About the call for proposals
Grant applications will be accepted for projects in all disciplines and research areas, and funding is available for both basic and applied research projects.
The call provides many topics, and new topics will be added on a running basis. Your grant application will be assessed on the basis of the topic(s) you select. You must select the topic Ground-breaking research in order to have your project assessed for funding from FRIPRO.
You can only be project manager for one application submitted for either a Researcher Project for Scientific Renewal (this call), Researcher Project for Young Research Talents, Three-year Researcher Project with International Mobility, Knowledge-building Project for Industry or Collaborative Project to meet Societal and Industry-related Challenges, all with a deadline of either 10 or 17 February 2021.
Support may be granted for the following costs:
- Payroll and indirect expenses, related to researcher time at the research organisations participating in the project. For doctoral and post-doctoral research fellowships, this funding is limited to maximum three person-years.
- Procurement of R&D services. The Project Owner and partners may purchase R&D-related services from public and private suppliers
- Equipment. This encompasses operating and depreciation costs for scientific equipment and research infrastructure necessary for the execution of the project.
- Operating expenses, which comprise costs for other activities that are necessary to carry out R&D efforts under the Project.
Funding scale NOK 4 000 000-12 000 000