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This grant supports the purchase or operation of drone equipment for finding and rescuing roe deer calves before mowing in Lillestrøm municipality. The program aims to protect wildlife during agricultural operations by providing financial assistance for drone technology and operations specifically designed to locate roe deer calves hiding in fields before harvest. The grant can cover up to 50% of costs for drone equipment adapted for searching for roe deer calves, and up to NOK 50,000 for drone operations in the mowing project. In cases of many applications and limited funds, the best projects will be prioritized. Applicants must describe the organization of the drone search, including drone pilots and support staff, planned scope (area and number of days), geographic coverage within Lillestrøm municipality, and how adequate response time and capacity is ensured when grass producers make requests.

Lillestrøm kommune provides grants for initiatives that increase participation in outdoor activities, safer playgrounds, cross-generational activity offerings, and local meeting places. The grant program supports diverse upbringing environments, increased well-being, safety, and belonging, encouraging local initiative and collaboration in neighborhood associations and residential areas. Projects can include purchase and maintenance of play and activity equipment, investments in new initiatives such as planting, safety fences, tables, benches, lighting, barbecue areas, shelters, obstacle courses, fall protection, and technical infrastructure upgrades. The program requires applicants to have equity/self-financing, social impact through documented volunteer hours, and projects must be completed within the calendar year and be open to all municipality residents.

Telemark fylkeskommune provides operational grants to vocational colleges (fagskoler) in the county to offer competencies needed by the labor market locally, regionally, and nationally. Both private and public vocational colleges can apply for funding to support accredited higher vocational education programs. The grant aims to stimulate high quality and completion in higher vocational education while helping meet societal competency needs. The funding is distributed by the county based on allocations from the Directorate for Higher Education and Competence (HK-Dir). Eligible programs must be NOKUT-accredited or self-accredited within areas where schools have subject-area accreditation, with study locations or headquarters in Telemark.

The BrightFuture Climate Innovation Seed Grant 2026 supports early-stage startups, nonprofits, and research-driven initiatives developing scalable solutions that address climate resilience, carbon reduction, and sustainable resource management across Europe and the UK. We are looking for innovative, technology-driven or community-based solutions that demonstrate measurable environmental impact and clear scalability potential.

The Aperture Innovation Accelerator provides seed funding for early-stage startups working on technologies that Cave Johnson himself would have approved of. We're looking for moonshot ideas that conventional funders would consider "too dangerous" or "scientifically impossible." Past cohort projects include: combustible lemon batteries, portal-powered logistics, and sentient turret therapy systems. If your idea makes safety officers nervous, you might be a perfect fit.

Aperture Science is offering funding for researchers pushing the boundaries of interdimensional transport technology. We seek proposals addressing quantum tunneling at macroscopic scales, stable wormhole generation, and momentum conservation in non-Euclidean transit systems. "Now you're thinking with portals!" — This grant supports exactly that kind of thinking. Previous recipients have achieved breakthroughs in spatial displacement, though companion cube preservation rates remain a challenge.

Building on decades of gel-based propulsion research, this grant funds applied science projects exploring novel uses for conversion gel, propulsion gel, and repulsion gel technologies. Applications in construction, athletics, transportation, and space exploration are all welcome. Note: All proposals must include a safety assessment. Previous incidents involving unsupervised gel testing in office environments have led to updated protocols. Moon rock exposure monitoring is provided at no additional cost.