Public Sector PhD Project – Doctoral Project in the Public Sector 2025

Application type: Innovation Project

Application deadline: 12 March 2025, 13:00 CET

Relevant thematic areas for this call: Policy and government administration areas

Target groups: Public sector

Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals: NOK 120 000 000

Project duration: 36-48 months

Purpose
The Public Sector PhD Scheme (OFFPHD) is intended to expand research activities in public sector bodies, to increase researcher recruitment within the public sector and to promote greater collaboration between academia and the public sector.

The Research Council works to boost research and innovation activity in the public sector and provides support for doctoral projects. The doctoral project is to help to generate knowledge that is relevant and applicable to public actors and their users. It is important that the doctoral project leads to new insights in areas where there is a great need for knowledge and innovation and supports the public entity’s R&D and innovation strategy.