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The goal of Helse Vest's research funding is to contribute to ensuring research activity among health providers, and to increase the productivity, the quality and impact for the health services. The research funds should serve as an incentive and an economic contribution to ensure research, and the development of research competance in health trusts.

Application deadline: 15 September 2025 at 16:00 / 4:00 pm.

The following application categories are open for this call:

• PhD fellowships
• Postdoctoral fellowships, including extension of postdoctoral fellowships for research stays abroad
• Clinical research fellowships
• Clinical career fellowships
• Grants for clinical studies (20 per cent)
• Open project support
• Fellowships for Research stays abroad

Applications are assessed based on scientific quality and impact. In addition, there are requirements for mandatory elements in the application. Please consult the guidelines for each application category for more information regarding this.  To prevent the application from being set aside, we encourage everyone to carefully read the the call for proposals and guidelines, as well as the common reasons for not being shortlisted. 

Granting of the research funds will be decided at the Liaison Committee's (Samarbeidsorganet) meeting on the 26th of November 2025. The results will be announced on the Liaison Committee's website as soon as possible after the meeting.

When you create an application, you will receive an email with a unique link that gives you access to edit your application until it is submitted. You can share the link with any collaborators you wish to have read and edit access to your application. All information is automatically saved as the form is filled out. Please note that there is no opportunity to edit applications after they have been submitted, nor to submit applications after the deadline.

The call text is available on the web site of Helse Sør-Øst RHF with information about categories, funding and allocations. 

Links to guidelines, templates and criterias for the application categories are available on our website. 

Application form

To create an application, the applicant should select the applicant institution and relevant category, and enter the title, name and e-mail address. Afterwards, you should press “create application” at the bottom right of this page.

After a few minutes, an e-mail will be sent to the selected e-mail address. This e-mail contains a link to the application form. If several people are contributing to the application, the link can be distributed between the collaborating partners for access to the form.

The following research categories are available for funding in 2026:

• PhD fellowship
• Postdoctoral grants in the specialist healthcare services
• Open project support 

Be careful to choose the right application form. It is not possible to change the form type during the process.

Allocation of research funding for 2026 will be decided at the board meeting of Helse Sør-Øst RHF on December 18, 2025. The results will be published on our website immediately after the meeting. All applicants will also receive an email with the outcome of their application

For work on the application, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome is recommended.

Avoid using @gmail - addresses, they block for receiving e-mail sent from eSøknad.

Information about the call for overseas fellowships

The call text is available on the web site of Helse Sør-Øst RHF with information about who can appy.  

The application form

Helse Sør-Øst RHF has an electronic (web-based) application portal. 

To create an application, the applicant should select the applicant institution and relevant category, and enter the title, name and e-mail address in the form below. Afterwards, you should press “create application” at the bottom right of this page.

After a few minutes, an e-mail will be sent to the selected e-mail address. This e-mail contains a link to the application form. If several people are contributing to the application, the link can be distributed between the collaborating partners for access to the form.

or work on the application, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome is recommended.

Avoid using @gmail - addresses, they block for receiving e-mail sent from eSøknad.

Research based innovation

The call will be running without a fixed deadline. Funding to innovation projects is thus awarded.

The call text is available on the web site of Helse Sør-Øst RHF with more information.

Helse Sør-Øst RHF has an electronic (web-based) application portal. To create an application, the applicant should select the applicant institution and relevant category, and enter the title, name and e-mail address in the form below. Afterwards, you should press “create application” at the bottom right of this page.

After a few minutes, an e-mail will be sent to the selected e-mail address. This e-mail contains a link to the application form. If several people are contributing to the application, the link can be distributed between the collaborating partners for access to the form.

For work on the application, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome is recommended.

Avoid using @gmail - addresses, they block for receiving e-mail sent from eSøknad.

Personvernerklæring

Helse Nord RHF lyser ut forskningsmidler til prosjektetableringsstøtte for å utforme søknad om ekstern finansiering av klinisk forskning. Se Helse Nords internettside for generelle vilkår og denne ekstrautlysningen

Helse Nord RHF lyser ut midler til helseforskning for 2026. Utlysningen med tilhørende vedlegg er annonsert på Helse Nords hjemmesider.

Søknadsfristen er mandag 1. september 2025 kl. 15:00. Etter dette tidspunktet er systemet låst for innlevering.

For å få søknaden vurdert må den 1) oppfylle alle formelle krav i utlysningen og 2) ha alle obligatoriske vedlegg for søknadstypen vedlagt.

Få minutter etter opprettet eSøknad vil du få tilsendt e-post og SMS med lenke til søknadsskjema. Dersom flere personer skal samarbeide om å utarbeide en søknad, kan den som oppretter eSøknad videresende e-posten til samarbeidspartnere for å gi dem tilgang.

Helse Nord RHF lyser ut midler til Clinical Academic Groups – CAG for 2026.

Årets utlysning er en pilot, der UiT eller UNN skal være søkeinstitusjon. Videre skal samarbeidet skal bestå av minst tre parter; UiT, UNN og minst ett annet helseforetak i regionen. 

Utlysningen med tilhørende vedlegg er annonsert på Helse Nords hjemmesider. Søknadsfristen er fredag 31. oktober 2025 kl. 15:00. Etter dette tidspunktet er systemet låst for innlevering.

For å få søknaden vurdert må den 1) oppfylle alle krav i utlysningen og 2) inkludere alle obligatoriske vedlegg.

Få minutter etter opprettet eSøknad vil du få tilsendt e-post og SMS med lenke til søknadsskjema. Dersom flere personer skal samarbeide om å utarbeide en søknad, kan den som oppretter eSøknad videresende e-posten til samarbeidspartnere for å gi dem tilgang.

NOTE: The announcement of research funding from KLINBEFORSK in 2025 will be conducted as a two-step process. Only projects invited to submit a complete project application in application step 2 can create an application here. Application step 1 was concluded on May 15.

After the invitation from step 1, a complete application must be created in eSøknad. The application form includes, among other things, a detailed budget module and a description of the project team with collaborators. All project participants will be asked to confirm participation after the application is submitted.

Please note specifically that:

• The project must be led by an eligible institution and anchored in the institution's research leadership.
• The project must have collaborators in all four health regions from at least one of the eligible institutions. The collaborators must be listed in the application form.
• See the announcement text on the program's website for more information.

See the announcement text on the program's website for more information (in Norwegian).

To create an electronic application form, select the applicant institution, application category, provide the title, name, and your email address in the form below. To be able to create an application form, you must have read and accepted the terms of the application process, and then click the "Create application form" button. An email will be sent to the provided address within a few minutes. The email contains a link to the application form.

If multiple people are collaborating to prepare an application, the person who creates the application can forward the email to collaborators to give them access.

All text in eSøknad must be written in English.

Avoid using @gmail addresses as they block the receipt of emails sent from eSøknad.