Funding for collaborative projects within global challenges autumn 2026

Global Challenges has allocated funds to stimulate academic cross-faculty collaboration - application deadline 1 October 2026.

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Global Challenges (GSU) is one of three priority areas where the University of Bergen aims to build on the university’s unique position to promote academic mobilisation and interdisciplinary collaboration.

GSU wants to stimulate collaboration across faculties and is announcing seed funds for this purpose. A minimum of two faculties must be involved in the collaboration. The application must clarify how the activity can be linked to the topic of inequality, in one or more of the phenomenon's many dimensions, and how the activity is relevant to global challenges.

Funds are allocated for meetings, seminars and other activities that can contribute to developing cross-faculty research projects. Applications should include specific plans for further research collaboration and submission of applications to external funding sources.

The call is aimed at academic staff at postdoc, researcher, associate professor and professor level with a main position at UiB. Applicants early in their careers are encouraged to apply.

Application deadline: 1 October 2026

Applications will be assessed according to the following dimensions:

  • Academic quality and relevance to global challenges
  • Degree of innovative interdisciplinary collaboration
  • The contribution of the activity to the applicant's career development or development of the academic community
  • Effective use of allocated funds
  • Budget with clarification of which costs the requested amount is to cover (particularly relevant where the activity overlaps with other funding sources)

Information about Global Challenges

Apply for funding

  • The total budget for the call is NOK 300,000.
  • A maximum of NOK 100,000 will be granted per project.
  • The applicant's department/faculty must confirm that the application is supported - this is sent in Websak+ from the main applicant's department/faculty.
  • Allocated funds will be transferred to the recipient's department/faculty during 2026 and must be used by 31 December 2027.
  • The main applicant must attach a CV (maximum two pages).
  • A report on the work must be submitted on a prescribed form at the end of the activity.
  • Application deadline: 1 October 2026

Here you can find more information about GSU. For questions regarding the call, contact:

Use the digital application form (in Norwegian)

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