The Research Council of Norway
| Norges forskningsråd | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1993 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Norway |
| Headquarters | Oslo |
| Employees | 350 |
| Parent agency | Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research |
| Website | www.forskningsradet.no |
The Research Council of Norway (Norwegian: Norges forskningsråd) is a Norwegian government agency responsible for awarding grants for research as well as promoting research and science. It also advises the Government in matters related to research, and is subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. The council's total budget in 2009 amounted to NOK 6 165 million.
There were five predecessors of the council, each established as independent councils related to their own areas of interest: science and technology (1946), social sciences (1949), agriculture (1949), fisheries (1972) and applied social sciences (1987). The five were merged in 1993 to form the current council.
The Research Council has some 400 employees. The Research Council of Norway is led by the Director General Arvid Hallen (2014) with an executive staff organised directly under the Director General. The Director General’s executive staff is responsible for coordinating activities relating to budget planning, annual reports, statistics, strategic initiatives, international cooperation and media contact. The Research Council’s highest authority is the Executive Board, which consists of seven permanent members and two deputies. Three of the Executive Board members also serve as the chairs of the respective Division Research Boards. The other members of the Division Research Boards are appointed by the Executive Board. The Research Council of Norway comprises four research divisions and one division for administrative affairs::
It has local representatives in nine different regions of Norway.
Since 23 June 2014, its main office is just outside Oslo at Drammensveien 288 in Lysaker.
The Notur project provides the national infrastructure for high-performance computing in Norway. The project serves the Norwegian computational science community by providing the infrastructure to individuals or groups involved in
The Notur project aims to provide a powerful and cost-effective infrastructure for computational science and enable its efficient utilization. In addition, the project shall contribute to the development of a national grid infrastructure, be proactive in international collaboration on infrastructure and computational science, and disseminate computational science as an important discipline in Norway.
The Notur project is funded by the Research Council of Norway and the university partners. The Research Council of Norway entered into a 10-year agreement (2005-2014) with UNINETT Sigma. UNINETT Sigma is the coordinator of the project and entered into agreements with consortium partners
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