The UTFORSK programme is administered by The Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir) and supports the establishment of long-term partnerships between Norway and Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, South Korea, and the USA.
UTFORSK call for 2024
HK-dir has published a new call for UTFORSK 2024
The purpose of this call is to fund projects that aims to achieve the following objectives:
- Strengthened institutional partnerships for education between Norway and prioritised partner countries.
- Sustained student mobility between Norway and the partner countries.
- Increased integration between higher education, research and working life within the institutional partnerships.
- Enhanced international learning environment for students through collaborative initiatives with project partners.
See full call on HK-dir's website
How to apply
The applications must be submitted in HK-dir's application portal Espresso.
Application deadline: 15 April 2024 at 12:00.
Application support
HK-dir held the following webinars for prospective applicants:
- 30 January, 15-16:15: cooperation with partners in Brazil, Canada and USA,
- 1 February, 9-10:15: cooperation with partners in China, Japan and South Korea
See recording of webinar from 30 January
It is possible to contact HK-dir at utforsk@hkdir.no HK-dir may answer questions and give advise but not read outlines. See also video tutorials for 2024 on HK-dir's website Guidance for applicants UTFORSK 2024
For further information, see call for 2024
UiO contact point and guidance
If you wish to apply and have questions, you may send an email to the Educational Quality Office at cooperation@admin.uio.no
The Educational Quality Office may read outlines for applications which are published in Espresso within 2 April 2024 at the latest. See our website in Norwegian for further information.
More about UTFORSK
UTFORSK is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and administered by The Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir). UTFORSK is a central measure in the Panorama Strategy, the Norwegian government's strategy for cooperation on higher education and research.
From 2021 the programme supports the establishment of long-term partnerships between Norway and Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, and the USA, and gathers former funding schemes under the programmes UTFORSK, InternAbroad, Partnership Program with North America, and The Cooperation Programme with Russia.
From 2022 and onwards it is not possible to include Russian partners in the applications.
For further information, see also:
- HK-dir's website about UTFORSK
- List of previous UTFORSK projects at UiO
- Norwegian government’s Long-term plan for research and higher education 2019–2028