Lærebokordninga for høgare utdanning 2026

This call, published by Direktoratet for høyere utdanning og kompetanse (HK-dir), is the 2026 round of the textbook scheme for higher education ("Lærebokordninga for høgare utdanning"). The page states the purpose verbatim: "Formålet med denne utlysinga er å gi tilskot til produksjon og utgiving av norske og samiske lærebøker som det er fagleg behov for." ("The purpose of this call is to give grants for the production and publishing of Norwegian and Sámi textbooks for which there is an academic need.")

According to the page, the scheme provides grants ("tilskot") for producing and publishing Norwegian and Sámi textbooks that are academically needed but lack sufficient commercial viability. The target levels are bachelor's and master's degrees. Parts of the funding are earmarked for publications in Sámi and Nynorsk, and for fields where English dominates. The page states that applicants must be registered Norwegian publishing houses.

The total budget for the call is stated as 9 000 000 kroner. The maximum grant is stated as "Inntil 250 000,- kroner per lærebok" (up to 250,000 kroner per textbook). No overall funding rate is stated.

The application deadline ("søknadsfrist") is stated as "15. september 2026 kl. 12.00 (CET)" — 15 September 2026 at 12:00 CET. Applications are submitted through HK-dir's Espresso portal (https://espresso.hkdir.no/login). The application email given on the page is laerebokordningen@hkdir.no.

No opening date is stated on the page.