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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects of pollutants on thyroid hormones in migratory Glaucous gulls in Svalbard, RIS-ID 5267

In this project I will investigate the level of pollutants in the blood of Glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard the summer of 2020. The sampled Glaucous gulls are equipped with GLS loggers that will be analysed to study a correlation between winter migration and the level ...

Awarded: NOK 32,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

JPIAMR-JPI Antimikrobiell resistens

Yeast-based biosensors for the specific and accessible detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance

Diffusjonen av antimikrobielle resistente stammer er et stort verdensomspennende problem som rammer mange nasjoner og spesielt land med lav inntekt. De farligste antimikrobielle resistente patogenene tilhører ESKAPE-gruppen (dvs. Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae,...

Awarded: NOK 6.5 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

METADIS: STAY Sulfur amino acids, energy metabolism and obesity

Overvekt og fedme er et økende problem over hele verden. Resultater fra en studie publisert i Lancet i februar 2024, viser at over én milliard mennesker i verden i 2022 levde med fedme, og at hele 43 prosent av voksne var overvektige. Fedme er forbundet med økt risiko for kroniske sykdommer som d...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Oslo

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Fleksibel Additive tilvirkning for krevende komponenter innenfor Maritim sektor

FlexiMan er et industrielt forskningsprosjekt med mål om å forbedre eksisterende produksjonskjeder innenfor maritim industri. Produksjonsmetodene utviklet i prosjektet representerer en disruptiv endring av gamle tankemåter innenfor produksjon og har betydelig potensial til å forbedre ytelsen, red...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Understanding cryoturbation through Svalbard karst caves, RiS ID 11364

Cryoturbation is one of the most important processes in the Arctic carbon cycle, however, it remains poorly understood until today. Karst caves are favourable locations for patterned ground, which forms due to processes related to cryoturbation. Stable walls, absence of snow and absence of trampl...

Awarded: NOK 65,713

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Bias correction for studies of long range transported pollutants in Ny-Ålesund. (BIASPOL) RiS-ID: 11378

This Arctic Field Grant will cover essential fieldwork required for my master project at the international master program in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Department of Chemistry NTNU. Main objective is to establish bias correction for studies of long range transported pollutants in Ny-...

Awarded: NOK 52,266

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Response to nutrient enrichment of freshwaters in a changing Arctic, RiS ID 11396

In surface inlands waters of the high Arctic, microorganisms are the dominant drivers of nutrient recycling, and they are already responding to the extensive temperature and nutrient changes in the Arctic with major feedbacks predicted on climate. For this reason, Svalbard provides a template of ...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Oslo

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

ERA-NET: Seaweeds for Novel Applications and Products (SNAP)

SNAP-prosjektet har som mål å utvikle nye anvendelser og produkter basert på utvalgte arter av dyrkede og villhøstede brun- og rødalger. Bruken av tang og tare øker raskt på verdensbasis, hvor mesteparten av kultivert biomasse brukes direkte som mat eller som tilsetningsstoff i mat. Det er videre...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IKTPLUSS-IKT og digital innovasjon

Digitalisering av ferrosilisiumsproduksjon

Elkem har utviklet et robust simuleringsverktøy (Raffsim) som brukes til å analysere samt optimalisere produksjon av ferrosilisium. En viktig del av produksjonsprosessen er den såkalte "post-taphole" delen, hvor den kjemiske sammensetningen til flytende ferrosilisium korrigeres inntil kundespesif...

Awarded: NOK 89,499

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Oslo

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Forskningsseminar: Recent advances in cellulose nanotechnology research - Production, characterization and applications

Forskningsseminaret arrangeres for åttende gang september / oktober 2020 av RISE PFI. Seminaret ble arrangert for første gang i 2006 og har blitt arrangert annen hvert år med stadig større oppslutning. I 2018 hadde vi ca. 70 deltakere. Dette er en arena der industri møter forskning da vi legger v...

Awarded: NOK 98,784

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Arne Næss Symposium 2020 with Anthony Giddens as Arne Næss Professor: "Nature and Humanity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"

Project description: The Arne Næss Symposium is part of the Arne Næss programme at the University of Oslo established in 2007. Based at the Center for Development and the Environment at UiO, the Arne Næss Chair and Symposium are today the only ongoing project that preserves and critically develop...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Oslo

EUROSTARS-EUROSTARS

E!113804 Digitization, indexation and conservation of audiovisual (AV) cultural heritage treasures.

Målet med AV-Treasure-prosjektet er å undersøke, utvikle og validere en ny integrert online åpen plattform for tilgang til, - og bevaring av audio visuelt innhold. Plattformen vil ha automatisk generert så vel som crowddsourced (CS) innhold og kontekstmetadata. Dette er en løsning fori nstitusjo...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Buskerud

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Digital wells for optimal production and drainage

Prosjekt «DigiWell» vil utvikle ny kunnskap og nye verktøy for prediksjon og drift av produksjonen på olje- og gassfelt som er beheftet med usikkerhet. FNs bærekraftsmål fokuserer på rimelig og ren energi for alle, og klima-handling. Den raske økningen i globalt energiforbruk vil fremtvinge forbe...

Awarded: NOK 12.6 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Vestfold

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Pathways to sustainable post-consumer plastics in aquaculture

I prosjektet POCOplast (Pathways to sustainable post-consumer plastics in aquaculture) samarbeider SINTEF, NTNU og organisasjoner fra alle ledd i verdikjeden (NCE Aquatech, Plasto, Grieg Seafood, Empower, Norwegian Plastic Recycling (NOPREC), Flokk) samt Miljøstiftelsen Bellona. POCOplast und...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

MODUS: Praksisnær, effektiv, skalerbar lederutviklingsapplikasjon

Bjørnson Organisasjonspsykologene arbeider i samarbeid med Universitetet i Stavanger med å utvikle en app for lederutvikling. Formålet med appen er å oppnå bedre medarbeideroppfølging, mer motiverte og produktive ansatte, og bidra til at virksomheter bli bedre i stand til å nå målene de setter se...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Rogaland

IKTPLUSS-IKT og digital innovasjon

Personalized ocean forecasts in a two-way data flow system

Værvarselet har blitt et sentralt verktøy som vi bruker daglig for å ta både store og små avgjørelser. For de som jobber tett på havet, så kan derimot et havvarsel være vel så viktig. For eksempel er redningstjenesten avhengig av gode prediksjoner av drivbaner basert på havstrømmer, bølger og vi...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Particulate matter released from Brøggerbreene, study of potential impact on chemical conditions in Bayelva and Kongsfjorden RiS-ID: 11380

This Arctic Field Grant will cover essential fieldwork for my master project within the international master program in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry at Department of Chemistry NTNU. Main goal is to study chemical composition of particulate matter released from Brøggerbreene near Ny-Åles...

Awarded: NOK 29,495

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Krill CHronobiology in a changing Arctic Sea Ecosystem (KrillCHASE); RIS ID 11368

Biological clocks are central to all living systems providing an innate measure of time so that organisms can anticipate and adapt to cyclic changes in their environment. The circadian clock is synchronized by temporal cues such as daily light/dark cycle or photoperiod. However, the Arctic enviro...

Awarded: NOK 64,565

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Multi-physical Detection of Along-fault CO2 Migration through cap rock shales

On Svalbard, the UNIS CO2 Lab (http://co2-ccs.unis.no/) operates the Longyearbyen CO2 Lab, a pilot-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) research & development (R&D) programme. Several boreholes penetrate the targeted reservoir and top seal (i.e., cap rock), and extensive characterisation of the...

Awarded: NOK 41,023

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Automatisk miljøovervåking ved bruk av miljø-DNA

Kunnskap innhentet fra målrettet kartlegging og overvåkning av natur er nødvendig for å sikre at dagens bruk av natur er bærekraftig samt å hindre at arter utryddes og naturtyper forsvinner. En av Miljødirektoratets viktigste funksjoner er å kartlegge og overvåke miljøtilstanden i Norge, og vi br...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigation of thermo-mechanical properties of sea ice, RiS ID 11408

The project is focused on the investigation of ice actions on coastal zone in Spitsbergen. In particular the project work includes laboratory experiments and in-situ measurements of deformations of land fast ice caused by changes of the air temperature and freezing of sea water in tidal cracks. T...

Awarded: NOK 48,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal interactions and stress physiology in an Arctic-nesting seabird

Seasonal environments impose several constraints on wild animals resulting in highly sequential and often well-defined stages throughout the annual life cycle. The fitness of an individual relies on a successful integration of these stages across seasons, which can be particularly challenging for...

Awarded: NOK 78,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Carboniferous - Permian sandstone properties on Bjørnøya and the Barents Sea

This project will investigate Carbonieferous - Permain sandstones properties, provenance and diagenetic history with respect to sedimentological facies and depositional environments on Bjørnøya through a two-week-long field campaign and post field work analysis. Samples and sedimentological data ...

Awarded: NOK 67,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Arctic Aliens - Invertebrates Associated with Antropogenic Activity RiS ID: 11406

The primary objective of this project is to survey the non-native invertebrate species diversity, abundance and distribution within Longyearbyen, and associated areas. The work shall assess the town through systematic transects, as well as specific sampling of 'hot spots' such as disturbed anthro...

Awarded: NOK 24,997

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Dynamics of glacial channels, RiS ID 11423

The project has the goal to investigate the dynamics of glacial channels with sensing drifters. Three different prototype drifter platforms will be used to measure water flow inside supraglacial, englacial and subglacial channels. The platforms can measure water pressure, flow velocity, position,...

Awarded: NOK 75,052

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Ice algae and meiofauna abundance and biomass in coastal sea ice of Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

Sea ice algae and meiofauna are two key components in Svalbard's ecosystem. Both play a significant role in the short food webs of the cryosphere and are highly sensible to climate warming. Various environmental parameters, including light, water temperature and salinity limit and influence their...

Awarded: NOK 47,224

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Unraveling the Paleozoic Northwest Passage: strike-slip motion in southwestern Svalbard, RiS ID:11410

The central objective of this collaborative project between the University of Iowa, the Norwegian Polar Institute, and AGH-University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland is to evaluate variations in the magnitude and timing of displacement on strike-slip faults in southwestern Svalbard. F...

Awarded: NOK 72,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

AUTO: Secrets of success in Saxifraga oppositifolia, RiS ID 11070

In this project I aim to investigate consequences of autopolyploidy on phenotypic variation, with focus on reproductive strategy and reproductive output. I will use the circumpolar, arctic-alpine species Saxifraga oppositifolia (Saxifragaceae), as study system, where two main ploidy levels are kn...

Awarded: NOK 45,547

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Plant communities mediate climate effects on active layer depth

This study will investigate the influence of plant communities dominated by vascular plants vs moss-dominated communities under different climate regimes. As yet we know very little about insulation capacity in these contrasting plant communities. Furthermore, we also do not know which vegetation...

Awarded: NOK 43,405

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Albedo and carbon flux properties of Arctic ground vegetation along gradients of reindeer grazing intensity (RiS ID: 11411)

The ongoing rapid climatic and environmental change of the Arctic call for improvement of earth system modelling with better representation of vegetation at high latitudes. Vegetation rich in bryophytes, lichens and biological soil crusts are not included in the current models, despite their larg...

Awarded: NOK 57,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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