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VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

The Norwegian Life-course, Ageing and Generation Panel Study (NORPAN)

Population ageing presents both opportunities and constraints. Maximising quality of life entails finding optimal fit between individual ageing and social environment. The growing population of older adults is likely to be increasingly heterogeneous, and their life situations more diverse. This ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Stimulating sustainable innovation in aquaculture

This project aims to explore the need for legislation to promote sustainable innovation in aquaculture. Breeding companies, marine bioprospecting institutions and investors in genetic engineering need protection of their improved genetic material to assur e revenues from innovation and investment...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Akershus

ALDER-Aldersforskning

Self-care and health among older home dwelling people in southern Norway

Prosjektet «Egenomsorg og helse blant eldre (65+) hjemmeboende personer i Sør-Norge» består av åtte studier; fire blant eldre i landdistrikt og fire blant eldre i byområder. Målet var å utforske fenomenet egenomsorg blant eldre hjemmeboende for å øke helse og velvære og kunne informere og forbedr...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Agder

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

In genes we trust? Biobanks, commercialisation and everyday life

Genetic testing has created new business opportunities, which are already evident in companies such as deCODEme and 23andMe. These companies present new visions of 'genetic health' - partly relying on the exceptional role of genetics (the secrets are in t he genes), but also partly relying on a t...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Propulsion in seaways

Current practice for design of propulsion systems is based mainly on analysis of calm water performance. The effects of seaways & motions of the ships & floating offshore structures are supposed to be taken into account by using high safety factors. Howev er the problems are not necessarily solve...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MAMMOGRAFI-Evaluering av Mammografiprogr

Benefits and Harms of Organized Screening for Breast Cancer

OVERDIAGNOSTIKK AV BRYSTKREFT Før det nasjonale mammografiscreeningprogrammet startet i 1996 fikk rundt 8 % av kvinnene diagnosen brystkreft. Etter at screening er innført i Norge får nå 12-13 % av kvinnene denne diagnosen når DCIS inkluderes. Nesten hele økningen på 4-5 % er i aldersgruppen 50...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Oslo

MAMMOGRAFI-Evaluering av Mammografiprogr

The Economics of Mammography Screening

I rapporteringsperioden har artikkelen «Expected ten year treatment cost of breast cancer detected within and outside a public screening programme» blitt ferdigstilt og sendt inn til European Journal of Health Economics. I artikkelen finner vi at forventede ti-års kostnader er 44000 euro, men de ...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2015

Location: Oslo

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Multifunctional paint coatings for "all-polymeric" solar thermal collectors

Coloured and energy efficient all-polymeric solar thermal collectors represent a viable alternative to solar collectors using black-bluish selective sputtered cermet coatings deposited on copper and aluminium such as TiNOX and Sunselect (Alanod) coatings, overwhelming solar thermal market in the...

Awarded: NOK 0.48 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Akershus

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Dementia. Risk factors and caregiver burdens. An epidemiological study of the population in Nord-Trøndelag.

The occurrence of dementia is rising with increased life expectancy. As many as 1/10 of the population may be demented at the end of life. The majority of dementia cases suffer from Alzheimer's Disease (AD), while remaining cases are either vascular demen tia(VD), mixed AD and VD, or other dement...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Population ageing and long-term care: the family-welfare state balance revisited

Population ageing represents fundamental challenges for future long-term care. Needs threaten to exceed the resources of the family, the welfare state and other caregivers. Recent demographic trends and the responding changes in healthcare policy may have introduced new forms of social inequalit...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Population aging, family structure and the demand for long-term care

I følge befolkningsframskrivinger fra SSB vil antall eldre personer over 67 dobles i løpet av de neste 50 årene (SSB 2003). Tilsvarende utvikling finner vi også i andre europeiske land og i USA. Samtidig ser vi også store endringer i familieforholdene, for eksempel flere enslige, noe som kan påvi...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2015

Location: Vestland

MAMMOGRAFI-Evaluering av Mammografiprogr

Mammography Screening in Norway - The Womens Perspective

A successful screening programme is dependent on the participation rate. In the planning and evaluation of screening programmes it is necessary to understand the motives, experiences and expectations among the population of attending, re-attending and/or abstaining from screening. These may be e...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PROREAL-Profileringsprogrammet for realfagene

Komputer + Kunst = Kjærlighet

Vårt prosjekt er basert på antagelsen om at teknologi og informasjonsteknologi spesielt, kan forstås, verdsettes og mestres når den blir brukt i kreative selvrealiserende aktiviteter. Ved selvrealiserende aktiviteter, som en konkurranse hvor deltakerne le verer inn et bidrag, oppnår man både læri...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Lung function in workers exposed to oil mist offshore

Workers' exposure during oil drilling is complex. Oil drilling fluids consist of mineral oils and additives. During drilling the fluids are exposed to high temperatures and pressure, and chemicals may decompose. An oil driller may be exposed to the origin al drilling fluid, potential decompositio...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

MarinEra - Marine phylogeographic structuring during climate change: the signature of leading and rear edge of range shifting populations.

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Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

P-KVINN-Program for kvinne- og kjønnsf

Tenkning som handling: kjønn, demokrati, frihet Thought as Action: Gender, Democracy, Freedom

Our shared interest in theoretical questioning has led us towards a more rigorous interrogation of the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of some of the concepts that are currently being marshalled in the name of democracy and freedom, among them , "citizenship", "human rights", "subject...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

"From ten to one" - multi property cooperation for personal forest owners in the coastal forestry

I perioden fra 1. desember 2013 til 1. juni 2014 er det gjennomført/avsluttet seks sett av aktiviteter. A) Det er skrevet et omforent notat fra hver av de tre regionmøtene avholdt i november 2013. Regionmøtene fant sted i Kystskogbrukets fylker, henh oldsvis i Bodø, Bergen og Stjørdal. På det ...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORSKSKOLE-Forskerskoler

BioStruct - National Graduate School in Structural Biology

BioStruct er en forskerskole innen strukturbiologi. Skolen er et samarbeid mellom 5 universiteter (NMBU, UiB, UiO, NTNU og UiT) med UiT - Norges arktiske universitet, som vertsinstitusjon. Det er i 2017 registrert 62 PhD-studenter. Forskerskolen har etablert 14 nasjonale PhD-emner, hvorav 7 av de...

Awarded: NOK 18.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

SOLVit SP4 Educational Programme

Hovedmålet for prosjektet er å bygge kunnskap og teoretisk basis for en forbedret prosess og teknologi for CO2 fangst, og å utdanne topp kvalifiserte personer for norsk industri og forskning. Prosjektet konsentrerer seg om egenskaper til absorbenter i løsning (solvents). Likevektskonstanter og ik...

Awarded: NOK 26.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

New feeding strategies for Atlantic halibut and cod larvae to increase the output of high quality juveniles in production systems

The aim of the project is to establish new feeding strategies for halibut and cod larvae in the live-prey stage to improve growth, survival and quality in production systems. The project is based on break-through results in a pilot study where we demonstr ated that by controlling diurnal light an...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

TVERS: Watershed EUTROphication management through system oriented process modelling of Pressures, Impacts and Abatement actions.

Impact Assessment of changes in environmental pressures requires improved system and process understanding to reach the knowledge level needed for sustainable water resource management as well as meeting future demands from the EU Water Framework Directiv e (WFD). Both conventional and WFD resour...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Innovative use of bioactive marine ingredients as a strategy to sustain growth and health of Atlantic salmon and to improve flesh quality

- The present project will evaluate potential growth and health promoting compounds present in marine raw materials that are absent in plant protein sources. Most work on fish meal replacement has focused on essential amino acids and lipids, minerals and antinutritional compounds in plant protei...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Biofuels and human rights: Assessing biofuel plantations in Brazil, Indonesia and Tanzania Applying a Human Rights Impact Assessment

The research project seeks to develop a methodology for human rights impact assessments (HRIA) to be applied generally, but with immediate application in the context of agrofuel plantations. Through field trips to Brazil, Indonesia and Tanzania, concrete understanding of existing and planned ag...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Preventive health measure by optimizing swimming exercise to counteract lifestyle diseases of Atlantic salmon

This project aims to introduce preventive health measures in aquaculture by optimizing swimming exercise to counteract life-style diseases of A. salmon. Farmed salmon live on extreme energy-rich diets and are raised in an environment with little opportuni ty for physical challenges. Over the last...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Poverty traps in industries with low knowledge- and investment barriers

We study barriers to investment in industries with low knowledge- and investment barriers. We focus on people who have the necessary knowledge and potential access to credit, but do not make apparently profitable investments. We conduct a case study of ri ckshaw cyclists who is renting a bicycle,...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

FRISAM-Fri prosjektstøtte samfunnsvitenskap

Indoor air pollution-A neglected poverty related cause of global ill health -impl. for health and society of promot. clean fuels in China-II

Smoke from solid fuels (biomass and coal) burned in households is among the leading health threats for people in developing countries, and is responsible for more than 1.6 million premature deaths annually - a quarter of which occur in China. Moreover, so lid fuel use for cooking and space heatin...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Strengthening the competitive edge for the three Norwegian horse breeds through sports and breeding, Postdoc

The Norwegian horse breeds have changed rapidly the last decades from working horses to horses used mainly in sports- and leisure, with strong competition in the market from imported, specialized breeds. The demand for Norwegian breeds has decreased, and the population sizes are small, making the...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2016

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Biomass allocation of individual birch trees along an environmental gradient,dr,gr,stip

Norway is committed to report emission by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gasses to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol (KP). Carbon pools in forests are efficiently monitored by converting standard forestry measurements from inve...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Why do cod females become eggbound? Studies on possible causes and mechanisms

High mortality amoong female cod that are unable to release their eggs is a significant welfare, as well as economic, problem in the cod farming industry, both among broodstock and in ongrowth systems. The underlying causes for this mortality are not full y understood, and it is not clear if the ...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

FORSKSKOLE-Forskerskoler

Norwegian research school in climate dynamics

ResClim popular summary The Norwegian Research School in Climate Dynamics (ResClim) has from 2009 to 2017 offered training for PhD students and their supervisors to produce world-class climate researchers. The goal has been to foster a new generations of climate scientists in climate research...

Awarded: NOK 23.9 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2017

Location: Vestland

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