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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...

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...

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...

Faroese researchers, innovators and research entities can now participate in the Horizon Europe programme on equal terms with entities from the EU Member States. An association agreement on the participation of the Faroe Islands in the Horizon Europe programme was signed in Brussels on May 24th...

Research Council Faroe Islands invites applications for marine research in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is the second of two calls in a programme funded by the Danish Government to encourage collaborative research between Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark. The call is for proposals focused...

Four projects have been awarded a total of 14 MDKK from the Marine Research in the North Atlantic Ocean Programme. The aim of the programme is to strengthen the cooperation between Greenland, Faroe Islands and Denmark on marine research in the North Atlantic Ocean. The awarded projects are 2 PhD...

The Faroe Islands and the European Commission have concluded formal negotiations on a protocol which ensures association of the Faroe Islands to Horizon Europe. Furthermore, a new Multi Programme Agreement has been agreed upon which allows the Faroe Islands to join all EU programmes open to non-EU...

Ten research projects have been granted at total of 7.5 MDKK from the Faroese Research Foundation this year. Half the funding has been given to PhD projects. The Research Council received 34 applications in total, applying for 31 MDKK, at the annual deadline in February. The projects receiving the...

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...