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FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Adaptive food web models

For almost a century, mathematical studies of ecosystem dynamics have been based on the Lotka-Volterra differential equation approach. This approach has been able to integrate different actors, such as resources, producers, predators, decomposers and dise ase vectors. The great success has, howev...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Evolution of mating type and vegetative incompatibility genes in fungi: The dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans as a model species

In recent years an international research initiative focusing on the devastating dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans has been established. Previous research suggests that S. lacrymans provides a unique model system to study evolutionary processes and life hi story traits in basidiomycetes, including...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Developing and testing a national system for inventory of timber resources and biomass/carbon stocks combining airborne laser and field data

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is responsible for national statistics of the timber resources. The present inventory is based on an extensive sample of field plots. The NFI is facing three major challenges; 1) to reduce costs by, e.g., adopting remot e sensing, 2) to provide resource estimat...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Akershus

TEKNO-Naturvitenskap, grunnleggende teknologi

The 18th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

This application is seeking funding to invite six key-note speakers and four session chairmen/panelists to the Conference ECOS 2005 in Trondheim. We are also asking support to have technical assistance for production of the Proceedings. This conference on energy technology with focus on the env...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

STORFORSK-Store forskerinitierte prosjekter

Environmental Triggers of Type 1 Diabetes: The MIDIA Study (MIDIA is the Norwegian acronym for "Environmental Triggers of Type 1 Diabetes")

Type 1 diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in childhood, and is the end-stage of a destructive inflammation of the insulin producing beta-cells in the pancreas. The disease is caused by unknown environmental factors affecting individu als at genetic risk. In contrast to other...

Awarded: NOK 19.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Oslo

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Den sjuende konferansen om Nordens språk som andrespråk 9.-11. juni 2005

Prosjektsammendrag: Konferansen vil ha tre hovedtemaer og hvert tema har en plenumsforedragsholder. I tillegg til plenumsforedragene innbyr vi også til seksjonsforedrag. Temaene for konferansen dekker de faglige utfordringene vi nå ønsker å møte innen fel tet andrespråksforskning: 1) Faghistorie...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Vestland

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Funksjonshemming; forståelse, politikk og hverdagsliv

Prosjektet blir organisert som en serie delprosjekt, som bindes sammen i en matrise (felles problemsstillinger på tvers av delprosjekt). To av delprosjektene handler om europeisk og nasjonal politikkutforming. Begge retter fokus mot nye trender i politikk en, som reguleringspolitikk og antidiskri...

Awarded: NOK 9.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Overgangen til kristen samisk gravskikk etter 1600: En undersøkelse av gravskikkens betydning som kulturelt konstituerende element

Tradisjonelt er kristningen av samene blitt framstilt som en relativt raskt omveltende prosess i perioden 1670-1750, der de ga avkall på egen religion og gravskikk. Dette bildet er i tråd med tradisjonell oppfatning av religiøse konverteringer, som i stor grad vært forma av fag som historie, etn...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

F-KJEM-Naturvitenskap, kjemi

Polynuclear spin crossover compounds of Fe(II), Fe(III) and Co(II) with aromatic N-donor ligands

The design of molecule-based storage systems and switches is an important area in modern materials chemistry. Transition metal complexes exhibiting spin crossover behaviour is one group of molecules which has potential in the development of molecular elec tronic switches and displays. Spin crosso...

Awarded: NOK 0.51 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Vestland

STORFORSK-Store forskerinitierte prosjekter

Population genetics in an ecological context

The aim with the present project is to provide a link between population genetics and ecology. The project has both a theoretical and a empirical part. In the theoretical part we will focus on development of models for random genetic drift that can be use d under natural conditions. This models w...

Awarded: NOK 18.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

Promoting Healthy Eating: Computer-Tailored Interventions

There is a great need for developing effective interventions that contribute to promoting healthy dietary habits. Personally tailored nutrition feedback is proven to be far more effective than are general, non-tailored advices. Only recently has the oppor tunity to give such personally tailored a...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Oslo

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

Abortion and teenage birth: A longitudinal study of girls and young women

In the new Norwegian “Action plan to prevent unwanted pregnancy and abortions 2004-2008” (Ministry of Health 2003), it was argued that vulnerable women with limited resources are more likely than others to experience unwanted pregnancies. This included “y outh who in critical situations may act o...

Awarded: NOK 0.92 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Adaptation of insects to extremely cold winters and extremely hot summers in Siberia

The present project is focused on adaptations which make insects able to survive the extremely cold winters and hot summers in inner Siberia. The studies will compare the features of insects in Yakutia with those of Scandinavia, preferably by comparing fe atures of the same species. The project w...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Providing hydrogen for transport in Norway: A social learning approach

This project aims to develop systematic knowledge about non-technical issues related to barriers on the one hand and options on the other, which have to be managed as part of the implementation of hydrogen in the transport sector. It will be conducted in four stages. First, we will develop a theo...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Internasjonalisering, migrasjon og medborgerskap i flerkulturelle samfunn. Videreføring av prosj. 150188/V10. Videref. etter søknad 177650.

Satsingen vil ha internasjonalisering og rettighetskonflikter som hovedfokus. De senere årene har det skjedd et stadig sterkere gjennomslag for internasjonal rettighetslovgiving i norsk rettspraksis. Høyesterett har i løpet av et drøyt tiår beveget seg fr a å gå ut fra at norsk rett forutsettes å...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Technology development for integrated SOFC, biomass gasification and high temperature gas cleaning - Up-scaling and long term testing

The EU strategies for Renewable Energy Sources (RES) involve an increase of the use of these resources from 6% (1997) to 12% (2010) and the Electricity from Renewable Energy Resources (RES-E) is subject to an increase from 14% (1997) to 22% (2010). A majo r part of this increase is planned to com...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TU-Tungt utstyr

Ekstruderingslinje

NLH søker delfinansiering til oppgradering av ekstruderingslinje ved Fôrtek. Ekstruderingslinjen er av avgjørende betydning for fôrteknologisk forskning og undervisning ved senter for fremragende forskning (Aquaculture Protein Centre, APC) og NLHs institu tter innen husdyrfag akvakulturfag, nærin...

Awarded: NOK 0.73 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Akershus

TU-Tungt utstyr

High Resolution Hyphenated Mass Spectrometry System

The current application is for a high resolution hyphenated LC-MS and GC-MS system. Instrumentation, utilizing gas and liquid chromatographs, provide powerful analytical methods for separation and analysis of mixtures within the same system. Mass spectral data is now absolute requirement for sol...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Proliferative gill inflammation in Atlantic salmon – identification of aetiology

Proliferative gill inflammation (PGI) is an important cause of losses related to mortality and reduced growth rate in seawater farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Although reported since the 1980s, the disease appears to be increasing both in frequency and degree in later years. It is estimated...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Akershus

IKT2010-Grunnleggende IKT-forskning

Quantify security risks in software systems using disparate information sources: Aggregating domain experts and empirical data

Risk management is the culture, processes and structures that are directed towards effective management of potential opportunities and adverse effects. Manage risk involves making decision on which risks to treat, what treatment to use and finding the bal ance between protection and business oppo...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IKT2010-Grunnleggende IKT-forskning

Incremental and component-based software development (INCO)

The high costs and high failure rate of present software projects call for better technologies and work processes for software development and maintenance. In recent years, incremental and component-based development have been proposed as remedies separat e or combined to reduce development time ...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Generation of clonal Atlantic salmon lines for experimental studies: A pre-project proposal

In mammalia, standardized experimental materials such as inbred mice or rats, genetically well-characterised rabbit or chicken lines are readily available. No such material is available for funtional studies in Atlantic salmon. Thus, this projects focus i s to generate clonal, well-characterised ...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Akershus

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Molecular mechanisms of mammalian DNA repair

Mutations are the fundamental cause of all forms of cancer and a number of different, but integrated processes operate to prevent such genetic changes from occurring. DNA repair is of fundamental importance in limiting the occurrence of mutations. We will carry out comprehensive studies on the m...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Larval and fry mortality in intensive cod, Gadus morhua, production: Etiology, pathology, and countermeasures

The project aims at identifying and characterising a condition defined as the bacterial enteritis syndrome of juvenile cod, described from several Norwegian cod hatcheries recent years. The causative agent of the syndrome must be found, and confirmed by t he demands of Koch’s postulate Patholog...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Geohazards, Climatic Change, and Extreme Weather Events

Geohazards are events related to geological features and processes that cause loss of life and severe damage to property and the natural and built environment. The most common in Norway are snow avalanches, clay-, debris- and rock slides, which together c aused more than 2000 deaths during the la...

Awarded: NOK 10.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Hole, John Patrick, GB, STP 0405

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Awarded: NOK 51,000

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MARE-Marine ressurser,miljø og forv

Flagellate biodiversity of marine North Atlantic sandy beaches - training, Barcelona

DNA isoleres fra prøver samlet i felt fra Hulvika og Håøya i Oslofjorden på ulike tidspunkter i løpet av første prosjektår og på Vestlandet (Espegren utenfor Bergen) i løpet av sommeren (2004). DNAet holdes dypfryst (-80 °C) og taes med til Barcelona samm en med dypfryste paralleller fra de samme...

Awarded: NOK 37,999

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Disease resistance in Atlantic cod; constructing a genetic map, QTL mapping and implementing QTLs in a genetic improvement programme

Summary This project aims at identifying areas of the genome responsible for disease resistance traits in Atlantic cod in order of implementing such traits into a selective breeding programme. A combination of molecular genetics, phenotypic records and bi oinformatics is crucial to identify areas...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Molecular typing of Aeromonas salmonicida- the cause of serous disease in farmed marine fish

Most if not all marine-fish currently held in captivity in Norway are susceptible to infection with Aeromonas salmonicida. Current expansion in farming of new marine species will almost certainly lead to increased isolations of A. salmonicida. Losses can be high and the bacterium is often difficu...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Akershus

UTISOR-Utviklingsveier i Sør

Land, Water and Poverty in Southern Africa: Breaking with the Past

Africa, including southern Africa continues to have the highest proportions of its populations living in rural areas. Poverty continues to be most concentrated in rural areas while agricultural production remains central to most economies. Thus, the re- emergence of land reform combined with wa...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Akershus

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