How to Apply for Funding

The Fritt Ord Foundation’s new application portal is now available.

Please note: All earlier applicants and recipients must click on ‘forgot password’ to reset their password the first time they log in to the new portal. New applicants must register and create a user profile in the portal.

Click here for our general guidelines for applications.

The portal can also be used to request the payment of funds granted. Please send an email to utbetaling@frittord.no to request the payment of funds granted if the Payout Request (Utbetalingsanmodning) is unavailable for your project

The portal can be used to submit final reports on completed projects. Please send an email to post@frittord.no if the option «submit report» is unavailable for your project.

Go to the new portal here.

Setting up a user account

All applications must be submitted electronically online. When registering, you must specify your email address, mailing address and telephone number. If your application is granted, all further communication will take place through the applications centre. Requests for the disbursement of funds and reports shall be submitted through the applications centre as well.

Guidelines

If you have questions about how to submit an application or about which projects may qualify for support from Fritt Ord, please contact us by email or by telephone +47 230 14646. It is also possible to contact our staff directly.

Forgot user name or password?

Your email address is your user name on our website. If you forget your password, click on “Forgot password” on the login page. You will subsequently receive an email containing a new password. Use the new password to log in.

Processing

It takes five to eight weeks to process applications. Your application must be complete and include all required attachments.

The reply to the application will be sent directly to you by email, and a list of the applications granted will be published on the Fritt Ord Foundation’s website. The replies will be dispatched in two rounds, and those regarding applications for more than NOK 100 000 will be dispatched first. If you do not get an answer in the first round, your application may still be being processed.

Rejections

Fritt Ord does not provide formal, written explanations for why an application is rejected, but if you send an email to post@frittord.no or call +47 230 14646, you can contact our staff and ask for a conversation.

If you submit an application that is identical to a previously rejected application, it will not be reconsidered. On the other hand, it is possible to submit a new improved version of your application. You should, however, mention explicitly which parts of the application have been modified.

Your responsibility when you submit an application

Once submitted, your application is linked to your user profile, and it cannot be transferred to anyone else. If someone else is to submit the disbursement request or the final report on your project, they must be given access to your user name and password. For organisations in which several individuals work on the same project, it can be useful to have just one shared user account for the organisation.

About the Application Form

To apply to Fritt Ord for support, you must complete a short application form and attach a detailed project description, a budget and a funding plan, your CV and any other requisite information (see the detailed list below). The project description is the most important document.

The digital form must be completed in full. You can start to complete a form and save a draft, then access it again when you log in later. It is recommended that applicants have all relevant information at hand before starting to complete the application form. In addition, all documents that are uploaded should be final versions. The project description and the budget should be uploaded separately, so they should be separate documents. Applications will not be accepted without the following attachments:

Project description: a clear, concise description of the project. The project description should be two to eight pages long.
A budget and a funding plan: a funding plan lists project costs, self-financing, the project’s anticipated revenues, other support that has been pledged, and other applications that are still pending.

Applicants can also upload other documents that are relevant for processing their applications.

CV: a curriculum vitae (CV) is a resumé containing concise information about the qualifications of an individual or group involved in the project. Where several people are involved, CVs should be collected in one single file.
Other attachments: This depends on the kind of project in question, but other attachments may, e.g. be excerpts from manuscripts, limited to 1-2 chapters, a letter of intent with a publishing house regarding a book publication, a broadcasting agreement with a TV channel, press clippings or statements of support.

The application form per se requires that the following fields be completed:

Brief description of the project
Exactly what the support will be used for
A time table, e.g. schedule of events, duration, number of man-months of labour, etc.

These fields must be completed, even if the points have also been explained in the attached project description. Please be aware that the fields in the form are limited to 500 characters. We encourage applicants to use the entire field.

File Formats

PDF is the standard format for application documents. Please note that Excel files (.XLS and .XLSX) will not be accepted. Excel files must be converted to PDF format prior to submission. Please bear in mind that the applications must be manageable and readable – do not attach large numbers of pages.

One copy of physical attachments such as published books, booklets, DVD films, or the like, may be submitted to Fritt Ord. These will not be returned, but it is possible to pick up such attachments if their return is requested at the time of submission.
The address is:
Fritt Ord, Uranienborgveien 2, 0258 Oslo, Norway.