5,284 projects

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Mosaic epimutations: population prevalence, mechanistic origins, and their role in cancer

Researchers have long debated whether specific changes in the way our genes are regulated, called epigenetic changes or "epimutations," can increase the risk of cancer. Our recent groundbreaking research has provided strong evidence that epimutations are indeed a risk factor for certain types of ...

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Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Community-Centered Modeling of Housing Related Health Disparities

Climate change affects us all, but not equally. People who are already marginalized, such as low-income communities, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions, are more vulnerable to extreme weather events like heatwaves, storms, and flooding. One key factor influencing this vuln...

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Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

MicroRNAs for risk assessment and treatment of venous thromboembolism (MISSION-VTE) 3.0

Blood clots that form in deep veins or the lungs, known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), are a common and serious health issue that can be life-threatening. Every year, nearly 10 million people worldwide are affected by VTE, and about 1 in 12 people will experience VTE at some point in their live...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ERC-European Research Council (ERC)

The full spectrum of opioid effects

Opioids are irreplaceable and effective analgesics– at the group level. However, clinicians still cannot predict how much pain relief each patient will achieve, nor who will develop addiction. By treating the variability of opioid effects as noise, the group-based efficacy studies fail to explain...

Awarded: NOK 27.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2030

Location: Oslo

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Collaboration and training research stay for PhD student in the BLINDZONES project.

This project is a coordination and support activity related to an ongoing main project (“The illusion of empty blind zones: How things may seem to appear out of nowhere in magic shows and road accidents, BLINDZONES”), which is funded by the Research Council of Norway. The BLINDZONES project aims ...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Norsk Tidsskrift For Ernæring - konferanse

Norsk Tidsskrift for Ernæring (NTFE) er et vitenskapelig tidsskrift og medlemstidsskrift til eierforeningene Norsk forening for kliniske ernæringsfysiologer tilknyttet Forskerforbundet og Norsk forening for ernæringsvitenskap. Tidsskriftet ønsker å være en felles plattform for hele det norske ern...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Smart Affinity Samplers with Cell Separation

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

AI-Based CT Perfusion Optimizing Stroke Care

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Development of a Transjugular Delivery Catheter for the Cinch Annulizer Tricuspid Annuloplasty Device

Cinch Medical AS has its roots in publicly funded research at Haukeland University Hospital and the University of Bergen. The company is developing the Cinch Annulizer, a new generation technology for catheter-based treatment of severe heart disease. Through collaboration with leading internation...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Research Stay at the University of Bristol for post doc Roya Karimi as part of the project 315599.

This research stay at the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), University of Bristol, will support the project “Unravelling the Genetic Trajectories of Childhood Growth – From Trio-GWAS to Mechanisms” (RCN project no. 315599). A key objective of the main project is to reveal biological and en...

Awarded: NOK 0.28 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Understanding and preventing violence in high risk individuals– a mixed-methods approach (PreVio)

Violent crime committed by persons with severe mental illness represent an area of shared responsibility between the criminal justice system and the health services, with interconnected challenges: fatal incidents perpetrated by persons with a known history of mental illness and violence, a cons...

Awarded: NOK 75,999

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Developing KNOWledge on needs and MEasures aimed at children experiencing parental problem gambling

Problem gambling is a global public health concern with serious consequences for individuals and their families. Shame and stigma often lead to underreporting, and for each person with severe gambling problems, an estimated six close relatives are significantly affected—children being especially ...

Awarded: NOK 9.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Akershus

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Exploring novel therapies for celiac disease centered around the autoantigen transglutaminase 2

Celiac disease is affecting 1-2% of the population. Today the only existing treatment for the widespread disorder is a lifelong gluten-free diet. There is a need to develop alternative treatments. Recent research has revealed that the enzyme transglutaminase 2 plays a central role in the developm...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

AKIGAI - EGFR inhibitors against NeuP (1st gen)

Neuropathic pain (NeuP) affects between 7-10% of adults worldwide, making it one of the most widespread and difficult-to-treat chronic conditions. Unlike normal pain, which is triggered by injury or inflammation, neuropathic pain is caused by damage to the nerves themselves. For most people livin...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

General Heart Failure Diagnostics from ECG using Artificial Intelligence

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the world according to the World Health Organization. One of its most serious forms is heart failure, a condition where the heart cannot pump blood effectively. Heart failure affects an estimated 1–2% of adults worldwide and diagnosing it ea...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Akershus

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

RafX SafeNight: AI- and radar-based monitoring for safer care and smarter workflows in psychiatry.

RafX is developing RafX SafeNight, an AI- and radar-based next-generation system for contactless continuous monitoring of psychiatric and neurological patients, enabling safer care and optimised workflows while ensuring technical, clinical, and regulatory compliance. Psychiatric inpatients often...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Prediktive biomarkørprodukter for antistoff-legemiddel- konjugater

Targeted chemotherapy, known as antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs), represents a new generation of cancer treatments that deliver potent chemotherapy drugs directly to cancer cells with high precision. ADCs have shown remarkable promise compared to traditional chemotherapy by minimizing damage to he...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

8775 HALT-AMR, Hospital-Acquired Lung infection Treatment with novel Anti-Microbial Resistance beta-lactamase-inhibitors

Antibiotic resistance is an ever-increasing threat to our modern healthcare system. Antibiotics are used to treat life-threatening infections and prevent infections in e.g. cancer treatment and major surgery. Due to poor earnings, there are far too few new antibiotics being developed by private c...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

BANEBRYTENDE-BANEBRYTENDE

Rescue of Factor VII deficiency through liver organoid transplantation – in vivo proof of concept

Hereditary Factor (F) VII deficiency is a rare condition that affects how well our blood can clot. It is caused by changes in the F7 gene and is particularly common in Norway. People with this condition can experience bleeding that ranges from mild to severe, and sometimes these bleeding episodes...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

BANEBRYTENDE-BANEBRYTENDE

Enhancer-Driven Gene-Expressing Adeno-Associated Viruses for Azheimer's Disease

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Mechanisms of Persistent Fatigue

Persistent fatigue (PF) is a highly prevalent transdiagnostic symptom. Acute infection is a common trigger of PF, as exemplified by ‘Long COVID’ . PF is an under-researched field, with scarce knowledge of disease mechanisms as well as treatment and preventive measures. Existing knowledge on PF s...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

BANEBRYTENDE-BANEBRYTENDE

Targeted combination influenza vaccine

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

A novel engineering strategy for improved antibody designs

Monoclonal antibodies have become very important tools in the treatment of cancer and of infectious diseases. Most commercially exploited antibodies are based on the IgG1 subclass of antibodies. However, there are as well the subclasses IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4. These are so far under-utilized in dru...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

FORSKNINGSINFRA-FORSKNINGSINFRA

ATMP Norway. A multi-nodal infrastructure for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products in Norway.

ATMP Norway: A National Infrastructure for Advanced Therapies Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) offer curative potential by targeting the underlying biology of diseases such as cancer, autoimmunity, and genetic disorders. CAR-T cell therapy has demonstrated clinical success in B cell ma...

Awarded: NOK 50.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2035

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

PathwaysSphere: Care-pathway intelligence platform for hospitals and clinics.

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

CRCbiome-long: Gut dynamics in health and disease - a population-based longitudinal study

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes – bacteria, viruses, and fungi – collectively known as the gut microbiome. These organisms are essential for digestion, immune defense, and overall health. But when their balance is disrupted, it can set the stage for disease development, including c...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

p95HER2 Antibody–drug conjugates (ADC) targeting metastatic cancer

ImmunoQuest Therapeutics (ImmunoQuest), a Norwegian biotech startup, is developing a new cancer drug that targets a dangerous protein called p95HER2. This protein doesn’t just appear in hard-to-treat tumors — it causes the cancer to become more aggressive and resistant to existing therapies. Toda...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Demonstration of Anti-obesogenic properties of brown Macroalgae-derived compounds Incorporated into food Products

The DAMIP project (Demonstration of Anti-obesogenic properties of brown Macroalgae-derived compounds Incorporated into food Products) explores an exciting and sustainable response to one of the greatest health challenges of our time: obesity. The project is based on research showing that brown al...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Novel Treatment for Hypochondriacal Disorder

This project is about testing and preparing a new, simplified treatment method for people struggling with health anxiety, often known as hypochondria. The method has been developed by Professor and physician Ingvard Wilhelmsen over the past 30 years and has shown strong results: patients report f...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Psykososial beredskap i møte med katastrofer og kriser: Forberedelse til det uforutsigbare

Prosjektet skal arrangere en konferanse og workshop om psykososial beredskap i møte med katastrofer og kriser. Formålet er å styrke kunnskap, nyskapning og samarbeid innen psykososial beredskap i Norge, med spesielt fokus på kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenester og deres kriseteam. Arrangementet e...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo