Regionalt innovasjonsprogram for Oslo og Akershus

This scheme predates Viken fylkeskommune; the state-aid register attributes it to Viken's organisation number (Viken, established 2020, absorbed Akershus fylkeskommune and was itself dissolved 2024-01-01). This entry is transcribed from Akershus fylkeskommune's own scheme page "Regionalt innovasjonsprogram" (read from the Internet Archive capture dated 2016-06-03 of akershus.no/ansvarsomrader/neringsutvikling/stotte-og-virkemidler/regionalt-innovasjonsprogram/; the akershus.no domain is no longer live). The stub's recorded URL pointed at a parent section page; this is the programme's own page.

The page states that Regionalt innovasjonsprogram (RIP) is the joint business-policy action programme of Oslo kommune and Akershus fylkeskommune, and that grants within the programme are announced each autumn ("Tilskudd innenfor programmet lyses ut hver høst"). The programme's main aim is to strengthen the innovation system in Oslo and Akershus and to improve the international competitiveness of knowledge-intensive businesses in the region.

The page lists five priority areas ("innsatsområder") within which funds are announced: - Klynge- og nettverksutvikling (cluster and network development) — strengthen competence transfer and innovation within and across clusters and business networks, with internationalisation central. - Entreprenørskap og vekstbedrifter (entrepreneurship and growth firms) — strengthened effort to establish new firms with growth opportunities in an international market. - Leverandørutvikling og tjenesteinnovasjon (supplier development and service innovation) — develop more and better methods and meeting places between public purchasers and the supplier market. - Tidligfase finansiering (early-phase financing) — better access to risk-willing capital for new early-phase knowledge businesses. - Kommersialisering av forskningsresultater (commercialisation of research results) — develop better networks between research environments and firms.

The page states RIP is rolled over annually and funds are announced with an application deadline in the autumn ("RIP rulleres årlig og midler lyses ut med søknadsfrist på høsten"); no specific calendar date is given, so closes at is null and application mode is recorded as call window. It notes RIP has overlapping goals with EU programmes such as Horisont 2020 and INTERREG and encourages applicants to consider participation in international projects.

The page links the document "Regional plan for innovasjon og nyskaping i Oslo og Akershus fram mot 2025". Named contacts are Ingrid Lundvall (tel. 22 05 56 31) and Esben Trosterud, seniorrådgiver næring (tel. 22 05 56 08) at Akershus fylkeskommune, and Morten Fraas (tel. 23 46 16 19) at Oslo kommune. The page states "Publisert" 13.05.2013 and "Sist endret" 08.02.2016. No funding amounts, no funding rate and no scheme code are printed on the page, so those fields (and currency) are null.