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Sustainable land use through migration: a pathway for climate change adaptation

When climate change challenges land-based livelihoods, migration emerges as a potential adaptation strategy. By diversifying household incomes and increasing finance and knowledge transfers, migration can create new opportunities for sustainable, climate-adaptive land use. This interplay between ...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

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Health and Migration: A Multi-Country Study of Male African Migrants

Migration is one of the defining features of our time, and this project explores health and welfare challenges among migrating men who experience different forms of vulnerability, including sexual minority men, men living with HIV, and men with low incomes. The project is a collaboration between ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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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

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NORCIE - The Norwegian Centre for International Economics

The Norwegian Centre for International Economics (NORCIE) brings together four leading research communities to strengthen Norway’s capacity to respond to major transformations and policy shifts in the international economy. It is an interdisciplinary centre, rooted in economics, political science...

Awarded: NOK 60.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2034

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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From Queues to Telehealth: Digital Care, Health Inequalities and Healthcare Worker Mental Health in Ghana

This pre-project will prepare a joint application from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the University of Ghana for the 2026 call “Researcher Project for Early Career Scientists on Global Health and Development Research”. The project focuses on a very practical quest...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Optimizing Carbon, Soil Health and Yield in Coffee-Forest Systems as a Climate-Smart Land Management in Ethiopia (CoffeeLand)

Coffee is central to Ethiopia’s Landscape, culture, economy, and the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers. The country’s unique coffee-forest systems produce world-famous Arabica coffee while storing carbon, enhancing soil fertility, and supporting rich biodiversity. Yet these systems f...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

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Sustainable Health Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Territories of Myanmar (Post-Coup)

The SHIFT pre-project aims to build partnerships between organizations in Myanmar and Norway to prepare for the 2026 Global Health and Development Research call. It addresses health disparities in Myanmar’s conflict-affected regions, focusing on vulnerable populations impacted by the 2021 militar...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Integrating Land and Biodiversity Protection in Sustainable Funding for People and Planet (BIO-FUND)

Pressure on the world's natural resources is growing. Nowhere is this seen more clearly than in the Amazon rainforest, whose rich local biodiversity is of planetary significance to international climate objectives. Yet the transboundary Amazon biome is also on the frontlines of the pressures driv...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Student mental health and well-being in Uganda

This pre-project prepares an application for the 2026 Researcher Project for Early Career Scientists on Global Health and Development. It builds on collaboration between NTNU (Norway) and Kyambogo University (Uganda), aiming to generate knowledge on promoting student mental health and preventing ...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Towards building SENegal’s health-based early WARNing systems for heat and air pollution (T-SENWARN)

T-SENWARN aims to lay the foundation for a locally tailored, health-impact–based Early Warning and Decision-support System (iEWDS) for heat and air pollution in Senegal. Communities in Senegal are increasingly exposed to the combined health risks of extreme heat and deteriorating air quality, yet...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Effect of LActation SUpport and HUman Milk banks in Uganda (LASUHUMU) on health, breastfeeding and growth in very low birthweight infants

Being born too small or too early is the leading cause of childhood deaths worldwide, accounting for about 1.1 million deaths each year. Infants born weighing less than 1,500 grams are classified as very low birthweight (VLBW) infants and are particularly vulnerable to illness and death. Providin...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

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AQUAROM: Resilient Aquaculture Outbreak Management from Northern Cold to Tropical Waters

When Less is More: Rethinking Fish Farm Technology Norwegian fish farms invest millions in monitoring, yet disease outbreaks remain their biggest economic headache. Philippine farmers rely on general forecasts and limited tools, lacking farm-specific disease prediction. What if both miss the rea...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

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BIRTH-PREDICT: AI-Enhanced Early Risk Detection for Safer Labour and Birth

Maternal and newborn mortality remains unacceptably high in many low-resource settings, largely because complications during labour are not identified early enough. Health-care providers work under severe staffing constraints, crowded labour wards and limited monitoring capacity, making timely as...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Impacts of Development Assistance for Health Cuts on Health Systems:Building Equitable Partnerships in Low and Lower Middle Income Countries

This pre-project aims to establish equitable research partnerships between the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) and institutions in selected low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs). The preproject aims to prepare a competitive 2026 research application examining how recent cuts...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Combining the potentials of international environmental agreements in shaping sustainable, rights-based forest management in Colombia

The Amazon is among the world’s most diverse rainforests. The conservation of these forests is essential to maintaining biological diversity, mitigating climate change and for the life support of its inhabitants, including indigenous peoples. But the Amazon is exposed to heavy deforestation, and ...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

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LHEN-ASEAN - Learning Health Equity and Nutrition through Regional ASEAN Partnership

Malnutrition affects millions of children across Southeast Asia, limiting their development and perpetuating poverty. This pre-project will bring together researchers from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Norway to prepare a study on how school feeding programs can simultaneously improve child hea...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

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Strategies to Curb Over-the-Counter Pharmacy Sales of Antibiotics to Mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance in India

Antibiotics have greatly reduced illness and mortality, but their misuse has accelerated antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In 2019, bacterial AMR caused an estimated 1.27 million deaths and contributed to 5 million worldwide. The economic impact is severe: global GDP is projected to fall by 1% by 2...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

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Men, Power, and Pills: Establishing a Consortium for a Gender-Transformative Family Planning Project in Tanzania

This Project Establishment grant will prepare a joint CMI and NIMR application for a main mixed-methods research project on male engagement, masculinity, mental health, and family planning in Tanzania. The primary objective is to develop and submit a competitive, ethically sound, and locally anch...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

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Health Opportunities in Migration Environments (HOME) - pre-grant application

This pre-project aims to establish a consortium for the main NFR early career grant call on global health and development in 2026. The main project will focus on using innovative methodological approaches to study systems factors and social determinants of health that can be modified by intervent...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Research on Migration across the Atlantic: Reciprocal Learning for Global Health, Equity and Integration

Migration is a global phenomenon with profound implications for global health and social equity. In Latin America, migrants and displaced populations frequently encounter structural barriers to healthcare, exposure to violence, and precarious living conditions. These vulnerabilities intersect wit...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

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Beyond Birth: Priority setting for postnatal care to build a foundation for lifelong well-being

The global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) remains unacceptably high, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, which continues to bear the greatest burden of maternal deaths. The postnatal period is a critically important window for intervention—one that holds significant potential to prevent future ma...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Headache care Evaluation and Access in Low- and lower-middle income countries (HEAL) pre project

According to the latest results from the Global Burden of Disease study, headache disorders are the sixth leading cause of health loss globally. The disease burden is no less in low/lower-middle-income countries. With regard to the solution, the numbers are the problem. In a highly conservative n...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Trade-offs in Blended Finance for Development

Governments and international organizations are increasingly using public funds to attract private investments for development projects. This approach, called "blended finance," aims to reduce risks for private investors and draw more money into socially beneficial projects. However, we lack soli...

Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Building Healthy Food Environment in Schools: Evaluating Co-created Interventions in Low Resource Settings

Malnutrition is a major concern among adolescents in low-resource nations such as India and Nepal. Poor nutrition during adolescence increases the risk of early-onset diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and mental health problems, with long-term effects on overall health. Schools can play a ke...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Land Governance and Responsible Value Chains in the South African Wine Industry (WINELAND)

Growing and producing wine is socially and environmentally complex. In South Africa’s Western Cape, many of these challenges are seen. Issues of environmental sustainability, the expansion of towns into rural areas, historical inequalities and uneven labour relations are all present. And they all...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Planning renewable solar energy systems combining technological and ecological assessments

PROTEA aims to develop methodologies and knowledge for early phase planning of solar energy projects that integrates ecological, economic, and societal metrics. Combining these in a balanced way is inherently challenging and requires multi-objective perspectives. Solar energy systems are more int...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Promoting responsiveness and equity for primary health care decisions through voice

Strong primary health care (PHC) can save lives and money. ProtEqt Voice aims to strengthen PHC services, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, through increasing people’s voice in budgeting decisions. Partnering with KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Ifakara Health Institute...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Typhoon Effects on Enterprises in the Philippines

Climate change is making typhoons stronger and more frequent. These powerful storms can cause widespread damage, death, and loss of livelihoods. As global warming continues, typhoons are expected to become even more destructive, increasing the urgency of understanding their economic impacts. This...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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UTI-Diag: Reducing the burden of antimicrobial resistance – urinary tract infection using innovative and scalable rapid diagnosis

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant global health challenge. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infections, affecting quality of life and presenting clinical and economic issues. Each year, around 150 million individuals are diagnosed with UTIs, resulting in ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Innlandet

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JustUrban: Sustaining urban nature for environmental justice in the face of urban growth

As cities grow, the demand for land intensifies. Cities can either densify internally, or sprawl outwards with unknown impacts on urban ecosystems and social wellbeing. The little nature that remains in cities is often sacrificed under urban densification, and minority or disadvantaged population...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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