The Council is responsible for enhancing Norway's knowledge base and for promoting basic and applied research and innovation in order to help meet research needs within society. The Research Council also works actively to encourage international research cooperation.
Three central areas of focus
• The Research Council serves as an advisory body on research policy issues, identifies research needs and recommends national priorities.
• Through the establishment and implementation of targeted funding schemes the Research Council facilitates the translation of national research policy objectives into action.
• The Research Council serves as a meeting place for researchers, funders and users of research findings, as well as for the different sectors and subject fields that are affiliated with the world of research.
Five main goals
• Enhanced quality and capacity: The Research Council will work to enhance the capacity and quality of, and promote the diversity in, Norwegian research.
• Thematic priorities: The Research Council will work to strengthen research in areas of particular importance for research, trade and industry.
• Structure: The Research Council will promote constructive cooperation, distribution of responsibility and structures in the research system.
• Learning: The Research Council will help to translate research results into action.
• Organisation: The Research Council will work towards becoming an even more competent and strategic organisation.
For more information on the Research Council of Norway, please visit the website at: http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Home+page/1177315753906
For the Research Council’s cooperation with China, please visit the website at: http://www.forskningsradet.no/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1253952407004&p=1253952407004&pagename=chinor%2FHovedsidemal