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ULF (Youth Quality of Life Fund) is a grant program that provides funding to student councils and youth councils in Innlandet, Norway for inclusive and empowerment-promoting initiatives for and with youth. The program aims to strengthen mental health and quality of life among young people, promote inclusion, belonging, well-being and social sustainability, and stimulate real youth participation in the development and implementation of measures. Projects must be developed and implemented with both students and staff, cannot be single events but part of larger year-long initiatives, must support development and testing of new measures (not continuation of existing ones), be universally accessible to all youth who want to participate, be knowledge-based building on research and local expertise, and include evaluation and sharing of results. The program is part of Innlandet County's comprehensive public health work and supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 10, and 17.

This is a decentralized funding scheme for competence development in schools in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. School principals can apply on behalf of their schools for funding to support professional development initiatives within three key areas: work with the new curriculum (LK20), assessment practices and student participation, and learning environments for inclusive practice. Schools can apply for funding for projects, gatherings, courses, and other competence-building measures. The scheme aims to promote competence development in secondary schools throughout the county. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and recipients must report on the use of funds.