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MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Reducing Impact from Shipping on the Environment

The project will encompass three activities Ship emission indicator Today's serious concern is on global climate and local air pollution in densely populated areas. This proposal will concentrate on ship emissions to the air. Special focus is on following items: - Decision on emission components...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Textiles and clothing for improved safety, performance, and comfort in the High North

The harsh environment in the High North is a threat to work performance, comfort and health. Reduced work performance and comfort represents an increased risk of human errors that may have fatal environmental and health impacts. Today, the latest developm ent in nanotechnology, information techno...

Awarded: NOK 13.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SYKEFRAVÆR-Forskn.om årsaker til sykefrav

Facilitating and inhibiting factors and effect of interventions in return to work for patients with neck- and low back pain

Fremmende og hemmende faktorer og effekt av intervensjon for tilbakegang til arbeid hos pasienter sykemeldt for nakke- og ryggsmerter. Hensikten med prosjektet var å undersøke faktorer som påvirker sykefravær og tilbakegang til arbeid samt effekt av intervensjon sett fra et arbeidsrelatert, b...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Oslo

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

Q-TRANS Transport av levende dyr - operasjonalisering og videre utvikling.

Den overordnede ideen med prosjektet er å ta i bruk resultater fra prosjektet "Transport av levende dyr - lavere transportkostnader, god dyrevelferd og prima kjøttkvalitet" i industrien, utvikle ny funksjonalitet basert på resultatene fra ovennevnte pros jekt og ta også denne i bruk. Dette skal...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

A Sustainable Process to Capture and Store CO2 to Produce More Renewable Bio-Energy

This study aims to integrate different individual processes to utilize micro-algae for production and storage of CO2 (CO2 battery) and further utilise the algal biomass to produce methane by anaerobic digestion for combustion (in addition to treatment of biomass and/or wastewater sludge from diff...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Oslo

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

Collaboration with University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Effect of feeding regime on the ruminant intestinal microbiota

Scientific background: There is no longer doubt of the strong connection between the production systems in the primary industry, the practices in the food processing industry and the public and animal health. Ensiling is a normal practice for the conserva tion of grass in Norway. Using silage pro...

Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Akershus

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

eHealthcare for parents - The impact of a multimedia based decision support tool about child health on society, medicine, and care-takers.

This industry-oriented research project is a cooperation between NTNU, a Norwegian company MultiMedicus AS, BI Norwegian School of management and several leading medical institutions in the Boston area. The project management will be a cooperation between NTNU and the Norwegian company. Primary ...

Awarded: NOK 0.22 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

Japan - Cooperation in food safety and food chain traceability

During the last 5 years SINTEF and Nofima has develloped a research relations with the Japanese institutions Food Market Research Center and National Research Institute of Fisheries Science withing food safety and traceability. In Japan food quality and food safety are of high importance, and ...

Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

Marine algal toxins in shellfish - a Japanese-Norwegian collaboration

In trade with shellfish, it is of importance that seafood is safe for consumption. Several algal toxins have long been known to accumulate in shellfish and cause poisoning of shellfish consumers. New toxins seem to appear world wide, and rapidly spread to new areas. In Norwegian waters, azaspira...

Awarded: NOK 61,903

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Oslo

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

Optimisation of Aluminium Alloys in a Recycling Context

The primary goal of this pre-project is to prepare and make a proposal for a main BILAT project, probably a KMB, within Optimisation of Aluminium Alloys in a Recycling Context. We have managed to establish a very qualified consortium, including Toyama Uni versity in Japan, with high expertise in ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROSAM2-Samfunnsvitenskapelig petroleumsforskning

The Gulf Research Unit (217335)

The Gulf Investment Framework program aims at advancing the current understanding of the social, economic and political processes shaping the future of the region through original research of high international standard. Simultaneously, it seeks to provid e Norwegian companies and authorities wit...

Awarded: NOK 21.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

DEMO2000-Prosj.ret tekn.utv. petro.virk

Rotating T-sensor for accurate and reliable field gradient measurements to determine the corrosion protection of pipelines and structures

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Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Akershus

PROREAL-Profileringsprogrammet for realfagene

periodesystemet.no - versjon 2.0

Vi ønsker å utvikle en kjemiportal med arbeidsnavnet helium.no. Denne skal sentreres rundt vår nye nettressurs periodesystemet.no som ble lansert 15. februar 2008. Kjemiportanlen representerer en betydelig utvidelse i forhold til vårt nylig etablerte nett sted. Prosjektplanen for den nye kjemipo...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

PROREAL-Profileringsprogrammet for realfagene

TRUST - Teknologi og Realfag i høyere Utdanning trenger økt Selvforståelse og Tillit

Ansatte i høyere utdanning innen realfag og teknologi trenger å bli bevisst på at egne handlinger kan påvirke rekruttering og frafall av studenter. Dette prosjektet tar sikte på å finne gode måter å informere ulike grupper av ansatte ved norske læresteder om ulike forhold de bør være seg bevisst...

Awarded: NOK 0.36 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

PROREAL-Profileringsprogrammet for realfagene

UNIVERSET PÅ 42 MINUTTER - et vitenshow

Prosjektet består i utvikling og produksjon av et nytenkende vitenshow, et show med stor S. En krysning mellom stand-up, trylleshow og rockekonsert, med realfaglig tema. Showet skal gripe publikum, overraske og engasjere. I tillegg skal ungdommene kunne identifisere seg med aktøren(e) og få lyst...

Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Novel biomarkers for the prediction of health consequences from occupational exposure to benzene in 12 versus 8 h work shifts

There has recently been reported an increased risk of blood derived malignancies among Norwegian offshore workers. This could indicate that the exposure to carcinogenic benzene has been higher than published for this industry, or that the increased risk f or these malignancies can be found at low...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Vestland

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Ecosystem Finnmark (EcoFinn): Ungulate overabundance, trophic cascades and subsidies

We will use the framework of current food web theory for elucidating two likely cascading ecosystem impacts of reindeer overabundance in Finnmark. One cascade we predict to be induced by loss and fragmentation of riparian willow habitats due to reindeer o verbrowsing, which in turn lead to loss o...

Awarded: NOK 9.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Mucosal Immune System of Atlantic Cod - Creating a Knowledge Base

Diseases among farmed organisms are a major threat to aquaculture operations. In spite of technological advances, problems emerge when diseases of unknown etiology appear or when attempting to farm a new species. The developing cod farming industry too wo uld encounter diseases as the activities ...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

ArcAct - Unlocking the Arctic ocean: The climate impact of increased shipping and petroleum activities

Petroleum and shipping activities at higher latitudes have increased considerably over recent years, and a significant further increase is expected. Melting of sea ice will open opportunities for new shipping routes and lengthen the navigation season of e xisting routes, as well as open new areas...

Awarded: NOK 9.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Improving food safety in the domestic environment by risk analysis of consumer food handling and evaluation of risk-reducing measures(188384

Food contamination creates a significant social and economic burden on communities and their health systems. In 2005, about 30% of reported food borne outbreaks in Norway originated to food consumed at home. Food producers or retailers are often pointed o ut as responsible in food associated outb...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Arsenolipids in fish oil, fish feed, fish and other seafood

Arsenic exists in many different chemical forms in the marine environment, of which the water-soluble arsenicals are well studied. The toxicity of arsenic compounds depends on their chemical form, with inorganic arsenic being the most toxic. Knowledge reg arding arsenolipids (lipid soluble arseni...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Vestland

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Corroles as functional materials

This is a collaborative project between two groups at the University of Tromsø, led by Professors Abhik Ghosh and Kenneth Ruud, and will comprise both an experimental and a theoretical component. On the experimental side, our studies will involve the syn thesis of a variety of metallocorroles, t...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN-A public health problem Prospective populationsbased cohortstudies on general and reproductive health consequence

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Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Night work, circadian gene polymorphisms and breast cancer risk among female nurses. A nested case-control study

Less than half of all breast cancers can be explained by known risk factors. Results from recent epidemiological studies have been largely consistent in suggesting a positive association between night work and increased risk of breast cancer in women. Th ese findings suggest a role of circadian ...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

B-cell lymphomagenesis in Ung-deficient mice: collaboration between chronic antigenic stimulation and DNA repair deficiency

The importance of responding appropriately to DNA damage is highlighted by the frequent development of human disease, most notably cancer, in cells where this response is compromised. Here, we ask whether endogenous DNA damage, such as uracil in DNA, can contribute to activation of the DNA damage...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Understanding of defects and impurities in ZnO; synthesis, doping, and band gap engineering

The project deals with understanding of fundamental physical properties of ZnO motivated to be a promising material when considering new challenges of efficient energy saving/production, further developing/securing the communication highways, developing s ensor interfaces (for example to the huma...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Towards selective breeding of the great scallop

The potential for aquaculture of the great scallop (Pecten maximus) is great due to increased fishing pressure on wild stocks and the consistent high value of the species. Research work in Europe has concentrated on improving the larval rearing techniques in the hatchery and for on-growing. In t...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Zirh, Besim Can, Tyrkia. statsstipend 2008/09

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Awarded: NOK 70,000

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Oslo

PES-INST-Prosjektetablererstøtte EU (FoU)

Smart Power Management in Home and Health - SmartPM

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Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Oslo

FME-Forskningssentre for miljøvenn

CEntre for Sustainable Energy Strategies

Senter for bærekraftige energistrategier vil samle et sterkt og flerfaglig kompetansemiljø som integrerer teknologi, økonomi, miljø og samfunnsfag, for å skape ny kunnskap for private og offentlige aktører. Senteret vil være en uavhengig arena for strateg isk diskusjon rundt energisystemer og -te...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage