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RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Multiple instruments and the design and implementation of effective energy and climate policy

This project analyses the economic consequences of using multiple instruments towards energy and climate policy targets. The project studies the main political causes for deviating from the simple cost efficient recommendations. A key objective of the pro ject is to identify effective policy meas...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

7 - 2nd Norwegian Environmental Toxicology symposium: Joining forces for an Integrated search for Environmental solutions

Sustainable development within environmental carrying capacity and minimal human health risk consequences is a central issue toxicological and environmental studies and research. Within the concept of environmental carrying capacity and minimal human heal th risk, the evaluation and development r...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Formation of flavour components from PUFA and how these are influenced by the presence of molecular pro- and antioxidants and mitochondria

The project is a joint effort within The Food Alliance at Ås and within the coming NOFIMA Research group plus the participation of two food industries: NORTURA and TINE. The project focuses on generating more knowledge in the area of flavour formation in formulated food products containing differ...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Twelve Step based self-help groups for substance related disorders

Substance dependency deeply influences peoples lives in complex ways. There is typically a need for treatment and rehabilitation in a long-term perspective. The public treatment systems have deficient capacity to give follow ups. This is particularly true for patients undergoing detoxification, ...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Agder

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Pilot study: prevalence of alcohol and drugs at the workplace

Alcohol and drug abuse affects society in many ways, e.g., health, social relations, safety, and productivity at the workplace. Alcohol is more significant in this respect than drugs because the use of alcohol is common and accepted by society. Testing of oral fluid (saliva) may be used to dete...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

CARBON-HEAT- CARBON uptake and fluxes of water and HEAT in the North Atlantic Current

CARBON-HEAT is a three year project that will study a potential feedback between the ocean carbon cycle and climate change, relating to the flow speed and heat and carbon flux of the Atlantic water en route to the Arctic Ocean We intend to -Assess the de gree to which the Atlantic Water (AW) is ...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

KLINISK-Klinisk forskning

The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study. A cluster-randomized educational intervention to improve GPs' prescription practice

The study will be employed as a cluster randomized study targeting 80 general practice (GP) continuous medical education (CME) groups (about 500 GPs) which will be randomized to recieve one out of two interventions - being controls for the other. Furtherm ore, an extended control group comprised ...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Samordningens muligheter og begrensninger - utfordringer i og omkring transportsektoren

SIPets overordnede formål er at TØI bygger opp en kunnskapsbase som gjør det mulig å sette samordning på den forskningsmessige dagsorden. Gjennom det vil vi bidra til at politikk og forvaltning får et bedre kunnskapsgrunnlag for å vurdere samordningens mu ligheter og begrensninger i samferdsels-,...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

The Role of Seeds in a Changing Climate - Linking Germination Ecophysiology to Population and Community Ecology

Rekruttering fra frø (frøspiring og frøplantenes overlevelse) er en nøkkelprosess i plantenes livshistorie med konsekvenser for artenes utbredelse, evolusjon, og overlevelse. Både frøenes økologiske rolle og deres klimarespons best forstås ved å sette dette livshistoriestadiet inn i en større sam...

Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Vestland

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Arbeids- og bedriftsvandringer i et utvidet Europa: Inkludering i det gode arbeidslivet?

Tre år etter EU-utvidelsen ser vi at bedriftenes arbeidskraftstrategier er i endring, og at det nasjonale reguleringsregimet både på lov- og avtalenivå har vært og er under omfattende revisjon. Kunnskap om den nye arbeidskraftsmobilitetens former og omfan g, og ikke minst konsekvensene/responsene...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Oceanography and Match-mismatch

We intend to study ecosystem functioning using the match-mismatch hypothesis as a framework. The marine ecosystem chosen - the Benguela Upwelling - is an important fishing area and thereby also subject to anthropogenic constraints. The present proposal i s link to Mico project ES427093 that invo...

Awarded: NOK 0.41 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Healthy cheese: Influence of milk fat components on microbial activity and development of bioactive components in fat reduced cheese.

Prosjektet SUNN OST har skal danne et kunnskapsgrunnlag slik at oster med redusert fettinnhold med gode sensoriske egenskaper kan utvikles. Vi ønsker å øke forståelsen av hvordan melkefett og fettkulemembran komponenter (FKMK) påvirker mikrobiologisk veks t og metabolisme i ost, utvikle metoder f...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Innovative and attractive fish dishes (188389)

Attractive seafood dishes for large scale production are in minority among the dishes served in institutional households and industrial kitchens of the HoReCa segment. The seafood dishes present are characterised by low quality due to improper handling, p rocessing, packaging, storage conditions ...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Rogaland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Survey Methods for Abundance Estimation of Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) Stocks

Sandeels are small eel-like fish that is laterally compressed and without swimbladder that swim in large shoals and inhabit areas with specific sandy substrate into which they burrow. Sandeels are distributed in coastal and shallow open-ocean waters throu ghout the North Sea, but the geographical...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Multi-disciplinary approach to Explaining Differential Immunization Coverage

Although there exist effective vaccines for many life-threatening diseases, access to these technologies remains limited in many low and middle income countries. The proposed project address the question: Why are some low-income countries and communities therein far more successful than others in...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Impact of a new and affordable conjugate meningococcal vaccine on carriage of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis and disease transmission

Meningococcal meningitis is causing repeated massive epidemics in an area south of Sahara, termed the meningitis belt. The disease-causing bacteria are mainly serogroup A meningococci. These are transmitted between individuals by air-borne droplets and as ymptomatic carriers are the principal sou...

Awarded: NOK 11.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

2nd generation Vaccibodies for infectious diseases

Aim: PI (Bjarne Bogen) and co-workers have recently reported on a novel vaccine technology, Vaccibodies, which appears very potent. The object of the present proposal is to further improve the design and immunogenicity of Vaccibodies (resulting in 2nd gen eration Vaccibodies). Background: New an...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Going Home to Fight? Explaining Refugee Return and Violence

This project examines why some returning refugees come to destabilize the peace process in their home country. Despite considerable literature on refugee warriorism in exile, there is no analysis of their role upon return. Likewise, the challenge of rein tegrating refugee warriors does not figur...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Unravelling the Vicious Circle: Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihoods in Small-scale Fisheries

In this project we question how poverty can be alleviated through ecosystem-based management of natural resources. Alleviating poverty sometimes requires strategies which are inherently in conflict. This is particularly the case in economies based on natu ral resources. As one seeks to reduce pov...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Flammable Societies: The Role of Oil and Gas Industry in the Promotion of Poverty Reduction and Social Volatility

Through the development of a series of comparative case studies in present-day Latin America, Africa, Europe and the former Soviet Union we propose to explore the way in which the current concerns for social responsibility in the international oil and gas industry are transferred into concrete s...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Vestland

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Arbeidsmarkedsmobilitet i de nordiske velferdsstatene og betydningen av de institusjonelle reguleringene på arbeidsmarkedet

Prosjektet skal muliggjøre norsk deltakelse i et nordisk samarbeidsprosjekt som skal sammenligne mobiliteten på arbeidsmarkedene i de nordiske landene (Danmark, Finland, Norge og Sverige). Fire former for mobilitet vil bli viet særlig oppmerksomhet i sama rbeidsprosjektet: Bevegelser inn og ut av...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the high North and North-Western Russia

The aim of the proposed initiative is to develop a mutual scientific exchange program within environmental chemistry based upon transfer of scientific knowledge, MSc, PhD students and personnel. The main activity will be medium-term research visits (3-12 months; 6 months in average) of M.Sc., Ph....

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Svalbard

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Influence of polysaccharide based dietary fibre on gut microflora and human health-INFIGUT

This project aims at generating new knowledge about the influence of dietary fibres on the gut microflora and to document effects on the human health. The knowledge can be utilized as basis for dietary recommendations and form a basis for development of n ew, health promoting foods. The intesti...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Identification of plant foods and drinks available in the Norwegian marked that reduce oxidative stress and dampen inflammation

Oxidative stress is intimately involved in pathophysiology many chronic degenerative diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cataract as well as neurodegenerative diseases. Oxidative stress is also central to the theory of aging. We ar e therefore investigating the role of die...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Fjord ecosystems - Sami communities: Local ecological knowledge and socio-ecological history

The project will bring forth management-relevant knowledge about a largely neglected part of Norway's marine/coastal environment; the northern fjords. This will be achieved through cross-disciplinary partnership, including marine scientists from Institute for Marine Research, international co-op...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Subsidizing R&D and installment of carbon abatement in open economies

The European Union and Norway have both proposed tougher unilateral emission reduction targets than what is required by the Kyoto protocol. According to some setting tough unilateral targets will lead to faster technological development, which again will influence other countries willingness to p...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Mobilizing unutilised labour reserves: the role of part-time work and extended employment interruptions

Norwegian women have a high employment level, but at the same time one of the highest part-time rates in Europe as well as in the Nordic countries, and part-time is common among women in all stages of the life cycle. At the same time a substantial proport ion is absent from work due to childbirth...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Den nye arbeidsplassen: Arbeid, helse og deltakelse i arbeidslivet. En prospektiv, longitudinell undersøkelse.

Both individual level, organization level, and society level factors participate in determining health, absence, and participation in or exit from working life. Several studies have shown that work factors contribute to health problems that are important determinants of musculoskeletal disorders,...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Low Energy Commercial Buildings - Factor 2-4-10 reduction

While the energy use in Norwegian residential buildings is decreasing, the energy use in commercial buildings is increasing. This may be due to a range of different factors like lack of knowledge of integrated energy design, higher comfort requirements, m ore use of glass, etc. To build new kno...

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

VALIDAD Pilot - Development of a valid test battery for assessing driving ability when influenced by drugs

Road traffic safety is a significant issue for society. In the European Union there are approximately 45 000 traffic fatalities annually. The majority of these accidents are caused by human error, and the use of drugs (both prescribed and illegal compound s) is a significant contributor in this r...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage