| 02.09.2010 | The Research Council welcomes you to its annual Evening of Excellence event in Oslo Concert Hall on Tuesday, 28 September, at 6:00 pm. |
| 30.08.2010 | The Research Council has set up a Twitter account for its English-language news information. |
| 19.08.2010 | Norwegians are generally more in favour of European research collaboration than most EU nationals. They also come out on top as regards their attitude to collaboration with the research community in other countries. |
| 16.08.2010 | Norwegians rank tops in Europe when it comes to their faith in science and technology as means to a healthier, easier and more comfortable life. |
| 29.06.2010 | Now you can keep up-to-date on Research Council news, research funding announcements, and events – all from your mobile phone. |
| 15.06.2010 | A new Counsellor for Science post has been established at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing as part of the effort to enhance research cooperation between Norway and China. Kari Kveseth, Director of International Staff at the Research Council, has been appointed to the position and is to begin her new job in September. |
| 08.06.2010 | “We cannot build a knowledge society if we don’t invest in it,” says Robert-Jan Smits, the new Director-General of the EU’s Research Directorate-General. He promises simplified procedures for researchers granted EU funding and greater internationalisation of European research. |
| 04.06.2010 | The summer edition of Bladet Forskning coincides with the large-scale International Polar Year conference to be held in Oslo on 8-12 June. What could be a more natural theme than current and future polar research? |
| 07.05.2010 | In connection with the World Exhibition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai the Research Council has produced a brochure that presents Norwegian research within the thematic priority areas of climate, the environment, energy and welfare and provides an overview of Norwegian research institutions and their cooperation with China. |
| 07.05.2010 | The overall amount of funding allocated by the Research Council rose by NOK 700 million from 2008 to 2009. Environment-friendly energy, research infrastructure and innovation accounted for much of this growth. |
| 16.04.2010 | The members of the newly re-appointed Committee for Gender Balance in Research are looking forward to motivating Norwegian institutions to implement gender equality measures in the research sector. |
| 16.03.2010 | The Norwegian research council model is the result of an innovative reform carried out in the 1990s. Is the model functioning as intended? A public evaluation of the Research Council's activities is in the works to find out. |
| 03.03.2010 | The Research Council needs to give more priority to interdisciplinary research where researchers from soft and hard disciplines pose genuine challenges to each other in terms of scientific understanding and method. This was the conclusion following a review of the Research Council's project portfolio in 2009. |
| 03.03.2010 | Both the EU and Norway must increase their efforts if they are to succeed in removing all barriers in the European Research Area (ERA) by 2020, said Anneli Pauli of the European Commission when she visited the Norwegian ERA Forum in February. |
| 02.03.2010 | In this year's first issue, Bladet Forskning addresses the topics of interdisciplinarity and the cultivation and strengthening of a research elite, and presents institutions that focus on these issues. |
| 05.02.2010 | Over the course of nearly ten years, and at a price tag of over NOK 200 million, researchers have been studying Norwegian working life. What have been the results? |
| 19.01.2010 | Norwegian participants say they have benefited greatly from their experiences under the EU Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development. The majority state that the EU projects in which they were involved were successful or extremely successful. |
| 15.01.2010 | The focus for Norway's National Science Week when it gets underway in September this year will be on equipment, inquisitiveness, scientific method and other fundamental tools of research. |
| 14.01.2010 | The Research Council has launched a new initiative to further develop the knowledge base for designation of research and innovation policy. |
| 12.01.2010 | From 1 January, revisions to some of the terminology and conditions of the Research Council contract documents will apply. |
| 06.01.2010 | A database for syntax and semantics, a satellite database for marine and polar research, a text corpus of Norwegian medieval texts, a dataset of armed conflicts and a database for use in life course studies have been allocated a combined total of NOK 65 million by the Research Council of Norway. |
| 21.12.2009 | [Asset Included(Id:1253953279977;Type:ImageFile_flex)] With all our best wishes for a joyful holiday season and a Happy New Year - for you and for research! The Research Council of Norway Else Lie |
| 18.12.2009 | A technical feature added to the Research Council’s electronic grant application form will now automatically limit the size of the project descriptions that can be uploaded. It will no longer be possible to upload an attachment that exceeds the page total stipulated in the individual call for proposals or application requirements. The new feature will be put into operation for all grant proposals submitted for the 17 February 2010 deadline. |
| 10.12.2009 | An abridged version of the national 2009 indicator report on Norwegian research and innovation is now available in English, providing non-Norwegian readers with an overall description of the status of Norwegian science and technology activities. |
| 07.12.2009 | The climate challenge, research in industry, independent basic research, and scientific equipment and infrastructure - these are once again the areas the Research Council believes should be given special priority in 2011. |
| 27.11.2009 | The Research Council is launching the largest-ever research programme in the social sciences in Norway. Almost NOK 1 billion will be allocated over the next 10 years to acquire more knowledge about welfare, work and migration. |
| 23.11.2009 | The upcoming climate summit in Copenhagen provides the backdrop for this year's final issue of Forskning magazine. We are introduced to the Government-appointed Klima21 forum, which is responsible for developing Norway's national strategy for climate research and the implementation of research findings. We also meet five climate researchers who review the state-of-the-art in their respective areas and point out knowledge needs. |
| 27.10.2009 | The Norwegian Government will extend the term of the national committee that promotes gender equality and proposes financial rewards for institutions that employ women in high-level positions in the male-dominated natural sciences. |
| 27.10.2009 | Through its extensive presentation of statistics and indicators, the 2009 Report on Science and Technology Indicators for Norway offers a valuable perspective on Norwegian research and innovation, complete with commentary and analysis. |
| 16.10.2009 | Infrastructure-building measures and research on climate and energy can look forward to increased allocations, thanks to the national budget proposal submitted 13 October. But there is no increase in store for allocations for the open funding arenas for basic research and industry-oriented research. |
