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CALL FOR PROPOSAL 8 OF 8

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Collaboration for a green and fair transition

Funding is available for new knowledge for social restructuring within nature's tolerance limits, while at the same time ensuring good societies in which to live, characterised by good welfare and quality of life. It is about a green and fair transition with legitimacy and trust in the population in a low-emission society that takes care of the ...

Energy and transportation
Climate and the environment
Welfare and education
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CALL FOR PROPOSAL 6 OF 8

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Research to improve societal security and emergency preparedness

Funding is available for research on Norway's ability to prevent and manage various crises and incidents that threaten fundamental values, functions and infrastructure in society, and that endanger life and health.

Ground-breaking research
Democracy and global development
Energy and transportation
Climate and the environment
Food and bioresources
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Public Sector PhD Project – Doctoral Project in the Public Sector 2026

The purpose of the Public Sector PhD Scheme is to strengthen research-based innovation and contribute to long-term competence-building in the public sector through the recruitment of doctoral candidates in public agencies. The projects must be based on needs and challenges and be included in the public agency's plans for development. 

Policy and government administration areas
Innovation
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Funding for Coordination and Network Activities in Svalbard – Svalbard Strategic Grant

Funding may be sought for collaboration and network activities that contribute to increased scientific quality in Svalbard research, and/or contribute to placing Svalbard research in a pan-Arctic or global perspective.

Climate and the environment
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PES – Support for Project Establishment Aimed at Horizon Europe

The Project Establishment Scheme (PES) is intended to ensure that applications with Norwegian participation in Horizon Europe are of high quality, so that Norwegian potential is exploited as well as possible. This call is intended to contribute to increasing the impact of Norwegian applications to Horizon Europe and the European Defence Fund (EDF).

Internationalisation
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Support for Events

Through this call, you can apply for funding to organise conferences, workshops and seminars. The event will be a meeting place for dissemination of research results, knowledge sharing, development of a knowledge base and/or the establishment of scientific collaboration. The event can be both physical and digital.

Oceans
Health
Enabling technologies
Innovation
The research system
Energy and transportation
Climate and the environment
Food and bioresources
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Funding for Research Stays Abroad for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows

The purpose of the scheme is to increase the proportion of young researchers who take research stays abroad. International experience is important for the research career and helps to strengthen Norwegian research by increasing competence and adding new knowledge to the project, developing networks and strengthening the opportunities for access ...

Internationalisation
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Communication and Dissemination of Climate, Environment and Ocean Research

The purpose of this call is to provide support for dissemination and communication that increases people's understanding of climate, environmental, circular economy, polar and ocean research, and that facilitates the use of research-based knowledge.

Oceans
Climate and the environment
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Registration Call for Norwegian Project Partners in the Calls for the Co-funded Partnerships in Horizon Europe

This is a portal for registering Norwegian partners in projects awarded funding in a Horizon Europe co-fund partnership call where the Research Council provides funding for the Norwegian partner's project costs. Registration of granted project participation provides a basis for establishing a contract with the Research Council for the national f...

Application deadline 2
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Call Announcement African-European call for proposals “Climate Services for Risk Reduction in West Africa” (CS4RRA)

Call’s objectives: Strengthen climate resilience in West Africa based on a better understanding of the impacts of climate change; Improve climate knowledge, capacities and services for climate risk reduction and adaptation to climate change; Strengthen African and European partnership.

Democracy and global development
The research system
Climate and the environment
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Joint Call on Blue Carbon Ecosystems

JPI Oceans has launched a Joint Call on Blue Carbon to build understanding of its role in climate mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity protection. The call provides €5.3 million in funding and remains open to proposals until 2 March 2026. Research organizations, companies and entities in the public sector can apply for funding from the Research Council of Norway.

Oceans
Climate and the environment
Application deadline 1
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Shaping the Future of Animal Health and Welfare

Proposals submitted under this call must focus on one of two topics: Topic 1: Animal Welfare. Topic 2: Prevention & Control

Food and bioresources
Application deadline 2
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Water4All: Water and health

This call focuses on promoting research and innovation that addresses critical challenges related to water quality, contaminants, and human health, including the links to environmental health (One Health).

Health
Climate and the environment
Application deadline 1
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BE READY: Advancing knowledge of host and pathogen dynamics to better combat emerging diseases

The Research Council of Norway is announcing 850 000 euro to Norwegian researchers who want to participate in a European research collaboration within pandemic preparedness

Health
Enabling technologies
Life science
Application deadline 2
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Personalised Medicine for CARdiovascular, MEtabolic, and kidNey diseases (CARMEN2026)

With this JTC, EP PerMed will fund research projects in human health on innovative PM strategies for patients with cardiovascular, metabolic or kidney diseases. Research projects may focus on a single disease or explore these conditions in combination.

Health
Application deadline 2
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Understanding and Preventing Overweight and Obesity (PREVENT-OO)

The purpose of the call is to support transnational research projects that can contribute to increased knowledge about overweight and obesity in a life-course perspective.

Ground-breaking research
Health
Life science

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