Innovative research in environment, land-based industries, and society
International collaborative projects with Formas serving as lead agency
In this call, Formas is the Lead Agency, while the Research Council of Norway, together with research funders from Switzerland, Belgium, and Luxembourg, are Partner Agencies. Proposals must be led by a Swedish project coordinator at a Swedish host organisation and may include project partners from one or two of the participating countries: Norway, Switzerland, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
- Information about Explore at Formas can be found here.
- How does Weave work? (Please read this part carefully: The Research Council of Norway as Partner Agency).
- Formas’ information page on Weave.
The following conditions apply for Norwegian applicants
Thematic scope
Applications with Norwegian partners must fall within the thematic scope of the Climate and Environment portfolio, cf. Section 2.1 Porteføljens avgrensing (only in Norwegian). Environmental research is the main theme of the call in accordance with Formas’ framing of the theme “Explore”, and in this call we do not open for funding projects with a different main theme.
Applicant and budget
Who can apply: Approved research organisations
- Funding contribution from the Research Council of Norway: NOK 25 million
- Maximum amount Norwegian applicants can apply from the Research Council (per proposal): NOK 5 million
Norwegian project partners are funded by the Research Council of Norway, and their budgets must be prepared in accordance with the Research Council's funding rules and requirements.
General information about funding from the Research Council of Norway: Apply for funding
Procedure
A copy of the full project proposal must be submitted to the Research Council by the Norwegian project partner within one week of the application deadline.
Once the evaluation process has been completed, the Research Council of Norway will ask the Norwegian project partners in the funded consortia to register the Norwegian part of the project in our system. This is necessary to establish a contract with the Research Council of Norway.