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Identification of Estrogen-Like Compounds in Produced Water from Offshore Oil Installations.

This project focuses on identification of the yet unidentified compounds, long-chain para-substituted alkylphenols and possibly thiols, in produced water. Chemical syntheses will be carried out to provide alkylphenol standards unavailable commercially. St atistical analysis will allow to separate...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Long term effects on Arctic ecosystem from accidental discharges

Off-shore oil exploration and production is moving towards Arctic regions. A strict regulation according to a precautionary principle has been invoked for the oil and gas industry. There is a strong official requirement to avoid long term environmental impacts or effects that may be in conflict w...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Rogaland

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

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Application for overseas fellowship. Establish collaboration between the lipid metabolism groups at AKVAFORSK and at Oxford University

In order to acquire more knowledge about the regulation of lipid metabolism, and to exchange advanced techniques, we wish to establish collaboration between AKVAFORSK and the University of Oxford. We therefore apply for overseas fellowship for Bente Ruyte r, so that she can stay as a visiting sci...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Climatic responses in boreal ecosystems: a spatiotemporal analysis spanning 70 years of vegetation dynamics in a north-boreal alpine ecotone

The north boreal forests and the low alpine areas cover a large proportion of the Norwegian land surface. The predicted anthropogenic climate changes are supposed to have large influences in these areas due to potential immigration of tree species above t he existing treeline. Steep temperature g...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Akershus

GNBIO-Grunnleggende næringsrettet bioteknologi

RNA interference targeting Tissue Factor, a novel principle for cancer therapy.

The principal goal of this project is to explore the use of RNA interference (RNAi) technology in cancer therapy using Tissue Factor (TF) as a target. The project is based upon recent advances in RNAi technology and in our understanding of the role of TF in cancer cell biology. The cloning of T...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

FEEDTAG - A telemetry system for quantification of individual feeding behaviour for improved feed utilization in intensive fish cultures

A low feed conversion ratio (FCR) is a very important criteria in salmon farming management, both economically and environmentally. Key information needed to achieve low FCR is the feeding rate of the fish. Too much feed (feed/min and feed/day) increases feed loss. Reduced feeding may decrease ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIOFYS-Fysiologiske og anatomiske fag

Modification of ischemic injury in the heart

Ischemic heart disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in the western world. Myocardial ischemia can be acute and chronic. In acute ischemia revascularization is essential to salvage myocyte viability, but reoxygenation paradoxically increa ses ischemic injury. In patients this is m...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Sjøvannsinnblanding i intensiv smoltproduksjon: effekter på helse, velferd og risiko for vintersår

Intensive produksjonsstrategier som innebærer lavt vannforbruk, oksygenering og innblanding av sjøvann i produksjonsvannet er blitt vanlige i norske smoltanlegg. Vintersår er blitt ett stort problem i settefiskfasen, og årsakene til denne utviklingen har blitt satt i sammenheng med den økte bruke...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Distribution 2020 - Fault Handling and Distributed Generation in MV Networks

The tasks of this project focuses on the two main challenges for the future power distribution system. These are fault handling to ensure reliable power supply of sufficient quality, and handling of distributed power generation. Both should be done at low est possible cost at the same time as all...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

GNBIO-Grunnleggende næringsrettet bioteknologi

Selection and characterization of novel cancer specific antibodies – utilization in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches

Objective: The main purpose is to identify and characterize novel breast cancer specific antibodies. Interesting candidates will be thoroughly characterized for their specificity. Fulfilling the specificity criteria their potential as diagnostic or progno stic markers will be investigated. Finall...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Evolution of Specially Protected Marine Areas - Implications for Norway

Under international law of the sea coastal States may establish in relation to environmental pollution specially protected marine areas under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) Article 211(6) in co-operation with the International Maritime Organisa tion (IMO) and through compliance with va...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Akershus

GNBIO-Grunnleggende næringsrettet bioteknologi

Development of Reporter Mice Models for Preclinical Screening of Drug

The research group of Professor Rune Blomhoff at the University of Oslo has recently established an in vivo molecular imaging model (e.g. transgenic mice carrying NF-kB, ARE, DR5 or GCS regulated luciferase reporter) aimed at identifying factors affecting relevant gene regulation in vivo in a ph...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

GNBIO-Grunnleggende næringsrettet bioteknologi

Characterization and exploration of microbial enzymes for processing of chitin, chitosan and peptidoglycan

The availability of an increasing number of microbial genomes, including the genome of the highly versatile white-rot basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium, offers unique possibilities to study and explore enzymes with potential biotechnological appli cations. In the present project, we will ...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Control of malformations in the production of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) by optimizing temperature and light conditions

Malformations has been identified as a major obstacle in the development of commercal production of Atlantic cod by the industry itself. A survey of the malformation problems presented by Norsk Sjømatsenter later confirmed this situation. NFR states con trol of production related to disorders a...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

CO2 Management Technologies for Future Power Generation - BIGCO2

BIGCO2 encompasses the whole chain of activities needed to make available large scale Carbon management. The most significant cost reduction potential can be found in the capture step but significant reductions can also be achieved in the transport and st orage elements if truly integrated concep...

Awarded: NOK 17.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TU-Tungt utstyr

NTNU Nanolab – Laboratorium for syntese ved bruk av kjemiske metoder

As the main contributor to technological education and basic research in Norway, NTNU see its role as a central institution in the development of the nanotechnology field in Norway. NTNU is therefore actively working to establish NTNU Nanolab with common up-to-date nanotechnology laboratory facil...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TU-Tungt utstyr

Oppgradering av vitenskapelig utstyr for forskning innen kognitiv elektrofysiologi

Det søkes om en utstyrsbevilgning til fornyelse og oppgradering av det elektrofysiologiske laboratoriet ved Psykologisk institutt. Her benyttes det fortsatt 10 år gammelt utstyr som bør skiftes ut. Laboratoriet er basis for den avanserte forskningsvirkso mheten innenfor kognitiv- og nevropsykolo...

Awarded: NOK 0.83 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Norwegian Participation in the Planck LFI Instrument and Cosmology with the Nordic Optical Telescope

The European Planck mission will from 2007 map in detail the Cosmic Microwave Background with sensitivity and resolution unreachable by any other planned experiment, making possible answering fundamental questions of cosmology such as: What is the precise age of the Universe? How will it end? Wh...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

UTISOR-Utviklingsveier i Sør

Network on Politics in Developing Country Contexts (PDC)

The basic aim and rationale of the Network continue to be the co-ordination and promotion of (academically) critical research on: - The localisation of political dynamics in developing countries within the framework of neo-liberal globalisation and stat e responses, and - The associated polic...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

ELSA-Etiske,rettslige og samf.m. as

National moral landscapes: The Politics of Stemcells

Stemcells have occupied the centerstage of scientific, public and political awareness since its isolation in 1998. They produce golden hopes of finding future cures for a lot of diseases, but also provoke very heated and antagonistic public debates. It cr eates deep moral concers, involving the s...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Markedsbaserte sjømatprodukter for hjemmemarkedet: En studie av innovative fiskeforedlingsbedrifter

Formålet med dette prosjektet er å fremskaffe pålitelig og næringsrelevant kunnskap som kan bidra til å klarlegge og synliggjøre hvilke forhold som er kritisk for å lykkes med utvikling av nye høyforedlede sjømatprodukter. Fiskeindustrien er inne i en neg ativ utvikling og nye produkter og marked...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Creating competitive advantages within marine fish farming - a critical review of competitive positioning and organizational form

The Norwegian marine farming industry has faced severe setbacks and is now in a state of financial turmoil. The industry has not succeeded in developing a complete and competitive value chain in spite of heavy investments and efforts both from entrepreneu rs, private investors and the government....

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

AREAL-Areal- og naturbasert næringsutvikling

Spredt boligutbygging og befolkningsutvikling. Forenkling av arealplanlegging som virkemiddel for bygdeutvikling?

Landbruk Pluss legger vekt på aktiv eiendoms- og arealforvaltning ved bl.a. å tilrettelegge gode boligområder. Det er hevdet at areaplanlegging hindrer utvikling av et ruralt boligmarked og dermed bygdeutvikling. Utgangspunktet i prosjektet er at vi vil t este om etableringen av et ruralt boligma...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Virkninger av endrede transportkostnader for skogbruk, skogindustri, distriktene og miljøet

Skogsektoren er en konkurranseutsatt næring, og den internasjonale konkurransen kan ikke forventes å avta verken for handel med rundtømmer eller handel med papir. Transportkostnadene er et viktig element i sektorens konkurransedyktighet og lønnsomhet. Vid ere er skogsektoren betydelig i total inn...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Landslide of the Norm: Linguistic liberalisation and literary development in Russia in the 1920s and 1990s

The proposed project will study interrelations between linguistic liberalisation and literary development in Russia in two periods of historical transition: the post-Revolutionary years of the 1920s and the post-Soviet period of the 1990s. Within the cont ext of the "language question" permeating...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

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