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FRIMUF-Miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Sexual variation in heritability of body size in The Pied Flycatcher - an experimental approach.

There is increasing evidence that recent climatic warming affects various aspects of ecological communities. Most studies to date have used cross-sectional data in order to relate variation in temperature to population trends and various life history trai ts. However such correlative studies can ...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Trademark Telemark: Natur- og kulturbasert næringsutvikling. Videreføring av prosjekt 150239/V10.

Telemarksforsking-Bø vil med dette søkja om å forlenga vårt Strategiske Instituttprogram Trademark Telemark med to nye år. Arbeidet starta i 2002, og fase I skal avsluttast i 2004. Programmet har fokus på såkalla kulturøkonomisk bygdeutvikling; omgjering av lokal natur/kultur/kunnskap til ressu...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Telemark

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

CO2 storage for geological timescales – Thermodynamic and kinetic stability of dawsonite

This study is motivated by the need to better understand the potential role of dawsonite in CO2 sequestration scenarios. Towards this goal, the first kinetic studies of dawsonite were conducted by the authors during March-April 2004 in corporation with Er ic H. Oelkers at Université Paul Sabatier...

Awarded: NOK 0.93 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Vestland

KOSK-Katalyse og organisk syntetisk kjemi

Theory-assisted design of catalysts for olefin metathesis. Investigation of novel third-row transition metal complexes (se prosjekt 160072)

The long-term goal of the project is to develop new catalysts for olefin metathesis that allows for better stereocontrol of the product alkenes. Massive screening involving density functional theory (DFT) and multivariate data analysis (QSPR/QSAR) is perf ormed to aid the experimental efforts and...

Awarded: NOK 83,999

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Vestland

SIPNKOMP-SIP-NHD: Andre nasjonalt viktige kompetansefelt

Development of the Metal Printing Process as a method for producing functional metal and ceramic objects on demand - phase 2

Layer Manufacturing Technologies (LMT) is an emerging research area that are based upon building an object by adding materials instead of the conventional methods of removing material from a workpiece or forcing a workpiece into another form through the u se of pressure and temperature. LMT ena...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIPNIKT-SIP-NHD: Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi

Reducing Software Entropy: Exploiting software metadata to improve the quality of agile software development

The aim of this project is to utilise source code metadata and configuration/deployment information to reduce software entropy. It will focus on tools and techniques to improve code analysis and reverse engineering for developers who use agile development processes. Automated support will allow...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Cultural heritages and value creation. Estimating economic effects of cultural heritage in the city of Røros

Management of cultural heritages in a manner that generates values are of importance in order to obtain a sustainable development (SD). Cultural heritage can affect the three objectives for SD; environmental, social and economic development. There is a ne ed for more knowledge especially of the e...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Large carnivores and human communities II: Conserving interacting species in the transboundary south-central Scandinavian ecosystem

To meet the escalating demands for scientific knowledge, to help address human-wildlife conflicts, research activity on large carnivores (LCs) and large herbivores (LHs) has been intense in the last decade in Scandinavia. This research has been available to politicans formulating policy. In the c...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Redefining Rural Resources; Local capacity-building in sustainable management of cultural historic environments of mountain summer f

One of the major cultural historic asset that hillside and mountain regions in Norway offer is mountain summer farming (”seter”). Today their owners find themselves in the intersection between several tendencies: agricultural readjustments leading to eit her reduction or discontinuance of mounta...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Down by the riverside: Urban public nature-related attitudes and activities as a knowledge base for river restoration and management

The beneficial, restorative effects of activities and experiences in natural environments are well documented. Since a majority of the population live in urban areas, more attention should be given to the establishment, availability, use, and management o f urban natural areas. Such areas usually...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Innlandet

KOSK-Katalyse og organisk syntetisk kjemi

Gas Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals Including Hydrogen

Natural gas has become an abundant hydrocarbon fuel and chemical feedstock and promises to remain so. Utilizing this resource with minimum environmental impact is a major challenge to catalysis. The present proposal consists of the following subprojects: 1) Catalytic dehydrogenation of NGL compon...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KOSK-Katalyse og organisk syntetisk kjemi

Det 20. Organisk Kjemiske Vintermøtet 2005

The organic winter meeting serve as a national meeting for the organic chemists of Norway. This is an annual event and an unique opportunity for organic chemists from both academia and industry to meet and make relations and possibly collaborations. For g raduate and dr. students the meeting serv...

Awarded: NOK 76,999

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Akershus

KOSK-Katalyse og organisk syntetisk kjemi

Coordination polymers as heterogeneous catalysts

Coordination polymers constitute a group of materials that combine inorganic and organic components on a nanoscale. Such materials have a high chemical and structural diversity, and are expected to have a broad applicability within catalysis, adsorbents, membranes, sensors, superconductors, etc. ...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIP-NHD-Strategiske instituttprogram finansiert av NHD

Micro-featured polymer components

This proposal addresses challenges regarding the use of thermoplastic polymers in micro-featured mass-produced components. Three fabrication methods are covered: Injection moulding, hot embossing and, to a lesser degree, laser ablation. The innovative c ontributions of the project will be 1) A ...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KULTUREN-Program for kulturforskning

Vitenskap, demokrati, velferd: En treenighet under press?

I løpet av de siste førti år er vitenskapen blitt gjenstand for til dels radikale omvurderinger som samfunnsinstitusjon og kulturell autoritet. Siktemålet med dette prosjektet er å historisere de aktuelle spenningene omkring vitenskapens organisering og " samfunnskontrakt" gjennom to strategiske ...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Kommunikativ planlegging og utvikling Videreføring av prosjekt 150199/V10. Videreføres på nytt etter søknad 177669/10.

Ei sentral tese i internasjonal kommunikativ planlegging og samfunnsutvikling er at endring i ei meir dynamisk retning krev betring av den sosiale (institusjonelle) kapitalen til samfunn. Sentrale samfunnsaktørar må inkluderast i offentlege diskursar som gjer at dei lærer av kvarandre og utviklar...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Møre og Romsdal

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Nettverk for Entreprenørskap blant Unge sett i forhold til Regional Utvikling, Næringsliv og Skole (EURUNS)

Østlandsforskning (ØF), Nord-Trøndelagsforskning (NTF) og Nordlandsforskning (NF), går sammen om å utvikle EURUNS, et nettverk for studier av entreprenørskap og unge, sett i forhold til regional utvikling, næringsutvikling og skole. I regi av nettverket som vil ha fokus på et nytt kunnskapsområd...

Awarded: NOK 0.46 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Innlandet

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Kulturnæringer og kulturbasert regional utvikling

Det omsøkte prosjektet fokuserer på kulturnæringene og hvilken betydning de kan ha for regional utvikling. Flere studier indikerer at kulturnæringene kan ha et betydelig verdiskapingspotensial både direkte gjennom egen produksjon og indirekte gjennom prod uksjon av innstsfaktorer til annen næring...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Innlandet

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Institusjonsforankret strategisk prosjekt for språkdidaktikk

Det strategiske instituttprogrammet i språkdidaktikk må ses på bakgrunn av innføringen av et obligatorisk 2. fremmedspråk for alle elever på ungdomstrinnet, og åpningen for en tidligere start med opplæring i 2. fremmedspråk. Prosjektet er av høy samfunnsm essig relevans fordi det følger opp grunn...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Telemark

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Reisevaner - forståelsesrammer for framtidig reiseatferd. Videreføring av prosjekt 152132/V10. Videreføres igjen etter søknad 177659/V10.

Undersøkelser om og analyser av befolkningens mobilitet og reisevaner gir nødvendig basiskunnskap for all transportplanlegging og annen samfunnsplanlegging. TØI har hatt det faglige ansvaret for gjennomføring og analyser av de nasjonale reisevaneundersøke lsene siden 1984/85 (RVU 1984/85) og fram...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

TU-Tungt utstyr

FoU-utstyr for mikrosystemteknologi

Søknaden dekker nødvendig nytt utstyr for sammenstilling og pakking av mikrosytemer ved Institutt for mikrosystemteknologi ved Høgskolen i Vestfold. Instututtets FoU-laboratorium er etablert i samarbeid med Micro-Tech Innovation (MTI). Instituttet er i da g en etablert partner i Norwegian Microsy...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Vestfold

KOSK-Katalyse og organisk syntetisk kjemi

8th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU-VIII)

The series of conferences on Carbon Dioxide Utilization are international, multi-disciplinary conferences concerned with finding new ways to use carbon dioxide as a raw material. The conferences are held every two years on a rotating basis between Asia, Europe, and North America. The last Europ...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Pathophysiological and Immunological Aspects of Meconium Aspiration Syndrom A search for new understanding and therapy

Meconiumstained amniotic fluid is present in approximately 10-12% of all deliveries. Out of these approximately 5% develop respiratory problems called Meconium Aspiration Syndrom (MAS). This is caused by aspiration of fetal stools (meconium into the lungs ) and occur mainly in term or postterm in...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

FORMNT-Formidlingsprogrammet MNT

Et skuespill om Albert Einsteins liv og virksomhet

A one-act play will be written on aspects of Albert Einstein’s life and work. Based on existing scholarship as well as the Principle Investigator’s own research, the play will explore a number of themes arising from Einstein’s activities that can raise in terest in both Einstein and physics more ...

Awarded: NOK 0.45 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Vestland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Increased gas transport capacity

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Awarded: NOK 9.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Rogaland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

CO2 value chain from Tjeldbergodden to Draugen/Heidrun

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Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Rogaland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Improved macroscopic sweep efficiency in CO2-flooding of North Sea reservoirs

The present research project is divided into four main activities: •Qualification of chemicals systems (foam or polymer) for sweep improving methods, including determination of system properties, interaction between chemical system and reservoir fluids, injectivity, retention of chemicals and ch...

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Rogaland

PROSBIO-Prosess- og biomedisinsk industri

Aided Interpretation of Quantitative Genomics via Literature Networks and High Throughput Screening Integration

The scientific discipline of quantifying genomic variation using techniques such as QTL (Quantitative Trait Loci) and array-CGH (Cytogenic Genomic Hybridization) is increasingly being used with great success to unravel the genetic basis of complex traits. This growing field has the potential of ...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

MAROFF-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner

Technical Operations Competence Centre

There is a growing need for better utilisation of technical operational data in the maritime industry. Effective operation is becoming an important asset in industries where profit margins are continuously challenged. The maritime industry is faced with increasingly rigid documentation require...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Akershus

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Prediction of deposition and transport of sand in sand-liquid flows (STRONG)

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Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage