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GAVEFORST-Gaveforsterkningsordningen

Gaveprofessorat innen klimaendringer

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Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Vestland

GAVEFORST-Gaveforsterkningsordningen

Professorat innen ledelse og markedsføring av sjømat

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Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Rogaland

GAVEFORST-Gaveforsterkningsordningen

Grunnforskning relatert til kreft

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Awarded: NOK 16.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

GAVEFORST-Gaveforsterkningsordningen

Kreftforskning

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Awarded: NOK 27.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

GAVEFORST-Gaveforsterkningsordningen

Langsiktig grunnlegggende forskning

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Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Rogaland

FORNY20-FORNY2020

Bonus - Sinvent

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Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORNY20-FORNY2020

Bonus - Campus Kjeller

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Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Bonus - LEN

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Awarded: NOK 0.96 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Bonus - Coventure

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Awarded: NOK 0.36 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Agder

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Diabetes and diabetes precursors: detection, classification, prediction, genetics, complications and prevention. The Tromsö Study.

The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus are increasing in many populations, and diabetes is now one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide. Diabetes carries a great disease burden in terms of morbidity, mortality and costs. Most cases are classified as Type 2 diabetes, which h...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

KLINISK-Klinisk forskning

Rehabilitation after severe traumatic brain injury. A national multicentre study

In Norway, the annual rate of hospital admission caused by head trauma is around 200 per 100 000 inhabitants. About 15 % of the patients admitted to a neurosurgical department with traumatic brain injury, are in the severe group according to the Glasgow C oma Scale score. These patients demand in...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Conference: Genetic vaccines - benefits and challenges

The Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board apply for financial support to arrange a state-of-the-art vaccine conference addressing the risks and benefits of new genetic vaccines, the need for these vaccines in developing countries and the regulatory chall enges Norwegian legislation puts on Norwe...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Vestland

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Decentralization as a strategy for resolving conflict?

For several decades governments in developing countries have placed spatial decentralization of responsibilities and resources to lower levels of government high on their political agenda. The principal objectives of decentralization have been down-sizing of central governments, responsive servi...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Rights, power and civic action: Comparative analyses of human rights-based approaches and civic struggle in development contexts

The purpose of this research is to improve our understanding of the interrelationships between human rights-based development and poverty reduction, on the one hand, and the forms and uses of power in developing societies on the other. It has a particular focus on how the empowerment of communit...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

The Payoff of Promises: Articulating, Negotiating and Implementing Wealth Sharing

Peace agreements offer an opportunity for poverty alleviation. Wealth-sharing is often part of the negotiations to end civil wars, but the outcome often disappoints, both the aggrieved who had placed their hopes in rebellion and the international sponsors of the settlement. This study focuses o...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Dietary antioxidants and oxidative stress: Novel technologies for assessing oxidative stress in blood samples

Oxidative stress is intimately involved in pathophysiology many chronic degenerative diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cataract as well as neurodegenerative diseases. Oxidative stress is also central to the theory of aging. We ar e therefore investigating the role of die...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Immunity-linked genes in cognition and schizophrenia

Epidemiological data has clearly identified immune challenges during fetal and early life as a risk factor for developing psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism. Traditionally the brain was believed to be devoid of immunological responses as its ability to respond by the classical...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Resource-oriented music therapy for psychiatric patients with low therapy motivation: Randomised controlled trial

Background Previous research has shown positive effects of music therapy for people with schizophrenia and other mental disorders. In clinical practice, music therapy is often offered to psychiatric patients with low therapy motivation, but little resear ch exists about this population. The aim ...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Dynamics in Earth Systems--fracture, flow and friction The 27th IUGG Conference on Mathematical Geophysics-- Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen

Dynamics in Earth Systems--fracture, flow and friction All researchers using quantitative methods to study evolving Earth systems are invited. Studies that integrate field observations, laboratory experiments, and theoretical models are especially wel come. Particular focus will be given to ...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Qualitative research in health care practice: Challenges of methodology and implementation

Project summary The Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Qualitative Methods in the Service of Health conference is a bi-annual event that has been held in the Nordic countries since its launch in 2001. The Department of Health Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stavange...

Awarded: NOK 82,657

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Rogaland

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

GENETIC MOUSE MODELS TO STUDY GASTRIC PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES

Genetic mouse models include introduction of exogenous gene into the mouse genome (the so-called transgenic mouse) and targeted disruption of endogenous gene (knockout mouse). Up to date, ~10% of the known mouse genes have been knocked out, 21 transgenic/ knockout mouse strains have been studied ...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Match-mismatching of trophic levels as a structuring force of ecosystems

We intend to study ecosystem functioning using the match-mismatch hypothesis as a framework and three different marine ecosystems with focus on seabirds as examples. The marine ecosystems chosen - the Southern Ocean, the Barents Sea and the Benguela Upwel ling - are highly sensitive to climate va...

Awarded: NOK 6.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Surviving without oxygen: from mitochondrial function to ethanol production

While medical science has had a very limited success in counteracting the deleterious effects of ischemia/hypoxia in humans, evolution has repeatedly solved this problem. The best studied examples of anoxia tolerant animals are some North American freshwa ter turtles (genera Trachemys and Chrysem...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Infrastrukturmidler - Høgskolen i Volda 2008

Dette er ein søknad om infrastrukturmidlar frå Høgskulen i Volda. HVO er med i det regionale samabeidet FORNY Møre, der søknad med prosjektskisse og oversikt over samarbeidspartnarar er sendt inn separat. Prosjektet FORNY HVO 2008 skal i første rekkje dr ive med grunnleggande tiltak for å etable...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Møre og Romsdal

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Infrastrukturmidler - Høgskolen i Molde 2008

Prosjektet vil omfatte ulike typer kompetansehevingstiltak (seminarer, workshops, møter) og har både studenter og ansatte som målgruppe. Prosjektet er oppdelt i 4 hovedaktiviteter: A1. Bevisstgjøring og motivasjonstiltak. A2. Generator 2008. A3. Seminar/w orkshop om kommersialisering. A4. Videreu...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Møre og Romsdal

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Terminert Optical and electrical properties of nanostructured materials for energy conversion

The project is aimed at acquiring the fundamental knowledge on formation, optical, electrical, and thermal properties of nano-structured solar cells by combination of fabrication, characterization, and modeling methods. We will investigate possibilities o f enhancing efficiency of different inorg...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

The Nature and Development of Language and Language Disorders in Children

Prosjektet, The Nature and Development of Language and Language Disorders in Children, er en longitudinell studie av muntlig og skriftlig språkutvikling i typisk og forsinket utvikling i overgangen barnehage-skole (4-9 år). Den består av to komponenter. Del 1 omfatter longitudinelle prosjekter, d...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2016

Location: Oslo

PROREAL-Profileringsprogrammet for realfagene

EN REISE I REALFAGENES VERDEN

For å øke rekrutteringen til realfag i første klasse ved den videregående skolen, skal det i prosjektet produseres en dokumentarfilm med tilhørende skriftlig sidemateriell. Filmen skal vise frem nye sider av realfag og bidra til å gi realfaglige og teknol ogiske yrker et image ungdom lettere kan ...

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Enabling small scale biomass CHP in Norway

The economy of scale is a driver for large-scale CHP plants. However, large-scale CHP plants demands a large customer for the heat produced. Such customers in Norway are scarce and certainly not of such magnitude that it is possible to utilise Norways pot ential biomass resources. Therefore, smal...

Awarded: NOK 16.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Low Energy Commercial Buildings - Factor 2-4-10 reduction

While the energy use in Norwegian residential buildings is decreasing, the energy use in commercial buildings is increasing. This may be due to a range of different factors like lack of knowledge of integrated energy design, higher comfort requirements, m ore use of glass, etc. To build new kno...

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage