44,356 projects

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Towards Matching Bounds in Large Deviations

Unlikely, but possible, events are everywhere, from extreme heatwaves to mechanical failure or stock market crashes. In such systems, the rare events may have catastrophic outcomes, and it is therefore crucial to understand exactly how unlikely (or not) they are. The mathematical framework to qu...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

CLEAN Start: Combating Lead Exposure and Advancing Nutrition among Vietnamese children

Childhood lead exposure is a pressing global health challenge, impacting up to 800 million children, primarily in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). High blood lead levels (BLLs) harm physical and cognitive development, leading to severe long-term health consequences. Unfortunately, effect...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Deep study reading in digitised classrooms: identifying factors affecting sustained focus, persistence, and stress

Good reading skills are required for active participation in society, and they are also fundamental to learning. Therefore, the current decline in reading and cognitive persistence is worrisome. Longform, deep reading – that is, the reading if longer and potentially complex texts – is particularl...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Rogaland

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

AI controlled fermentation for microbial lipid production

Microorganisms are nature’s tiny factories. Through fermentation, they turn renewable ingredients, such as plant sugars, into useful products ranging from biofuels and bioplastics to medicines, pigments, and food and feed. Norway and the EU view microbial biotechnology as a key tool for a greener...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2031

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Secure energy systems for a renewable future

The power sector is the backbone of modern Norwegian society and supports almost all critical functions, including healthcare, transport, communications and national defence. Today, this critical infrastructure faces increasing threats; cyberattacks, sabotage and intelligence operations. This cre...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Responsive Space-based Maritime Surveillance using Multi-modal Active and Passive Sensing

Ships are required to transmit Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals to ensure safe voyage at sea. “Dark ships” are vessels that turn off or falsify their AIS signals. They do this to carry out illegal activities such as illegal fishing, evading sanctions, or conducting sabotage operation...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Nature-Based Adaptation Targeting Urban Resilience and Economic Efficiency

Climate change will lead to more frequent and intense urban flooding and stormwater challenges in Norwegian municipalities. If no action is taken, these events will cause escalating damage costs to infrastructure, buildings, and public services. Managing these growing risks is a major challenge f...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2032

Location: Oslo - Oslove

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

Inclusive Educational Rights: Balancing Rights of Violent Children, Their Peers and Educators

Pupils who behave violently against classmates and school staff are an increasing problem in Norway, affecting safety, learning and long-term life chances. Around a quarter of primary teachers reported violence or threats in 2024. Early intervention is crucial to prevent social exclusion and futu...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Vestland

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Match effects and matchmaking in education

Which is the best school? In Norway, as in most other countries, students, parents, and policymakers ask this question every year. Schools are ranked by admission cutoffs and value-added models, and politicians pledge to improve the trailing schools. However, if different students thrive in diffe...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

Leveraging Protracted Refugee Situations: Comparing how Lebanon and Turkey have responded to Syrian displacement

The Syrian civil war (2011–2024) created the world’s largest refugee crisis, as over 14 million Syrians fled their homes. Syria’s neighbouring states took in most of those refugees. At its highest point, Turkey hosted over 3.5 million Syrian refugees and Lebanon hosted approximately 1.5 million. ...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

Centre for Defects in Semiconductors for Quantum Sensing

The Centre for Defects in Semiconductors for Quantum Sensing (DSQS) explores the idea that tiny imperfections in crystals can enable novel sensing capabilities. These imperfections, known as color centers or quantum defects, can emit single photons and host quantum spins that can be extremely sen...

Awarded: NOK 61.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2031

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

Environmentalized Peace: Community-Based Approaches to Water and Air Security in Jordan and Palestine

What happens when pollution from war doesn’t stop at the border? Environmentalized Peace is a groundbreaking project exploring how communities in Jordan and Palestine can work together to confront a new and invisible threat: conflict-driven air pollution drifting across borders. For decades, muni...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

INNO-OFF-INNO-OFF

Bærekraftig radikal oppgavedeling i helse og omsorgssektoren

The BRO project (Sustainable Radical Division of Tasks) addresses two major societal problems. One is the coming capacity crisis in health and care services; the other is the large number of people of working age who are outside of work and education. BRO will meet these challenges by developing ...

Awarded: NOK 21.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

KSFF-KSFF

Randomized controlled trial of tailored and sustainable health care solutions for home-dwelling individuals with high healthcare utilization

HighHealthCare (HøyHelseOmsorg) aims to strengthen the sustainability of municipal health services by developing and testing a digital home follow-up intervention tailored to people with high health service use. The goal is to increase health literacy, self-management, quality of life and user ...

Awarded: NOK 14.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INNO-OFF-INNO-OFF

Maritim havovervåkning og beredskap

The risk landscape at sea is becoming increasingly complex with increased shipping traffic, new threat actors, the effects of climate change and increasing digital vulnerability and cyber-attacks. This creates need for more advanced surveillance at sea. Existing solutions are largely static and s...

Awarded: NOK 21.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

AquaWatch - Soft Sensors and Data Fusion for Precision Fish Farming

Aquaculture is Norway’s second largest export industry and make sustainable protein for the world. The sector is moving toward more data driven operations, yet fish farmers continue to face challenges related to feeding efficiency and sea lice management. Although monitoring technologies exist, m...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Forskaropphald ved Universitetet i Helsingfors – klimarisiko og maladapsjon i omstilling til fornybarsamfunnet

Prosjektet SUSFIN er eit forskingsopphald ved Universitetet i Helsinki som skal vidareutvikle teoretisk kunnskap om klimarisiko i energiomstillinga. Formålet er å undersøkje korleis tiltak for å redusere utslepp og klimatilpasse samfunnet av og til kan gi utilsikta konsekvensar, som aukar sårbarh...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

ReinAir: Seasonal airborne mapping and modelling of Svalbard reindeer habitat in Reindalen

It is urgent to predict the effects of climate change on Svalbard reindeer, since population dynamics have been driven by the contrasting effects of summer and winter warming over the past 30 years: Winter warming has led to an increase in the frequency of rain-on-snow (ROS) events, which alters ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Svalbard reindeer spatial ecology - from individuals to populations

Populations’ dynamics and distributions change in response to climate and habitat changes, yet our current knowledge is based mostly on correlational evidence. What each animal does depends on its physiological state and immediate environment, meaning that the processes by which climate change af...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Svalbard

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

Disentangling land-coast-ocean connections at Bouvetøya, the most remote marine ecosystem hotspot in the Southern Ocean

Sub-Antarctic islands such as Bouvetøya host some of the world's richest ecosystems. They are hotspots for abundant marine life including sea birds and marine mammals, but very little is known regarding what makes these islands so rich in life. This is mainly due to lack of observations caused by...

Awarded: NOK 25.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2031

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Copepod based Feeds for Improved Salmon Health and aquaculture sustainability

Norway is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic salmon (salmon from here on), but the industry faces major challenges with fish health and welfare, both in land-based and seawater phases, leading to high mortalities. Farmed salmon often have poor resistance to stress and disease, resulting in ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Innovative Technologies for Monitoring Levels of Nitrosamines and Nitramines in Air and Water Near Amine-Based CO2 Capture Facilities

TechNAM is developing new technologies to verify that capturing CO2 from industrial processes does not contaminate the ambient air and nearby drinking water sources. The goal is to meet the safety standards set by the Norwegian Institute for Public Health (NIPH). A key concern is the possible for...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Error Correction (NISQEC)

Quantum technologies are steadily moving beyond purely laboratory-based demonstrations toward systems with practical relevance, promising to solve some complex problems more efficiently than classical computing, such as factoring large numbers in cryptography. However, the quantum revolution is p...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Vestland

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

The Norwegian Quantum Software Center

Quantum computers promise to solve complex problems that are too difficult for today’s classical computers, with potential benefits for industry and the public sector across many domains, including healthcare, climate, and security. Major companies and governments worldwide are investing heavily ...

Awarded: NOK 61.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2031

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Rettslige rammer for balansen mellom arbeid og fritid ved hjemmekontor.

Prosjektet undersøker hvordan arbeidsrettslig regulering kan bidra til å ivareta balansen mellom arbeid og fritid i et stadig mer digitalisert arbeidsliv. Økt bruk av hjemmekontor og fleksible arbeidsformer utfordrer tradisjonelle grenser for arbeidstid og tilgjengelighet, og reiser nye rettslige...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

Centre for Quantum Computing and Applications

The Centre for Quantum Computing and Applications (QSTAR) will strengthen Norway’s role in the global development of quantum computing. Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems that are impossible for today’s computers, but significant scientific challenges must be overcome before t...

Awarded: NOK 61.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2031

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

EMPOWERED – Empowering students as future digital citizens

EMPOWERED aims to develop innovative practices, methods and tools that promote digital empowerment in schools and teacher education. Being ‘digitally empowered’ involves understanding technology and algorithms, exercising critical thinking and digital judgment, and awareness of digital inclusive ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SAMISKTEMA-SAMISKTEMA

(Mis)trust: The Norwegianization of language, people and land in South Saepmie. Why reconciliation, how, and between whom?

South Sápmi is a region with a complex history. For generations, the Sámi people have lived under assimilation policies and colonial structures. These experiences have left deep scars and created mistrust, both between Sámi groups and between the Sámi and the majority society. When trust disappea...

Awarded: NOK 11.1 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Enhancing Gut Health and Welfare of Finishing Pigs: The Role of Physical Activity and Inclusion of Hay in the Diet.

How enrichment through physical exercise and provision of hay in the diet improves pig minds, guts, and welfare. FitPig is a research project exploring if and how two simple enrichments—daily physical activity and free access to hay—can make pigs healthier, smarter, and happier. The study invest...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Multiphase flow in downward-inclined pipelines

Pipeline networks on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) are highly complex, including downward sections, undulating risers, and other non-standard geometries. These complexities strongly affect flow regimes, phase transitions, liquid accumulation, and overall pipeline performance. Despite thei...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Akershus