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P-KVINN-Program for kvinne- og kjønnsf

Kjønn, eierskap og lokal kultur Gender, ownership and local culture

This project examines the gender relations embedded in property relations and traditions of ownership. Relations and management of property and ownership are central for the understanding of socio-cultural gender arrangements and for theories about gender equality. The focus is put on the seve...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Construction and intervention vessels for Arctic oil and gas operations

The expected increased oil and gas activities in cold climate regions will require dedicated designs for future Arctic offshore vessels. Specification, design and development of dedicated vessels should be of major interest for oil and gas companies posit ioning themselves for safe and cost effic...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

SUPOENER: The Future Role Of Biomass Energy In Norway - An Interdiciplinary Technological, Economical And Environmental Research Program

I WP1 har vi sett på utvikling av økonomisk realistiske bioprosesser for konvertering av trebiomasse til biodrivstoff. Denne forskningen har omfattet tre deler: (1) enzymatisk omdannelse av polysakkarider som cellulose til enkle sukkerarter som kan omdannes til for eksempel etanol gjennom ferment...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Akershus

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL - TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACTS ON BIOMASS MARKETS

It is expected that 90% of the increase of CO2 emissions in Europe between 1990 and 2010 will be attributable to transport. In the short and medium term, use of biofuels can be an important mean to reduce the GHG emissions from the transport sector. The second generation biofuels based on lignoc...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

ENergy efficient PAPer production of wood containing paper for next generation printing presses (ENPAP)

The purpose of the project is to obtain more sustainable and more profitable paper production by developing a process for producing high quality wood-containing printing paper, more efficiently with respect to energy consumption. The pulp and paper indust ry must address its impact on climate cha...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Behandlingsmetode for osteoartritt

I henhold til revisjon pr sept 2011: Formålet med prosjektet er å utvikle en behandlingsmetode for osteoartritt (OA), basert på terapeutisk(e) regime(r) for å eliminere bakteriell provokasjon i ledd. Prosjektet er basert på hypotesen at bakteriell prov okasjon er sentral i patogenesen av OA. V...

Awarded: NOK 11.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

EFFEKT - Effektiv distribusjon av medieprodukter ved avanserte verktøy for ruteplanlegging og revisjon

I distribusjon av medieprodukter er ruteplanlegging, -revisjon og transportstyring svært komplekse og omfattende oppgaver. Ruteplanene omfatter gjerne titusener av leveringssteder, tilsvarende alle husstander i området. De må koordineres med planer for tr ykking og pakking. Effektivitet, fleksibi...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

CARAVAN - Climate change: A Regional Assessment of Vulnerability and Adaptive capacity for the Nordic countries

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Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

CIRCLE - Climate Change, Community Response and Multilevel Governance

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Awarded: NOK 0.33 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Improved potato quality by reduced skin blemish diseases (scab and scurf) in Norwegian potato production

The project aims to improve the control of skin blemish diseases on potato in Norway. Potato has approx annually a wholesale value of NOK 500,000,000. Skin blemish diseases (scurf and scab) have become an increasing problem in Norway, mainly for the fre sh marked potato. The quality problem is ...

Awarded: NOK 8.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

NKJ 130: Reduktion af risikoen af fødevarebårne virus i de nordiske lande

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Awarded: NOK 0.66 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Quantitative determination of early wood decay

Wood decay caused by fungi continues to be a major problem for wood in service. The use off CCA is restricted and the ongoing development of new wood protecting systems is hampered by the long-term field tests currently in use. The actual mode of action o f the new generation of wood modification...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Improved control of Colletotrichum acutatum in strawberry and sweet cherry

Colletotrichum acutatum is an important fungal pathogen in many crops worldwide. In the Nordic countries it is of particular importance in strawberry and cherry where it causes blackspot and bitter rot, respectively. The disease usually appears very late in the season in sweet cherry, even after ...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Optimizing Lipid Production by Planktonic Algae - LIPIDO (N-INNER)

The UiO part of the LIPIDO project will contribute to the main objectives of the project mainly through sub-goals 1 and 2: " Screening the most promising algal species for temperate environments " Optimizing their growth and lipid yield as functions of gr owth conditions As such, this will contr...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Increasing wood deliveries and environmental quality

In 2006, the Norwegian government developed the strategy for increased annual harvesting of wood in Norwegian forests. Several analyses show that the strategy can be sustainably implemented. The annual growth of Norwegian forests has the last decades been considerably larger than the annual harv...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Akershus

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Optimizing Lipid Production by Planktonic Algae - LIPIDO (N-INNER)

Prosjektet er en del av et klynge av nordeuropeiske forskningsmiljøer som skal studere det biologiske og tekniske fundamentet for å bruke mikroalger til produksjon av biodiesel. Dette er knyttet til forståelse av det biologiske fundamentet for lipidproduk sjon i alger. Arbeidet vil skje ved en tr...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Fire Resistance of Innovative Timber Structures

The project will consist of the following work-packages (WP): WP1 Design concepts for load-bearing timber structures under fire conditions WP2 Innovative solid wood panel and light weight timber structures WP 3 Connections and joints WP 4 Novel components and structural materials WP 5...

Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Productivity and competitiveness in the agri-food sector: Comparing Norway and Finland

This programme aims at meeting an increasing demand for research-based knowledge on the competitive position of Norwegian agriculture and food processing industries. This will be achieved through an international comparative study with a particular focus on productivity and the roles of instituti...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Synthesis and durability of CNT based MEAs for PEMFC (Nanoduramea) (N-INNER)

The objective of the product is to improve the durability of the membrane electrode assemblies of PEM fuel cells by studying the basic degradation phenomena of carbon supported PT catalysts and perflourosulphonated proton conducting membranes. Improved ca talysts are developed by using advanced c...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

InfraExplorer (IEX)- Portal for samordnet presentasjon av utvidet datagrunnlag for transportplanlegging

Prosjektet skal utvikle en helt ny type samhandlingsportal (IEX) med et komplett sett av oppdaterte underlagsdata av høy kvalitet for optimalisering av transportplanlegging. Dataene hentes fra ulike kilder og tilrettelegges for transportplanlegging. Målg ruppa for løsningen er transportplanlegge...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Intelligente verktøy og produkter med mikro-nano sensorer integeret i overflaten

COSMOS er et løpende nordisk prosjekt. Det er nå sendt inn en søknad om MNT ERA-Net Project med navn COSMOS II : "Components and Smart Machines with Micro-Nano Surface Embedded Sensors" som skal bygge videre på dette. Det søkes her om finansiering av den norske delen av COSMOS II. Norske COSMO...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Innlandet

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Marine omega-3 fatty acids and health - use of systems biology in controlled dietary intervention studies

Intake of fatty fish and cod liver oil has been part of a healthy diet in Norway for many years due to the high availability of fish. Omega-3 fatty acids from cod liver oil are used by the Norwegian food industry to develop new healthy food for the consum ers. To understand the beneficial health ...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Wood formation under varying environmental conditions

The timing and rate of xylem formation during the growing season are key processes in determining the amount and properties of wood produced. Wood formation depends on genetic signalling, availability of resources for growth, temperature, tree water and n utrient status, and the stage of ontogene...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Structure-property relations of wood fibres: 3D characterisation and modelling

Traditional manufacturing of pulp for paper products in a process of moving to countries with plantations of fast growing trees located close to the mills. Hence, in the long term perspective, the Nordic pulp and paper industry needs to maintain the advan tages offered by its worldwide technologi...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Potential of the European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) for cultivation and industrial exploitation in Norway.

To day there are no industrial exploitation of the European blueberry (EB) in Norway, in contradiction to the highly exploited lowbush blueberry of Canada. However, the EB have a much higher content of biological compounds important for human health (ant ioxidants etc.). In addition it is regard...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Biogas residue - a safety risk in organic farming?

The Norwegian government aims to increase the organic food production and consumption to 15 % of the total within year 2015. To reach this ambiguous goal, it is estimated that of the total Norwegian agricultural area for each crop, approx. 18 % of the mea dow, 20 % of the pasture, 7,5 % of cereal...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Expansion Strategies for Local Food Enterprises

The overall objective of this project is to contribute towards increased value added in local food enterprises, by obtaining new knowledge about the conditions for expansion, and how the industries can solve challenges they face in different phases of exp ansion. Sub-goals: 1. Conduct an analys...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

RF MEMS Steerable Antennas for Automotive Radar and Future Wireless Applications

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Awarded: NOK 0.68 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Cross-Layer Optimisation of Short-Range Wireless Sensor Networks, Part 2

In the following summary mainly the planned research of the Norwegian side is targeted, with a general introduction to the project target application. The project will use a target application to focus the scientific work and enhance research cooperation . The target application is sensing of ra...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Power System Analysis and Transmission Planning in a Changing Environment

The main objective is to build the competence necessary to face future challenges in power system analysis and transmission expansion planning. The most important contribution of this project will be knowledge and methods used in computer optimisation and simulation models. The goal is to defin...

Awarded: NOK 9.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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