Norway: RCN

Programme Profile:

Norway - The Research Council of Norway - RCN

Name of the programme/initiative:

Research Programme on Nanotechnology, Microtechnology and Advanced Materials - NANO2021

programme website

www.rcn.no

https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/about-the-research-council/programmes/nano2021/

Programme owner

The Research Council of Norway

Program manager (excecuting funding organisation)

The Research Council of Norway

Contact person
Details: e-mail, tel.

Name: Lenka Hannevold

Phone: +47 98 23 04 53

e-mail: lha@rcn.no

Type of research eligible for funding: eligible TRL range

Basic research, applied research, innovation projects for industrial sector

TRL 2-5

Funding rates (approx.)

For M-Era.Net2 call 2020:

Available amount of funding in total: up to 1 mill € for the battery related research

Total budget for Norwegian partners in a single project is 400 000 €.

Industrial partners are funded with up to 50 % of their eligible project costs.

Contracts with RCN are made in NOK and transitions to NOK is based on the currency exchange rate in effect on the proposal deadline date (16^th June 2020).

Major eligibility restrictions
(e.g. types of organisations, thematic restricition)

M-Era.Net2 call 2020 thematic restrictions:

1. Modeling for materials engineering and processing

2. Innovative surfaces, coatings and interfaces

3. High performance composites

4. Functional materials

6. Materials for additive manufacturing

Only applications within battery-research are eligible for call 2020

Eligible Norwegian Partners:

Norwegian research institutions, Norwegian companies/organisations

Geographical coverage (national/regional)

National

National/regional schedule, cut-off dates, deadlines

n.a.