The Individual Exchange Support call is now open for applications. With this call, Nordic Energy Research wants to strengthen the collaboration and exchange of knowledge and skills among Nordic PhD students and researchers by financially supporting individual exchanges between the Nordic countries. Through increased exchange between the Nordic countries Nordic Energy Research hopes to contribute with Nordic added value to national research and facilitate the establishment of strong new connections.  

This call is offered under the Nordic Energy Research Mobility Programme and the dedicated budget for 2026 is 1.68 MNOK.  

The available budget will be distributed following a first-come, first-served principle. It implies that the probability of receiving funding decreases accordingly to the number of granted applications during the year. The call closes when the budget is exhausted or at the end of the year. This will be communicated on Nordic Energy Research’s webpage.  

Read the full call text and apply here 

Who can apply?  

The applicant must either be a PhD student or researcher, at a Nordic research performing organisation and funding can be sought on an individual or family basis. The following requirements must be met for the application to be approved:    

  • The individual exchange must be performed to conduct a research project, to participate in a course or one other knowledge-creating activity at a host institution, relevant for conducting research within the energy field
  • The applicant must be a PhD student or researcher employed at, having a stipend, or being affiliated with a home institution in a Nordic country (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Åland, and Greenland)
  • The home institution must be a research performing organisation*
  • The individual exchange must take place in a Nordic country other than the one where the home institution is located
  • The exchange duration must not be less than 1 month nor exceed 12 months in total
  • The exchange can be split into, for example, 2X1 month if the purpose can be justified
  • The applicant must not have been denied granting from this call more than three times

 *Nordic Energy Research follows the Norwegian Research Council’s definition of Approved research organisations. Hence, the home institution must comply with the definition. A research performing organisation is a legal entity such as a university, university college, or a research institute and is characterised by the following: 

  • A primary goal of the organisation is to conduct independent research, with results being published
  • The entity may be private or public but must not pay out dividends from its activities
  • The entity must have significant production of academic, published research

More information 

If you have any questions, please contact our Senior Advisers Maria Enge or Maj Dang Trong.