Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector: Land-based Bioeconomy 2026
Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector: Land-based Bioeconomy 2026 supports companies’ research and development to advance sustainable innovation across Norway’s land-based bioeconomy value chains.
Funder: Research Council of Norway
Due Dates: Rolling (Applications) | April 15, 2026 (Earliest project start) | April 15, 2027 (Latest project start)
Funding Amounts: NOK 1,000,000–10,000,000 per project for 12–48 months; NOK 46,233,000 presumed available
Summary: Supports company-led research and development for sustainable innovation across Norway’s land-based bioeconomy value chains.
Key Information: The Norwegian-registered Project Owner must collaborate with a Norwegian company or commission research from an R&D provider.
Description
The Research Council of Norway supports company-led innovation projects with a significant element of industrial research and/or experimental development. Projects may develop new technologies, products, services, manufacturing processes or delivery methods, or significantly improve existing ones. Funding must trigger R&D that companies could not carry out without support because of the project’s scope and risk.
The call covers forestry, wood utilisation, agriculture, the land-based food industry and reindeer husbandry, including biological raw materials, residual materials, side streams and digital solutions. Its purpose is sustainable value creation in Norway’s land-based bioeconomy, within existing value chains and through new ones. Funded projects must support Norway’s Paris Agreement commitments and the transition to a low-emission society by 2050.
