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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Fieldwork to determine physiological adaptation of Arctic charr to changing polar climate (RiS ID 6198)

The field grant for the FieldCharr project will be used to investigate the adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), to the extreme polar environment through the study of physiology. As the only Arctic polar freshwater fish species, Arctic charr se rve as an important model in which to inv...

Awarded: NOK 48,662

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE) - 2013

CMI will organize the Nordic Conference in Development Economics in Bergen in June 2013. The first conference was held in Bergen in 2002, and has since then circulated between the Nordic countries, and within country between different cities. In 2013 the conference will return to Bergen. The con...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Adaptive capacity to climate change -personal visiting researcher grant

The personal visiting researcher grant is planned to facilitate and undertake critical tasks for the accomplishment of Critical Aspects of Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in the Northern Regions (working title CAVIAR-II) funded by NORKLIMA (project nu mber ES-483216). CAVIAR-II is an on-going...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Applying a new demographic framework to understand and project consequences of climate change in size- and age-structured populations

I dette prosjektet har vi studert hvordan størrelses-strukturerte populasjoner vil påvirkes av klimaendringer, basert på langsiktige data for gjedde (Windermere, England) og ørret (Mjøsa/Gudbrandsdalslågen). For mange arter er størrelse en viktig faktor som påvirker overlevelse, reproduksjon og ...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Fleksibelt samspill mellom el-kraft og termiske energi i framtidens smarte energisystem (FLEXELTERM)

Europas energisystem er i rask endring, med utfasing av fossile kraftverk og en kraftig vekst i uregulerbar fornybar kraft. Norge står i en særstilling med sin store andel regulerbar vannkraft og med økt utvekslingsskapasitet til resten av Europa vil fleksibilitet bli viktigere og mer verdifullt ...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Oslo

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Microorganisms in the arctic: major drivers of biogeochemical cycles and climate change

Arctic soils are currently the focus of intense research due to their recognized vulnerability to climate change, in particular with respect to the unknown consequences of warming on the enormous carbon reserves that are currently sequestered in permafros t. In order to understand how carbon proc...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Estimating energy expenditure in free-living Kittiwakes using DLW and accelerometers, RIS ID 3828

Energy expenditure in free-living kittiwakes in Kongsfjorden , Svalbard, has been estimated by doubly labeled water method (DLW) during 9 years since 1998. This is the longest available dataset for any free-living bird species. Long-term datasets are espe cially important in rapidly changing envi...

Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Tephrochronology of the North Atlantic region during Early Holocene, RiS:5842(under project: Holocene environmental change of Svalbard

Tephra studies from Svalbard is so far sparse but tephra has been identified in both ice cores and in lake sediments reflecting the area's potential. I would like to add an additional site to my PhD project. My PhD project focuses to create an early Holo cene (11.700 to 8000 cal yr BP) tephrochr...

Awarded: NOK 31,226

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Meroplankton seasonality in trophic interactions, RIS 5264 (umbrella project)

Many benthic organisms have planktonic life-stages (meroplankton). Meroplankton exhibit strong seasonality and can be quite numerous during peak occurrence. Relatively little is known about their dynamics and food requirements, even though they might have considerable impact both as grazers and ...

Awarded: NOK 29,689

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microbial biogeography around Svalbard MicroFUN project RiS: 6167 Umbrella project RiS: 6165

We will sample microbial eukaryotes from a diverse array of marine environments around Svalbard. The main sampling will be performed during the planned cruise south and east of Spitsbergen in July 2013 (RIS ID 6165) and during the AB202 field cruise west and north of Svalbard in August 2013. The...

Awarded: NOK 40,099

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Long-term recovery rates of grazed Svalbard flora. RiS ID 6190

A warming climate, changes in agricultural land use and conservation measures in North America and Europe has led to a significant increase in goose populations and presence of migratory geese in the circumpolar arctic in the past 50 years. The continued monitoring of these populations and their...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Ecological and evolutionary constraints of prokaryotic microbial biodiversity in terrestrial and lake ecosystems of Svalbard, RiS 6206

The diversity of polar (cyano)bacteria has not been well explored until now. In contrast to vascular plants and animals, little is known about the biodiversity, biogeography and evolutionary history of prokaryotic microbial organisms. The traditional vi ew is that historical factors are of litt...

Awarded: NOK 47,999

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of season length and temperature on date of senescence in various arctic plant species subject to changes in snow-depth RIS ID - 6208

I will be conducting long-term monitoring of the effects of temperature and season length on senescence in various arctic plants subjected to changes in snow-depth in Adventdalen, Svalbard.

Awarded: NOK 13,374

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Acoustic methods in detection and analyzing of calving events at the Hans Glacier front, RiS ID: 6133

My project is based on the hypothesis that characteristics of the acoustic signals recorded in the Arctic fjord provide valuable information about the dynamics of surrounding tidewater glaciers. In the summer of 2013, during a 3-months experiment, two aut onomous, hydroacoustic buoys will be depl...

Awarded: NOK 46,874

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Epiphytic diatoms from the Arctic coasts: ecology, taxonomy and biogeography, RIS ID 6207

Diatoms are important biotic elements of Arctic marine ecosystem, significantly influencing the dynamics of primary production, nutrient cycling, carbon transport, oxygen flow and its activity, and all trophic processes. It is therefore imperative for the sake of the future of Arctic marine ecos...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Photogrammetric investigations of calving activity and flow rate on Kronebreen, Svalbard (RiS ID 6162)

The proposed research is part of the CRIOS (Calving Rates and Impact on Sea Level) project which aims to apply optimised observational techniques for monitoring glacier motion and dynamics, as input for improved models of calving glacier dynamics. The pre sent study focuses on Kronebreen. Stereos...

Awarded: NOK 18,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Svalbard

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

CORE Organic II COBRA - Organic plant Breeding Activities for Diversity

COBRA-NO inngikk i et transnasjonalt prosjekt, COBRA (2013-2016), med mål om å utvikle økologisk planteforedling og frøproduksjon gjennom en bevisst satsing på plantemateriale med høy genetisk diversitet. Hovedprosjektet var finansiert av ERA-nettet CORE Organic, og den norske delen av NFR. COBRA...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

The Atlantic salmon genome sequence as a tool for precision breeding

Presisjonsavl har som mål (1) å betra presisjonen til avlsverdiprediksjonar og dermed avlsframgangen; (2) å unngå å innføra eller utvikla eigenskapar som øydelegg dyrevelferd, og betra genetisk resistens for fiskesjukdommar; og samstundes (3) å forvalta genetisk diversitet, som kan vera i fare ve...

Awarded: NOK 13.7 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Akershus

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The interaction of periglacial and karst features as seen at a small lake system at Linnédalen, west central Spitsbergen

The purpose of this project is field work for a master's thesis dedicated to investigating the dynamics occurring due to the interaction and related development of permafrost, periglacial and karst features. This unique pairing is encountered at Linnédale n, west-central Spitsbergen. Here, a set ...

Awarded: NOK 29,419

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Influence of ground topography and wind on snow distribution and stability in High Arctic Svalbard

This project investigates the relationship between ground topography and snowpack distribution / stability as the snowpack develops throughout the Longyearbyen region. This area provides an ideal site for this project for multiple reasons including the mo untainous wind swept landscape, unique sn...

Awarded: NOK 8,459

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

PES-EUR-Prosjektetablererstøtte Eureka

PES for prosjekt: Protease activity platform technology through mass spectrometry interrogation of combinatorial constrained peptide arrays

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Awarded: NOK 97,000

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Oslo

IKTPLUSS-IKT og digital innovasjon

Collaborative Point-of-Care Services Agder: Follow-up of COPD patients as part of the United 4 Health EU Project

U4H er en del av et større EU-finansiert studie: UNIversal solutions in TElemedicine Deplyment FOR European HEALTH care = United4Health, med 33 partnere fra 15 land. Den europeiske studien har som mål å implementere telemedisinsk oppfølging i stor skala innenfor 3 forskjellige, kliniske områder ...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Agder

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Fungi-plant interaction: how can this affect sexual plant reproduction and population genetics? RIS ID 5009

The main aim of the project is to study spatial variation in fungal diversity, and its relation with biotic and abiotic factor. A special focus will be given to study the effect of fungi-plant interaction and the investment in asexual versus sexual plant reproduction by using B. vivipara as mode...

Awarded: NOK 41,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Fieldwork to determine physiological adaptation of Arctic charr to changing polar climate (RiS ID 6209)

Awarded: NOK 27,999

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Spatial distribution of snow cover and drainage systems on the glaciers on Wedel Jarlsberg Land; RiS ID: 6158

The proposed project is focused on processes of development of the snow cover melting simultaneously on various glaciers on Wedel Jarlsberg Land and consequences to internal feeding and meltwater runoff and development of drainage systems. Fieldwork (sepa rated in spring and late autumn campaigns...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Hydrochemistry and subglacial drainage pattern of the polythermal glacier Werenskioldbreen (SW Svalbard)

Project aims to develop the complex model of the chemical weathering in the glaciated basin which integrates the water geochemistry, subglacial drainage as well as hydrometeorological conditions. The proposed project will be conducted in the Werenskiold in the SW Svalbard and will consist of th...

Awarded: NOK 50,999

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Determination of reflected properties from snow surfaces in Svalbard RiS ID 6160

Albedo changes of the snow occur long before snow melts away completely. This can lead to a change in the radiation budget and therefore affects the radiative forcing in the vicinity of the station. Another effect that will be investigated is the influenc e of varying cloud cover to the amount of...

Awarded: NOK 29,272

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Akershus

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Identification of bivalve larvae from a time series study in Adventfjorden, Svalbard, using molecular tools.

Bivalvia have planktonic life-stages (meroplanktonic larvae). Several of them exhibit strong seasonality and can be quite numerous during peak occurrence. Bivalvia larvae are especially difficult to identify, since they exhibit very few or very small morp hological differences before they settle ...

Awarded: NOK 34,999

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

GPR survey of Botneheia, from outcrop to simulator, RiS ID 6048

I plan to conduct a 3D ground-penetrating radar survey at Botneheia in order to address critical issues regarding reservoir connectivity within the CO2 storage aquifer of the Kapp Toscana Group. The work involves a spring and short summer campaign for gro und truthing, and utilises equipment alre...

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Vestland

IS-RUST-EONR-statsvitenskap

Judicial Lawmaking in the Context of Law: Constitutionalizing Europe's Legal Order after the "Constitutional Compromise"?

European law is a decisive factor in European integration - particularly in times of political and economic crisis. At the same time, the European community of law cannot be understood as a mere 'side-product' of political decisions and processes. Rather, it is a specific and self-contained cont...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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