About CLIMIT R&D

CLIMIT R&D is the Research Council’s program for the development of CCS technology. Through the program, you can apply for support for R&D projects within capture, transport and storage of CO₂.

More R&D

CCS is one of several technologies that can contribute to significant reductions in global CO₂ emissions. The technology is available, but more R&D is required to make the technology more cost-effective, reduce risk, and bring forth new concepts. The goal is that comprehensive R&D through the CLIMIT programme will contribute to the commercialization of technology for CCS. However, it is a prerequisite that applications are in line with the priority areas given in CLIMIT programme plan.

Calls for proposals

Applications to the Research Council must be submitted in response to separate calls for proposals. Many of the calls have only one deadline per year.

CLIMIT R&D generally contributes funding to the following calls for proposals:

• Expertise and Cooperation Projects. Again, the application deadline is usually in February. These are projects where research environments collaborate with industrial partners to generate new knowledge and expertise.

• International Calls for Proposals through the ACT Collaboration. Applications must include partners from at least three countries and calls are published every two years.

In some years, CLIMIT R&D also contributes funding to the following calls for proposals

• Researcher projects, for which the deadline is usually in March. Here you can apply for basic research.

• Every three years CLIMIT R&D announces small grants for collaborative projects, where you can apply for support to participate in relevant international forums.

About the Research Council of Norway

The Research Council (also the Research Council of Norway; Norwegian: Norges forskningsråd) is a Norwegian government agency that funds research and innovation projects. On behalf of the Government, the Research Council invests NOK 11,4 billion (2022) annually.

The Research Council is responsible for promoting basic and applied research and innovation. This is done by managing research funding and by advising the authorities on research policy, among other things through proposals for the research budget in the National Budget.

The Research Council works to promote international research and innovation, cooperation, and has several schemes to mobilize Norwegian applicants for the EU Research and Innovation Program. Other tasks include creating meeting places for researchers, trade and industry, public administration, public actors, and other users of research.

The Research Council was established in 1993 through the merging of five different previously created research councils. The Research Council has approximately 360 employees (2023). It has local representatives in nine different regions of Norway. Since 23 June 2014, the Research Council’s main office is located just outside of Oslo