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 purpose of the call is to fund joint research projects between Ukraine and Norway that contribute to the betterment of mental health among Ukrainian people who are experiencing psychological issues due to the ongoing war.
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.
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.
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 open only for applicants who have been invited to apply. Researchers who submitted an application to ERC-2025-StG or ERC-2025 CoG and who received a grade of A in the second stage of the applica...
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.
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...
The purpose of this call is to obtain more knowledge about the occurrence of PFAS in plant and animal products.
The purpose of this call is to give researchers the opportunity to pursue their own ideas and to lead a research project within the topics specified in the call. The call is aimed at researchers at an early stage in their careers, 2–7 years after the defence of an approved doctorate, who have demonstrated the potential to conduct research of hig...
The purpose of this call is to promote innovation and development in research that can contribute to advancing the international research front within the topics specified in the call. The call is therefore aimed at researchers who have demonstrated the ability to conduct research of high scientific quality.
The purpose is to move the research front in climate and nature risk – effects, consequences and solutions for society 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 collab...
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...
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.
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 purpose of this call is to establish a research centre for the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) for the benefit of the transport sector. The objective of the AI Centre for Transport (TKI) is to strengthen the innovation capacity of players in the transport sector and increase value creation for the industrial sector through increased use of AI.
The purpose of this call is to stimulate research organisations to collaborate with the business sector to build knowledge that the business sector and society need to solve major societal and business challenges. We require the business community to contribute with cash financing in the projects.
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...
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...
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 ...
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.
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.
The purpose of this call is to encourage research organisations to collaborate with relevant actors from society and the industry sector to develop new knowledge and build research expertise that is necessary to address important societal challenges.
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 ...
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.
This call is directed at approved Norwegian research organisations and is available for projects in collaboration with partners from the non-governmental sector, non-profit foundations, public sector entities and/or private actors.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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...
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 ...
The purpose of the call is to mobilise and trigger new three-year Green Platform projects that contribute to the green transition in the business sector. The call is intended to support ambitious projects that provide significant environmental and climate benefits, while ensuring socio-economic profitability and a competitive industrial sector. ...
Public sector bodies may apply for funding for a Public Sector PhD project. A Public Sector PhD project involves collaboration between a public sector body and a degree-conferring institution. The doctoral project must be based on an issue of relevance to the public body and must be carried out by an employee.
The Industrial PhD Scheme aims to enhance research efforts and long-term competence-building for Norwegian trade and industry through the recruitment of doctoral candidates.
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...
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.
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.
The purpose with this Pilot-T call is to accelerate the application of new, smart mobility solutions by developing and testing and/or piloting technologies, services and business models with the potential to influence the transport system of the future to make it efficient, safe and environmentally friendly. Companies can apply for Pilot-T funding.
Through the Health Pilot initiative, we will finance innovation processes that can increase sustainability in health and care services and stimulate value creation in Norwegian trade and industry.
The last deadline for submitting an application is 7 June 2023, at 23:59 CEST.
The Research Council of Norway, Innovation Norway and Siva are announcing up to NOK 630 million for new three-year Green Platform projects that will start in early 2024. Companies and research institutes are eligible to apply.
The funds will support research on the role and development of culture in the context of technological, environmental, and societal change.
This outline call qualifies for the submission of a complete application for funding for new Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research. Applicants who have not submitted an outline by the deadline are not qualified to apply for funding through the main call. The purpose of the main call is to establish up to three new Centres for Environm...
This outline call qualifies for the submission of a complete application for funding for new petroleum research centres (PETROSENTER). Applicants who have not submitted an outline by the outline deadline will not be eligible to apply for funding through the main call. The purpose of the main call is to establish up to two new petroleum research ...
This call for proposals qualifies you to submit a complete application for funding for centres for environment-friendly energy research.
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.
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...
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.
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.
The aim of the centre is to strengthen Norwegian knowledge about developments in the international economy and the consequences of changed framework conditions for developing countries, for Norway and Norwegian foreign- and development policy.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
Funding may be sought for collaboration and network activities that contribute to increased scientific quality in Svalbard research, and/or contribute to placing Svalbard research in a pan-Arctic or global perspective.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
The Research Council supports network activities that address the needs described in the national reports for the subject evaluations of natural sciences (EVALNAT), mathematics, ICT and technology (EVALMIT), life sciences (EVALBIOVIT) and medicine and health sciences (EVALMEDHEALTH). Evaluated research groups may apply for funding for coordinati...
Norwegian research organisations can apply for funding for partnerships with Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, China, South Africa, South Korea and the USA.
The purpose is to support coordination, collaboration, network and data sharing activities that contribute to increased scientific quality in Svalbard research.
The purpose of the call is to promote innovation in the cyber security sector and to strengthen Norway's digital resilience. The support goes to projects that will help the participants to engage in, and carry out, relevant activities for their own and joint cyber security. The call is open to all sectors, but is especially aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises.
The Pilot Health is a funding scheme designed to support ambitious and complex innovation processes. This support aims to enable public sector agencies and companies to collaboratively establish innovation processes that address the needs of patients, citizens, or public health services. By fostering effective collaboration among public and priv...
Researchers from Norway may seek funding for short-term visits in France for the purpose of launching and developing new joint research projects.
Up to NOK 2.5 million is now available for a one-year project that is to result in a summary of research conducted on feed for farm animals in Norway over the past seven years. The call is limited to land-based livestock. We aim to fund one project. In the knowledge summary, you will identify research done on the various links in the value chain...
The objective of this call for proposals is twofold. The first objective of this call is to provide funding for a centre of excellence that can coordinate and lead the BalanseHub network in close cooperation with the Research Council. The resource centre will also perform analysis tasks as further described below. The second objective of this ca...
The funding is available for master's students, PhD candidates and researchers employed, enrolled at, or affiliated with Norwegian research organisations.
Funding is available to support competence-enhancing cooperation between Norwegian and Ukrainian research organisations and researchers. We also support collaboration that leads to knowledge sharing and partnerships aimed at national and international calls for proposals.
The support provided through the AURORA mobility programme should contribute to establishing and expanding contact between research organisations in Norway and corresponding organizations in France. The purpose is to strengthen European research collaboration under Horizon Europe.
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.
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.
The call aims to promote ground-breaking research of scientific quality at the international research frontier. The results must be of relevance to the Norwegian financial market. The application must clarify the relevance to the purpose of the Finance Markets Fund. In addition, it must show that the support from the Fund has a triggering effect...
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...
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...
The Finance Market Fund provides funding to research and public information work relating to financial markets.
The Research Council of Norway nominates candidates for the JSPS' Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard).
This call is focused on fostering innovative research to be integrated into nature restoration practices for interconnected and well-functioning ecosystems and habitats, with special consideration for long-term sustainability and future-proofing of restoration efforts, at scales from local to regional to cross-border and global, including their evaluation.
This call focuses on promoting research and innovation that addresses critical challenges related to water quality, contaminants, and human health, including the links to environmental health (One Health).
Eurostars projects must seek to develop new products, services or processes to be introduced to the market soon after project completion. The projects must have international collaboration. Funding is available in all branches of industry and may address any technological area.
JPI Oceans has launched a Joint Call on Blue Carbon to build understanding of its role in climate mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity protection. The call provides €5.3 million in funding and remains open to proposals until 2 March 2026. Research organizations, companies and entities in the public sector can apply for funding from the Research Council of Norway.
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.
This call is open for all R&D projects in the industrial sector within energy, excluding technologies associated with nuclear power.
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.
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.
The objective of the EuroHPC call is to further develop the existing European network of National Competence Centres for HPC.
The purpose of the call is to promote international cooperation on research and innovation to strengthen the European Research Area in green maritime transport.
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".
The purpose of the Chips call is to establish pilot lines for quantum chip production in Europe. National co-financing enables Norwegian participation.
Belmont Forum call for international cooperation on tropical forests.
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.
The vision of the FutureFoodS Partnership is to collectively achieve environmentally friendly, socially secure and fair, economically viable, healthy and safe food systems in Europe by 2050.
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.
The Research Council of Norway is announcing €1 850 000 to Norwegian researchers who want to participate in a European research collaboration on enhancing primary and community care.
The overall objectives of the JTC2025 will be to Support research projects in human health on pharmacogenomic strategies for personalised medicine.
The Research Council of Norway is announcing NOK 10 million to Norwegian researchers who want to participate in transnational investigator-initiated clinical studies.
NordForsk calls for projects that increase our knowledge about antagonistic threats and societal security in the Nordic-Baltic region.
DIP provides financial support for early-stage innovation where design plays a key role in identifying needs and developing new solutions. The program reduces risk for businesses and fosters innovation through structured design methods.
This call for proposals will aim for interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and/or cross-sectoral research and innovation projects to identify, analyse, and comprehend transformation processes that may halt and reverse biodiversity decline. It should generate knowledge to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as the benefits these may provide to people, through transformative change to mitigate and reverse biodiversity threats.
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