Grants and opportunities

Grants for development projects that have moved beyond the initial idea stage.

Grants for start-up companies or individuals. Fræ is a preparation grant for projects in planning stages; Thróunarfræ is a preliminary grant for cooperative development projects.

Marketing grants to small and mid-sized companies working in research and development. The grants are in two categories, for different stages of product preparation for the market.

Grant to start-up companies or entrepreneurs to support projects in the early stages. The application is submitted in two stages.

Acquisition of new knowledge and skills that can be used to develop innovations or improvements related to products, processes, or services.

Grants for hiring undergraduate or master's students working summer jobs in research and development.

Grants are awarded to education providers for teaching Icelandic to foreigners with the objective of giving them the opportunity to acquire necessary skills in Icelandic.

The role of the infrastructure fund is to develop research infrastructure in Iceland. The fund's goal is to strengthen domestic research by creating new research opportunities