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FINANSMARK-Finansmarkedet

Corporate Risk Management in Small Norwegian Firms

Owners of small firms have, in general, tied most of their wealth to one firm. Hence, in terms of motives for risk management, owners and managers could have more in common in small and medium sized firms than in large public companies. Still, there has b een little research on the use of risk ma...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Vertical distribution: hybridisation barrier between escapee and wild cod?

Most farmed cod are produced in net-pens in sheltered coastal areas used as habitat by coastal cod. As future expansion of the industry is expected, interactions between farmed escapees and local coastal stock are inevitable. Genetic introgression from es capees has caused fitness depression in w...

Awarded: NOK 0.60 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

FINANSMARK-Finansmarkedet

Communication of financial information

An essential issue in finance is how information about a firm is conveyed to investors. While a considerable amount of financial reporting is mandatory (e.g., quarterly statements, annual reports, etc.), managers may retain some discretion in their report ing. Opportunities for discretion arise b...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Decadal variability on the North Atlantic Ocean/Nordic Seas

Project DEC-OCEAN aims at clarifying the origin behind decadal and multi-decadal variability in the North Atlantic and its influences on the transports and properties of Atlantic water to the Nordic Seas. Regionally induced oceanic variability to the nort h of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge will al...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Expected Change in Fisheries in the Barents Sea

Project summary The project focuses on how changes in climate, i.e. increase in temperature, will influence fish stocks and their commercial stakeholders. Changes in fish distribution will not only affect the fisheries directly through changes in possibl e fishing areas, and changes in yield bec...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

L-Ornithine and phenylacetate: A novel and effective therapy for hepatic encephalopathy

Background: The major therapeutic target for the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy is ammonia. Our extensive investigations in animal models and also in humans with cirrhosis support the view that the major organ removing ammonia in patients with cirrho sis is the muscle, converting ammonia to ...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

PLAN - Responding to Climate Change: The Potentials of and Limits to Adaptation in Norway

PLAN is a coordinated, social science-based research project that analyzes the potentials of and limits to adaptation as a response to climate change in Norway. This four-year project will provide an empirical and theoretical understanding of adaptation a s a social process, with an emphasis on i...

Awarded: NOK 26.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Landscape planning versus real world landscape changes

This project will study changes in land use on a municipal scale, based on analyses of existing, up-dated digital maps (DMK) and older versions to be digitised from existing analogue format. Four to six municipalities in the Oslo Fjord region will be chos en as study areas, dependent on data avai...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Emission trading in Europe: The importance of allocation rules

The project will explore the implications of different allocation rules in emission trading schemes (ETS). Current allocation rules in the EU and Norwegian ETS are partly designed so that firms can influence on the number of allowances they get (especiall y for new entrants). The allocation rules...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Civil protection and climate vulnerability

This project takes the link between civil protection and climate change as its starting point. Our aim is to investigate which factors determine the capacity for local adaptation to climate change by studying long-term institutional learning within civil protection institutions in the wake of ext...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Distributed Renewable Energy Hydrogen Systems

Systems based on renewable energy (RE) sources with medium-term hydrogen (H2) energy storage have the potential to play an important role in various power applications. RE/H2-systems are well suited for high-cost applications, such as remote telecommunica tion stations and uninterrupted power sup...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Balance Management in Multinational Power Markets

Growing attention is given to the exchange of balancing services between control areas in different countries. It must be expected that the need for balancing services will increase due to rapid expansion of new renewable energy sources. By having a syste m-wide approach instead of a control area...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Sustainable Polymers for Solar Collector Applications

Previous results from the group have resulted in the first commercial all-plastics solar collectors. This success has been an inspiration behind the proposed new IEA-SHCP Task "Polymeric Materials for Solar Thermal Applications", now approved by the ExCo. The aim of the present project is partic...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

International workshop on ions in bacteria

The rationale for organizing this type of workshop is that the ion content in cells is strongly related to the cellular physiology. On a broad basis we will discuss the interactions between compatible organic solutes and inorganic ions with respect to cel lular levels, transport, and availability...

Awarded: NOK 7,053

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Ocean Prediction Networking

Our proposal seeks funds (1) to network Norwegian resources, (2) to implement a formal collaboration on the national level, and (3) to foster international collaboration within the field of ocean prediction. Reliable ocean state description and forecasts of, e.g., extreme currents and waves, ha...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Preparing for tuberculosis vaccine efficacy trials: Baseline epidemiology, improved diagnosis, markers of protection and phase I/II trials

This collaboration between scientists in Denmark, India, Norway, South Africa and the U. S. will conduct 3 large cohort studies of tuberculosis (TB) in Palamaner, India, using state of the art immunology to identify correlates of protective immunity and i ncipient disease. These cohorts will be a...

Awarded: NOK 18.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Project establishment: Development of vaccine(s) against infections with diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Shigella

Diarrheal diseases are the second most common cause of death in children, accounting for 1/5 of the 10.6 million annual child deaths. In addition, repeated episodes of diarrhea, especially if prolonged and associated with growth faltering, are an importan t cause of malnutrition in developing cou...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Integrated Health Information Systems (HIS) for vaccination in developing countries

Improving immunisation coverage is seen as a cost effective and efficient means for improving the health of populations. However, increasing focus is being directed at populations where coverage is poor, and to populations who are marginalised and therefo re at risk. Identifying these groups is n...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Novel vaccine candidates and delivery systems for HIV and influenza

Aim: We wish to generate novel vaccines for important infectious diseases such as HIV (FRIBIOMOL)and influenza (GLOBVAC). Background: Vaccination has had an enormous impact on health and longevity of humans world-wide. However, for some important diseases such as HIV, there are no available vacc...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

DEMO2000-Prosj.ret tekn.utv. petro.virk

Monitoring sea ice thickness from a subsea multibeam sonar.

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Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

DEMO2000-Prosj.ret tekn.utv. petro.virk

Permanently Installed Fiber Optic Monitoring System for Array Temperature Sensing - Field Qualification and Performance Evaluation

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Awarded: NOK 0.49 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Transferring "Utopia" in Early Modern Europe: The Vernacular Paratexts

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Awarded: NOK 49,296

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Improved methods for detection and strain identification of Tobacco rattle virus in Norway

Potetproduksjonen I Norge har I flere år vært skadelidende på grunn av rustflekksjuke - brune ringer og flekker - i potetknollene. Disse symptomene gjør potetene uegnet både til matpotet, pommes frites og potetgullproduksjon. Rustflekksjuke er hovedsakeli g forårsaket av to virus: potetmopptoppvi...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Innlandet

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Konsekvenser av endringer i etterspørselsforhold og markedsvekst for utvikling, risiko og fremtidig vekst av norsk oppdrettsnæring

Laksenæringen har de siste år vært gjennom enorme kontraster i forhold til lønnsomhet og produksjonsøkning, samt betydelige prissvingninger. Året 2000 var et av de mest sa lønnsomme næringen har opplevd, mens 2003 var blant de absolutt dårligste. I 2006 e r vi på vei mot et nytt toppår. Det er in...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Ecosystem-based management of the Barents Sea: benthic ecosystem modelling.

Despite efforts to adopt an ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), traditional stock assessment tools are still the sole instruments used to manage the majority of the world fisheries. Recent efforts to develop multispecies and ecosystem models have been important in the debate on how to adopt an...

Awarded: NOK 67,000

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Økt holdbarhet av ferske fiske-og kjøttprodukter ved bruk av hinderteknologi

Prosjektet skal generere økt kunnskap og kompetanse hos de deltagende bedrifter i bruk av hinderteknikk for å forlenge holdbarheten til næringsmidler. Erfaringer fra Island og Norge har vist at holdbarheten på ferske fiskeprodukter kan økes betydelig ved bruk av enkle konserveringsteknikker. Pros...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Avl for bedre helse hos gris

Organisering og oppslutning i norsk svineavl er unikt internasjonalt. Tilslutningen til avlsarbeidet i næringa, faglig dyktighet i Norsvin samt aksept og støtte fra myndighetene har bidratt til at norsk avlsmatriale i dag er verdensledende på flere område r. Dette har resultert i at en internasjo...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Innlandet

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Atlantic Arctic climate system change

The research-mobility project on "Atlantic Arctic climate system change (ATLANTARC)" is a venture from Bergen, Norway to Boulder, Colorado, USA. The research will contribute to our understanding of the dynamics of arctic ocean-ice-climate variability in a key region through which the East Greenl...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Vestland

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Culturally grounded tourism and local food in rural development

Cultural activities and heritage, rural tourism and small-scale food production (CULTOURFOOD) are three fragmented sectors or industries with many actors and little coordination. In spite of increasing economic and social importance and political awarenes s, those industries have separate sector ...

Awarded: NOK 9.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Stanford visit - Learning from transdisciplinarity

The idea with this project is to be a visiting scholar at Stanford University in order collaborate with researchers at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. I will pursue my own postdoctoral project 'Learning from transdisciplinarity. Gen der and ICT as windows to understanding m...

Awarded: NOK 97,000

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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