Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector: Land-based Bioeconomy 2026
Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector: Land-based Bioeconomy 2026 supports companies’ research and experimental development to advance sustainable innovation in Norway’s land-based bioeconomy.
Funder: Research Council of Norway
Due Dates: Open-ended (Applications) | April 15, 2026 (Earliest project start) | April 15, 2027 (Latest project start)
Funding Amounts: NOK 1–10 million per project for 12–48 months; NOK 46,233,000 presumed available
Summary: Supports company-led industrial research and experimental development for sustainable innovation in Norway’s land-based bioeconomy.
Key Information: Project Owners need at least one Norwegian company partner or commissioned R&D provider; projects cannot start before submission.
Description
The Research Council of Norway supports research- and development-driven innovation across Norway’s land-based bioeconomy. Projects must contain significant industrial research and/or experimental development, producing new or substantially improved technologies, products, services, manufacturing processes or delivery methods. Funding should enable work whose scope and risk would otherwise prevent companies from undertaking it.
Within the Food and Bioresources portfolio, the call covers forestry, wood utilisation, agriculture, the land-based food industry and reindeer husbandry. Relevant work includes biological raw materials, residual materials, side streams and digital solutions within these value chains. Projects should strengthen existing value chains or establish new ones, contribute to sustainable value creation, and support Norway’s Paris Agreement commitments and transition to a low-emission society by 2050.
