Funds for Research Cooperation
The idea behind the fund is to stimulate research activity and develop projects in collaboration across AHO. Projects can be research applications, seminars, educational activities, courses, networking and other.
Formal requirements:
- All applications must include at least one collaborator from another institute at AHO.
- All applications must argue how their project will contribute to cooperation across AHO.
- It should be as specific as possible, about the initiative’s timeframe, outcome and in particular regarding activities: describe how these are seen to contribute towards research stimulation and cooperation across AHO.
- The project and the outcome of the project should be comprehensible also for researchers that are not part of the research field the project is situated in.
- As the goal of this fund is to stimulate research and cooperation across the school we would ask that the relevance of the project is clearly described and articulated.
- In addition, the budget must be realistic, clear and support the overall aim of the application.
- Degree of collaboration across AHO
- Expected results
- Realism and specificity of budget
- Accessibility of expected results
- Expected value for AHO as a whole
- Presence of external peer-review or funding
- A total budget of 400 000 NOK is available for all applications per year.
- A key issue concerning the budget is that it does not cover things that should be on the ordinary strategic budgets of the institutes/centres.
- Application deadline are 1 February and 1 October each year.
- FU processes and recommends applications to rector who has decision-making authority.
- All granted projects must be reported to FU after the project period ends
For faculty planning to apply, please contact research administration well in advance. They will be able to guide and advise.
To give applicants an example of an exemplary application, please see the application from the research group urban digital living. Link to application