Collaboration - March 8, 2022
NordForsk suspends co-operation with Russia
In response to Russia’s military attack on Ukraine, NordForsk has decided that co-operation projects with Russia will be suspended. “Following the attack on Ukraine, both the Nordic Council of Ministers and the authorities in the Nordic countries have decided to halt cooperation with Russia in a number of areas. We believe it is appropriate to […]
Collaboration - February 9, 2022
International collaboration activities in clinical research receive financial support
Five proposals for activities aiming to promote Nordic clinical research cooperation related to international activities have been granted support from the Nordic Trial Alliance at NordForsk. The activities are intended to move Nordic collaboration within certain areas of clinical studies forward, strengthen knowledge transfer and have a concrete outcome that will enhance Nordic clinical research […]
COVID-19 - May 24, 2021
New report: Over NOK 3 billion for Nordic COVID-19 research
The Nordic countries combined have allocated more than NOK 3 billion for COVID-19 research reports NordForsk. The bulk of funding has targeted medical research, and Sweden is by far the largest funder, describes NordForsk in a new report. The report, compiled by NordForsk in the period February–April 2021, encompasses both ongoing and planned initiatives from […]
COVID-19 - November 15, 2020
Five Nordic research projects awarded grants for COVID-19 research
The new projects will take advantage of the Nordic countries’ unique health data to advance the knowledge base about COVID-19 and have been awarded roughly NOK 53 million in funding. NordForsk, an organisation under the Nordic Council of Ministers, is providing funding for the COVID-19 research projects together with a number of national research agencies […]
Collaboration - October 2, 2020
Nordic imaging platforms receive funding
NordForsk has granted Bridging Nordic Microscopy Infrastructure a total of 2.5 Million NOK for 3 years. The participating countries in this consortium are Norway (coordinating Hub), Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. Bridging Nordic Microscopy Infrastructure Bridging Nordic Microscopy Infrastructure (BNMI) is a network of national imaging infrastructures offering open access to biological imaging technologies in participating […]
COVID-19 - September 20, 2020
The potential of joint Nordic life science efforts
The task of NordForsk is to facilitate research collaboration in the Nordic region, and within life sciences this is perhaps now more important than ever. The Nordic countries have handled the COVID-19 pandemic differently in many aspects and learning from each other would hopefully benefit our preparedness for another pandemic, or even a new wave […]
