Grants for innovation contracts

This scheme provides grants to suppliers developing new products or solutions in close collaboration with one or more committed pilot customers. Pilot customers may be public or private organisations, and the innovation project must have significant commercial potential.
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Type of service
Grants
Target group
Small and medium-sized enterprises with innovation projects
Application deadline
Ongoing
How much
Minimum NOK 1 million
Application type
Business development and innovation

Key requirements for funding

To access our services, your company must uphold the principles of responsible business conduct and actively manage its sustainability risks. Read more about sustainability and responsible business conduct.

State aid rules

Our funding must comply with state aid rules. You must meet five general conditions for state aid.

The General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) is part of the state aid rules. It comprises a set of articles and legal bases that allow us to provide financial support to businesses in various circumstances. We may apply one or more articles to each case. Read more about GBER.

Legal basis for the scheme

We have notified the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) of our funding schemes. You can find the legal basis for these notifications on the National Legal Basis page.

Other public funding

You must state in your application whether you have applied or intend to apply for other public funding for the project. When determining the level of our support, we also assess the total amount of public funding needed for the project to go ahead.

When determining the grant amount, we therefore assume that you will not receive any other public funding, including SkatteFUNN, beyond what you have stated in the application. This applies to funding for the project costs on which we have based our grant calculation (eligible costs). If you nevertheless receive other public funding, including SkatteFUNN, after we have made our offer, and it covers the same costs, we may reduce or withdraw our grant accordingly.

This does not prevent your company from receiving other public funding for project costs other than those on which we have based our assessment.