Opening of Pilot Call: 3 August 2017

Proposal Deadline: 1 October 2017, 16:00 CET

Total funds available: 2 million NOK

The Research Council of Norway has allocated NOK 1 billion in funding to research facilities, laboratories, equipment and databases. The project, "SIOS – Infrastructure development of the Norwegian node (SIOS-InfraNor)" hosted by the University Centre in Svalbard, is one of 19 funded initiatives.

The SIOS working groups are the backbone of SIOS linking the SIOS member institutions to the Knowledge Centre. The SDMS working group (SDMSWG) has already been active for some time and two further groups commence their work during this summer.