Funding and finances

Before starting your research stay abroad, it is important to familiarise yourself with both funding opportunities and your personal financial circumstances. Below, you will find links to funding sources that may be relevant to you, as well as information about salary payments and other benefits from NAV that may be available during your research stay abroad.

Funding opportunities

• Foundations at UiB
• Fulbright
• The Norway-America Association
• Erasmus+ staff mobility for training
• Erasmus+ mobility for teaching
• Peder Sather Center
• L. Meltzer Universitetsstiftelse
• Forskning i Frankrike
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie - Postdoctoral Fellowships
• The research Council of Norway: Research Stays Abroad
• The Research Council of Norway: Portfolios
• NordForsk

Only for PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows:

• The Research council of Norway : Funding for Research Stays Abroad for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows
• Erasmus+Studying abroad for PhD

Salary payment

Payments are made to the account number registered in the self-service portal. You can change this yourself if you open a bank account abroad. Salary is paid in Norwegian kroner, and this may incur transfer fees that you must cover yourself.
Log into the self-service portal (DFØ)

Tax liability in host country

Tax liability varies depending on which country you go to and the length of your stay. Norway has entered into tax agreements with several countries to avoid double taxation. Contact the tax office as early as possible to find out what applies to you specifically.

Read about tax conventions on government.no

Benefits from NAV

This information is intended for individuals who have accrued entitlement to benefits from NAV and who remain members of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme (Folketrygden) during their stay abroad.

• Child benefit
• Parental pay abroad
• Unemployment benefit (dagpenger) outside Norway

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