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RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Design, implementation and evaluation of environmental policy

Energy use inflicts costs on society in terms of negative external effects on the environment (pollution and global warming). In this setting economists often talk of market failure, i.e. that competitive markets that otherwise are considered beneficial t o society do not lead to an efficient all...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

2006 World Conference on Natural Resource Modeling

The 2006 World Conference on Natural Resource Modeling will take place in Bergen, Norway, from June 26 to June 28 next year. The World Conference on Natural Resource Modeling is an annual event organized by The Resource Modeling Association (RMA). RMA w as founded in the early 1980s by a group ...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Vestland

SMADRIFT-Ordning for finansiering av små driftsm.

Små driftsmidler - Norges handelshøyskole

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Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Vestland

SMADRIFT-Ordning for finansiering av små driftsm.

Små driftsmidler - Norsk Lærerakademi, Høyskolen for Kristendomskunnskap, pedagogikk og interkulturell forståelse

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Awarded: NOK 0.49 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Umbrella branding of regional product concepts: Marketing and inter-organizational challenges in implementation of the Fjord Norway Brand

Branding has been recognized as the management philosophy and the critical agenda for the Executive Board in most industries worldwide (de Chernatony, 2001). However, the knowledge and use of the branding strategic option is to some extent limited in many Norwegian industries (MMI, 2001), and pa...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestland

F-INF-Naturvitenskap, informatikk

Organizing the annual international workshop WG 2006 in Bergen

The Algorithms Research Group at the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, is organizing WG 2006 - 32nd International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science. This is one of the main international events in the graph algorit hms research society, and it is eagerly a...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Vestland

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

CODY: Computational Dynamics of Quantum Systems

The principal objective of this project is to establish an international leading group dealing with theory and modeling of time-dependent quantum dynamics. Measurable goals are: the production of ground breaking research on numerical algorithms for the Time Dependent Schrödinger Equation (TDS...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Rare-Earth Metal-Based Ziegler-Natta Catalysts. Structure-Reactivity Relations in Homogeneous and Heterogenized Catalysts

The long-term goal of the project is to systematically study the reaction pathways and activation sequences in empirically designed multicomponent Ziegler-Natta catalysts and, based on fundamental insights, to develop more efficient polymerization catalys ts. The focus of the predominantly synth...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

F-KJEM-Naturvitenskap, kjemi

EUCHEM 2006 Conference on Organic Free Radicals

Free organic radicals and radical chemistry has a great and continuous increasing interest within a large variety of research areas. In order to satisfy the crucial interaction between researchers and research groups worldwide working within this research topic. A request was directed to Scandin...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Vestland

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

Prosjektet består i å videreføre og koordinere norsk engasjement i forhold til Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). IOC er et mellomstatlig organ innenfor UNESCO, har 129 medlemsland, og arbeider for å fremme internasjonalt samarbeid og koor dinere programmer innen marin forskning, ...

Awarded: NOK 0.47 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Physiological and behavioural indicators for fish welfare assessment in aquaculture and fish capture

Seafood consumers are concerned about animal welfare and recent white papers states that Norway should take a leading position to ensure acceptable animal welfare standards as basis of an sustainable and ethical aquatic production. Institute of Marine Res earch (IMR), Bergen has a leading role in...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

AREAL-Areal- og naturbasert næringsutvikling

Handelsbarrierer og foredling i fiskevarer

Bakgrunn for prosjektet: Etter Sveriges, Finlands og Østerrikes inntreden i EU i 1996 ble også markedsadgangen for norske fiskevarer endret - først og fremst i form av høyere tollbarrierer. Målsettingen med prosjektet er å analysere hvilke konsekvenser me dlemskapet og de nye handelsbarrierene/ma...

Awarded: NOK 0.42 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Genetically modified plant products (GMPP) in feed for Atlantic salmon - A follow-up study on physiological responses and DNA traceability.

During the initial five-year period (1996-2001) when genetically modified (GM) crops were first adapted, the global planting area of GM crops increased rapidly and especially in USA, Argentina and Canada. Among the crop plants that accounts for the larges t planting area, are maize and soybeans. ...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Improved Tumor Models by Functional Genomic Tissue Engineering

Cancer is not a single cell disease: tumors comprise two distinct but interdependent compartments,neoplastic tumor cells and an interposed supporting stroma (e.g. connective tissue, blood vessels). All tumors require stroma for nutritional support and was te product removal and a strong correlati...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Development of a subunit vaccine for prevention of reactivation of tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis and is one of the main killers among infectious pathogens in the world, and an important factor that sustain poverty in developing countries. Applied research for development of new vaccines is therefore need ed. Transmission of tuberculosis (TB) is ...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Development of a supersensitive Ah receptor-based screening method for dioxins in food and feed

Biosense Laboratories AS (est. 1996) develops to be a leading supplier of biotechnology-based products for consumer safety, including environmental safety, food safety and food quality. Our focus is on specific segments where existing products and methods does not meet the market requirements fo...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Timing and determination of fecundity and skipped spawning: implications for stock-recruitment theory of determinate spawners

To forecast stock size is an integral part of responsible and sustainable management of marine resources, and requires intimate knowledge of stock-recruitment relationships. Models that accurately depict these relationships have therefore long been sought . These models have evolved in complexity...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Risk-benefit assessment in a mammalian model of the consumption of different types of seafood containing high levels of methylmercury

Seafood is the main source of methylmercury in the human diet. However, the outcomes of epidemiological studies in populations exposed to high methylmercury levels from different types of seafood (e.g. fish versus whale) are contradictory. Furthermore, re ported risk assessments of seafood consum...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

7 - International Symposium on ICZM

International Symposium on ICZM, Arendal, Norway, 11-14 June 2007 This international multi-disciplinary conference is intended to promote science and integration of knowledge for the sustainable management of coastal resources. It will provide a venue fo r scientists, engineers, managers and pol...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Generic properties of harvest control rules: what works and what doesn?

This project aims on reviewing, comparing and contrasting different fisheries management regimes in order to evaluate their effectiveness to all stakeholders in the target fishery. Special consideration will be given towards the biological, economical and social implications of the management re...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Ecosystem dynamics and fish stocks

In accordance with international conventions it is the goal of Norwegian authorities to establish a management regime of marine resources and environment supporting the ecosystem approach. This represents a tremendous challenge to resource evaluation, but the international scientific community h...

Awarded: NOK 20.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Tracing escaped farmed salmon by means of naturally occurring DNA markers, fatty acid profiles, trace elements and stable isotopes

In 2003, the Ministry of Fisheries took the initiative to set up a national committee to investigate some questions regarding the tagging of farmed fish. In the same year, the Director of Fisheries set up the Tagging Committee with representatives of the aquaculture industry, the research communi...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Interactions between wild and farmed Atlantic cod: non-lethal impacts of escapees on wild populations

Cod is a new target species for aquaculture in the north Atlantic. With increasing numbers of farmed cod kept in sea-pens in coastal areas it is necessary to address the potential impacts of cod aquaculture on the local environment. Of particular concern is the effect of cod that escape from net-...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Victimisation from bullying and harassment in the workplace: Causes, consequences and problem management

The aim of this project is to establish a team devoted to research on the prevention and management of bullying, harassment and social exclusion at work. The project extends pioneer research at the University of Bergen on the nature, causes and consequenc es of bullying at work. Some 5-10% of the...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Vestland

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

InnovasjonNet 2006

InnovationNet har eksistert i 6 år med vekslende finansiering fra FORNY og nHS. Nettverket er nå et rendyrket kompetansenettverk der hovedfokus er kompetanseheving av ansatte på alle høgskolene i nettverket. Nettverket tilbyr kurs i samarbeid mellom høgsk olene og med NTNU. Kursene er selvstendig...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Vestland

MOBI-Mobilisering

Utvikling og internasjonalisering Forskingsbasert kompetanseformidling - Sogn og Fjordane - Videreføring av 166376 og 168589

Sogn og Fjordane har tradisjonelt vore trygt plassert i toppen av alle positive statistikkar. Fylket har hatt liten arbeidsløyse, høg eksport frå næringslivet og lite sosiale og samfunnsmessige problem. Dette er no i endring, og Sogn og Fjordane viser seg som eit sårbart fylke. Næringslivet er i...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Shale reactivity and consequences for long term stability of CO2 storage

Increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are expected to cause a gradual warming of the Earth's surface leading to potentially disastrous changes to the global climate. This is an international concern, as well as an international respons ibility, and several research programs in...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestland

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

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

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

The Jan Mayen micro-continent - Searching for new knowledge on prospectivity, basin evolution and sediment provenance

The Norwegian continental margin has been extensively studied through a large number of seismic surveys and drill holes, and the subsurface geology is therefore generally well known. In comparison, the knowledge on the subsurface geology of the conjugate East Greenland margin is rudimentary. More...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

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