Deadline: 6-Jan-21
The Research Council of Norway has announced the Pre-project for Green Platform Initiative to provide funding for enterprises and research organisations engaged in the innovation-driven green shift.
The Green Platform Initiative aims to contribute to the development of comprehensive, green value chains through large-scale coordinated R&D and innovation projects. The projects should combine knowledge production, technology development, piloting, business development, commercialisation and scaling of green transition processes, products and services. Projects can also cover parts of this overall process, but they must have a clear market goal and sound involvement from business and industry.
The pre-project is to result in a report that applicants can use as the basis for applying for a main project. The report must describe:
- The goals and ambitions for a main project
- The applicant consortium/partnership in question (principal environment/actors, associated environments, roles, contributions and responsibilities in the project etc.)
- Which activities will be carried out in the main project and by whom – in outline
- Which value chains the project will influence and in what way, and how the consortium is in a position to achieve its goals
- The value creation potential
- How a main project can exploit existing research and innovation infrastructure (for example catapult centres, national research infrastructures)
The pre-projects must deliver a final report no later than three months after being awarded funding.
Funding Information
- Funding scale: NOK 100 000-300 000
- Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals: NOK 20 000 000
- Project duration: 1-3 months
Eligibility Criteria
- Enterprises and research organisations in the institute sector are eligible to apply.
- The Project Owner must form a consortium of actors that, together, will contribute to developing an application for a main project under the Green Platform Initiative.
- The organisation will be defined as the Project Owner in the application form and must have approved submission of the application.
For more information, visit https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/call-for-proposals/2020/preproject-green-platform/#IntendedApplicantsTitle