Calls for proposals

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 30 000 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 6 000 000

Project duration:

24-36 months

The purpose of the call is to fund joint research projects between Ukraine and Norway that contribute to the betterment of mental health among Ukrainian people who are experiencing psychological issues due to the ongoing war.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 840 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 000 000-12 000 000

Project duration:

36-96 months

FRIPRO funds both basic and applied research that is curiosity-driven and bold. This call is aimed at experienced researchers who have demonstrated the ability to conduct research of high scientific quality.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 30 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 700 000-5 600 000

Project duration:

36-36 months

FRIPRO funds both basic and applied research that is curiosity-driven and bold. This call is aimed at researchers at postdoctoral level who wish to spend two years at a foreign research organisation and the third year in Norway.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 60 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 000 000-12 000 000

Project duration:

24-60 months

The purpose of this call is to strengthen legal science and research, close knowledge gaps and contribute to better regulation and legislation. The projects will contribute to the development of theory and methods in law and generate knowledge to meet important societal challenges.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 48 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 000 000-8 000 000

Project duration:

24-48 months

Funding is available for research on development in the Middle East and North Africa (the MENA region). The aim of the research is to improve knowledge about the political, social and economic development in the region. This knowledge will provide a better basis for making decisions about Norwegian foreign and aid policy. The research will also ...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 60 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 10 000 000-40 000 000

Project duration:

48-60 months

The purpose of this call is to stimulate more world-leading research groups and to increase the number of Norwegian applications to the ERC. The call is only open for applicants who have been invited to apply. Researchers who submitted an application to ERC-2024-StG or ERC-2024-CoG and who received the score A in the second stage of the evaluati...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 836 500 000

Funding scale:

minimum NOK 4 000 000

Project duration:

36-96 months

The purpose of this call is to support scientific renewal and development in research that can help to advance the international research front within the thematic areas set out in the call. This call is therefore targeted towards researchers who have demonstrated the ability to conduct research of high scientific quality.

We provide support for one project that will promote broad research collaboration between Norwegian research communities and relevant societal and business actors in order to increase the knowledge base about mineral activities on the seabed and the consequences that any extraction of minerals may have for the marine environment.

This call supports research groups that want to develop new knowledge about women's health throughout the life course with a focus on menopausal disorders. Funding is available for research that provides a better understanding of biological, social and work-related conditions, and that lays the foundation for more accurate and equitable high-qua...

The funding is for projects that develop technology and solutions for energy efficiency and energy transition in buildings, areas and industry. The results can be solutions for energy efficiency, utilisation of surplus heat, local power production, interaction between different energy carriers, or the transition from electricity-based and fossil...

Funding is available for research that contributes to sustainable health promotion and preventive measures, treatment and services to counteract loneliness, exclusion and social inequality in health.

With this call, FFL/JA wishes to promote research collaboration between Norwegian research groups and relevant societal and industry actors within the land-based value chain for food and beverages. The goal is to develop new knowledge and build research expertise that is necessary to meet important societal challenges.

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 ...

The projects are intended to build new knowledge and expertise and promote new solutions for increased security, reliability and resilience in digital ecosystems. Research organisations in collaboration with the business sector and/or the public sector may receive funding for technology research, but the call is also open to interdisciplinary pr...

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.

This call is aimed at research organisations that, in collaboration with maritime companies, develop new knowledge needed to accelerate the green, safe and secure transition and strengthen value creation and competition in the Norwegian maritime industry.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

up to NOK 75 100 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 75 100 000

Project duration:

48-48 months

The purpose of this call is to establish a research centre for the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) for the benefit of the transport sector. The objective of the AI Centre for Transport (TKI) is to strengthen the innovation capacity of players in the transport sector and increase value creation for the industrial sector through increased use of AI.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 452 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 56 250 000-81 250 000

Project duration:

maximum 60 months

The purpose of this call is to establish up to four research centres for sustainable area and nature use. The research in the centres will contribute to solving shared challenges within area and nature use, and strengthen knowledge and innovation with the goal of societal benefit within the topic. The centres will be a unifying force for nationa...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 40 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 4 000 000-10 000 000

Project duration:

24-36 months

The purpose of this call is to develop new knowledge and to build research expertise that society needs to prevent and combat violence and abuse in close relationships. Projects must involve collaboration between research groups and actors outside the research sector that represent the need for new knowledge and research competence within the fi...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 50 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 8 000 000-16 000 000

Project duration:

24-48 months

The purpose of this call is to stimulate research organisations to collaborate with relevant societal and business actors. This will increase knowledge about the biodiversity on the seabed where the minerals are located, knowledge about the mineral resources, and what consequences any extraction may have for the marine environment. The research ...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 100 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 75 000 000-100 000 000

Project duration:

60-60 months

The purpose of this call is to establish a research centre for the application and development of artificial intelligence (AI) for the benefit of maritime stakeholders.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 345 000 000

Funding scale:

minimum NOK 4 000 000

Project duration:

24-48 months

The purpose of this call is to encourage research organisations to cooperate with trade and industry to generate knowledge that the industry sector and society need to solve major societal and industry challenges. We require the business sector to provide cash financing for the projects.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 1 215 000 000

Funding scale:

minimum NOK 4 000 000

Project duration:

24-48 months

The purpose of this call is to encourage research organisations to collaborate with relevant actors from society and the industry sector to develop new knowledge and build research expertise that is necessary to address important societal challenges.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 644 500 000

Funding scale:

NOK 30 000 000-80 000 000

Project duration:

24-36 months

The purpose of the call is to mobilise and trigger new three-year Green Platform projects that accelerate the green transition in the business sector. Through this call, we intend to support ambitious projects that generate significant environmental and climate benefits, while ensuring industrial and socio-economic profitability and a competitiv...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 122 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 1 000 000-10 000 000

Project duration:

12-48 months

The Research Council wants to solve major societal challenges in a climate-friendly manner and wants to promote research-based innovation and restructuring in both established and new business sectors. This call applies to applications where the scope of application for the innovation is within Norwegian agriculture, forestry, forest management ...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 469 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 1 000 000-16 000 000

Project duration:

12-48 months

The Research Council wants to solve major societal challenges in a climate-friendly manner and seeks to promote research-driven innovation and transitions in both established and emerging business sectors. This call applies to applications where the scope of application of the innovation falls within the health industry, the ICT industry, the pr...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 547 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 1 000 000-20 000 000

Project duration:

12-48 months

The Research Council wants to solve major societal challenges in a climate-friendly manner, and promote research-based innovation, demonstration and transition in both established and new business and industry. This call applies to applications where the scope of the innovation is within environmentally friendly energy, petroleum, maritime and t...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 120 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 6 000 000-16 000 000

Project duration:

24-48 months

The purpose of the call is to stimulate research and innovation that is rooted in the need to strengthen the sustainability of the municipal health and care services. Municipalities, county authorities and research organisations can apply for funding under this call.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 116 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 15 000 000-25 000 000

Project duration:

24-48 months

Through the Health Pilot scheme, we fund innovation processes that can contribute to sustainability in the health and care services and to value creation in Norwegian trade and industry, in line with Report No. 18 to the Storting (2018–2019) "The health industry – together on value creation and better services". The innovation processes must be ...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 171 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 20 000 000-25 000 000

Project duration:

maximum 36 months

The purpose of this call is to fund research and research-based innovation in, with and for the public sector, in order to contribute to solving major societal challenges, in which the public sector plays a key role.

By submitting an outline, you become eligible to apply for the Centre for defence capability, security and preparedness call for proposals. The purpose is to mobilise project ideas and stimulate collaboration to develop competitive applications for centres. It is mandatory to submit an outline in order to apply for the main call, and application...

This outline call qualifies for the submission of a complete application for funding for new Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research. Applicants who have not submitted an outline by the deadline are not qualified to apply for funding through the main call. The purpose of the main call is to establish up to three new Centres for Environm...

This outline call qualifies you to submit a complete application for the call Centre for Sustainable Area and Nature Use. The purpose is to mobilise project ideas and stimulate collaboration to develop competitive applications. It is mandatory to submit an outline. Applications for the main call must be based on one or more of the submitted outl...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 1 760 000 000

Project duration:

minimum 120 months

The scheme Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF) gives Norway's best researchers the opportunity to organise their research activities in centres that seek to achieve ambitious scientific objectives through collaboration and with long-term basic funding. The research conducted at the centres must be innovative and have great potential to generat...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 244 000 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 61 000 000

Project duration:

60-60 months

The purpose of this call is to build solid Norwegian academic communities at a high international level in quantum computing, quantum sensors and quantum communication.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 768 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 50 000 000-96 000 000

Project duration:

60-96 months

Funding is available for up to eight new Centres for Research-based Innovation - SFI. The objective of the SFI scheme is to promote innovation by supporting long-term research through close collaboration between R&D-intensive enterprises and prominent research institutions.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 192 000 000

Project duration:

60-96 months

Norway must become a low-emission society by 2050 and the transport sector must plan for major changes in the years to come. With major societal changes towards 2050, there is a need for more knowledge about how the transport system as a whole should be developed and how the transport sector will be affected by different types of shocks and chan...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 90 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 25 000 000-30 000 000

Project duration:

60-60 months

Funding is available to establish up to three new research centres within the topic of vulnerable children and adolescents. Teacher education programmes and relevant health and welfare education programmes may apply, and the projects will be long-term initiatives with the overall objective of building capacity and strengthening research within the selected professional education programmes.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 1 400 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 2 000 000-200 000 000

The purpose of this call is to support projects that: will provide Norwegian research communities and the business sector access to relevant and up-to-date infrastructure, which supports high-quality research and innovation and helps to provide the knowledge needed to address societal challenges will strengthen, coordinate and optimise the utili...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 43 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 8 000 000-35 000 000

Project duration:

5-6 months

The purpose of this call is to provide Norwegian research groups with access to relevant and up-to-date infrastructure for quantum technology research. Upgraded infrastructure will support high-quality research and innovation and contribute to meeting society's knowledge challenges.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 5 000 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 5 000 000

Project duration:

maximum 60 months

The purpose of this call is to facilitate national and cross-sectoral collaboration in the quantum technology ecosystem in Norway.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

up to NOK 123 000 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 1 000 000

Project duration:

1-12 months

Apply for funding as soon as a project proposal begins to take shape and no later than four weeks before the EU deadline. If you are coordinating a collaborative project, please contact the contact person (NCP) 12 weeks before the deadline.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 7 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 10 000-130 000

Project duration:

1-12 months

The purpose of this call is to provide support for membership of the European Open Science Cloud Association (EOSC AISBL) for approved Norwegian research organisations and publicly funded administrators of research infrastructure that cooperate closely with Norwegian research organisations. Recipients must be able to document their membership in...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 5 500 000

Funding scale:

minimum NOK 100 000

Project duration:

12-24 months

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

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 19 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 1 000 000-1 500 000

Project duration:

12-48 months

The Research Council supports Ukrainian researchers employed by a research organisation in Ukraine who will contribute to an ongoing Researcher Project. The background for the scheme is the difficult situation researchers and research institutions in Ukraine are currently experiencing. When the war ends, research will be crucial for the reconstr...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 3 000 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 1 500 000

Project duration:

maximum 36 months

The purpose of top-up financing of incoming Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Postdoctoral Fellowships is to make it more attractive for Norwegian research organisations to host HFSP fellows.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 19 000 000

Funding scale:

NOK 500 000-5 000 000

Project duration:

12-40 months

The aim of the call is to link national research groups to the defence sector. The call is intended to contribute to strengthening outstanding and robust national research groups that develop new knowledge of interest to the defence sector, and that support military technology development and realise synergies with other technology initiatives i...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 12 000 000

Funding scale:

maximum NOK 3 000 000

This call is a pre-qualification for applying for funding for joint research projects between South Korea and Norway on artificial intelligence and hydrogen. Approved Norwegian research organisations are eligible to apply.

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

up to NOK 15 000 000

Project duration:

12-36 months

The call aims to promote ground-breaking research of scientific quality at the international research frontier. The results must be of relevance to the Norwegian financial market. The application must clarify the relevance to the purpose of the Finance Markets Fund. In addition, it must show that the support from the Fund has a triggering effect...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 12 000 000

Project duration:

48-60 months

This special call covers two priority topics: regulation in banking and insurance and personal finance. The Finance Market Fund funds research and general information in the financial market area. The purpose of the Fund is to contribute to increased knowledge and understanding of the functioning of financial markets, and to increase ethical awa...

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:

NOK 16 000 000

Project duration:

12-48 months

The call aims to promote ground-breaking research of scientific quality at the forefront of international state-of-the-art. The results must be of relevance to the Norwegian financial market. In the application, you must clarify the relevance to the purpose of the Finance Market Fund. In addition, you must show that the support from the Fund has...

Pre-proposals:

30 April 2026

Main deadline:

27 August 2026

Program:

Belmont Forum

In this Belmont Forum CRA call, the Research Council of Norway contributes with NOK 27 million to Norwegian research organisations. The purpose of the call is to enhance our knowledge about the oceans and foster international, transdisciplinary research to address global environmental challenges facing our oceans.

Application deadline for pre-proposals:

13 April 2026

Application deadline for invited full applications:

20 August 2026

Program:

BE READY

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. The application must be submitted via the partnerships be page.

Pre-proposal:

11 February 2026

Full proposal - by invitation only:

27 July 2026

Program:

the European Partnership for a sustainable Future of Food Systems

Norway is partner in the European Partnership for a sustainable Future of Food Systems (FutureFoodS) where the research consortia must be comprised of a minimum of three partners from different countries.

Pre proposal submission:

18 February 2026

Full proposal submission:

8 July 2026

Program:

AGROECOLOGY

The partnership will fund R&I projects providing significant contributions to either one of the following two topics : Topic 1 Enhancing the genetic diversity and variability of crops and livestock for the agroecological transition Topic 2 Strengthening farmer’s involvement and empowerment in the agroecology transition 

Pre-proposal submission deadline:

12 February 2026

Full proposal submission deadline:

8 July 2026

Program:

ERDERA — European Rare Diseases Research Alliance

The goal of this call is to solve Undiagnosed Rare Genetic diseases and to address complex, multifactorial Rare Non-Genetic diseases by identifying causative variants in patients with no molecular diagnosis after prior genetic or genomic testing and providing diagnostic clarity for conditions of unknown or mixed pathogenesis.

JTC1 “OH-TREAT” Treatments and Adherence to Treatment protocols:

2 February 2026

JTC1 “OH-TREAT” Treatments and Adherence to Treatment protocols:

17 June 2026

Program:

European Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (EUP OHAMR)

The first EUP OHAMR joint transnational call will be within the focus area of providing innovative and cost-effective treatment options. The call will be launched in November 2025.

Preproposal:

21 January 2026

Full proposal:

10 June 2026

Program:

ERA4Health

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.