How to apply for funding
Enriched Nordic · Found: 2026-03-11 08:07
When you apply for a grant from NordForsk, there are specific requirements that you or your application must fulfil.
Source: https://www.nordforsk.org/how-apply-funding
Funding Details
- Funder
- NordForsk (Nordic Council of Ministers)
- Funding Goal
- To strengthen Nordic research collaboration by funding research programmes, research infrastructure, and cross-border cooperative research initiatives across Nordic countries.
- Funding Amount
- Not specified; varies by call. National funders contribute at least two-thirds of the budget and NordForsk provides up to one-third.
- How to Apply
- 1. Monitor NordForsk website and newsletter for open calls (approximately 6 per year). 2. Register on the NordForsk Application Portal. 3. Assemble a consortium with partners from at least 3 Nordic countries. 4. Review call-specific requirements, attachment guidelines, and page limits carefully. 5. Submit application through the portal before the deadline (applications can be edited and resubmitted before deadline). 6. Proposals undergo international peer review by external experts. 7. Call committee evaluates top-scoring proposals for Nordic added value. 8. NordForsk Board makes final funding decision, communicated via email.
- Target Region
- Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Åland Islands)
- Contact
- NordForsk, Stensberggata 27, 0170 Oslo, Norway
- Last Checked
- 2026-03-12 03:33
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Summary
NordForsk is an organization under the Nordic Council of Ministers, established in 2005, that provides funding for and facilitates Nordic cooperation on research and research infrastructure. Based in Oslo, it works with national research councils, universities, and research-funding bodies across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and the Åland Islands. On average, NordForsk opens about six calls per year across varying research topics. Eligible applicants must be research-performing organizations — universities, university colleges, or established research institutes — based in a Nordic country. Project consortia must include partners from at least three Nordic countries. Eligible organizations must conduct fundamental or applied research with published results and maintain significant academic research output. Individual researchers cannot be contract partners; the affiliated institution holds the contract. NordForsk uses two funding models: a "Real Common Pot" where funds are pooled and awarded to the best proposals regardless of country, and a "Virtual Common Pot" where national funders directly fund their own participants with NordForsk providing gap-filling. Funding instruments include research projects, University Co-operation, networks, and Nordic Centres of Excellence. All proposals undergo international peer review, and the NordForsk Board makes final funding decisions. Funded projects must submit annual reports by March 31st.
Historical Context
NordForsk was established in 2005. They do not have fixed annual calls — calls are developed collaboratively with national research funding organizations through an Open Invitation mechanism and opened continuously throughout the year, averaging about six calls per year.
Sources
- https://www.nordforsk.org/how-apply-funding
- https://www.nordforsk.org/funding
- https://www.nordforsk.org/about
- https://www.nordforsk.org/funding-opportunities
- https://www.nordforsk.org/call-and-funding-process
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