Pre-project – Antimicrobial Resistance from a One Health Perspective

Only approved Norwegian research organisations may apply; see the list of approved research organisations.

Requirements relating to the Project Owner

The organisation listed as the Project Owner in the grant application must have approved the submission of the grant application to the Research Council.

Requirements relating to project managers

You must have an approved doctorate or equivalent qualifications before the date of the application submission deadline. If you do not have an approved doctorate but are qualified at associate professorship level or have current or previous employment in a position as forsker 1 (research professor), forsker 2 (senior researcher) or seniorforsker (senior researcher), you are also qualified. The roles of project manager and project administrator in the project may not be filled by the same individual.

Requirements relating to partners

The partnership constellation must contribute to ensuring that the project as a whole takes an interdisciplinary and cross-sector approach from a One Health perspective. You should plan for collaboration between the disciplines of public health, animal health, food production and the natural environment in the pre-project.

Already at the pre-project stage, you should prepare to include at least one public sector body or a business that has a clearly defined need relating to the project’s area of research.

Including social players or end users such as the public administration, business and industry, patient organisations and other organisations will strengthen the project’s relevance and benefits.

Main project

In the Collaborative and Knowledge-building Project that the pre-projects are working towards, the project must have at least two Norwegian partners that are not research organisations. We also expect the main project to involve international research collaboration.

Under this call for proposals for pre-projects, research organisations may apply for project establishment funding of up to NOK 200,000 to prepare a main project. In the pre-project, you must map needs and development possibilities as preparation for the main project.

Costs may include seminars/workshops and other measures to build networks and establish collaborations as a basis for a Collaborative and Knowledge-building Project.

You may apply for funding from the Research Council to cover the following costs:

• payroll and indirect expenses of the organisations participating in the project. Please note that fellowship positions cannot be included in the pre-project. You can find the rules for calculating payroll and indirect expenses in applications to the Research Council here.
• other operating expenses, including funding of travel expenses, and other project-related costs for seminars/workshops and other measures to build networks and establish collaborations.

Procurement of R&D services and Equipment are not approved project costs in the pre-project. 

Undertakings cannot have their project costs covered through funding from the Research Council, since state aid or de minimis aid cannot be awarded under this call.

Conditions for funding

The Research Council’s funding for research organisations included in the project will go to the organisation’s non-economic activity and does not constitute state aid. The Research Council’s other requirements relating to allocation and disbursement of support for the first year and any pledges and payments for subsequent years, are set out in the General Terms and Conditions for R&D Projects.

There are no requirements for own funding in the pre-project.

General requirements

• The applicant/Project Owner must come from an eligible category of institution.
• The application must lie within the scope/satisfy the objectives of this call.
• The funding amount sought and expenses to be covered must be in keeping with the framework of the call.
• The budget must be formulated correctly so that it clearly indicates what the funding will cover.
• The application form must be completed in full.
• The required attachments must be included using the dedicated templates.
• The project description must provide answers to the items set out in the text of the call.
• The application and all attachments must be written in Norwegian or English.
• All attachments must be uploaded in PDF format.

Mandatory attachments

• Use the project description template that can be downloaded at the bottom of the page. Project description of no more than 3 pages.
• The CV of the project manager using the template available for download at the end of the call.

Grant applications that do not satisfy the above requirements will be rejected.

We will not assess documents and websites linked to in the application, or other attachments than those specified above. There is no technical validation of the content of uploaded attachments, so please ensure that you upload the correct file for the selected type of attachment.

The applications will be assessed by the Research Council's administration in relation to the general requirements and guidelines stated in the call.

We will prioritise projects with female project managers when the applications are otherwise considered to be on a par.