Author: Hilde Trosvik

Research Council of Norway (Forskningsrådet NFR):
ERA-Net NEURON: Call for Proposals for Research Projects on «Synaptic Dysfunction in Disorders of the Central Nervous System». The present call will accept proposals addressing the disease-related synaptic dysfunction with approaches ranging from understanding basic mechanisms of disease through proof-of-concept therapeutically-driven clinical studies in humans.
Deadline: for pre-proposals 14 March 2017

ERA-CVD European Research Area Network on Cardiovascular Diseases announces a second Joint Transnational Call: Mechanisms of early atherosclerosis and/or plaque instability in Coronary Artery Disease. Info from RCN is here.
Deadline: for pre-proposals 6 March 2017

The Norwegian Cancer Society
Foreign Scholarships: A personal grant is awarded to a designated individual (researcher, doctoral fellow or post-doctoral fellow) to promote competence building and internationalization of Norwegian research. Overseas research grants are awarded under the auspices of a project funded by the Norwegian Cancer Society and may be provided for visits abroad lasting from two to 12 months.
Deadline: 15 March 2017

The Unger Vetlesen Medical Fund:
The primary object of the fund is to promote knowledge of all aspects of medical science amongst members of the Norwegian Medical profession (beneficiaries). The fund invites applications from the Norwegian medical doctors for funds to be used for the pursuance of further medical studies or research outside Norway.
Deadline: 15 February 2017

The Novo Nordisk Foundation
a) Call for: Novo Nordisk Foundation Symposia. The Foundation offers funding for up to two one-day symposia to be held in 2017. For each symposium, funding up to DKK 320.000 is available.
Deadline: 8 March 2017
b) Exploratory pre-seed grants: seek to support application-oriented research and to test new ideas that may lead to the development of new medical treatments, disease prevention, devices and diagnostic methods as well as new industrial biotechnology in the life science area.
Deadline: 6 April 2017

Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR): call for prevention and intervention strategies to control AMR infections.  The primary aim is to compare prevention, control, and intervention strategies to prevent the development, transmission of AMR infections. Info from RCN is here.
Deadline: for stage one submission 21 March 2017

Redd Barna – Mulighet til å søke prosjektmidler fra Extrastiftelsen
Redd Barna er medlem av Extrastiftelsen, som hvert år lyser ut prosjektmidler innen forskning og helseprosjekter. I forbindelse med utlysningen for 2017 inviterer Redd Barna nå forsknings- og fagmiljøer, organisasjoner og andre aktuelle samarbeidspartnere til å søke midler til nye prosjekter gjennom oss.
Forskningsprosjekter har frist 1. juni 2017, og helseprosjekter (tidligere forebygging og rehabilitering) har frist 15. mars og 15. september 2017

The Norwegian University Center in St. Petersburg
The Norwegian University Center in St. Petersburg is owned and financed jointly by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and the Universities of Bergen, Oslo and Tromsø. The Center currently offers funding for the following activities:

• NEW Stipends for travel and subsistence expenses for Ph.D. and post.doc to The Norwegian University Centre in St. Petersburg – 2017
• NEW Announcement of financing of PhD activities at the Norwegian university center in St. Petersburg – 2017 (renewed call with deadline 15 February 2017)
• Academic network building Norway-Russia at the Norwegian University Center in St. Petersburg 2017-18

Deadline: 15 February 2017

Erasmus+ KA3: Support for Policy Reform – Initiatives for Policy Innovation
Forward-looking cooperation projects (FLCPs) are transnational cooperation projects aiming to identify, test, develop or assess innovative policy approaches that have the potential of becoming mainstreamed and giving input for improving education and training systems. They should provide in-depth knowledge on target group(s), learning, teaching or training situations and effective methodologies and tools that help policies to develop, as well as conclusions relevant for policymakers in education and training at all levels. Eligible applicants are public and private organisations active in the field of education and training or other sectors such as non-formal learning, including a.o. youth, other socio-economic sectors and/or organisations carrying out cross-sectoral activities.
Deadline: 14 March 2017 (at 12 CET)

E.ON Stipendienfonds
E.ON Stipendienfonds is a scholarship fund designed to promote and strengthen German-Norwegian academic relations in the field of energy sciences. This is achieved by awarding mobility grants to Master / PhD students and junior researchers. In addition, the aim is to organize workshops, conferences and seminars and further expand the existing alumni network.
Online application form
Deadline: 15 March 2017

Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence
The programme aims to promote the development of academic and research partnerships between the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and leading research universities and institutes around the world. The programme provides basic funding support to PhD candidates to undertake short-term research visits to CUHK from Norway, or from Norway to CUHK. The research visit shall last for at least one month and be completed between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018.
Deadline: 5 April 2017