The Research Council of Norway (Forskningsrådet) has now announced the topics for this year’s researcher projects and collaborative projects.
Key Details:
- Application Opening Date: 22 January 2025
- Application Deadline: 5 March 2025
- Funding Areas: Democracy and global development, Health, and Enabling technologies
If you plan to apply, please notify your department as soon as possible. Research advisers at the Faculty of Medicine are ready to support you in the development of proposals.
Health
Max. amount of funding NOK16 million available for research that contributes to sustainable health-promoting and preventive measures, treatment and services for vulnerable population groups, including NOK15 million of each for projects with a significant humanities component, to promote humanities perspectives and interdisciplinarity/ projects that deal with research on measures to prevent and treat gambling addiction.
Enabling technologies
The overall call will support in total up to NOK90 million for industry-oriented research on biotechnology where research organizations collaborate with industry actors. Biotechnology research must be the central part of the project. The project can be supported by a maximum amount of up to NOK15 million. and should be carried out in line with the principles for responsible research and innovation (RRI help page). The following scientific topics is covered under the call – Portfolio plan for Enabling Technologies (only in Norwegian),