The Research Festival is an annual national festival organised by The Research Council of Norway in collaboration with universities, colleges, museums and the business community.

The next Research Festival in Nordland will take place during week 39, 2013. Everyone is welcome to take part! 

The 2012 festival focused on "The human factor" covering a range of free events and activities. The festival is open to the general public.​ The festival is designed to fuel the public’s curiosity about, interest for and understanding of research activities and outcomes. 

The Research Festival in Nordland is arranged as a cooperative endeavour between University of Nordland, Narvik University College, Nesna University College, and Nordland Research Institute and is supported by Nordland County Council as well as The Research Council of Norway.

See some film highlights from The Research Festival in 2012:

Research Days 2012