Brazil and Norway call for R&D projects – June 2026

This call is open for all R&D projects within the following thematic areas:

• Petroleum – open for all topics relevant for the offshore petroleum industry (note that CCS is not included in the call)
• Environmentally friendly energy
  • New renewable energy production based on solar, wind/ocean, hydropower or bioenergy/other thermal energy
  • Hydrogen and other hydrogen-based energy carriers, as well as biofuels
• Green shipping
  • Uptake and supply of low- and zero emission marine fuels
  • Portside low- and zero emission infrastructure
  • Route and navigational technology
  • Digitalisation and efficiency adaptation
  • Newbuilds, vessel design, energy usage and adjacent functionality
  • Operational innovation and low- and zero emission commercial and compliance modelling

Your project should:

• address at least one of these fields (projects with interdisciplinary/cross-sectoral scope are also welcome)
• show the potential to research or develop a product, process or service that you can commercialise.

Applications will be accepted from research institutions, and your project consortium must include:

• at least one eligible Brazilian research institution
• at least one Brazilian company
• at least one eligible Norwegian research institution
• at least one Norwegian company

The parties listed above must be unrelated parties (i.e. no direct, indirect, beneficial or constructive ownership interest between these parties.) and ensure no conflicting interests are present. The team should be led by a research institution (main applicant) in the respective countries.

The project must present collaboration elements between Brazilian and Norwegian institutions. There should be a balance between these institutions regarding potential intellectual property rights (IPR) emerging from the project. This balance shall be clear in the project presentation, since it will be considered during the process of analysis and evaluation of the proposal.

The project should be led by a research institution in either Norway or Brazil, which should submit the application on behalf of the whole consortium through the Eureka platform.

The duration of each bilateral project should be between 2 and 4 years.

Only research institutions can receive funding from the joint call, and they can receive up to 100% of their eligible costs.

The industrial partners must cover their own costs and contribute with in-kind and/or cash contributions to the project. The consortium should seek to have a good balance between in-kind and cash contributions.

The total amount of support from Finep and RCN cannot exceed 4 times the funding from the industry partners.

The tasks in the project should be clearly assigned to each partner as well as the allocated resources and the required resources to implement the project.

The project must be balanced between participants and be significant for both countries.

Finep and RCN will use their own financial instruments to support the participants in the project, according to their norms, which can be found at on the Finep website and the RCN website.

The funding from Finep and RCN will be in the form of grants. Finep will fund the Brazilian applicants and the Brazilian project partners eligible for public support. Likewise, the RCN will fund the Norwegian applicants and the Norwegian project partners eligible for public support.

Each funding agency will fund organisations according to local laws, rules, procedures, and available budget. Eligible costs and expenses may vary according to the regulations in Brazil and Norway. Applicants must read the regulations as posted on the Finep and the RCN websites or contact the respective national contact points in Brazil and Norway for information.

The number of funded projects will strongly depend on the number and quality of the submitted applications and the available funds.

• Apply from: 3 June 2026
• Submission deadline: 9 September 2026, 17:00 CET
• National evaluation: From September-October 2026
• Consensus meeting of funding agencies: November 2026
• Eureka label and funding decision: From consensus meeting onwards
• Projects can begin (expected): From January 2027

To apply, you must meet several eligibility criteria:

• Your project idea must represent international cooperation in the form of a specific project.
• The project must be directed at researching or developing an innovative product, process or service with the goal of commercialisation.
• The project must have a civilian purpose.
• Your consortium must include at least two independent legal entities from a minimum of two Eureka Call participating countries. Please note, that organisations from non-participating countries are welcome to join if (public or self-) funding is secured by the call deadline.
• Your consortium must include organisations based in Brazil and Norway.
• No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget.

1. Contact your ministry or funding agency through Eureka’s website to discuss your project idea, finances, eligibility and procedures.
2. Create an account on our application portal (one per consortium) and select the funding opportunity you want to apply to.
3. To apply, use the portal and complete one application form per consortium in English. Additionally, request that other partners fill out a partner form.
4. Submit a GANTT chart, a signed co-signature form (available for download on the platform), and any other required attachments.
5. We will check your application for completeness and eligibility before reviewing it using a standard evaluation procedure. If successful, your project will receive a Eureka label.
6. Your country or region’s ministry or funding agency may conduct another evaluation performed by experts and based on national regulations.
7. The final step is to complete and sign a consortium agreement. We recommend that you seek legal advice when drafting your consortium agreement.

Important: Your national or regional funding body may need you to complete additional steps to apply to this Network Projects call. If you do not provide the information required by your national or regional funding body, you may render yourself ineligible to receive public funding.

1. Impact

• Is the market properly addressed (i.e., size, access and risks)?
• Is the value creation properly addressed (i.e., employment opportunities and environmental and societal benefits)?
• What are the competitive advantages of your project (i.e., strategic importance, enhanced capabilities and visibility)?
• Are your commercialisation plans clear and realistic (i.e., return on investment, geographical and sectoral impact)?

2. Excellence

• What is the degree of innovation? (i.e., is the proposed product, process or service state-of-the-art? Is there sufficient technological maturity and risk)?
• How is new knowledge going to be used?
• Is your project scientifically and technically challenging for consortium partners?
• Is the technical achievability and risk properly addressed?

3. Quality and efficiency of implementation

• What is the quality of your consortium (i.e., balance of the partnership and technological, managerial and financial capabilities of each partner)?
• Is there added value through international cooperation?
• Is your project management and planning realistic and clearly defined (i.e., methodology, planning approach, milestones and deliverables)?
• Is your cost structure reasonable (i.e., costs and financial commitment for each consortium partner)?

4. Overall perception

• Experts will list three positive and negative points about your application and state whether they recommend your project for public funding. Your ministry or funding agency may carry out a further evaluation according to national/regional rules before allocating funding to organisations.

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