Tor Ivar Eikaas is Special Adviser at department of International Cooperation of the Research Council of Norway, currently focusing on partnerships, missions and energy. He is also member of the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) Steering Group and Norwegian delegate to Horizon Europe Cluster 5 Programme Committee.
Over the previous years, he has been acting Counsellor for Research at the Mission of Norway to the EU, and head of office for the Research Council of Norway liaison office in Brussels. He has many years of experience towards the EU R&I programmes, both as national contact point, project manager, researcher, proposal evaluation expert and project officer in the European Commission.