may apply for funding for short-term visits in France or Germany to launch and develop joint research projects. French researchers must submit a corresponding grant application to Campus France, while German researchers must submit a corresponding grant application to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
The purpose of this call is to aid the FORNY 2020 programme’s primary partners, the Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), in becoming more professional and specialised, and to enhance the culture for entrepreneurship and commercialisation within the management at Norwegian universities, university colleges and research institutions.
Funding is available for international projects in the field of CCUS. Undertakings and approved research organisations are eligible to apply.
Funding is available for joint projects between researchers in Norway and China that generate knowledge on the climate system. Of particular interest is the polar climate and its interaction with the global system. Field work in the arctic research platform Svalbard is encouraged.
The joint call for proposals aims to increase Brazilian–Norwegian collaboration for the purpose of developing new technologies and services targeting offshore petroleum activities.
ACT (Accelerating CCS Technology) is an international initiative to support research, development and demonstration in CO2 capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).
Funding is available for Researcher Projects on sustainable and safe food from agriculture and aquaculture. The Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) are issuing a joint call under the programme for joint funding of Sino-Norwegian in mutually agreed fields to achieve bilateral world-class...
This call pertains to grant applications for the funding of Norwegian participation in projects involving radiation protection and radioactive waste management under the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). Only grant applications for projects with Norwegian participation in Euratom calls issued in 2019 will be accepted.
This joint call asks for industry-oriented proposals for collaborative research projects on digitalisation, following up the Memorandum of Understanding between China’s Ministry of Science and Technology and the Research Council of Norway.
Joint projects between Norwegian and Russian researchers in the field of petroleum are to help to maintain existing networks and research collaboration and to develop new collaborative constellations through strategic basic research that is of relevance for both countries.
The MoST - RCN Joint Funding Call on Consortium Collaboration on Energy aims to promote academia-industry consortia in both countries to collaborate in the field of environmentally friendly energy.
This joint call for proposals has been cancelled.
The Research Council of Norway nominates candidates for the JSPS' Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard).
The Finance Market Fund provides funding to research and public information work relating to financial markets.
The JSPS Mobility Programme seeks to establish and expand contact between Norwegian and Japanese research institutions. The Norwegian research organisation applies on behalf of the nominee/candidate.
The Finance Market Fund provides funding to research and public information work relating to financial markets. The fund is designed to help to increase knowledge about how financial markets function and to promote greater understanding of relevant ethical issues in this area.
Funding under the Finance Market Fund is to support research, education or public awareness initiatives related to the functioning and role of the financial market. Projects may address deficiencies in the system, ethics and good business practices in the relevant areas as well as consumer interests. Funding will not be granted for individuals to pursue ordinary occupational education activities.
The Finance Market Fund is designed to help to increase knowledge about how financial markets function and to promote greater understanding of relevant ethical issues. Funding under the Finance Market Fund is to support research, education or public awareness initiatives related to the functioning and role of the financial market. Projects may...
The purpose of this call is to register applications for the period 2021–2024 for new strategic programmes for Nofima.
Funding from the Finance Market Fund is to support research, education or public awareness initiatives related to the functioning and role of the financial market. Projects may address deficiencies in the system, ethics and good business practices in the relevant areas as well as consumer interests. Funding will not be granted for individuals to pursue ordinary occupational education activities.
The Research Council of Norway nominates two (2) postdoctoral researchers for a postdoctoral fellowship in Japan (Standard JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship FY2020).
The Finance Market Fund provides funding for research projects and public awareness initiatives concerning financial markets. The fund is designed to help to increase knowledge about how financial markets function and to promote greater understanding of relevant ethical issues.
Funding from the Finance Market Fund is to support research, education or public awareness initiatives related to the functioning and role of the financial market.
Approximately 8 million euros available for an international call aiming to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs through the implementation of results from ongoing or recently finalised research and innovation projects, within the context of governance, societal structures and economy.
Proposals must be centred on one or more of the hard-to-treat-cancers (HTTC) subtypes characterized by very poor prognosis (5-year survival rate<25%) and for which survival has not improved significantly over the last decades, namely glioblastoma, oesophageal, pancreatic, gallbladder, liver, and lung/pleural cancers.
A call for leading scientists in the field to establish community-led Working Groups dedicated to discuss and align the specific needs of patients and currently available supply by the health and social care system, thereby outlining strategies to improve support for people at moderate, advanced and end of life stages of disease progression.
The overall objective of the call is to support and accelerate cutting edge Nordic research with high potential for renewal and impact on the welfare among children and young people in the post-pandemic Nordics. The call has an emphasis on education, wellbeing, mental health, and living conditions of children and young people. The objective of the call is also to support research on the mitigation of the effects of the pandemic and the restrictions on the welfare of children and young people.
Key Digital Technologies is a European partnership under Horizon Europe with a focus on electronic components and systems technologies. It is a tripartite partnership with the European Commission, industrial organisations and participating countries developing the work programme and share project support. Applicants should make certain to read and understand national requirements before applying for funding.
Norwegian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that carry out research and development may seek funding for R&D projects from the Eurostars Programme. Funding is available in all branches of industry and may address any technological area.
Forskningsrådet lyser ut 10 millioner til internasjonalt forskningssamarbeid om jord i sammenheng med klima og naturmangfold.
The call (JPI CH CHSE) aims at furthering the understanding of the relationship between cultural heritage – tangible, intangible, digital and natural – and major societal issues through transnational research projects.
The overall aim of the call is to generate knowledge and solutions for a sustainable and inclusive future working life in a Nordic and/or Nordic-Lithuanian context.
The Belmont Forum is pleased to announce the launch of a collaborative research networking call on the theme: Integrated Approaches to Human Migration/Mobility in an Era of Rapid Global Change.
The call aims to foster research on prevention in personalised medicine.
The aim of this call is to fund implementation research focused on addressing common NCD risk factors through interventions that reduce health risk and/or enhance positive health and lifestyle behaviours in young people, and/or in other critical life stages (e.g., childhood, older adults) in low- and lower-middle income countries.
The call aims to promote co-operation in the Nordic and Baltic countries within sustainable agriculture.
Funding of NOK 10 million is available for Norwegian partners in applications to Belmont Forum's call for Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production.
Support for excellent research and innovation through transnational collaborations leading to new products, technologies and strategies that contribute to net-zero emission goals, involving the use of wood-based biomass resources in the Northern hemisphere.
Key Digital Technologies is a European partnership under Horizon Europe with a focus on electronic components and systems technologies.
Scientists from 33 countries are invited to form international consortia to do research on how to preserve biological diversity on land and at sea.
Advancing Lighthouse Exascale Applications, at the frontier of technology and relevant for the communities of HPC users, that enable and promote the use of upcoming exascale and post exascale computing capabilities in collaboration with other High Performance Computer (HPC) stakeholders.
Fremdrift av Lighthouse Exascale-applikasjoner som skal muliggjøre og fremme bruken av kommende exascale og post-exascale High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastruktur for et bredt spektrum av HPC-brukere. Målet er å utvikle, eller oppskalere eksisterende parallelle koder som brukes i dag av ulike forskningsmiljøer, slikt at brukere vil være klare og i stand til å ta i bruk de nye exascale HPC-maskinene som utvikles i årene fremover.
The overall aim of the call on Underwater Noise in the Marine Environment is to decrease the existing high levels of uncertainty and to promote specific lines of research that will contribute to the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) at regional sub-basin scale, and, therewith, contributing to reach the Good Environmental Status (GES) of the European seas and oceans.
ERA-NET BlueBio Cofund announces EUR 8 million in resource management, market and socio-economic aspects and value chains in the blue bioeconomy.
Funding for international research collaboration on innovative solutions for the development of new thermal energy solutions.
The aim of this call is to establish a number of ambitious, innovative, multi-disciplinary and multinational expert Working Groups to discuss research strategies that concern the impact of COVID-19 on the development and progression of neurodegenerative disease as well as on the care of patients with neurodegenerative diseases.
CHANSE will support new and innovative research into the workings, meaning and consequences of transformations and innovations in the present digital age, viewed through the lens of the social and cultural dynamics. Every proposal must demonstrate a strong European dimension, i.e. investigating the changes taking place / affecting Europe as a whole, or at the level of a European country, city, community, etc. However, the call text does not preclude comparison with or investigation into other regions.
Despite advances in immunotherapies, obstacles and challenges remain and hinder further applications of immunotherapies in clinics. Thus, a deeper understanding of the TME is essential for deciphering new mechanisms of immunotherapies, defining new predictive biomarkers, and dentifying novel therapeutic targets.
The Research Council announces up to 2.5 million euros to Norwegian researchers and industry who want to participate in international research collaboration in materials research.
Små og mellomstore bedrifter (SMB) kan gjennom Eurostars søke om midler til forsknings- og utviklingsprosjekter.
NordForsk is issuing a call for proposals on Japan–Nordic collaborations on health data research. The call has a total budget of approximately NOK 25 million.
JPI Urban Europes 14 medlemsland lyser nå ut 18 millioner euro til forsknings- og innovasjonsprosjekter for bærekraftige byer. Forskningsrådet deltar i utlysningen med 19 millioner norske kroner til norske partnere.
The Research Council participates in the announcement QuantERA II via ICTPLUSS. The purpose is to contribute to more interdisciplinary, groundbreaking research to bring out more groundbreaking innovations.
The Research Council of Norway announces 1.5 million Euros to Norwegian researchers and industry who will participate in international research collaboration on marine and maritime technology.
The objective of this call is to foster holistic agricultural soil management practices which will assist making a shift to diversify farming to include a variety of sustainable and environmental practices.
The Research Council participates in the call, which is a joint call between two ERA-NETs. NOK 10 million is announced for Norwegian researchers and the business community for participation in international research collaboration on innovative solutions for climate-smart, resilient and sustainable food systems.
The Research Council of Norway takes part in the call for proposal of The European Interest Group Concert-Japan, an international joint initiative to support and enhance science, technology and innovation (STI) cooperation between European countries and Japan, on the theme of Sustainable Hydrogen Technology as Affordable and Clean Energy.
The Research Council announces 1 million Euros to Norwegian researchers who want to participate in international research collaboration.
The Research Council announces 0.8 million Euros to Norwegian researchers who want to participate in international research collaboration.
ERA PerMed is an ERA-NET Cofund, supported by 32 partners of 23 countries and cofunded by the European Commission.
Four ERANET have joined forces in a joint call of 16. mill. Euro. Norway is participating with 15 mill. Kroner.
The Joint Programming Platform Smart Energy Systems (JPP SES) in collaboration with the global initiative Mission Innovation is pleased to announce the Joint Call 2020 ("MICall20") on digital transformation for green energy transition.
Nordic Energy Research, together with the Research Council of Norway and other Nordic financiers are creating a forum for collaboration between different Nordic energy system modelling groups.
Messages at time of print 29 January 2023, 14:01 CET