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GLOBHELS-Global helse

Development of a food-grade Lactobacillus-based oral vaccine delivery system

In low-income countries, efforts to increase immunization coverage are hampered by weak health systems. Furthermore, the unaffordable costs of some vaccines remain a major barrier for people to access vaccination services. To develop novel technologies fo r effective production and delivery of va...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Akershus

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Studies of humoral and cell-mediated protective immune markers during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in human population

Prosjektet har resultert i betydelige resultater i form av publikasjoner og presentasjoner på konferanser siden vår siste rapport i juli, 2014. Vi har nå gjennomført analyse og er ferdige med resultatet. Artikkelen "QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube-test Conversions and reversions among tuberculosis pa...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

To what extent do user fees affect Hepatitis B vaccine coverage rates in China?

China has 93 million infected carriers of the HB virus; about 20 million with chronic infections. The main transmission of virus is vertical, within families, often from mother to child during childbirth. The probability for developing chronic infection i s 90% for infants (infected in first year...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning

Målsettingen er å videreføre Tidsskrift for Ungdomsforskning som en nasjonalt forankret publiseringskanal av forskning om ungdom og ungdomsrelaterte spørsmål. Målgrupper for tidsskriftet er forskere innen feltet og andre brukere av ungdomsforskning. For å nå målgrupper utenfor forskningsmiljøen...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Oslo

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning

Vitenskapelig publisering er den viktigste form for dokumentasjon av vitenskapelig arbeid, og tidsskriftene er blitt stadig mer sentrale som publiseringskanal. I dag er tidsskriftene den viktigste instans for sikring av forskningens kvalitet og for forske rnes kompetansebygging. Tidsskrift for ve...

Awarded: NOK 0.66 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Solar Atmospheric Modelling

This application is for additional funds to the project "Solar Atmospheric Modelling" that is funded for 2009-2011 (project 191814/V30). Solar magnetism lies at the root of most solar and heliospheric physics. The intricate structure of the solar field, the activity cycle and the influence of t...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Bilat - Changes in the Calanus complex on both sides of the Atlantic and its possible impact on fish populations

A 10 degree latitude northward shift in the characteristic copepod populations of temperate oceans has been observed over the past several decades, seemingly in association with global warming effects on ocean water temperature. This has moved the Subarct ic and Cold Temperate copepod species int...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Vestland

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Drift og dels redaksjonelt arbeid med SJDR i årene 2010-2012.

Awarded: NOK 0.19 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Workshop on survey methods for estimating catch, effort and economic value of widely dispersed marine recreational fisheries

The goal of this multidisciplinary workshop is to develop collaborative research on cost-effective methods that can be used to monitor catch and effort and to quantify the economic effects in diffuse marine recreational fisheries in Europe. The importanc e of quantifying catches in marine recrea...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Promoting prosperous coastal communities - Integrated community and business development in a regional perspective

The overriding question asked by this project is: Why have some coastal communities succeeded in developing prosperous communities while others struggle? We will study factors of importance to success: demography and economic development; local and region al collaboration; the importance of a coh...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Bilat - Relating laboratory and field bioaccumulation; importance of abiotic and biotic parameters, and use of trophic magnification factors

The Bioaccumulation Advisory Group (BSAG) of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is in the process of organizing a workshop to be held in New Orleans 2 days prior to SETAC NA, 2009 (i.e., 18-19 November). The workshop will focus on the low, or non-existing, translation of...

Awarded: NOK 99,418

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Reindeer herding and commodification of the outfields and commons in Southern-Sámi areas - challenging established rights and practices

Reindeer herding, agriculture and forestry are defined as primary industries, hence policies and administration of these industries are under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The reindeer herding industry constitutes the major material basis for Sámi culture - identity, lifestyle and langua...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

A multi-disciplinary effort to improve topical treatments in salmon louse control

Topical treatments of salmon lice are carried out in large sea cages or in well boats. During delousing in cages, these must be efficiently shielded with a tarpaulin. Currently either a full tarpaulin or a semi-enclosed tarpaulin is fitted on the outside of the net. A recent survey showed that t...

Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

How to control Anthriscus sylvestris: Biological measures and societal efforts

During the last 50-60 years several reports states that A. sylvestris is aggressively establishing in grassland in Norway. Now it is established in grassland in most of the country and some rural districts is said to be completely covered in white during the flowering period. In the present pro...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Akershus

MAT-SLF-Matprogr.:Prosj.fullfin.av SLF

Ovine footrot and related contagious bovine claw diseases in Norway

Publiserte artikler: Characterisation of Dichelobacter nodosus isolates from Norway av Gilhuus et al.,Vet. Microbiol., 2013: Både virulente og benigne varianter av D. nodosus og alle serogrupper bortsett fra D og F ble påvist. Virulente isolater ble kun funnet hos sau i Rogaland og av disse til...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Salmon Market Analysis Modules (SMAM)

SMAM will be an integrated empirical modeling framework to estimate and simulate the effects of policy, economic and resource factors on the supply, demand, price and global trade of salmon. Based on this, we will also be able to predict future profitabil ity levels of the salmon farming industry...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Assessment of the nutritional value and potential health benefits of Krill Products for Human Consumption

Aker BioMarine is harvesting krill (Euphausia Superba) in the Antarctic Sea. The company produce products both for human consumption as well as for aquaculture and animal feed markets. The principal objective of present project is to develop and document health-promoting and competitive products...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Akershus

MAT-SLF-Matprogr.:Prosj.fullfin.av SLF

Expanding the technology base for Norwegian wheat breeding; Sequencing wheat chromosome 7B

-The aim of the international wheat genome sequencing consortium (IWGSC) is to provide a publicly available reference sequence of the genome of bread wheat, Triticum aestivum, the last of the significant crop species to be sequenced. The responsibility of the Norwegian project, which in addition ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Akershus

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Integrated Marine Operations, theory for design, simulation, training and evaluation

Anchor-handling at depths of several thousand metres, precise assembling of subsea modules weighing several hundred tons, rig-construction in the ice and the cold of the northern regions, development of small, distant fields etc, are all examples of more demanding marine operations. The complex...

Awarded: NOK 19.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Møre og Romsdal

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Robust pigs by improved exterior functionality and reduced osteochondrosis using non-invasive technology

Hovedmålet med prosjektet har vært å utvikle en mer robust gris som skal være konkurransedyktig i nåværende og fremtidige markeder. Fokuset i prosjektet har vært å finne metoder og strategier for å redusere leddlidelsen osteokondrose og bedre eksteriøret (ben, klauver, kropp) og dermed funksjonal...

Awarded: NOK 6.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Innlandet

IS-AUR-Samarb.progr. Norge Frankrike

DNA methylation and mRNA expression at early and late stage of breast cancer as well as pre-malignant neoplasia

Due to improved disease diagnostics, most of the operated breast tumours today are T1/T2 and the distinction between them is of great importance for prognosis. The categorization and distinction between T1 and T2 can be a matter of millimetres, but is of significant importance for the patient in...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Akershus

MAT-SLF-Matprogr.:Prosj.fullfin.av SLF

Studies on the biology of potato cyst nematodes under Nordic conditions for improving management and regulation in Norway

The yellow potato cyst nematode (yPCN) Globodera rostochiensis and the white species (wPCN) G. pallida are quarantine pests subjected to national regulations. PCN infestations make production expensive and reduce the sales value of farms. Resistance break ing populations and long persistence of P...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Akershus

FORNY20-FORNY2020

A novel environment-friendly anti-fouling technology for the paint and coating industry

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Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Oslo

IS-AUR-Samarb.progr. Norge Frankrike

Implementation of higher-order molecular properties at the multiconfigurational range-separated density-functional theory level

The project aims at implementing a powerful and versatile computational tool for modeling molecular properties, by merging two promising approaches: the first one, developed by the French team, is multiconfigurational range-separated density-functional th eory, which combines the best - with resp...

Awarded: NOK 5,504

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FORNY20-FORNY2020

New antibacterial compound with potential for treatment of multiresistant pathogenic bacteria (MRSA)

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Awarded: NOK 0.91 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Akershus

FORNY20-FORNY2020

New drugs for treatment of obesity

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Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Oslo

FORNY20-FORNY2020

Potato Ring Rot Management

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Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Akershus

IS-AUR-Samarb.progr. Norge Frankrike

Biological and molecular characterization of a non conventional PVY variant

PVY is the best described and the second most damaging potato-infecting virus. It belongs to the family Potyviridae and is the type species of the genus Potyvirus. PVY is distributed worldwide and is also an important pathogen in other crops such as tomat o, pepper (Capsicum sp.) and tobacco. PVY...

Awarded: NOK 80,000

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Akershus

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Climate impacts of short-lived pollutants in the polar regions (CLIMSLIP)

Prosjektsammendrag: NILU will coordinate the Joint Research Project. This task will include organizing meetings, ensuring information flow between work packages and project partners, and leading the reporting. NILU will also set up a webpage that will se rve to communicate results both inside th...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Akershus

PLAN-Planlegging

Såkornmidler til NVH, UMB og VI

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Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Oslo