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Note: Not currently accepting project applications. Shared Balanseby as example of what future collab work could look like.

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Why this one first in phase 2

A company cannot apply to Stiftelsen Dam. Only member organisations with søkerrett can, and Dam explicitly excludes "private services without clear collaboration with the applicant organisation". Mental Helse Ungdom is a Dam member that runs an open front door: their Søk prosjektstøtte form invites outside parties to submit project ideas, and they then help write the application. No fee, and they promise feedback within 10 working days.

The money

Dam Utvikling: NOK 400,000–1.5m, rolling deadline, NOK 142m annual budget, roughly one in five funded. Two-stage, with a 45-day response to the initial sketch.

Steps

1. Draft the project idea framed as youth and family mental health, not as ed-tech or an app. The screen-habit work sits under wellbeing.
2. Be explicit that Loop Ventures is the build partner and MHU would own the project — Dam will check this.
3. Submit via the Søk prosjektstøtte form on mentalhelseungdom.no.
4. Follow up after 10 working days if nothing comes back.

Done when

We have a yes, a no, or a redirect from MHU.

Watch out

Grant work is cost recovery, not margin. Treat it as funded R&D plus reputation, and price it honestly.