The Research Council of Norway is awarding NOK 211 million to 20 new research projects with great potential to move the research front in their fields. Common to the projects is that they are of very high scientific quality.
The first round of continuous application processing in FRIPRO has been completed, with a good balance between research domains and career stages.
Twelve international research projects have received funding from the Global Research Council (GRC) to develop solutions contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Norwegian researchers are involved in five of these projects.
Norwegian research and innovation institutions continue to bring in large sums from the EU's research and innovation program, Horizon Europe. Over the last year, Norwegian research institutions and businesses have competed for nearly 6 billion kroner. This is well above the target set by the government.
We now know who will be part of the Research Council's portfolio boards from 1 January 2024. The 115 members represent a wide range of academic and strategic expertise, institutions, sectors and experience from all parts of the research and innovation system.
The Ministry of Education has asked us to reduce the number of applications and to introduce measures that limit the use of resources by applicants and the Research Council. The target is a 25 per cent success rate. We are now introducing two main measures for FRIPRO.
Messages at time of print 14 June 2025, 20:00 CEST