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Application Platform: Applications must be submitted through existing UKRI funding opportunities under the participating research councils.

Application Sections: Determined by the specific UKRI funding opportunity used for submission.

Assessment Process: Applications are assessed through the standard UKRI peer review and funding decision processes of the relevant research council programme.

Co-Funders: Research Council of Norway (RCN)

Collaboration Rules: Applications must be led by a UK researcher and may include project co-leads based in Norway who contribute to the research project.

Competitiveness: Not specified

Consortium Requirements: Not specified

Decision Risks: Applications may be rejected if the relevant funding opportunity does not permit international collaboration or if eligibility requirements for project co-leads are not met.

Decision Timeline: Determined by the specific funding opportunity used for submission.

Eligible Expenses: Directly incurred costs for Norwegian collaborators including travel, subsistence, salary costs, research staff and other justified project expenses.

Eligible Scope: UK-led research projects that include Norwegian collaborators contributing to the design, management and delivery of the research project.

Funding Intensity: Costs associated with Norwegian project co-leads are funded at 100% of direct costs.

Important Notes: The funding mechanism is not a standalone grant scheme. Applications must be submitted through existing UKRI funding programmes and must follow the requirements and deadlines of those opportunities.

Ineligible Projects: Projects that do not follow the requirements of the underlying UKRI funding opportunity or do not allow international collaboration.

International Collaboration Requirement: Collaboration with researchers based in Norway is permitted through the inclusion of project co-leads (international).

Interview Stage: Not specified

Key Requirements: The application title must include the prefix “UKRI-Norway”. Norwegian collaborators must be listed as project co-leads (international) and their role and contribution must be clearly justified in the application.

Lead Organisation Requirement: The project lead must be employed by an eligible UK research organisation receiving the majority of the project funding.

Match Funding Requirement: Not specified

Project Duration: Determined by the specific UKRI funding opportunity used for the application

Project End Date: Not specified

Project Start Date: Not specified

Publication Date: 2025-04-01 00:00:00

Renewal Rules: Not specified

Research Category: Collaborative research across academic disciplines.

Research Organisation Funding: UKRI pays the award to the lead UK research organisation, which then distributes funds to the Norwegian partner organisation.

Subcontractors: Not specified

Total Fund Available: Not specified