The development of smart cities of the future calls for innovative usage of emerging technologies, as well as for novel and effective forms of collaboration across a large number of heterogeneous stakeholders, such as municipal decision-makers, entrepreneurs, and citizens.
A total of 28 grant applications were submitted under the call entitled “Nordic societal security in light of the emerging global and regional trends”. Four of the projects have now been granted funding from a total budget of NOK 44 million.
The Top-level Research Initiative (TRI) is the largest joint Nordic research and innovation initiative to date. The initiative aims to involve the very best agencies and institutions in the Nordic region, and promote research and innovation of the highest level, in order to make a Nordic contribution towards solving the global climate crisis.
SUREAQUA is a multidisciplinary centre working to provide competence, innovation and technology to ensure sustainability and resilience in aquatic and associated land-based value chains.
The overall CLINF objective is two-fold and will contribute to strategies for sustainable development, and to the development of surveillance programs for selected infectious disease.
At the same time NordForsk is happy to announce that the United Kingdom has decided to increase its contribution from 1 to 2 million GBP. The plan is to fund up to 10 research and innovation projects.
The aim of the NordForsk Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research is to promote excellent bottom-up research that combines and integrate skills from multiple disciplines.
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