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The COST Association has voted in favor of the Faroe Islands to join COST as Near Neighbour Country. Joining COST makes Faroese researchers eligible to participate in COST activities. COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organisation for research and innovation...

A consortium led by the Faroese company Ocean Rainforest comprising 25 international, cross-disciplinary partners has been awarded a prestigious €9 million Horizon Europe grant to upscale seaweed production and market applications across Europe. The project aims to lay the foundations for an...

Robert Imre is an Associate Professor in Political Sciences at the University of the Faroe Islands. He holds university degrees from Queen´s University and University of Victoria in Canada and a   PhD degree from the University of Queensland in Australia.Robert Imre has spent many years as a...

An evaluation report on the Faroese participation in the EU research programmes FP7 and Horizon 2020 has been handed to the Minister of Research, Mr Jenis av Rana. The report has been worked out by Research Council Faroe Islands upon request from the Minister as the Horizon 2020 period closes at...

The Research Councils of Iceland and the Faroe Islands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining how the councils may realise shared objectives. The Memorandum seeks to identify synergies between the two countries´ research and innovation activities and create opportunities for joint...

  Qin Xin holds a position as a Full Professor of Computer Science and Faculty Research Leader at the University of the Faroe Islands. He is educated in China and the United Kingdom and has lived in the Faroe Islands for 9 years. He has a PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from the University of...

175 researchers in the Faroe Islands have now been registered in PURE Faroe Islands - a portal which provides information about all research institutions, researchers and research activity conducted in the Faroe Islands. The project to adopt PURE has been led by the University of the Faroe Islands...

The Faroese Food and Veterinary Authority has received funding from the Marie S. Curie programme under Horizon 2020 to employ a PhD student as part of the RASOPTA project. The RASOPTA consortium consists of partners from research institutes and private companies. The aim of the project is to...

Research programmes on COVID-19 for a total of DKK 2.5 billion were funded in the Nordic countries in 2020 and 2021. NordForsk – a research organisation under the Nordic Council of Ministers – has mapped research initiatives in the Nordic countries during the epidemic. In total the funding granted...

Nine research projects have been granted a total of 8 MDKK from the Faroese Research Foundation. Half the funding has been given to PhD projects. The Research Council received 32 applications in total, applying for 25 MDKK, at the annual deadline in February. The projects receiving the highest...