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Helsedirektoratet (Norwegian Directorate of Health) is a Norwegian government agency responsible for health policy implementation, healthcare regulation, and public health guidance. The organization oversees healthcare authorization and specialist training, health emergency preparedness, digitalization and e-health initiatives, grants and financing, and provides statistics, registers and reports. It serves as the national authority for healthcare regulations, guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and provides health information to the public through helsenorge.no.
Funding Opportunities
Sekretariatsfunksjon for kommunene i helsefellesskap
This grant aims to strengthen collaboration between municipalities and hospitals and coordination within health partnerships (helsefellesskap) by enabling municipalities to establish a shared secretariat function. The secretariat function should contribute to health partnerships succeeding in developing and planning sustainable and coherent health and care services, particularly for priority patient groups including children and youth, people with serious mental disorders and substance abuse issues, frail elderly, and people with multiple chronic conditions. The grant covers salary costs for the person employed in the secretariat function. The target group for this scheme is municipalities that belong to a health partnership.
Turnustjeneste for kiropraktorer - tilskudd for veiledning
This grant provides compensation to chiropractors who supervise newly graduated internship candidates during their practical service (turnustjeneste). The subsidy is designed to compensate for part of the supervisor's costs associated with the internship service. This is a reimbursement scheme that is processed continuously throughout the year. The compensation is a fixed rate per supervised internship candidate per year, set at 32,200 Norwegian kroner for 2026. The program supports the training and professional development of new chiropractors by incentivizing experienced practitioners to provide supervision and mentorship during the mandatory practical training period.
Reise- og flytteutgifter for leger i del 1 av spesialistutdanningen og fysioterapeuter i turnus
This grant program aims to support the training of more specialists in general medicine and physiotherapists by fully or partially compensating for travel and relocation costs associated with clinical rotations in health enterprises, private rehabilitation institutions, or municipal health services. The program is specifically designed for physicians in part 1 of specialist training and physiotherapists in their required clinical practice period (turnus). This is a reimbursement scheme that is processed continuously throughout the year, allowing applicants to seek compensation for eligible travel and moving expenses incurred during their training rotations.
Pårørendeskoler og samtalegrupper for pårørende til personer med demens
This grant program supports the implementation of caregiver schools and conversation groups for relatives of people with dementia. The program aims to provide knowledge about dementia and offer support and guidance to family caregivers of persons with dementia. The grant is administered by the National Centre for Ageing and Health (Nasjonalt senter for aldring og helse) on behalf of the Norwegian Directorate of Health (Helsedirektoratet). The program focuses on establishing and operating support structures that help caregivers better understand dementia and cope with the challenges of caring for someone with this condition.
Særlig ressurskrevende helse- og omsorgstjenester
This grant program provides partial reimbursement for direct salary expenses related to particularly resource-intensive health and care services to individual recipients. All municipalities that provide particularly resource-intensive health and care services to individual recipients can apply for partial refund of direct salary expenses connected to these services. The grant is administered by the Norwegian Directorate of Health (Helsedirektoratet) and is distributed to municipalities across Norway. Disbursement of the grant occurs in week 22 after the application deadline. The program requires both the organization and the individuals representing it to be registered in the Directorate of Health's grant portal, and an auditor must have the correct role in Altinn to verify and sign the application before submission.
Lønnstilskudd for sykepleiere som tar helsesykepleierutdanning
This grant provides salary subsidies to municipalities for nurses undertaking public health nurse education. The goal is to strengthen health station and school health services by facilitating more nurses to complete their education. The subsidy is calculated based on a rate per credit point (study point) that the nurse plans to complete during the calendar year. For 2026, the rate is NOK 3,800 per credit point. For example, an employee planning to take 30 credit points in 2026 would receive NOK 114,000 in subsidy. Municipalities apply on behalf of their employed nurses who are pursuing this specialized nursing education. The scheme aims to support workforce development in municipal health services by enabling nurses to obtain specialized public health nursing qualifications while continuing their employment.
Styrking av allmennlegetjenesten i distriktskommuner
This grant program represents a continuation and expansion of the previous program for strengthening emergency primary care services in district municipalities. The funding is now extended to cover the entire general practitioner service in municipalities belonging to Statistics Norway's centrality class 5 or 6, according to the 2024 centrality index (no longer limited to municipalities with populations under 5,000). The program aims to facilitate innovation, service development, and strong professional environments in rural and remote areas of Norway. Strong applications with goals that extend beyond more limited recruitment measures will be prioritized. The program also aims to contribute to recruitment, increased staffing stability, reduced use of temporary workers, improved quality of patient care, and better opportunities to provide health services close to where people live. The size of any granted funding is determined on a discretionary basis, estimated up to NOK 2.5 million per municipality. Municipalities can apply for and receive grants for a project for up to three years.
At a Glance
- Total Funding Opportunities
- 69
- Active Now
- 7
- Source Domain
- helsedirektoratet.no
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