Sending invoices electronically to the Research Council
The EHF is the state's standard format for electronic invoicing. As a government agency, the Research Council of Norway is required by the Digitalisation Circular to fully digitalise the handling of invoices and credit notes.
Suppliers who send invoices on paper or pdf (not via EHF) will receive the invoice in return. EHF is a standard file format in which you send the invoice. Most people who invoice electronically use this format.
If you have not used electronic invoices, we recommend that you contact the supplier of your invoicing or financial system. You can also follow this link (anskaffelser.no, only in Norwegian) and get an overview of invoice portals/suppliers that can help deliver invoices in this format. Note that the overview also includes most banks in Norway.
The invoice must contain one of the following information:
- order number/order number of the order in question
- project number on invoices relating to research projects funded by us
- initials for your contact person at the Research Council of Norway
Our billing address is our organisation number: 970141669
Foreign suppliers must use the PEPPOL BIS format. The country code 0192 must be preceded by our organisation number, so 0192:970141669 (this is our participent id).
If an EHF invoice is returned, it is because the references provided are invalid. In such case, please contact the Research Council employee you have been in contact with and then correct the invoice with the correct references.
Reminders about grants: Reminders shall not be sent about grants that have not
been received from the Research Council (under the contract). Please contact the project’s case officer instead.
There are many fields in the EHF that suppliers can use. Here is a description of the ones we use, which tag the information should be in and what such references can look like for our customers.
Their reference / client reference
Your reference with us must be provided when ordering and shown on the invoice.
- Grant: state the six-digit project number for the research project
- Other: provide initials to the orderer (can be found on the orderer's email address)
The reference should be put in the tag Invoice/buyerReference
Example: 100056 or JRAA
Customer's order number/order number
If you receive electronic orders from the Research Council (eOrder), the order number will be stated in the order.
The reference should be placed in the tag Invoice / OrderReference/ID
Example: 2xxxxxx (goods/services) or 3xxxxxx (MET research funds) - always seven-digit and only the digits of the reference.
Framework agreement or agreement number
If the Research Council has an agreement with you, the agreement number must be stated.
The reference should be put in the tag Invoice/ContractDocumentReference/ID
Example: 18/202
Messages at time of print 18 November 2025, 04:55 CET