What we fund

NordForsk seeks to enhance the quality, impact and efficiency of Nordic research cooperation

Map of Northern Europe showing where the current project owners belong. In addition to the Nordics, project owner are situated in the UK and the Netherlands. — Map of NordForsk project owners. Click to enlarge.

Activities

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
International research cooperation
CooperationCOOPERATIONINFRASTRUCTURELEARNING
NordForsk has several, ongoing projects on research collaboration outside the Nordic region.
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.
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.
NEIC
NetworkDATAINFRASTRUCTURETECH
The Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC) facilitates the development of advanced IT tools and services in areas of importance to Nordic researchers.
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.
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.
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.
Nordic Trial Alliance
Cooperation MedicineDevelopmentPartnership
The Nordic Trial Alliance is a project with the aim to facilitate Nordic cooperation on clinical research.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
University Hubs
PROGRAMMEPARTNERSHIPSOCIETYTECH
Nordic University Hubs is an initiative aimed at advancing the strategic priorities of Nordic higher education institutions through increased cooperation.
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.

Nordic cooperation in research allows us to share data, infrastructure and resources across national borders.
- Arne Flåøyen