The Research Council of Norway (Norges Forskningsråd)
Stensbergt.26
P.O. Box
2700 St.H.haugen
NO-0131 Oslo
Norway
Short name: RCN
The Research Council of Norway (RCN) is the single research council inNorway and covers all fields of science and forms of research. It plays a vital role in developing and implementing the country's national research strategy. It acts as:
- a government adviser, identifying present and future needs for knowledge and research;
- a funding agency for independent research programmes and projects, strategic programmes at research institutes, and Norwegian participation in international research programmes;
- a co-ordinator, initiating networks and promoting co-operation between R&D institutions, ministries, business and industry, public agencies and enterprises, other sources of funding, and users of research.
Approximately one third of Norway's public sector research investment is channelled through the Research Council. The remainder is transferred directly from the ministries to the relevant research institutions. The Research Council runs a large scale of research progammes in climate change and its consequences; NORKLIMA
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Hilde Kyrkjebo
+47-22-03-74 97
hky@forskningsradet.no
Karine Hertzberg
+47-22-037244
kah@forskningsradet.no