FRIPRO — Radical Research Ideas (Early Career Scientists)
Funds early-career Norwegian researchers exploring radical ideas through short high-risk experimental grants.
FRIPRO Radical Research Ideas for Early Career Scientists is administered by the Research Council of Norway (RCN) under the FRIPRO portfolio of investigator-driven, ground-breaking research. It is the smallest of the five FRIPRO subcalls with a total pool of NOK 50 million, yet it is the most accessible by award size: individual grants run from NOK 500,000 to NOK 2,000,000. Project duration is del…
All disciplines — explicitly for high-risk, unconventional research ideas at early exploration stage.
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