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NORHED Seed Funding to Build Competence within Research and Higher Education

The Norwegian Program for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (NORHED), the program of Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), works to strengthen capacity of higher education institutions in Low and Middle Income countries (LMICs). The universities and other higher education institutions in the South; universities and higher education institutions in Norway who collaborates with institutions in the South; and regional organizations that aim to build competence within research and higher education in the South can apply for the NORHAD Seed Grants. The aim is to educate more and better qualified candidates able to contribute to social, economic and cultural development in their own countries or regions, and to increased quality and quantity of research conducted by the countries’ or regions’ own researchers.

Six Priority Areas with focus regions and Sub Programs

  1. Education and training: Primarily LMICs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
    1. Teacher Education and Training
    2. Governance and Leadership in the Education Sector
    3. Higher Education Governance and Policy
  2. Health: Primarily LMICs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
    1. Health Professionals
    2. Public Health Management and Administration
    3. Applied Research Capabilities in Basic Medicine and Medical Specialties
  3. Natural resource management, climate change and environment: Sub-Saharan Africa.
    1. Natural resources management and climate adaptation, mitigation and resilience strategies in developing countries
    2. REDD+
  4. Democratic and economic governance: South-Asia, South-East Asia and Latin-America. Primarily LMICs in Sub-Saharan Africa, fragile states and post-conflict states.
    1. Peace processes and post-conflict recovery
    2. Strengthening of democratic processes and institutions
  5. Humanities, culture, media and communication : Low and Middle Income Countries, fragile and post-conflict states.
    1. Strengthening HEIs and programs in the field of humanities to advance knowledge, standards and academic cooperation with focus on democracy, gender equality, equity, human rights, inclusion, non-discrimination and diversity.
    2. Teaching and advancement of culture including marketing and management courses to promote and stimulate in-country artistic, intellectual and cultural activities.
    3. Strengthening HEIs to develop respected, independent media and journalism education programs.
  6. Capacity Development in South Sudan: South Sudan.
    1. Democratic and Economic Governance
    2. Natural Resource Management, Climate Change and Environment
    3. Health
    4. Education and Training

Eligibility Criteria

  • Application should be a collaborative partnership projects between higher education institutions in Norway and one or more higher education institutions in the South with the aim to build capacity in low- and middle- income countries.
  • Partners from LMICs must be higher education (HE) institutions accredited/recognized by in-country national authorities in countries registered as OECD DAC official development assistance recipients, or as listed in the specific call for applications.
  • Norwegian partners must be HEIs accredited by NOKUT (Norwegian Agency for Quality Education), offer accredited degree programs, and operate in accordance with Guidelines for Quality Provision in Cross-Border Higher Education. Other academic institutions or institutes can apply for NORHED projects in partnership with a Norwegian Higher Education institution accredited by NOKUT.
  • Projects with more than one LMIC partner institution are encouraged, in order to create and strengthen regional academic networks. More than one Norwegian partner institution may also be involved in the project.
  • Applicants must be able to identify risks related to realization of the goals of the project applied for, and consider what counter‐measures may, if appropriate, be implemented and what type of risk may be accepted.
  • Priority regions/Countries
    1. Africa: Burundi, Ethiopia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
    2. Asia: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste
    3. Middle east: Palestinian Territories

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