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Research is of decisive importance when it comes to ensuring that Norway is a knowledge-based and innovative society. Culture, business and industry and welfare all depend on development and use of research.

Research challenges established perceptions and is necessary if we are to be able to take a stance on new phenomena. Furthermore, research is a pre-requisite for an open and critical social debate and helps us understand ourselves and our surroundings better. New knowledge is a spur to new value creation and innovation. Research strengthens the competitive power of business and industry and is a source of economic growth. Research-based knowledge is becoming increasingly important for solving the challenges that the welfare society is facing in areas such as health, working life and the environment.

White paper on research: Long-term perspectives

The Government put forward the white paper Long-term perspectives – knowledge provides opportunity (Meld. St. 18 (2012–2013)) on 8 March 2013.

Evaluation of the Research Council of Norway

The Research Council of Norway was evaluated in 2012 by Technopolis Group on commission from the Ministry of Education and Research.

Articles in English

CLIMIT and Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME)

[Article, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 22.08.2014]

CLIMIT is a national programme for research, development and demonstration of technologies for capture, transport and storage of CO2 from fossil-based power production and industry.

Facts 2014 – All you need to know about Norwegian petroleum activities

[Campaign, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 05.05.2014]

In cooperation with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has published a new edition of its annual book on the Norwegian petroleum sector, Facts 2014. The publication gives a comprehensive overview of the petroleum activity on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). New versions of the Oil Facts app are at the same time released for Android and WindowsPhone.

Facts 2014 – All you need to know about Norwegian petroleum activities

[News story, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 05.05.2014]

Russian mathematician receives the 2014 Abel Prize

[News story, Ministry of Education and Research, 26.03.2014]

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2014 to Yakov G. Sinai (78) of Princeton University, USA, and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, "for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics".

- The research communities play a key role

[News story, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 04.12.2013]

Wednesday minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tord Lien, delivered the opening speech at the petroleum research-conference OG21 Forum.

Science has lost a great friend

[News story, Ministry of Education and Research, 22.11.2013]

Fred Kavli, founder and chairman of The Kavli Foundation, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 21, in his home in Santa Barbara at the age of 86.

Brochure: Research in Norway

[Guidelines and brochures, Ministry of Education and Research, 08.11.2013]

Research is a key policy area for the Government. This brochure gives a brief overview over research and research policy in Norway.

Research Barometer 2013

[Report, Ministry of Education and Research, 03.06.2013]

The Research Barometer (Forskningsbarometeret) is a publication of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, and has been published yearly since 2011. The report, which also has an accompanying website, presents the latest figures on a broad set of indicators assessing research and innovation, and gives an international benchmarking of Norway’s performance in these areas.

Meld. St. 18 (2012–2013)

[Report to the Storting, Ministry of Education and Research, 08.03.2013]

Long-term perspectives – knowledge provides opportunity

Markets for applied research

[Report, Ministry of Education and Research, 19.12.2012]

A comparative analysis of R&D-systems in five countries

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Department of Research

Telephone: +47 22 24 74 61
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PO Box 8119 Dep
0032 Oslo
Office: Kirkegata 18, Oslo

Ministry of Education and Research

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Bilateral agreements on research

Norway has signed bilateral research agreements and memorandums of understanding with several countries.

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Department of Research

Telephone: +47 22 24 74 61
Fax: +47 22 24 95 51

Address

PO Box 8119 Dep
0032 Oslo
Office: Kirkegata 18, Oslo