Development grant for Finnmark

Development grants for Finnmark support local and regional business development. Businesses in all municipalities in Finnmark, except Alta and Hammerfest, can apply. We assess each project based on its importance to the local community.
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Type of service
Grants 
Target group
Companies with projects in all municipalities in Finnmark except Alta and Hammerfest
Application deadline
Ongoing
How much
Varies

The scheme is primarily aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises. Large companies may also receive funding for projects that are particularly important to local and regional business and community development.

You must carry out the project and its activities in one of the municipalities in Finnmark (this service does not cover Alta or Hammerfest). The project must benefit businesses in the region. Projects must contribute to:

  • increased value creation
  • employment
  • restructuring
  • local and regional business development

The development grant for Finnmark aims to support local and regional business development. When assessing applications, we will emphasise the projects' importance to local communities. We established this service partly in response to the sanctions against Russia. 

The projects we support must help increase business activity and value creation in all municipalities in Finnmark, except Alta and Hammerfest.

You can receive grants for business development and physical investments.

Business development may include a project involving an initial strategy process and related competence building, training initiatives, development activities and testing, as well as the implementation of a new production process, organisational model or business model. 

You can also receive grants for investments related to starting a new business, expanding capacity in an existing business, diversifying production into new products or services, or fundamentally changing the production process in an existing business.

We have notified ESA (the EFTA Surveillance Authority) 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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Frequently asked questions and answers
General information about the application process, how we assess applications, project details and the types of ideas we do not support.