Collaborative and Knowledge-building Project
Collaborative and Knowledge-building Projects are to develop new knowledge and generate research competence needed by society or the business sector to address important societal challenges. Projects under this application type require collaboration between research groups and relevant actors from outside the research sector.
This application type encompasses two major annual joint calls for proposals, and some individual thematic calls. The requirements, guidelines, assessment criteria and application processing procedures will be the same for all individual calls under this application type.
See all our active calls for proposals for Collaborative and Knowledge-building Project.
Guidelines for applicants
Also see our guide for applications for the two calls. Please read the text here carefully before applying.
- Collaborative Project to Meet Societal and Industry-related Challenges – guide for applications
- Knowledge-building Project for Industry – guide for applications
Are you going to be the partners on a Collaborative Project?
Read more about this on the guidance page of the Collaborative Project to meet Challenges in Society and Business.
Here you will find information about what it means to be a partner (in Norwegian).
Messages at time of print 6 March 2026, 14:45 CET
Important message
For the calls for proposals with the application deadline 11 March at 13:00 CET, we manage our hotline +47 22 03 70 00 Monday 9 March and Tuesday 10 March at CET 08:00–15:45 and Wednesday 11 March at CET 08:00-13:00.