Research- and collaborative projects
| Call? | Description and funding | Target group | Deadline |
| Research Council of Norway? (FRIPRO) | Researcher projects for experienced scientists (approved doctorate at least six years prior to submitting the application). Open to all fields. | Researchers | open call |
| Research Council of Norway (FRIPRO) | Researcher projects for early career scientists (2-7 years after PhD). Open to all fields. | Postdocs,? Researchers | open call |
| Research Council of Norway (FRIPRO) | Three-year Researcher Project with International Mobility. 0-7 years after PhD.?Open to all fields. | Postdocs | open call |
| Reserach? Council of Norway (FRIPRO) | Radical Research Ideas for Early Career Scientists. 2-7 years after PhD, project of 4-12 months. | Postdocs, Researchers | open call |
| Research Council of Norway (FRIPRO) | Top Researchers – Researcher Projects to Develop World Leading Research Communities. 6 years after PhD. Open to all fields. | Researchers | open call |
| Research Council of Norway ? | Researcher projects for experienced scientists (approved doctorate at least six years prior to submitting the application). Within thematic areas such as Education, Welfare, Culture and Society, Climate, Sámi, Global relations | Researchers | different deadlines from April 2026 |
| Research Council of Norway ? | Researcher projects for early career scientists (2-7 years after PhD) within thematic areas. | Postdocs,? Researchers | 2026 |
| Research Council of Norway ? | Collaborative and Knowledge-building Projects: require collaboration between research groups and relevant non-academic actors. The goal is to develop new knowledge needed by stakeholders in society or industry to address important societal challenges.? | Researchers | 2026 |
| Circle U | Seed funding scheme?to foster new collaborations across institutions in the Circle U. alliance | All | 2026(?) |
| Circle U | Seed funding, research networks and other calls to foster collaboration across the alliance.? | All | different deadlines |
| Stiftelsen DAM | Supports research projects and PhD/Postdoc-positions within health research, i.e. projects that help to enhance living conditions, physical and mental health, quality of life and social participation.?Applications must consist of a collaboration with an approved organization (voluntary sector). ? | PhDs (final stage) Postdocs, Researchers | 15. February 2026 |
| DNUP | Det norske universitetssenter i Paris (DNUP): Collaboration projects with one French and one Nordic partner to cover events, mobility and networking.? | Postdoc, Researchers | Spring 2026 |
| DKNVS | The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters supports smaller projects (basic research) within all fields of study. | All | Fall 2026 |
| NordForsk | Funds and facilitates Nordic research cooperation and research infrastructure, usually within larger collaborative research projects.?? | Researchers, sometimes Postdocs | depending on call |
| Peder Sather Grant | Supports projects carried out by researchers at UC Berkeley in collaboration with Norwegian researchers. For activities such as workshops, mini-conferences, virtual intellectual exchanges, pilot studies, PhD student exchanges, longer-term stays for PIs, collection and analysis of data, etc.? | Postdocs, Researchers | 6. April 2026 |
| Young CAS Fellow | Stays at CAS for postdocs and other young researchers (under the age of 40) | Postdocs, Researchers under 40 | 2026 |
| CAS | Research groups at the Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) | Researchers | October 2026 |
| UiO:Democracy | Funding for 2–3 interdisciplinary research groups with a budget of 1-3 million NOK plus a Ph.D. position. | Researchers | (?) ? ? Open |
| UiO:Life Science | Open call?for interdisciplinary projects. Please contact info@lifescience.uio.no to initiate a dialogue about your project idea that is relevant for Life Science. Researchers from the humanities are encouraged to apply. | All |
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| UiO:Energi | Funds interdisciplinary research initiatives across the University of Oslo about Sustainable energy systems. Calls for e.g. research groups, internships, mobility, development of courses. Researchers from the Humanities are encouraged to join.? | All |
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| Public Sector PhD Project (RCN) | Doctoral Project in the Public Sector funded in part by the Research Council of Norway and the employing public enterprise. | Supervisors | Spring 2026 |
| Industrial PhD Scheme - Doctoral projects in Industry (RCN) | Doctoral Project in private industry funded in part by the Research Council of Norway and the employing company. | Supervisors | Spring 2026 |
| NAV?(Norwegian only) | Finances experiments, evaluations and research in the field of work and welfare. | Researchers | 2026 (?) |
EU and international funds
Application support for EU-grants
| ERC Starting | Singe PI project within any field of study. (2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD) | Postdocs, Researchers | 14.? October 2026 |
| ERC Consolidator | Singe PI project within any field of study. (7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD) | Researchers | 13. January 2026 |
| ERC Advanced | Singe PI project within any field of study. (for researchers who have a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years).? | Researchers | August 2026 |
| ERC Synergy | Grant for a group of 2-4 PIs with excellent track record who can apply for up to 10 mill EUR and up to 6 years. | Researchers | October 2026 |
| ERC Proof of Concept | Open only to Principal Investigators of an ERC grant (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy).?Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of the ERC funded research.? | Researchers | 13. March 2026 |
| MSCA | Individual fellowships for postdoc positions for incoming researchers. Read more about the 2024 Masterclass and how to submit candidates here.? | Postdocs | September 2026 |
| MSCA Doctoral Networks | Funds networks across Europe to train 10+ PhD candidates. Consortia must include at least three partners. | Groups, Researchers | Fall 2026 |
| COST | COST Actions are European bottom-up networks with a duration of four years that boost research, innovation and careers. Want to join an action? Check existing networks here: https://www.cost.eu/cost-actions/browse-actions/ | All (for participation) Researchers (for own networks) | 2026 |
| UKRI | International Collaboration with Norway for projects by UK researchers.?? | Researchers | Open |
| SNSF | International Co-Investigator Scheme for projects by Swiss researchers with a sub-project with a Norwegian partner.?? | Researchers | 1. April, 1. October |
| EEA-grants | Calls that support collaborative research projects between Norway and mainly Eastern European beneficiary states, like Poland, Romania, Estonia, Slovakia, Portugal etc.? | Researchers | depending on call |
| HFSP | The Human Frontier Science Program funds postdoctoral fellowships and research funds for teams of 2-4 scientists from different countries and disciplines to focus on problems in the life sciences. | Postdocs, Researchers | March 2026 ? |
| Riksbankens Jubileumsfond | Smaller and larger project grants within Humanities and Social Sciences for individual researchers and groups with a connection to Sweden.? | mostly Researchers | depending on call |
| Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Grants within Archeology and History for research projects and PhD scholarships.? | All | depending on call |
| Jacobs Foundation | Fellowships (up to 10 years post PhD) on?learning and development of children and youth worldwide. Relevant disciplines include e.g. education sciences, psychology, pedagogy, linguistics, and science of learning. | Postdocs, Researchers | February 2026 ? ? ? |
| John Templeton Foundation | Supports research projects according to their Funding areas. International researchers can apply. Two-step process with registering project first and getting invited to submit a full proposal later.? | Researchers | 16. January 2026 |
| Sony Research Award | Open innovation program focused in on areas of Sony's immediate interest, e.g. communications, Audio-, Music-, Speech-, and Language Processing, Machine learning etc. | Researchers | 2026 (?) |
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Education, Dissemination and Travel grants
| HF/UiO | Funding for longer research trips (1-6 months) by the Faculty of Humanities | PhD/Postdocs | 1. June, 1. December |
| Research Council of Norway? | For PhD and Postdoc financed by RCN-projects only: Funding for Research stays abroad (3-12 months). | PhD/Postdocs | open call |
| Nansenfondet (Norwegian only) | Funds operational expenses, equipment, travel and research assistance with up to 50 000 NOK.? | All | 15. January |
| Circle U | Postdoc mobility programme for research stays at a Circle U partner university for 5-30 days | Postdocs | 28. February 2026 |
| Letterstedtska f?reningen (Swedish only) | Supports research activities, conferences and seminars, guest researchers, publications. Focus on the Nordic countries.? | All | 15. February,? 15. September |
| The Norwegian Institute in Rome | Young?researchers can apply for grants (up to 30 000 NOK) to study?the archeology, art, language, culture and society?of Italy and the Mediterranean. | PhDs, Postdocs | 15. May, 15. October |
| The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture | Supports fieldwork studies and travels, conferences, seminars, stays at other research institutions, libraries and archives. Topics close to the Institute's academic scientific profile are preferred. | All | 15. January |
| University of St. Andrews | Global fellowship to visit the university for up to 4 weeks | Postdocs, Researchers | Spring 2026 |
| DNUP | Det norske universitetssenter i Paris:?Mobility Programs to France or for inviting French researchers to Norway | All (depending on call) | 15. October |
| The University of Oslo Sasakawa Young Leaders Scholarship Fund (SYLFF) | Funds of up to NOK 50 000 to contribute to covering costs related to a research stay abroad for selected UiO post-graduate students (primarily PhD level and excellent Masters'-level applicants) | PhDs | 15. March, 1. December |
| Hosei International Fund Foreign Scholars Fellowship | Fellowships for a 6 month stay at Hosei University (Japan).? | PhDs, Postdocs | June 2026 |
| Nordic Centre (Fudan University, China) | Funding for events, research visits and small collaborative projects.? | All (depending on call) | depending on call |
| Aurora | Researcher Exchange for New Collaboration Between Norway and France. Max. of 100 000 NOK for mobility for 1-2 years. | Postdoc, Researchers (as PI), PhDs can participate | 2026 (?) |
| Clara Lachmanns Stiftelse (Swedish only) | Supports mainly travel and events with focus on Scandinavian countries.? | All | 31. March |
| ?sgard | Supports week-long visits to France or Norway and facilitates meetings with relevant partners.? | All (focus on groups leaders) | December 2025 |
| UNIFOR | UNIFOR manages funds for charitable foundations at UiO. What kind of funds are available varies from call to call, e.g. travel stipends, funds to conduct (parts of) a research project or support for stays abroad. See a list of 2022-funds relevant to the Humanities here.? | All (depending on call) | all year, but most September/October |
| Fulbright | Stays in the US (3-12 months) | All | 1. October ? |
| DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service | Scholarship programmes for international students and researchers for stays in Germany | All | depending on call |
| Fritt Ord | Support for projects that help promote freedom of expression, public discourse, art and culture, like conferences, public events, exhibitions, nonfiction books, art projects and other dissemination activities | All | 6 deadlines per year |
| Canon Foundation | Research fellowships for 3-12 months for stays in Japan or for Japanese guest researchers coming to Europe | All | September 2026 |
| NOCC | Norwegian Centennial Chair Program, University of Minnesota. Supports transatlantic exchanges between students, postdocs and faculty as well as collaborative research programs.? | All | Open calls for travel and workshop support |
| HKdir (Norwegian only) | Different calls, like Erasmus +, Nordplus and Strategic partnerships to enhance collaboration across European universities in higher education | Groups, Departments | depending on call |
| SNU | Samarbetsn?mnden f?r Nordenundervisning: Project funds to promote the interest in the Nordic languages, cultures and societies. At least three Nordic countries or languages must be included. | Departments | Fall 2026 |
Other
| UiO | The Distinguished Educator Scheme. Academic staff holding a permanent position at UiO for a minimum of two years can apply to become Distinguished Educators.? | Researchers | 2026 (?) |
| SPARK | 2-year programme for social innnovation. To strengthen innovation activities, in particular within the social sciences and humanities. Offers up to 500 000 NOK per year plus intensive mentoring. | All | 2026 |
| SPARK | UiO:Life Science's innovation programme for health-related topics in the life science domain. Mentoring, milestone-based funding and education to further develop your ideas.? | All | 2026 |
| UiO Growth House | Seed funding to develop?early-stage technology or service further. | All | 2026 (?) |
See also
List of funding opportunities by the Faculty of Medicine
List of funding opportunities by the Faculty of Education
Internal innovation funding at UiO