NORA.EU

NORA has since its inception worked towards bringing Norwegian AI researchers together alongside other societal and industrial actors. Through NORA.EU, NORA will be able to amplify the Horizon Europe calls for Norwegian participation, facilitate the creation of consortiums and support relevant applicants through workshops, networking events and focused training programs and activities which will increase Norwegian participation in the Horizon Europe framework. 

NOEA.EU is linked to NORA's general activities, among these the innovation ecosystem NORA.startup and NORA's Research School. NORA.EU is part of a NORA's general purpose and activities to strengthen Norwegian research, education, and innovation in Artificial Intelligence. NORA.EU is to a large extent also linking Norway’s AI environment to international environments. 

Nationally, NORA.EU will be strongly supported by several NORA collaborations and initiatives. These include NORA.startup and NORA's Research School. NORA.EU also works closely with the NORA institutions' EU advisers to build consortia and applications towards Horizon Europe. 

Over the past year, NORA has built up NORA.startup, which is the NORA partners' innovation network where researchers collaborate with start-up companies. NORA.startup has just received status as support ecosystem from Innovation Norway and is now rapidly being built up as a national innovation ecosystem within artificial intelligence. NORA.EU and NORA.startup will naturally contribute to each other’s development. 

Internationally, NORA.EU has close cooperation with several institutions, amongst other with CLAIRE. NORA hosts CLAIRE’s office for the Nordic countries and the UK.  

NORA.EU is organised so that it can be relevant for a broad spectrum of Norwegian researchers within AI, Machine Learning and Robotics and achieve maximum effect. NORA.EU has a Steering Group with broad representation from NORA partners, Innovation Norway and RCN. It also has several forums, such as International Forum, Industry Forum, Research Forum, Communication Forum and NORA.startup Forum, in order to be in close contact with researchers.  

However, the success of NORA.EU will rely on cooperation with researchers and applicants to Horizon Europe. We therefore invite Norwegian researchers and other potential applicants to Horizon Europe to use NORA.EU services. If you have any questions please contact Research Coordinator Sachin Gaur, Innovation and Industry Coordinator Birte Hansen or Communication Adviser Anam Javaid. 

Download slide deck about NORA.EU here.

The steering group