Financial schemes for Norwegian participants

Are you planning to apply for the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe? The Research Council offer various support schemes to increase the chance of success in the EU- competition.

Did you know that we have, among other things, a large portfolio of free courses? We offer professional application guidance from national contact persons, financial support schemes and support for the operation of regional EU networks.

Financial support

PES Horizon Europe Framework Grant for Research Organisations

This is a scheme where research organisations can apply for an annual framework grant for their activities in Horizon Europe. From 2025, the funds can be used for project establishment in connection with applications to Horizon Europe.

PES: support for project establishment targeting Horizon Europe (forskningsradet.no)

Companies, public authorities and actors without a framework grant can apply for support for project establishment from the open PES call for each EU application in which they participate.

PES Horizon Europe without framework allocation for industry and public bodies

Companies, public authorities and actors without the framework allocation mentioned in the bullet point above can apply for support for project establishment and positioning in Horizon Europe. Please note that a threshold requirement has been introduced to receive the support from PES as of January 2023.

Read the call PES Horizon Europe: Support for project establishment aimed at Horizon Europe.

Funding for increased participation in EU projects (RETUR-EU)

The EU's funding policy is based on the fact that research organizations have substantially higher public funding than Norwegian research institutes. Retur-EU is a framework-based compensation scheme for participation in Horizon Europe. The scheme compensates for some of the gap between EU funding and actual costs.

EURATOM: EU Radiation Protection Research Programme

With the status of a third country, Norway can participate in projects under the auspices of the EU's radiation protection research programme, EURATOM, but without receiving project funding from the EU. Projects relating to radiation protection, decommissioning and radioactive waste management may apply for project costs to be covered by the Research Council.

Read about the scheme (in Norwegian)

Additional support

Horizon Europe course offerings

We offer courses for both newcomers and more advanced applicants. The courses are suitable whether you are a researcher or an EU adviser at a university, institute or college, work in business or the public sector.

Our course offerings for Horizon Europe

Guidance from our experts

The Research Council's national contact persons for Horizon Europe provide free guidance and advice on how to best succeed with your Horizon Europe application.

An overview of our national contact persons (NCP) in Horizon Europe.