Call for applications: Strategic Funds in Artistic Research at the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design 2026
KMD invites employees in permanent or fixed-term positions to apply for internal project funding. UiB centrally has earmarked two million NOK for artistic research in 2026. The funds aim to stimulate increased research activity and quality at KMD.
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The faculty accepts applications for funding within two categories:
| 1. Artistic research | 100 000 NOK – 800 000 NOK |
| 2. Publication support | max. 150 000 NOK |
Funds for artistic research may be awarded to projects within one or more of the faculty’s academic environments. The project must be relevant to one or more research groups.
Collaboration across research groups, departments, and faculties is encouraged.
The main activities of the project must take place at KMD.
Projects are expected to facilitate student involvement.
Applications must disclose any additional funding, including contributions from external partners.
Applications for publication support must concern the publication of results from artistic research in a lasting format, e.g., book publication, album release, or publication in an artistic research journal. For book or album projects, the applicant must explain print run, distribution possibilities, and any potential sales revenue.
Support may also be granted for the presentation of time- and site-specific results, provided these are documented in a lasting format and published on the faculty’s portal in the Research Catalogue.
All applications must address ethical considerations.
All applications must include a progress plan and budget.
The artistic results of the project must be documented and published through KMD’s research portal in the Research Catalogue within 6 months of project completion. Any other dissemination channels should be described in the application.
Formal requirements
| Submission: Applications are submitted in Research Catalogue (please follow the instructions below). The department head must confirm and support the project description and budget. |
| Submission deadline: 18 December at 12:00 pm (noon) |
| Eligible applicants: Applicants must be employed at KMD in a permanent or fixed-term position (PhD candidates and Post.doc employees can not apply, but can be involved in an application). |
| Project period: The project needs to start within the first six months of 2026 and shall normally terminate within June 30, 2027. |
Evaluation
Applications will be assessed based on relevance and added value for KMD, as well as feasibility. All applications will be reviewed by the faculty leadership in consultation with the research administration.
A response to the application will be provided approximately one month after the deadline.
The application form will be available in the Research Catalogue from Friday, November 14.
For questions, contact: forskning.kmd@uib.no
How to submit your application in Research Catalogue (RC)
KMD researchers must log in to portal: https://www.researchcatalogue.net/portal/login using their RC username and password or through FEIDE (using UiB e-mail address and password). After logging in you will see your profile page. Go to the header RESEARCH and press the ‘create application’ button on the profile page and choose ‘KMD Internal Funds 2026 – application template’ from the dropdown menu. Remember to save regularly as you fill out the form and make sure that all sections marked with a small * are filled out.
The budget must be uploaded in PDF format (using save as .pdf in Microsoft Excel). Numbers in the applied for sum should not contain any spaces and the boxes should not have any red borders. The red borders around boxes indicate an error or incomplete information in the boxes.
Complete the form while saving regularly and press the ‘status’ tab where you will find the ‘submit’ button. Confirm the submission by pressing ‘yes’ in the window that appears. You will receive a short confirmation message in RC and an email that confirms a successful submission.
If you have any questions regarding the Research Catalogue web site, please email:
Application deadline
18 December 2025, at 12:00 (noon)
Remember to inform the head of department at your department before submitting an application
Create application in Research Catalogue
Please fill out the application form in Research Catalogue. The budget form must be uploaded together with the application.
Dowload the Excel budget form
After having filled out the budget form, remember to convert the form to a PDF document. This document should be uploaded together with your application.
You can download the excel budget form using this link
