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Researcher Project for Legal Research

The purpose of this call is to strengthen legal science and research, close knowledge gaps and contribute to better regulation and legislation. The projects will contribute to the development of theory and methods in law and generate knowledge to meet important societal challenges.

Democracy and global development
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Researcher Project for Experienced Scientists (FRIPRO)

FRIPRO funds both basic and applied research that is curiosity-driven and bold. This call is aimed at experienced researchers who have demonstrated the ability to conduct research of high scientific quality.

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

FRIPRO funds both basic and applied research that is curiosity-driven and bold. This call is aimed at researchers at postdoctoral level who wish to spend two years at a foreign research organisation and the third year in Norway.

Ground-breaking research
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Funding for Eligible ERC Applications - Application by Invitation Only

The purpose of this call is to stimulate more world-leading research groups and to increase the number of Norwegian applications to the ERC. The call is only open for applicants who have been invited to apply. Researchers who submitted an application to ERC-2024-StG or ERC-2024-CoG and who received the score A in the second stage of the evaluati...

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Researcher Project for Early Career Scientists (Thematic Priority Call)

The purpose of this call is to give researchers the opportunity to pursue their own ideas and to lead a research project within the thematic areas set out in the call. This call is targeted towards researchers at an early stage of their careers, 2–7 years after defence of an approved doctorate, who have demonstrated the potential to conduct rese...

Oceans
Democracy and global development
Climate and the environment
Food and bioresources
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Large-scale Interdisciplinary Researcher Project on the Climate and Earth System

The purpose is to advance the research front within climate and the earth system through interdisciplinary projects with larger allocations. We support researchers from different disciplines who together will generate new knowledge that would not have been possible to achieve without interdisciplinary cooperation. Applicants must have demonstrated the ability to conduct research of high scientific quality.

Climate and the environment
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The Societal Significance of Culture

The funds will support research on the role and development of culture in the context of technological, environmental, and societal change.

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Centre for Sustainable Area and Nature Use

The purpose of this call is to establish up to four research centres for sustainable area and nature use. The research in the centres will contribute to solving shared challenges within area and nature use, and strengthen knowledge and innovation with the goal of societal benefit within the topic. The centres will be a unifying force for nationa...

Oceans
Innovation
Energy and transportation
Climate and the environment
Food and bioresources
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Collaborative Project to Prevent and Combat Violence in Close Relationships

The purpose of this call is to develop new knowledge and to build research expertise that society needs to prevent and combat violence and abuse in close relationships. Projects must involve collaboration between research groups and actors outside the research sector that represent the need for new knowledge and research competence within the fi...

Democracy and global development
Welfare and education
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Research on the Environment and Natural Values Related to Possible Future Mineral Activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

The purpose of this call is to stimulate research organisations to collaborate with relevant societal and business actors. This will increase knowledge about the biodiversity on the seabed where the minerals are located, knowledge about the mineral resources, and what consequences any extraction may have for the marine environment. The research ...

Energy and transportation
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Maritime Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence

The purpose of this call is to establish a research centre for the application and development of artificial intelligence (AI) for the benefit of maritime stakeholders.

Energy and transportation
Kunstig intelligens
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Competence-building Project for Industry

The purpose of this call is to encourage research organisations to cooperate with trade and industry to generate knowledge that the industry sector and society need to solve major societal and industry challenges. We require the business sector to provide cash financing for the projects.

Energy and transportation
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Research Centres for Artificial Intelligence (AI Centres)

The purpose of the call is to establish four to six artificial intelligence research centres (AI centres). The centres will focus on the future of computing, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence, digital security and the societal consequences of digital technology development. The centres will carry out high-quality AI research on issues ...

Ground-breaking research
Enabling technologies
Innovation
Kunstig intelligens
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Knowledge-building Project for Industry

The purpose of the funding is to encourage research organisations to cooperate with trade and industry to generate knowledge that business and industry and society need to solve major societal and business challenges. We require the business sector to provide cash financing for the projects.

Petroleum
Energy and transportation
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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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Research and Innovation to Strengthen the Sustainability of Municipal Health and Care Services

The purpose of the call is to stimulate research and innovation that is rooted in the need to strengthen the sustainability of the municipal health and care services. Municipalities, county authorities and research organisations can apply for funding under this call.

Health
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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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Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector: Food and bioresources

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 applies to applications where the scope of application for the innovation is within Norwegian agriculture, forestry, forest management ...

Oceans
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Food and bioresources
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Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector 2024

The purpose of this call is to support companies that, together with partners, want to carry out a project that consists of research-based innovation. The projects must lead to socio-economic benefits by making new knowledge and new solutions from the project available to more people. The industrial sector has a key role to play in realising a s...

Trade and industry
Enabling technologies
Innovation
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Research and Innovation to Strengthen the Sustainability of Municipal Health and Care Services

The purpose of this call is to stimulate research and innovation based on the need to strengthen the sustainability of the municipal health and care services.

Health
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Industrial PhD Scheme – Doctoral Projects in Industry 2024

The Industrial PhD Scheme is aimed at boosting research efforts and long-term competence-building for Norwegian trade and industry through the recruitment of doctoral candidates.

Innovation
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Mandatory Project Outline Before Applying for Funding for Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME)

This call for proposals qualifies you to submit a complete application for funding for centres for environment-friendly energy research.

Energy, transport and low emissions
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Completed

Norwegian Centres of Excellence – SFF VI – Phase 1

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...

Ground-breaking research
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Centre for Quantum Technology Research

The purpose of this call is to build solid Norwegian academic communities at a high international level in quantum computing, quantum sensors and quantum communication.

Enabling technologies
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Centre for Research-based Innovation – SFI V – Phase 2

Funding is available for up to eight new Centres for Research-based Innovation - SFI. The objective of the SFI scheme is to promote innovation by supporting long-term research through close collaboration between R&D-intensive enterprises and prominent research institutions.

Innovation
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Transport 2050 - Centres for Transport Research

Norway must become a low-emission society by 2050 and the transport sector must plan for major changes in the years to come. With major societal changes towards 2050, there is a need for more knowledge about how the transport system as a whole should be developed and how the transport sector will be affected by different types of shocks and chan...

Energy and transportation
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Research Centre for Selected Professional Education within the Topic of Vulnerable Children and Adolescents

Funding is available to establish up to three new research centres within the topic of vulnerable children and adolescents. Teacher education programmes and relevant health and welfare education programmes may apply, and the projects will be long-term initiatives with the overall objective of building capacity and strengthening research within the selected professional education programmes.

Education and competence
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Funding for Research Infrastructure of National Importance

The purpose of this call is to support projects that: will provide Norwegian research communities and the business sector access to relevant and up-to-date infrastructure, which supports high-quality research and innovation and helps to provide the knowledge needed to address societal challenges will strengthen, coordinate and optimise the utili...

Research Infrastructure
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Further Development of National Research Infrastructure for Quantum Technology Research

The purpose of this call is to provide Norwegian research groups with access to relevant and up-to-date infrastructure for quantum technology research. Upgraded infrastructure will support high-quality research and innovation and contribute to meeting society's knowledge challenges.

Enabling technologies
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Pre-projects on Global Health

Funding is available to research groups that wish to develop equitable partnerships with partners in low- or lower-middle-income countries, with a view to applying for funding through the call for Researcher Project for Early Career Scientists on global health in 2026.

Health
Democracy and global development
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Completed

PES Horizon Europe – Support for Project Establishment and Positioning

Apply for funding as soon as a project proposal begins to take shape and no later than four weeks before the EU deadline. If you are coordinating a collaborative project, please contact the contact person (NCP) 12 weeks before the deadline.

Internationalisation
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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 of research that increases people's understanding of climate, the environment, and the ocean, and facilitates the use of research-based knowledge.

Oceans
Climate and the environment
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Recruit a Researcher from Ukraine for an Ongoing Researcher Project

The Research Council supports Ukrainian researchers employed by a research organisation in Ukraine who will contribute to an ongoing Researcher Project. The background for the scheme is the difficult situation researchers and research institutions in Ukraine are currently experiencing. When the war ends, research will be crucial for the reconstr...

Internationalisation
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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 Norwegian research organisations and publicly funded administrators of research infrastructure that cooperate closely with Norwegian research organisations. Recipients must be able to document their membership in...

Research Infrastructure
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The Aurora Mobility Programme – Researcher Exchange for New Collaboration Between Norway and France

Support through AURORA will help to establish and expand contact between Norwegian research organisations and similar organisations in France. The purpose is to strengthen European research collaboration under Horizon Europe. Researchers from Norway can receive support for short stays in France to start up and develop joint new research projects.

Internationalisation
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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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Joint Research Programme 2025: Call for proposals on Artificial Intelligence and Hydrogen

This call is a pre-qualification for applying for funding for joint research projects between South Korea and Norway on artificial intelligence and hydrogen. Approved Norwegian research organisations are eligible to apply.

Joint international programmes
Enabling technologies
Energy and transportation
Kunstig intelligens
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The Finance Market Fund's Special Call - Funding for Larger Research Projects on the Financial Market on Two Topics: Regulation in Banking/Insurance and Personal Finances

This special call covers two priority topics: regulation in banking and insurance and personal finance. The Finance Market Fund funds research and general information in the financial market area. The purpose of the Fund is to contribute to increased knowledge and understanding of the functioning of financial markets, and to increase ethical awa...

Policy and government administration areas
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How Financial Markets Work and Ethical Awareness – Funding for Research Projects

The call aims to promote ground-breaking research of scientific quality at the forefront of international state-of-the-art. The results must be of relevance to the Norwegian financial market. In the application, you must clarify the relevance to the purpose of the Finance Market Fund. In addition, you must show that the support from the Fund has...

Policy and government administration areas
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Functioning of the Financial Market and Ethical Awareness – Funding for Research Projects

The Finance Market Fund provides funding to research and public information work relating to financial markets.

Policy and government administration areas
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Nomination for Two Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions in Japan

The Research Council of Norway nominates candidates for the JSPS' Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard).

Internationalisation
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Completed

Globalstars call with Japan Globalstars call with Japan for projects in the industrial sector within energy

This call is open for all R&D projects in the industrial sector within energy, excluding technologies associated with nuclear power. 

Energy and transportation
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QuantERA Call 2025

The QuantERA Call 2025 is a joint transnational Call for research proposals in QT cofunded  by organisations gathered under the QuantERA III Research & Innovation Action, with  additional EC contribution.

Enabling technologies
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Completed

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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Completed

National Competence Centres III for High Performance Computing

The objective of the EuroHPC call is to further develop the existing European network of National Competence Centres for HPC.

Ground-breaking research
Enabling technologies
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Completed

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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Completed

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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Chips JU Quantum Chip Technology - Specific grant agreement

The purpose of the Chips call is to establish pilot lines for quantum chip production in Europe. National co-financing enables Norwegian participation.

Ground-breaking research
Enabling technologies

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