The Nordic Council of Ministers administrates a number of grant programs. Each has its own target group. You can find all the information about the programs in the section Funding programmes.

They are not synonymous. The Nordic region cover a huge area, which includes Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as three self-governing territories: the Faroe Islands, Greenland and the Åland Islands. Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region in the Northern Europe and is located on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The Scandinavian countries are Norway, Sweden and Denmark, which are very similar culturally and linguistically. Many Danish, Swedish and Norwegian dialects are mutually intelligible, and most Scandinavians are able to understand each other.