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NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Immunisation strategies against viral pathogens of Atlantic salmon

This project will build a knowledge platform where the aim is create a basis for development of efficacious virus vaccines for Atlantic salmon. Vaccines that confer good protection against bacterial diseases have been developed, the challenge lies in obta ining equal protection against major vira...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Carbon-supported core-shell electrocatalysts for oxidation of small organic molecules

Prosjektet studerer ørsmå partikler av edelmetaller. Disse partiklene, den såkalte kjernen, legges det et skall av atomer av en annen type enn i kjernen. Dette gir opphave til det som kalles en kjerne-skall-struktur. Resultatene demonstrerer at egenskapen e til skallet påvirkes vesentlig av kjern...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

GASSMAKS-Økt verdiskaping fra naturgass

Advanced Reactor Modeling and Simulation

The need for an increased understanding and effort focusing on mathematical methods for solving reactor models is stressed. The submitted program proposal is for 4 years, but we foresee that this is the start of a long-term program that will continuously provide know-how and expertise to develop ...

Awarded: NOK 10.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

NEVRONOR-Nasjonal satsing på nevrovitenskap f

Attention deficit /hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Risk factors, comorbidity and gene-environment interactions.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (hyperkinetic disturbance; ADHD) is a common condition in school age children (world-wide prevalence estimates 3-7 %). In addition most affected individuals will continue to show symptoms as adults. Still, it has l ong been considered a controversial diagn...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Nanomaterials for 3rd Generation Solar Cells

The present project aims to develop intermediate-band solar cells based on quantum dots. The intermediate-band device is among the candidates for a third generation solar cell technology, having an upper limit for the efficiency that is twice that of curr ent devices used for terrestrial electric...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Fundamental study of the mechanism for deposition of sol particles on a substrate

TThe background for the project lies in a need for a further fundamental understanding of the basic processes and forces that determine the success and failure of a sol gel coating. The basic forces of attraction between substrate and sol particles, and l ater, between particles adhering to a sub...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

GASSMAKS-Økt verdiskaping fra naturgass

Improved Process Design And Operation Of Natural Gas Conversion Technologies

In this project there is a methodological part and an application part. The applications are real processes associated with natural gas conversion technologies. A new method, described in [1] and [2] of the attached list of references, will be further dev eloped and applied on the selected proces...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SHP-Strategiske høgskoleprogram

Public Libraries - Arenas for Citizenship: An Investigation of the Public Library as a Meeting Place in a Digital and Multicultural Context

The project aims at studying the public libraries' potential of functioning as public spaces and meeting places with a capacity of fostering social capital in multicultural urban communities. Citizenship implies a feeling of community with fellow-citizens and with the polity in question. Communi...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PRAKUT-Praksisrettet utdanningsforskn

Elever som forskere i naturfag

Prosjektet Elever som forskere i naturfag (ElevForsk) vil analysere og utvikle hvordan elevene kan bli forskende i sin læring i naturfag. Prosjektet vil ta tak i utfordringer i Kunnskapsløftet knyttet til de to nye hovedmomentene Forskerspiren og Grunnl eggende ferdigheter . ElevForsk skal utfo...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Hybrid Integrated Components For Optical Display Systems

NCE microsystem/HVE (HVE) has identified optoelectronic components as one main focus area. HVE has also signed strategic research and development contracts with industry in this area. As a part of this cooperation HVE want to establish a project related to hynrid integration of optical microsyst...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

VRI-Virkemidler for regional innovasjon

VRI-Agder - Kunnskapsutvikling gjennom samhandling

VRI-Agder er basert på teori om at kunnskap, innovasjon og verdiskaping utvikles gjennom samhandling i bedrifter, i nettverk mellom bedrifter og mellom regioner. VRI-søknaden er et resultat av samhandling mellom næringsliv, nærings- og arbeidslivsorganisa sjoner, offentlige aktører i Aust-Agder o...

Awarded: NOK 17.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Public health aspects and the relationship between Shiga toxin-producing and Enteropathogenic E. coli in the ruminant food production chain

During the human E. coli O103 outbreak in 2006, isolated E. coli O103 without toxin genes (EPEC O103) showed very similar genetic profiles as the human isolates. However, EPEC O103 were isolated from a variety of sheep products from various industrial est ablishments and many of these could not b...

Awarded: NOK 8.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Fabrication of tunable mid-IR laser diodes for sensor and communication applications

This project will focus on new multi-quantum-well lasers in MBE grown gallium antimonide based materials, with wavelengths around 2.33, 2.8, and 3.5 mikrometers, and with line widths and tunability as required for trace gas sensor applications and free sp ace optical communications. The project i...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2015

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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

Computational models of aberrant attribution of salience in schizophrenia and the effects of medication: An event related fMRI study

It has been known for decades that dopamine abnormalities are relevant to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia (mainly psychotic symptoms) and that blocking the dopamine system is associated with improvements in symptoms. How one gets from this neurochemi cal change to the expressed behavior abno...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Regulatory processes of melanisation in the Atlantic salmon

Pigment depositions in fillet and internal organs represent a costly problem to Norwegian aquaculture industry. In the worst cases, the production quality of up to 20% of fillets from certain farms is affected, and this implies trimming, cassation and sub sequently extra production costs. In a pr...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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

The role of mismatch repair proteins in origin sequestration

We have shown that DNA replication is tightly coupled to cell growth in wild type E. coli cells. Initiation of replication occurs precisely at the same point in the cell cycle, generation after generation. The molecular mechanisms behind the precise timin g of initiation of replication are not ye...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Fundamental investigations of solute clustering and nucleation of precipitation

The major aim of the project is to contribute to the understanding of how solute atoms diffuse and interact in solid solution, and how they form aggregates that subsequently nucleate or grow into precipitates. Only recently, techniques for detailed invest igations, sufficient computing power for ...

Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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

Improved individualized diagnosis and treatment monitoring of prostate and breast cancer by combining new MR and ultrasound technology

This project deals with combining new methods in medical ultrasound (US) and Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging to improve individualized diagnosis and treatment monitoring of prostate and breast cancer. The project includes further development of new techno logy and taking this technology into clin...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Thin and highly efficient silicon-based solar cells incorporating nanostructures

Prosjektet "Thin and highly efficient silicon-based solar cells incorporating nanostructures", hvori både forskere og stipendiater ved IFEs Avdeling for Solenergi, har som mål å utvikle nye materialer og nye teknologi for radikalt billigere solceller av k rystallinsk silisium enn man har i dag. P...

Awarded: NOK 36.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Ukjent Fylke

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Thermoelectric materials; synthesis, electronic structure, functionality

Thermoelectric cooling and generation of electricity have many attractive ffeatures compared with other methods of cooling and electric power generation, such as long life, no moving parts, no emission of toxic gases, low maintenance and high reliability. The major challenge is to develop stable...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

KLINISK-Klinisk forskning

Genetic susceptibility and development of chronic sciatic pain - possible implications for future treatment

Previous findings suggest that development of chronic sciatic pain results from multiple functional changes in the peripheral and central nervous system. As described in this grant proposal, several recently described human genetic variants may affect suc h processes. Hence, individual genetic su...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Governance of the precautionary principle and the nano-consumer: A comparison of ethical aspects in nano-products in Norway and the UK

The theme of this proposal is the increasing marketing of nano-products in the consumer market. In late November 2006 The Wilson Centre have identified more than 356 products in the consumer market up from 212 in March 2006. Most common are textiles, sp ort equipments, cosmetics and information...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Uptake and toxicity of quantum dots in cancer cells

Most of the work on quantum dots has so far been focused on their production and fluorescence imaging. The possibility to use quantum dots as photosensitizers remains unexplored: Can these nanoparticles generate reactive oxygen species in biological envir onments? Such a potential of quantum dots...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Nanostructured biomaterials for improved vascularization in tissue engineering

Understanding the interactions between cells and materials is of fundamental importance for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. An ideal scaffold should mimic the natural tissue microenvironment, directing cells to organize into a functional mul ticellular architecture by presenting the...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

GASSMAKS-Økt verdiskaping fra naturgass

Non-Metallocene Organolanthanide Polymerization Catalysis

Non-metallocene rare-earth metal (or lanthanide, Ln) alkyl complexes have emerged as versatile catalysts for the (stereoregular) homo- and copolymerization of industrially relevant monomers including ethylene, butadiene, styrene, and methyl methacrylate, with the polymerization performance being ...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

TIME EFFECTS PILES UPGRADING BEARING CAPACITY OF PILED FOUNDATIONS TO ACCOUNT FOR TIME EFFECTS

The results of the project will primarily be based on the execution of a series of new pile load tests specifically designed to document the effects of time on the axial bearing capacity. A thorough characterisation of all relevant soil characteristics is necessary and will form an essential int...

Awarded: NOK 14.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

LPD - Lean Product Development

The manufacturing industry in Norway as well as Europe is facing increased pressure to reduce manufacturing costs. Automation along with advanced manufacturing systems and lean manufacturing concepts has to some extent preserved Europe as a key area for m anufacturing. Manufacturing cost cutting,...

Awarded: NOK 11.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Fra rekeskall til økologisk gjødsel i nordnorsk planteproduksjon

Rekeindustrien har ei utfordring for behandling av avfall fra produksjon av pillede reker, i form av rekeskall og skyllevann som inneholder store mengder næringsstoffer. Innen økologisk produksjon er nettopp tilgang på næringsstoffer en av flaskehalsene f or å få økt dyrking og omsetning. Dette b...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Drug targeting of protein-protein and ligand-protein interactions

Chemical biology (CB) involves use of small molecules to perturb and study biological function. Small molecular compounds (SMC) with molecular weight below 500 Da have proven extremely important to explore function at the molecular, cellular, and in vivo level and for treating diseases. Most medi...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

High resolution imaging and beamforming

This project aims at providing new knowledge in the field of imaging and beamforming for acoustic applications. The research shall be firmly established in real world data and thus based on measurements in the laboratory and on data from field experiments . The main contributing partner in the pr...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke