Norway’s Research Council is celebrating a boost for basic research after years of little or no growth, with a proposed increase of NOK60 million (€7.42 million) for the open competition element of the Independent Projects programme (FRIPRO).
“It is very positive indeed that the government has recognised the need to strengthen this funding instrument, which boosts working conditions and adds volume to the activities of Norway’s top researchers, regardless of what their research focuses on,” says Anders Hanneborg, Executive Director at the Research Council.
Over the past few years the Research Council has assigned priority to enhancing the open competitive arena for high-quality research in its input to the national budget. In its budget proposal for 2011, the Council recommended an increase of NOK150 million (€18.55 million) for funding of independent projects.
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