The VISTA programme key areas

In 2019 the VISTA programme was restructured to support basic research centres with a focus on sustainability and low-carbon solutions: VISTA centres for interdisciplinary research on future energy solutions.

Key areas

First call for centres

The first call supported science that provides fundamental insight into:

Basin analysis, efficient resource identification and utilization, and unlocking new resources
Future development solutions
Sustainability, environment and low carbon solutions

Two centres were funded:

Centre for Autonomous Robotic Operations Subsea (CAROS), NTNU, Trondheim
Centre for Modeling of Coupled Subsurface Dynamics (CSD), University of Bergen

2024–2028

The 2024 call defined two research areas, with one centre funded in each:

Energy transition solutions: Centre for CO₂ Storage in Volcanic-Sedimentary Systems (VICCO), University of Oslo
Public policies and citizen engagement: Centre for Norwegian Transformative Energy Policy Development (NOTRAP), NTNU, Trondheim

Tor Ulleberg, Equinor, speaking in the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters — The energy transition raises a lot of questions and there are a lot of knowledge gaps to be filled. We are proud to be sponsors of basic research, said Tor Ulleberg, vice president of Equinor, at the international VISTA seminar 29. November 2022. (Photo: Ola Gamst Sæther/DNVA)

The Troll platform in the North Sea — The Troll platform. From the outset the VISTA programme had a vision of stimulating basic mathematical and scientific research related to the exploitation and management of Norway's petroleum resources. (Photo: Øyvind Gravås and Even Kleppa / © Equinor)