Grants for food businesses in Troms and Finnmark

The grant will help ensure that agriculture and reindeer husbandry in Troms and Finnmark have food processing companies that can receive raw materials from primary producers. The aim is to strengthen food security for people in the two counties.
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Type of service
Grants
Target group
Food and beverage companies in Troms and Finnmark
How much
Depends on the project
Application deadline
Ongoing
Application type
Business development and innovation

Food businesses in Troms and Finnmark that use agricultural or reindeer husbandry raw materials in their production.

The grant will help strengthen food businesses, and you must carry out the project in Troms or Finnmark. We prioritise grants for business development projects that contribute to:

  • security of supply
  • use of raw materials from agriculture or reindeer husbandry
  • value creation
  • industrial-scale production
  • transformation
  • local and regional business development

We cannot provide funding for ordinary ongoing operating costs, marketing or sales activities.

We process applications on an ongoing basis.

You must not start the project before submitting your application.

We have notified the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) of the scheme under the following articles of the General Block Exemption Regulation: 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 36, 38, 38a, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 and 53.

Read more about the individual articles on the page about state aid rules.

Key eligibility criteria for funding

To receive services from us, your company must uphold the principles of responsible business conduct and actively assess its sustainability risks. Read more about sustainability and responsible business conduct.

State aid rules

Funding from Innovation Norway must comply with State aid rules. There are five general conditions for State aid that must be met.

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 support to businesses in various circumstances. One or more articles may apply to each case. Read more about GBER.

Legal basis for the scheme

Our funding schemes have been notified to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA). The legal basis for these notifications is available on the National Legal Basis page.

Other public funding

The application must state whether other public funding has been or will be sought for the project. The amount of funding we provide is also based on an overall assessment of how much public funding is 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 is 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 our grant accordingly or withdraw it.

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

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