Criteria
1) NORDIC RELEVANCE
The project should:
- have significance for Nordic commercial development
- boost innovation and competitiveness in the Nordic business sector
- benefit the Nordic region and further sustainable development
- be based on national priorities and initiatives
- relate to other Nordic or international projects and activities
2) ORIGINALITY AND INNOVATION VALUE IN A PARTICULAR FIELD
The project should:
The project should:
- demonstrate genuine originality
- create new contacts and constellations
- promote the emergence of new markets
3) DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS
The project should:
The project should:
- establish networks for increasing collaboration and transfer of competence among the Nordic countries
- create opportunities for the project to progress to European and/or international level
- contribute to the breaking-down of cross-border barriers and the development of an internal market in the Nordic region
- reduce the duplication of effort and achieve synergies
Basic requirements for all projects:
- the project must include partners from at least three (ideally, all five) Nordic countries.
- the project should be at least 50% self-financed, either in the form of working hours or direct funding
- the project period must not exceed 36 months
Projects with a higher element of self-funding ands more efficient project periods will be given higher priority
We do not fund:
We do not fund:
- basic research
- marketing,
- investment in individual companies
- independent/freelance activities
- writing of applications.
