NKJ - Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural Research

Applications for NKJ grants

The Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural Research (NKJ) is made up by the agricultural research councils in the five Nordic countries. The task of NKJ is to act in an advisory capacity for the Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR) and to recommend finance for research of joint Nordic interest. NKJ has no funds of its own, but can recommend that the research councils, or NMR, provide grants for research programmes.

A grant for a research project of joint Nordic interest can be given when at least three (in exceptional cases, two) Nordic countries participate in the project.  After a grant is allocated on the recommendation of NKJ, funds for the project are made available by the research councils in the countries concerned.

NKJ can recommend a grant for

• research projects
• preliminary studies for a major project
• networking activities (meetings of researchers, symposia, conferences, etc)

Applications for research projects shall be submitted to the secretariat of NKJ no later than 1 June, and for networking activities no later than 15 August.

The address of the NKJ secretariat is

MTT Agrifood Research Finland
Tutkimusasemantie 15
FIN-92400 Ruukki, Finland
tel. +358 8 2708 4527  Fax +358 8 2708 4599 

E-mail:

For Application forms and further information concerning the application procedure, priority areas etc can be obtained from the NKJ Secretariat in Finland or contact Sara Österman,