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IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Melkumov, Dmitri finsk statstip 2005/06

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Awarded: NOK 40,000

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Drilling mud follow up study - Input data and validation experiments for ERMS

Discharges from drilling operations during exploration and production of oil and gas in the North Sea spread over large areas and remain in the water column for a long time. Potential impacts on marine organisms need to be elucidated to clearly establish what actions, if any, are needed to comply...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Rogaland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Thermal and electromagnetic performance of transformers

The transformers represent a large present value and are of great strategic importance in power systems. While the system ages there is a wish to increase loading. The transformers are threatened by reduced mechanical strength and withstand voltage from a ged materials. Increasingly complex and u...

Awarded: NOK 14.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Effects of interactions between fish populations on ecosystem dynamics and fish recruitment in the Norwegian Sea (INFERNO)

The Norwegian Sea harbours some of the largest fish stocks in the world, including Norwegian spring spawning herring, blue whiting, mackerel and horse mackerel. These planktivorous stocks have substantial spatial- and diet overlap, and by virtue of their high abundances, they can potentially have...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

The voices of Sapmi: Sami women's path as writers

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Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Urban forest values - taxonomy and case studies, postdr.

The project described is a two-year Post.Doc fellowship for Vegard Gundersen, Norwegian Forest Research Institute, including R&D cooperation and activities. The project description concludes that it is yet an open question how to define an operative taxon omy of values adapted for forest manageme...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Fish Welfare in Capture Based Aquaculture (CBA)

In a fishery context, fish welfare relates largely to how fish are caught and killed, however, priority should be given to the currently rapidly developing trade of live wild caught fish (Capture Based Aquaculture, CBA) seen in Norwegian fisheries. In thi s fishery wild caught fish are being held...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Consumers in changing environments - the case of Russia (184242)

The main objective of this project is to develop up to date knowledge of the Russian consumers' food choice bahvior, with emphasis on herring. The literature on food choice motives in marketing research is relatively scarce. The dramatic changes in econom ic and social environment in Russia durin...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

AREAL-Areal- og naturbasert næringsutvikling

Internationalisation of Agricultural Policies: Consequences for the Agricultural Sector in Northern Norway

International agricultural policy is changing. The WTO Doha Round may bring about many new challenges for agriculture and the food industry in Norway in general and in Northern Norway in particular. Other international developments in agricultural policie s may also have an influence on Norwegian...

Awarded: NOK 0.71 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Recreational homes in the hinterland of urban regions - development and implications.Dr.gr.stip

Norway has seen a substantial growth in numbers (doubled since 1970), standards and investments (mean sales values doubled since 1999) in recreational homes (second homes). Such a persistent development should be regarded as an essential manifestation ent ailed with implications for land use, soc...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Innlandet

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

The Influence of the Concession Act on the Local Community, dr.gr.stip.

In this PhD-project, the impact of the amendment in the Norwegian Act relating to concession in the acquisition of real property (The Concession Act) on local communities, will be examined. Particular attention will be given settlement pattern, second hom es and cultural landscape. The Concession...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Improved goat herd health - closing in on the goal

In Norway, caprine paratuberculosis is endemic in several regions in Norway and 5-10 % of the goat herds have official restrictions because of paratuberculosis. Thus, the disease can have a substantial negative impact on the economy of goat farming. In t he endemic regions, paratuberculosis has ...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

WTO negotiations and the changing framework conditions for Norwegian agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture

Norway faces a number of challenges in WTO negotiations. Norwegian negotiating positions are based on what we may call a triangle of partly conflicting and partly compatible interests and concerns. (a) Norway has defensive interests with regard to agricul ture. Due to harsh conditions and non-tra...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Rogaland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Preservation of muscle food with dielectric heat and modified atmospheres

The prepared meal consumption in Europe and America is expected to double in ten years and strong opportunities are predicted in the crossover trend between health and convenience. For many products this can be met by maintaining the nutritional value thr ough minimal processing. Minimally proces...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Rogaland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Coastal fish resources: the foundation for tourist fishing and related commerce

Norwegian coastal waters contain plentiful and valuable resources that contribute to the well being and economy of the people living along the coast. During the 1990?s tourist fishing became an important part of the Norwegian tourist market. Recently, tou rist fishing has become a very active and...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Reduced risk of Fusarium and mycotoxin contamination in Norwegian cereals by the development of a rapid screening system

Fusarium infection in cereals has become a problem world-wide. Species of Fusarium produce mycotoxins that leave the grains unsuitable for consumption. In the 2004 harvest, alarming levels of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) was registered in grain lots of Norwegian grown wheat and oats. This ...

Awarded: NOK 11.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Effects of marine dietary supplements on lesion formation and vascular inflammation in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

With the development of the apolipoprotein E-knockout mouse, a transgenic animal model became available, where atherosclerotic lesions that have striking similarities to the human disease, develop spontaneously. This model has proven very useful in studyi ng biochemical and cellular events leadin...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Sheep Welfare in the Food Chain

Sheep production is of major importance and with future potential for Norwegian livestock industry as well as rural societies, landscape and culture. Sheep production represent on of the more extensive production forms and has been less subject to industr ialisation of the livestock production. H...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

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

Cell cycle regulation: the role of replication clamps and interacting proteins

DNA replication is executed by enzymes called polymerases. The polymerases are tethered to the DNA template by binding to so-called clamps, which are doughtnut-shaped protein complexes encircling the DNA. The clamps are being loaded onto the DNA by clamp loaders, another protein complex. All orga...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Oslo

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Life in the volcanic crust of the early Earth: conditions, timing and depth

Over the past decade, our group has provided convincing evidence that alteration of basaltic glass in pillow lavas of modern and ancient oceanic crust is partially controlled by microbial activity. As a result, bioactivity may have important implications for global chemical fluxes and the evoluti...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Innate and acquired immunity in myocardial adaptation to ischemia - possible therapeutic gains?

Atherosclerosis is our major cause of morbidity and mortality, causing cerebral stroke, myocardial infarction, lower extremity gangrene, renal infarctions etc. Atherosclerosis is a chronic process involving both innate and adaptive immunity in its develop ment, and is a subject for attempts of im...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Oslo

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Tidsskriftstøtte Arbeiderhistorie

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Awarded: NOK 45,000

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Oslo

AS-HEL-Samfunnsmedisin og helsetj.

Social determinants of oral health during 35 years. The fourth study of two birth cohorts 1929-1938 and 1959-1960

There is a shortage of oral health epidemiological studies in Norway. There are no register data on oral health and oral disease to gain any knowledge from. All data must be collected by field studies. The section of Community dentistry at the University of Oslo have carried out three major oral ...

Awarded: NOK 0.61 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Metabolic processes in the anterior eye analysed by NMR spectroscpy

This project focuses on metabolic changes occurring in different structures of the eye as a result of diseases, ageing, environmental and nutritional influence. The major objective is to present metabolic profiles of human corneas, and this includes corne as during organ cultures. Because of an i...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Norsk tidsskrift for misjon, 2006

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Awarded: NOK 75,000

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Oslo

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

NOA - Norsk som andrespråk for 2006

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Awarded: NOK 60,000

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Forestilllinger om ruralitet i norsk regional- og distriktspolitikk. Videref. av 155695. Videreføres etter søknad 177641/V10.

I arbeidet med tekster fra ulike arenaer i det norske samfunnet som omhandler distriktene har det vokst frem interessante koplinger mellom konstruksjonen av en norsk identitet og vårt forhold til det rurale. Det er først på 1970-tallet at politikken for d et rurale også får et tydelig symbolsk in...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Agder

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Internasjonalt arktisk samarbeid - premisser for norsk nærområdepolitikk. Videreføring fra 156324/V10.

Våre nordlige nærområder er av stor betydning for norsk utenrikspolitikk. Etter den kalde krigens slutt og Sovjetunionens sammenbrudd har andre hensyn enn de rent militærstrategiske blitt stadig viktigere. Spørsmål knyttet til miljø, ressurser og helse er f. eks. sentrale i det utvidede sikkerhe...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Akershus

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Tillit som betingelse for samarbeid og utvikling i Nord

Prosjektet skal utvikle kompetanse om Nordområdeproblematikk gjennom teoretisk refleksjon og empiriske undersøkelser av sosiale/menneskelige vilkår for tillitsbygging, samarbeid og utvikling i Nordområdene. Gjennom å bruke tillit som inntak til å fokuse re på sosial organisering og sosiale rela...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

KOSK-Katalyse og organisk syntetisk kjemi

Organisk Kjemisk Vintermøte 2006

The Norwegian Organic chemistry Winter meeting is arranged for the 21st consecutive year in January 2006. OKV1 was arranged in 1986 with approximately 80 participants. Since that time the numbers of participants from Universities, Research Institutes an d Industry increased gradually stabilizin...

Awarded: NOK 69,999

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Oslo