The Research Council of Norway

Programs/mechanisms of particular relevance to No-Br research cooperation

Visit by Brazilian delegation, Oslo May 29,2012Bjorn 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 disseminationInternationalization

The Research Council of Norway

Division for

Administrative Affairs

Division for

Science

Division for

Innovation

Division for Society and Health

Director General

Staff

Division for Energy, Resources and the Environment

The Research Council distributes about 30 % of public expenditures on R&D in Norway

Publicfunding

of R&D inNorway

50%

Industry

Institutes

OtherMinistries

Highereducation

sector

Ministry of Educationand Research

The ResearchCouncil

Funding received from the ministries (2011)

Trade and Industry

Petroleum and energy

Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

Agriculture and Food

Environment

Education and Research

Administration

The Research

Fund

Total NOK 7250 mill. administration incl.

Health and Care Services

Foreign Affairs Misc.

Several funding schemes

Tax deduction scheme SkatteFUNN

Centres for Research-based Innovation Centers of Excellence

Independent projects User-directed innovation programmes

Basic researchprogrammes

National prioritiesLarge-scale programmes

Innovationprogrammes

Applied research programmes

Important funding instrument: Large-scale programmes

VERDIKT Core Competence and Growth in ICT

Strategic, long-term knowledge development to meet national research-policy priorities

Strategic and dynamic arena for communication and cooperation

NORKLIMA Climate Change and its Impacts in Norway

PETROMAKS Optimal Management of Petroleum Resources

RENERGI Clean Energy for the Future

NANOMAT Nanotechnology and New Materials

FUGEFunctional Genomics in Norway

AQUACULTURE

An Industry in Growth

Norwegian Centers of Excellence

Aquaculture protein

Geo- biosphere

Theoretical chemistry

Economics

Mind in Nature

Ecology

Cancer biomedicine

Immune regulation

Biomedicine and IT

Neuroscience

Mathematics

Civil wars

Physics/Geology

Geohazards

Ships and ocean structures

Biology of memory

Medieval studies

Theoretical linguistics

Petroleum research

Communication systems

Climate research

Centres for Research-based Innovation

Statistics for innovation

Multiphase flow of complex fluids

Natural gas – Processes and products

Concrete – new qualities and uses

Next generation search enginesAquaculture

technology

Stem cell based tumor therapy

Marine bioactives and drug discovery

Industrialmeasurementtechnology

Integrated operations in the petroleum industry

Future manufacturingsolutions

Medical imaging

Telemedicine

Structural impact

Eight Centres for Environment-friendlyEnergy Research(CEER)

CO2 storage

Zero emission buildingsSolar cell technologyhttp://www.solarunited.no/

Offshore wind technology

Offshore wind energy

Bioenergy

Renewableenergy systems

CO2 capture and storage

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 programmeand 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.