Submitting progress and final reports

Everyone receiving project funding from the Research Council is required to submit reports during the project period and after the project is concluded.

Progress reports have a deadline of 1 October

This year progress reports will be requested for nearly all projects. The report form is available on My RCN from early September with due date 1 October. Projects with start date and end date this year will not be requested to submit a progress report. The same applies to projects with a duration of less than one year.

Progress reports

See the guidelines on how to fill in a progress report (pdf opens in new window). In the progress reports, please describe the activities that have been carried out and the results achieved under the project since the previous report.

We must complete the processing of the progress report and any notifications of project changes before funding can be disbursed.

Final reports

The final report describes the activities that have been carried out and the results achieved over the entire project period.

You are also to state whether the project has achieved the results set out in the grant proposal.

See: guidelines on how to fill in the final report (pdf opens in new window).

The final report must be submitted at the latest one month after the project has been completed. The report must be approved by the Research Council before the final disbursement will be paid out.

Templates for download for final reports with support from the User-Driven Innovation Arena (BIA)

Summary of results for innovation projects in BIA, a qualitative summary and assessment of the project (Word file that opens in a separate window)
Særskilt sluttrapportering for norske bedriftspartnere i innovasjonsprosjekter i BIA (Word file in Norwegian that opens in a separate window)

Performance indicators and Results

The form ensures that dissemination measures and scientific/scholarly publications registered under Results are automatically transferred to the respective columns under Performance indicators. Other information under Performance indicators must be entered manually, as previously.

See: overview of how the various categories for publications and performance indicators are used (pdf)

See: Policy on Open Science (forskningsradet.no)