Norway joins research-focused HFSP Community

Norway has been officially welcomed as a Member country of the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), a collective providing fostering and support for top research grants and fellowships in frontier, curiosity-driven life science with a focus on “high-risk, high-gain” ideas and in a strictly international collaborative context. Specifically, Norway will have representation on the Board of Trustees, the Council of Scientists, as well as on the Review Committees that select the best proposals for science and fellowships. Membership became effective immediately, following endorsement of the HFSPO’s Board of Trustees in February, enabling researchers and fellowship candidates to apply this spring for 2024 awards.
HFSP Secretary-General Pavel Kabat said: "We are thrilled to see Norway as a full member of HFSP and look forward to quickly engaging with their extraordinary scientific talent to pioneer the best in frontier life science. Norway has played a vital role in important research particularly in the areas of neuroscience and pharmacology in the past and we look forward to the full range of their creative investigations going forward.”

Norwegian researchers will now be able to serve as Principal Investigators on research grant teams and early career scientists will be able to apply for a fellowship in a host lab anywhere in the world. Researchers of non-member countries are only permitted to join teams hosted by Member countries.
The organisation’s President Shigekazu Nagata added: “The outstanding quality of Norwegian scientists and research institutions will make an important difference in international collaborations, and we are excited that Norway will take an active role in participating and developing new investigations at the frontiers of life science.”
“HFSP promotes international cooperation and basic research that focuses on achieving the highest possible degree of utilisation of research results for the benefit of humanity. I am very pleased that Norway is a member of HFSP and I hope many Norwegian researchers will apply for HFSP's proposals in the future," said Mari Sundli Tveit, Managing Director of the Research Council of Norway.

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