IPY-Thorpex-Norway is generously funded by the Research Council of Norway through its International Polar Year programme (project no 175992/S30).
Additional support has come from:
- The partner institutions
- EUFAR (The European Fleet for Airborne Research) – the European Community's 6th Framework Programme (FP6/2004–08) under EUFAR contract no 506514
- DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt)