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The contract consists of an agreement document, the project description and the Research Council’s General Terms and Conditions for R&D Projects.

There are various formal roles to be filled in an R&D project funded by the Research Council. Below you will find the terms we use in our contracts and the responsibilities assigned to each role.

Norwegian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that carry out research and development may seek funding for R&D projects from the Eurostars Programme. There are two application deadlines in Eurostars each year, one in the spring and one in the autumn.

Companies seeking to enhance their research expertise and activity may apply for funding for a doctoral project.

The de minimis aid regulation allows organisations providing R&D support to award de minimis aid without this having to be notified or reported to the EFTA Surveillance Authority ESA.

For the sake of clarity, short, key wording formulations have been used in the illustration. See the text in chapters 5 and 6 for complete descriptions.

Funding for infrastructure is allocated under open calls under the National Financing Initiative for Research Infrastructure. The calls for proposals will be followed by an evaluation and

Goal  The Research Council of Norway's funding of research infrastructure (INFRASTRUKTUR) forms the basis for the following main objectives:  The Research Council will focus its efforts on

advancing the state-of-the-art Excellence – quality of R&D activities Impact Implementation Relevance to the ... empirical advancement. The quality of the proposed R&D activities • Quality of the research questions, hypotheses

We will discontinue the use of the lump-sum rate as the upper annual limit for grants for research time in the higher education sector and for research fellowship positions in general. The changes will be introduced for new calls for proposals in 2026 and will apply to applications submitted from 1 January 2026.