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Researcher Project for Early Career Scientists (FRIPRO)

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:
NOK 510 000 000
Funding scale:
NOK 4 000 000-10 000 000
Project duration:
36-48 months

The purpose of FRIPRO is to fund curiosity-driven and bold research that can contribute to advancing the state-of-the-art. FRIPRO supports both basic and applied research in all research areas. This call is aimed at researchers at an early stage in their careers, who have demonstrated the potential to conduct research of high scientific quality.

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Researcher Project with International Mobility (FRIPRO)

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:
NOK 40 000 000
Funding scale:
NOK 4 700 000-7 400 000
Project duration:
36-48 months

The purpose of FRIPRO is to fund curiosity-driven and bold research that can contribute to advancing the state-of-the-art. FRIPRO supports both basic and applied research in all research areas. This call is aimed at researchers at postdoctoral level who wish to spend 1-2 years at one or two foreign research organisations, combined with 1-2 years...

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Radical Research Ideas for Early Career Scientists

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:
NOK 50 000 000
Funding scale:
NOK 500 000-2 000 000
Project duration:
4-12 months

The purpose of this call is to fund curiosity-driven and bold research that can contribute to advancing the state-of-the-art and is open to applications within all research areas. The support aims to give researchers the opportunity to test particularly bold research ideas where the risk of failure is high, but where the significance for the research field is great if the idea succeeds.

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Top Researchers – Researcher Projects to Develop World Leading Research Communities

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:
NOK 320 000 000
Funding scale:
NOK 15 000 000-40 000 000
Project duration:
48-96 months

The purpose of this call is to fund curiosity-driven and bold research that can contribute to advancing the state-of-the-art through giving good research environments the opportunity to develop into being world-leading within their fields.

Ground-breaking research
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Researcher Project for Experienced Scientists (FRIPRO)

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals:
NOK 750 000 000
Funding scale:
NOK 4 000 000-12 000 000
Project duration:
36-96 months

The purpose of FRIPRO is to fund curiosity-driven and bold research that can contribute to advancing the state-of-the-art. FRIPRO supports both basic and applied research in all research areas. This call is aimed at experienced scientists who have demonstrated the ability to conduct research of high scientific quality.

Ground-breaking research

Messages at time of print 9 September 2026, 16:30 CEST

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