What we fund

Activities

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  Aquaculture 

  PROGRAMMEENVIRONMENTOCEANWATER

  Aquaculture is a growing global business, which faces many facets of sustainability challenges. The overarching aim of the Programme is to generate knowledge and solutions for sustainable land-based and marine salmonid aquaculture in the Nordic countries.

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  The Arctic

  PROGRAMMECOMMUNITYENVIRONMENTRESOURCES

  The Joint Nordic Initiative on Arctic Research has been established to generate new insight into the challenges and new opportunities confronting the Arctic region.

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  Bioeconomy

  ProgrammeBIODIVERSITYECONOMYRESOURCES

  The objective of the Nordic Bioeconomy Programme is to generate new knowledge on how to promote and advance the transition to a bioeconomy-based society in the Nordic countries.

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  Digitalisation

  ProgrammeDATA SOCIETY TECH

  The overarching aim of the programme is to combine and integrate knowledge-based, digital innovation efforts with research on the related effects and impact on society and end-users. This is based on factors that enable and drive digital transformation of public sector, such as emerging technologies, emerging organisational practices, and emerging regulatory frameworks and governance mechanisms.

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  Education

  ProgrammeCHILDRENCOMMUNITYWELFARE

  The aim of the thematic programme Education for Tomorrow is to generate new knowledge about the Nordic educational systems that will better equip them to meet the needs of society – today and in the future.

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  Gender

  ProgrammeCOMMUNITYDIVERSITYEQUALITY

  The Nordic region is the European leader in gender equality, but when it comes to leadership positions in research and innovation, men dominate just as widely here as in the rest of Europe.

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  Green Growth

  ProgrammeENVIRONMENTPARTNERSHIPRESOURCES

  Nordic Innovation, NordForsk and Nordic Energy Research have joined forces on this research and innovation programme with the aim of accelerating the transition towards a sustainable Nordic society.

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  Health and Welfare

  PROGRAMMEMEDICINESOCIETYWELFARE

  The overall goal of the Nordic Programme on Health and Welfare is to improve health in the Nordic countries by finding solutions to societal and public health challenges through high-quality research.

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  Interdisciplinary

  ProgrammeCOOPERATIONINFRASTRUCTURELEARNING

  The aim of the Programme for Interdisciplinary Research is to promote excellent bottom-up research that combines and integrate skills from multiple disciplines.

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  International research cooperation

  CooperationCOOPERATIONINFRASTRUCTURELEARNING

  NordForsk has several, ongoing projects on research collaboration outside the Nordic region.

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  Migration and Integration

  ProgrammeMOBILITYSOCIETYWELFARE

  The aim of the joint Nordic-UK research programme on Migration and Integration is to generate new knowledge about migration and integration in the Nordics and in the United Kingdom and thereby equip actors both within and outside of academia to address the challenges of increased migration and to capitalise on the opportunities that this brings.

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  NCBIO

  CommitteeCooperationPartnershipEthics

  The mission of the Nordic Committee on Bioethics is to foster co-operation between the Nordic countries by bringing together representatives from different backgrounds to discuss and analyse issues in bioethics in order to achieve greater awareness, promote common understanding, improve policy making and present internationally a Nordic perspective on bioethical Challenges.

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  NEIC

  NetworkDATAINFRASTRUCTURETECH

  The Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC) facilitates the development of advanced IT tools and services in areas of importance to Nordic researchers.

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  Neutron 

  ProgrammeDevelopmentEnergyPartnership

  The objectives of the Nordic Neutron Science Programme are to increase the number of Nordic-region researchers skilled at utilising neutrons in scientific analysis, as well as raise the competency level regarding neutron scattering, particularly among younger researchers and other groups without extensive experience in this field.

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  NORIA-net on Registries and Biobanks

  NETWORKCooperationDevelopmentPartnership

  The “NORIA-net on Registers and Biobanks” was an expert group with representatives from national and Nordic research funding agencies and the research sector. The task was to identify suitable actions that could increase the use of the unique registers and biobanks in and between the Nordic countries, and thereby strengthening Nordic cooperation on register-based research.

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  Nordic Research Infrastructure Cooperation Committee

  CommitteeInfrastructureDataServices

  The primary objective of The Nordic Research Infrastructure Co-operation Committee is to support joint Nordic research infrastructure efforts and to highlight the potential Nordic added value inherent in such collaboration. The committee serves in an advisory capacity to the NordForsk Board on issues relating to research infrastructure.

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  Nordic Trial Alliance

  Cooperation MedicineDevelopmentPartnership

  The Nordic Trial Alliance is a project with the aim to facilitate Nordic cooperation on clinical research.

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  Nordics and Russia

  ProgrammeCOOPERATIONLEARNINGPARTNERSHIP

  The Nordic-Russian Cooperation Programme in Education and Research supports joint cooperation projects between higher education and research institutions in Russia and the Nordic Countries.

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  NOS-HS

  CooperationCommunityCooperationLearning

  The Joint Committe for Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS) shall promote strategic cooperation e.g. through providing research funding to joint Nordic research activities.

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  NOS-M

  CooporationMedicinePartnershipWelfare

  NOS-M is a collaborating body for the Nordic research councils that finance medical research. NOS-M aims to promote Nordic cooperation in the medical research area through information exchange, coordination and concrete collaboration projects.

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  NOS-N

  CooperationPartnershipDevelopmentCooperation

  NOS-N is a collaborating body for Nordic research councils that finance research in the natural sciences. The Committee aims to promote natural sciences in the Nordic countries through collaboration and coordination.

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  Societal Security

  ProgrammeCOMMUNITYGLOBALSOCIETY

  The Nordic Societal Security Programme is a multidisciplinary research programme designed to generate new knowledge about what is required to ensure the safety and security of the Nordic countries' inhabitants.

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  University Hubs

  PROGRAMMEPARTNERSHIPSOCIETYTECH

  Nordic University Hubs is an initiative aimed at advancing the strategic priorities of Nordic higher education institutions through increased cooperation.

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  Urban

  ProgrammeCITIESCOMMUNITYNATURE

  The aim of the interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral programme is to promote cooperation between the knowledge communities in the Nordic countries in order to enhance opportunities and address challenges relating to sustainable urban development and smart cities.

• Completed activities

  These reasearch programmes are now completed and we are no longer actively working on them.