A partially performance-based basic funding system has been introduced for the independent research institutes. Some of the basic funding is allocated in relation to achieved results in terms of scholarly publication, cooperation with universities and university colleges, allocations from the Research Council of Norway and income from R&D activities commissioned at national level.

For the first time Norwegian independent research institutes will be part of a common funding system designed to strengthen the roles of these institutions in the R&D system.

Institutes receiving basic funding from the state Primary industry institutes Environmental institutes Social science institutes  Technical-industrial institutes	Other institutes Museums Health institutions  Registries and archives  Institutions with a social science-oriented research profile Institutions with a natural science and technology-oriented research profile

 

Institutes receiving basic funding from the state


Primary industry institutes
The primary industry institutes have been developed to meet the needs of the public administration and primary industries for research-based knowledge. The institutes cooperate with actors in the primary industries, often sole proprietorships or very small companies, to define research needs and carry out research activities. The primary research institutes play a key role in efforts to transfer and apply research-based knowledge in the industries and perform wide-ranging tasks on behalf of the public administration within their areas of expertise and responsibility.

1. Bioforsk
2. Nofima
3. Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute (NILF)
4. Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute
5. Centre for Rural Research, Norway (Bygdeforsk)
6. SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture
7. Norwegian Veterinary Institute (VI)

Environmental institutes
The environmental institutes conduct applied research in the fields of the environment, cultural history, social science and natural science. The institutes play a key role in generating knowledge that can be used to ensure sustainable societal development.
As well as conducting research, the environmental institutes provide research-based expertise, advice and assistance to the Ministry of the Environment in the context of national and international forums and carry out studies of environmental issues on commission from the Ministry.

1. CICERO Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo
2. Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre 
3. Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR)
4. Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU)
5. Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
6. Norsk Institutt for naturforskning (NINA) (Norwegian)
7. Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
8. Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)

Social science institutes
The social science institutes comprise a diverse group with widely differing research profiles. Their research activities span from basic to applied research and encompass a broad range of thematic areas and research questions. The social science institutes are divided into national and regional institutes. The regional institutes have a stronger attachment to the region in which they are located, both as regards research topics and the organisations commissioning the research. The public sector, both at the national and the local level, is a major commissioner of research.

National research institutes
1. Work Research Institute (AFI)
2. Chr. Michelsens Institute, CMI
3. Institute for Labour and Social Research (FAFO)
4. Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI)
5. Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
6. Institute for Social Research (ISF)
7. Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research
8. Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Research
9. NTNU Social Research AS
10. Nordic Centre for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU)
11. NOVA - Norwegian Social Research
12. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
13. Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF)
14. SINTEF Technology and Society

Regional research institutes
1. Agder Research
2. International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS)
3. Møreforskning
4. Nordland Research Institute
5. Northern Research Institute Alta
6. Northern Research Institute Tromsø
7. Telemark Research Institute, Bø
8. Telemarksforskning Notodden
9. Trøndelag R&D Institute
10. Vestlandsforskning
11. Østfold Research
12. Eastern Norway Research Institute

Technical-industrial institutes
The technical-industrial institutes encompass a broad range of subject areas and disciplines within the fields of natural science, technology, environmental science and technology management. Research from these institutes is commissioned primarily by companies and industries with a high level of R&D activity. The technical-industrial institutes operate to a large extent on an international market and play a key role in bringing new technology to Norwegian industry from abroad.

1. Christian Michelsen Research AS (CMR)
2. Institute for Energy Technology (IFE)
3. Norways Geotechnical Institute (NGI)
4. NORSAR (former Norwegian Seismic Array)
5. Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute (MARINTEK)
6. Norwegian Computing Centre
7. Northern Research Institute ICT (NORUT Tromsø)
8. Northern Research Institute ICT (NORUT Narvik)
9. International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS Technology)
10. SINTEF
11. SINTEF Energy Research
12. SINTEF Petroleum Research
13. TELTEK


Other research institutes

Museums
1. Museum of Archeology, Stavanger
2. Forsvarets museer (Norwegian)
3. Maihaugen Open Air Museum
4. National Museum for arts, architecture  and design
5. Norwegian Folk Museum
6. Norsk Skogmuseum (Norwegian)

Health institutions
1. The Norwegian Institute for Public Health
2. Flymedisinsk institutt (Norwegian)
3. Kompetansesenter for IT i helse og sosialsektoren (KITH) (Norwegian)
4. The Research Insitute of the Norwegian Medical Association
5. Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Heath Services
6. Modum Bad (Norwegian)
7. Regionssentre for barn og unges psykiske helse (Norwegian)

Registries and archives
1. The Labour Movement Archive and Library
2. Cancer Registry of Norway
3. The National Archieves of Norway
4. Statistics Norway

Institutions with a social science-oriented research profile
1. The Norwegian Centre of Child Behavior Development
2. Work Research Institute
3. Barents Institute
4. Center for Advanced Studies
5. The Norwegian Institute for Journalism
6. The Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies
7. The Nobel Peace Price
8. Nordic Gender Instiute
9. The Norwegian Bank - Norges bank
10. The Norwegian Institute of Local History
11. Norwegian Polar Institute
12. Norwegian Social Science Data Services
13. Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt (Norwegian)
14. National Institute for Consumer Research
15. Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research
16. Stiftelsen kirkeforskning (KIFO)

Institutions with a natural science and technology-oriented research profile
1. The Norwegian Meterological Institute
2. Nordic Institute of Dental Materials
3. Geology for Society
4. Norsk landbruksrådgivning (Norwegian)
5. Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology
6. Paper and Fibre Research Institute
7. Centre for Biosafety
8. Simula Research Laboratory
9. Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority

Relevant links: The Research Council of Norway and the independent institute sector Association of Norwegian Research Institutes (FFA) (Norwegian)