Arctic Ocean 2050, Norway's largest research program, has started. The funding from the Research Council was recently granted. – We have just hired Paul Renaud as program director, says Jørgen Berge, chairman of the board of Arctic Ocean 2050. This summer the first research cruise will be several weeks in the Arctic Ocean.
New application forms will be introduced in line with most of our calls for the rest of the year. Take a look at our preliminary list of this autumn's calls that will use the new application and case management system.
Norway's presence is becoming increasingly important at a time when the EU is strengthening its focus on research and innovation and the link between research and policy is increasing. The Norwegian Contact Office for Research, Innovation and Education in Brussels (NorCore) is now celebrating ten years of work to safeguard Norwegian interests in research, education and innovation in the EU.
Have you applied for funding from the Research Council of Norway this spring? Then we would like to hear what you think about the new application system. All project managers who have submitted an application have received or will receive a survey. There you can tell us about your experiences and give feedback.
We have introduced a new application and case processing system this spring. The system has been in use by SkatteFUNN applicants since 2024. So far this year, we have received over 2000 applications in the new system, 1400 of which were received by the two deadlines in May and June.
The Research Council of Norway joins the European collaboration on the open, royalty-free publishing platform Open Research Europe.
The new portfolio board has decided on calls for proposals of NOK 495 million in 2026. The first round of funding is already available through the Industrial PhD and Public Sector PhD schemes.
27 May is the new deadline for calls for proposals that originally had a deadline of 22 April, and for several others that originally had a deadline of 20 May.
The deadlines for our calls for proposals for Researcher Project and for Collaborative Project (KSP) are this spring. These calls are key tools for strengthening quality, further development and collaboration in Norwegian research.
The Norwegian government has set aside NOK 67 million for Ukrainian research communities. The first eleven projects have now received funding and will receive a total of NOK 16 million. In collaboration with Norwegian researchers, they will, among other things, use advanced nanotechnology to research sustainable sodium batteries, and investigate how the security of artificial intelligence and cryptography can be strengthened.
Messages at time of print 16 July 2026, 00:16 CEST