New NordForsk Call: “International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges”

Webinar for Nordic Researchers

NordForsk will host webinar on December 3 at 10:00 CET for researchers from the Nordic countries. Further information can be found on the NordForsk website.

The call is administered by the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) in Canada. All information about the call is available on the NFRF website, and applicants are encouraged to familiarise themselves with those details.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to register with NFRF’s contact list to connect with other researchers interested in this call. Registration closes on 9 February 2026.

Applications will open in January 2026 on the NFRF website.

In this call, disruptive technology is defined as: “An innovation that, when applied, replaces or radically alters systems, processes and/or behaviours to have transformative economic or societal impacts. The impact may be localised or far-reaching. Disruptive technology may include cutting-edge and novel innovations, or the application of an existing innovation in a new context, bringing about substantial change or paradigm shifts.”

The call is a joint initiative of NordForsk, the Dutch Research Council, the International Development Research Centre in Canada, the New Frontiers in Research Fund in Canada, the São Paulo Research Foundation in Brazil, the Spanish State Research Agency, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the National Science and Technology Council in Taiwan, and UK Research and Innovation.

The Nordic research councils participating in the call are: the Research Council of Norway, the Research Council of Finland, the Swedish Research Council, the Independent Research Fund Denmark, Innovation Fund Denmark, and the Icelandic Centre for Research (Rannís). Their participation is coordinated through NordForsk, which co-funds the call.

Nordic partners may apply for up to a total of 17.1 million Norwegian kroner (MNOK), and it is expected that Nordic participation in up to 12 research projects will be funded.

Eligibility

Research teams must form an international consortium with at least three participants, one of whom must be based in Canada.

Research teams applying for funding through NordForsk must come from at least two Nordic countries, and one of these partners must serve as a Co-Principal Investigator.

For the purposes of this call, the Nordic countries are defined as: the Åland Islands, Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.