The Research Council of Norway
Programs/mechanisms of particular
relevance to No-Br research cooperation
Visit by Brazilian delegation, Oslo May 29,2012
Bjorn T Kjellemo, Director, Department for bilateral cooperation and
development
The Research Council’s
roles
Adviser to the
government
Research funding
 Support basic research
 Implement national
thematic priorities
 Support private R&D
Networking and
dissemination
Internationalization
The Research Council of Norway
Division for
Science
Energy, Resources
and the Environment
Division for
Director General
Staff
Division for
Society and Health
Division for
Innovation
Division for
Administrative Affairs
The Research Council distributes about 30
% of public expenditures on R&D in Norway
Public
funding
of R&D in
Norway
50%
Ministry of
Education
and Research
The Research
Council
Other
Ministries
Higher
education
sector
Institutes
Industry
Funding received from the ministries
Foreign Affairs
(2011)
Administration
Misc.
Health and
Care Services
Environment
Education and
Research
Agriculture
and Food
Fisheries
and Coastal Affairs
The
Research
Fund
Petroleum and
energy
Trade and
Industry
Total NOK 7250 mill. administration incl.
Several funding schemes
Centers of Excellence
Centres for Researchbased Innovation
National priorities
Large-scale programmes
Basic research
programmes
Applied research
programmes
Independent projects
Innovation
programmes
User-directed
innovation programmes
Tax deduction scheme
SkatteFUNN
Important funding instrument:
Large-scale programmes
 Strategic, long-term knowledge development
to meet national research-policy priorities
 Strategic and dynamic arena for communication and cooperation
FUGE
PETROMAKS
NANOMAT
NORKLIMA
AQUACULTURE
VERDIKT
Functional Genomics
in Norway
Nanotechnology
and New Materials
An Industry in
Growth
RENERGI
Clean Energy
for the Future
Optimal Management
of Petroleum Resources
Climate Change and
its Impacts in Norway
Core Competence
and Growth in ICT
Norwegian Centers
of Excellence
Theoretical chemistry
Theoretical linguistics
Communication systems
Ships and ocean
structures
Biology of memory
Geo- biosphere
Climate research
Medieval studies
Petroleum
research
Economics
Mind in Nature
Ecology
Cancer biomedicine
Immune regulation
Biomedicine and IT
Neuroscience
Mathematics
Civil wars
Physics/Geology
Geohazards
Aquaculture protein
Centres for Research-based
Innovation
Integrated
operations in
the petroleum industry
Concrete – new
qualities and uses
Medical imaging
Aquaculture
technology
Future manufacturing
solutions
Structural impact
Industrial
measurement
technology
Telemedicine
Marine bioactives
and drug discovery
Next generation
search engines
Natural gas –
Processes and products
Multiphase flow of
complex fluids
Statistics for
innovation
Stem cell based
tumor therapy
Eight Centres for
Environment-friendly
Energy Research
(CEER)
CO2 capture
and storage
Offshore
wind technology
Renewable
energy systems
Zero emission buildings
Offshore
wind energy
CO2 storage
Solar cell technology
http://www.solarunited.no/
Bioenergy
The RCN International Strategy 2010-2020:
Brazil one of 10 priority countries
 Main action points:
 all RCN activities must have objectives and
plans for int’l cooperation
 RCN will promote participation in joint programs
across nat’l boundaries
 New instrument: financial support for
institutional cooperation N-abroad
 Refine and strengthen stimulation packages
 int’l coop and researcher mobility will be more
focused in project review processes
Demo2000 projects supported by
Petrobras
 Composite Drilling riser- Aker Subsea
 Field implemantation and
demonstration of PerForM for
optimized seismic monitoring of the
reservoir- READ
 Fiber Rope Deployment System-Odim
 Controlled Mud Pressure (CMP)
dual gradient drilling- AGR
1. Latin America programme
and
2. NorLARNet: NORwegian Latin America
Research NETwork
1. Research program to increase knowledge IN Norway
ABOUT Latin America (Brazil now with priority) in five broad
thematic areas ( incl. Natural resource management)
2. Network
 Events: guest lectures, user seminars, annual conference
 Database: Find your researcher
 Newsletter (electronic)
Homepage: www.norlarnet.uio.no
The Research Council’s Mobility programme:
Yggdrasil
 Offers grants to international PhD students and
young researchers for temporary stays in Norway
 Encompasses some 50 countries, from 2010 also
Brazil.
 Open to all academic areas of study/ research
 The Petromaks programme has given extra funding
earmarked for petroleum research/studies
Multilateral level:
Projects and Networking through EU
 EULANEST (6FP): European-Latin American Network for Science
and Technology
(5 E members, incl. N)
Joint call (with Brazil and Argentina) on Rewable energy, 2 of the
successful consortia include Brazilian and Norwegian partners (each
country financed their partner)
 EULARINET (7 FP) European Union- Latin American Research and
Innovation Networks ( 7 E and 7 LA members)
Among the goals: to identify mutual research priorities and
implement them through specific activites in 7 FP ( SICAs, financed
by EU) –www.eularinet.eu
 ALCUENET (7 FP)
a new INCO net under negotiation
 B-N cooperation in ordinary EU calls
Agreements RCN- CNPq?
 CNPq and RCN dialogue ongoing, as a follow-up of
MoU
 CNPq templates received:
 Agreement: Development of projects and
activities
 Work plan: Joint financing of projects, through
joint calls on topics mutually agreed upon
 Petroleum related topics seem particularly relevant ( several
seminars in Rio in 2011) but also renewable energy and other
topics to be discussed during this visit.