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Nordplus application round 2025 is open!

Welcome to the Nordplus application round of 2025, the third round in the programme period, 2023 – 2027.

The Nordplus programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers invites Nordic and Baltic institutions and organisations working with or involved in education and training to apply for funding in the application round of 2025.

If you – or your organisation – are working within the field of education and training, you can now apply for Nordplus funding for transnational student, pupil, learner or teacher mobility, as well as joint project and network activities between educational institutions and organisations in Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Åland.

The deadline for applications to the round of 2025 is Monday 3 February, 23:59 CET, and the total amount of available funds in the round is about 10.1 million euro.

NORDPLUS HIGHLIGHT 2025

The Nordic Council of Ministers has agreed on a green, competitive and socially sustainable vision for the Nordic region. The intention is for the region to become the most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030. Nordplus supports this vision by setting highlights in line with the vision.

In 2025, Nordplus welcomes applications for the programme under the theme “ Skills and knowledge for a competitive Nordic and Baltic region”. Skills provision is crucial for the Nordic and Baltic countries as a competitive, sustainable and equal region. The Nordplus highlight will focus on enhancing skills and competencies that meet the Nordic/Baltic region´s needs for skills supply. The Nordplus highlight relates to all Nordplus programmes and to all sectors within the field of education and training.

Nordplus wants to draw attention to projects that focus on skills and knowledge for a competitive Nordic and Baltic region, for example by sharing project results in articles, on seminars and conferences. However, initiatives on other topics are equally welcome in Nordplus and will be assessed on an equal footing with initiatives related to the Nordplus Highlight.

Read more about the possibilities for funding from Nordplus in The Nordplus Handbook 2025.

THE NORDPLUS PROGRAMMES 2023-2027

Nordplus consists of five sub-programmes, which cover the entire educational sector. Each sub-programme embodies the Nordic Council of Ministers’ objectives of increased quality and cooperation within the educations of the Nordic/Baltic region. You can read more about these objectives in the Nordplus Handbook.

Three of the programmes – Nordplus Junior, Nordplus Adult and Nordplus Higher Education – are focused on a sectoral approach, while Nordplus Horizontal and Nordplus Nordic Languages respectively focus on educational cross-domain activities and the cooperation within the Nordic languages across all sectors.

Through all Nordplus programmes, you can apply for funding for projects or networks, while Nordplus Junior, Nordplus Adult, Nordplus Higher Education and Nordplus Nordic Languages also give you the opportunity of support and funding for mobility.

THE FIVE NORDPLUS PROGRAMMES ARE:

  • Nordplus Junior – funds networks, projects and mobility for primary and secondary education, and preschooling
  • Nordplus Higher Education – funds networks, projects and mobility for the higher education sector
  • Nordplus Adult - funds networks, projects and mobility for institutions and organisations working with adult education and learning
  • Nordplus Horizontal - funds cross-sectoral projects and networks
  • Nordplus Nordic Languages – funds networks, projects and mobility aiming at strengthening the comprehension of the Nordic languages

New for 2025: Nordic Language Courses under Nordplus Nordic Languages

Nordplus is pleased to introduce a new project category supporting the planning and implementation of courses in Nordic languages to preserve and share the linguistic heritage of the Nordic region. Targeting qualified teachers, teacher students, and other students of higher education, these courses enhance inter-Nordic language comprehension, with a priority on Scandinavian languages (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish). Courses should range from 2 days to one month and may be organized as symposia. Funding is available for multiple courses over two years, with the option to reapply for an additional two years.

YOUR NEXT STEP

For help with your application process, please visit Nordplus step-by-step guide.

THE NORDPLUS HANDBOOK

The Nordplus Handbook is the applicant‘s guide and here you will find specific information for each of the programmes on funding opportunities and requirements: The Nordplus Handbook.

ESPRESSO - THE NORDPLUS APPLICATION SYSTEM

You must create and submit your application through Espresso, the online application system of Nordplus: Register and log on to Espresso.

THE PARTNER SEARCH DATABASE

It is a pre-condition that your application is a joint initiative involving institutions or organisations from two or three Nordplus programme countries depending on the type of project. If you are looking for a partner institution for your project, you can find and register in the Nordplus Partner Search Database: Visit the Partner Search Database.

INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY

There are Nordplus offices in each of the countries participating in the programme. If you have a questions, please contact your local Nordplus office to get help with your application – find the contact details for all Nordplus offices here.

During the application period, the Nordplus offices will host national information meetings/webinars to guide and help applicants. Please keep an eye out for these at the website of your national Nordplus office – find the links here:

ACCESS FOR SCHOOLS AND PRESCHOOLS FROM SOUTH SCHLESWIG

Schools and preschools under the Danish Schools Association of South Schleswig (Dansk Skoleforening for Sydslesvig) can participate in projects as partners funded by Denmark. Read more about this in the Nordplus Handbook.

The implementation of this Nordplus call is subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the draft budget. The final budget shall be adopted by the Ministers for Nordic Cooperation in the year prior to the budget year subject to the approval of national parliaments.

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