Nettverk for å etablere motorkommuner

Nettverk for å etablere motorkommuner (Network to establish motor municipalities) funds the establishment of new municipal clusters with motor municipalities. The clusters are to "arbeide med å utvikle, spre og ta i bruk forskning som møter kommunenes behov for å styrke bærekraften i de kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenestene" (work on developing, spreading and applying research that meets municipalities' needs to strengthen sustainability in municipal health and care services).

Norwegian municipalities ("Norske kommuner") may apply, specifically as motor municipalities. They must collaborate with a minimum of five partner municipalities and document establishment of a new municipal cluster within the KSF (Kommunenes samarbeidsarena for forskning) structure, with a regional host municipality and KS involvement. The instrument type is tilskudd (grant/subsidy).

Maximum support is 0.5 million kroner per project (Kr 500,000). Total available budget is Kr 5,000,000, distributed over the years 2026, 2027, and 2028. The fixed application deadline is 1 December 2026 at 13:00 CET; administrative processing of applications proceeds on a rolling basis thereafter. Two guidance documents were listed: a project description template and a CV template. The page was last updated 18 May 2026.