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FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

RenewHydro International talent recruitment of a freshwater Biodiversity and Climate Adaptation Specialist from USA.

Hydropower is the backbone of the Norwegian energy system. With large reservoirs for water storage, the hydropower system provides stable and highly flexible electricity production that can balance variable renewable sources such as wind and solar power. However, dams and hydropower regulation si...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

Regional downscaling of eco-physiological theory. The contribution of talented researcher NN

Global models based on advanced eco-physiological theory predict that fish populations at high latitudes, such as Atlantic cod and herring, are vulnerable due to physical and physiological constraints that are difficult to avoid under climate change. This project aims to downscale these predictio...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Diet variation in Arctic Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) through DNA-metabarcoding of fecal samples, RiS ID 2272

The project "Diet variation in Arctic Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) through DNA-metabarcoding of fecal samples" is a continuation of the snow bunting long-term monitoring project conducted yearly since 1998, assessing the reproductive success of snow buntings breeding in Adventdalen (RiS ...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Kelp forest consumptive rate and urchin predator community in the Arctic

Kelp forests are vital Arctic habitats that support biodiversity and provide essential ecosystem services. In Svalbard, these ecosystems have undergone significant changes over the past three decades, driven by rapid climate change. However, future warming may also enhance kelp productivity, depe...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Vestland

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Kelp - Urchin Transitions and Carbon Dynamics in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (BlueArc field sampling).

Kelp forests are key Arctic habitats that support biodiversity, carbon storage, and essential ecosystem services. In Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, warming waters and changing ice regimes are altering these ecosystems, with increasing grazing pressure from sea urchins driving transitions from kelp fores...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Vestland

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Genomic adaptions in kelp to Arctic environments (BlueArc Field Sampling, RiS 12373)

Fieldwork in Svalbard’s kelp forests provides a rare opportunity to uncover the genetic mechanisms that enable seaweeds to thrive in extreme polar environments while assessing their vulnerability to predicted warming. Arctic kelp species Alaria esculenta, Saccharina latissima, Hedophyllum nigripe...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Vestland

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Farmer Health: Assessing Risks and Mitigation Strategies for Rodent-borne Zoonoses in Food Production under Climate Change

With a One Health approach, RoBoZoo investigates how climate change and agricultural practices influence interactions among small rodents, humans, and food production—and the risks these dynamics pose for zoonotic disease transmission, including potential links between exposure to zoonotic microb...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Innlandet

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

Resilience of polar ecosystems to the cumulative effects of physical and biological changes in Norway’s high Arctic (ROPES)

The Arctic is changing quickly, and Svalbard’s fjords are among the places where these changes are most visible. Warmer Atlantic water is reaching farther north, sea ice is disappearing, and new fish species such as cod and haddock are becoming more common. At the same time, the small polar cod, ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Advancing transformative governanCe through Transboundary conservation and collaborative learning

Nature does not stop at international boundaries, but governance often does. ACT examines how transboundary cooperation in nature conservation can help reverse and halt biodiversity loss. The project aims to lay the groundwork for improving how countries work together to protect shared landscapes...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

Cumulative effects of climate change and pollution - How climate region and local habitat shape biological responses and recovery

Global warming and pollution are major threats to nature and a sustainable future. In SoilStress we aim to understand the mechanisms underlying the combined effects of climate change and pollution on soil animals. The main questions are: •Why do populations react differently to pesticides and te...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Svalbard reindeer spatial ecology - from individuals to populations

Populations’ dynamics and distributions change in response to climate and habitat changes, yet our current knowledge is based mostly on correlational evidence. What each animal does depends on its physiological state and immediate environment, meaning that the processes by which climate change af...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

(In)visible Changes: Glacial Methane and its Impacts on Fjord Ecosystems

Arctic marine-terminating glaciers are retreating rapidly due to climate change, creating new methane emission hotspots in shallow fjord waters. In Svalbard, where warming exceeds twice the Arctic average, methane once trapped beneath glaciers is now being released. Yet, the ecological impacts of...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Svalbard

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Havet - under overflaten

Havet – under overflaten skal utvikle en sanselig og forskningsforankret formidlingsopplevelse som gjør det mulig for publikum å erfare havets betydning for livet på jorden. Prosjektet tar utgangspunkt i at havet ikke bare er et geografisk rom, men et levende system som regulerer klima, produsere...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Akershus

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Patterns in Arctic-Alpine Vegetation

Natur i Norge (further referred to as NiN) is a system for typification and description of Norwegian nature, covering all variation at given, specified scales. The current version 3.0 of the NiN system was launched in 2023. During the revision that lead to NiN 3.0, Arctic ecosystems were given pa...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Optimal Mapping of Biodiversity at Arctic–Mid Ocean Ridge Sulfide Deposits

Norway has begun a conditional process to open parts of the deep sea for possible seabed mineral extraction, including areas along the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR). Before any activity can take place, we need much better knowledge of the unique organisms that live on the seafloor and how they mi...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

INTPARTORDNING-INTPARTORDNING

Excellence in Conservation Biology through Accelerated Research and Training

COGENT is an international initiative designed to tackle one of the planet’s most urgent challenges: the rapid loss of biodiversity. The project forms a long-term partnership between the University of Oslo and and four key African institutions: Addis Ababa University (AAU: Ethiopia), Makerere Uni...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Arthropod Resurvey (2000-2026) along a receding Arctic Glacier foreland

Over the past two decades, the Arctic has warmed at more than twice the global average, driving profound transformations in cryospheric and ecological systems. As glaciers retreat, newly exposed forelands provide unique natural laboratories to study primary succession and biodiversity responses t...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Effects of Atlantification and terrestrial inputs on nutrient transfer and trophic structure in Arctic fjord plankton communities

The Kongsfjorden-Krossfjorden system represents a natural laboratory for investigating the effects of climate change on Arctic marine ecosystems. Although geographically close, they exhibit distinct hydrographic characteristics: Kongsfjorden is warmer and saltier due to the inflow of Atlantic Wat...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Tundra diets: tracking seasonal and inter-annual diet quality dynamics of Svalbard reindeer

Climate change reshapes the Arctic environment, with warmer and wetter winters leading to more frequent rain-on-snow (ROS) events and extensive ground icing. This project investigates how the changing winter conditions influence diet quality and foraging behavior of Svalbard reindeer. More freque...

Awarded: NOK 97,999

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Svalbard

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

BryoNiN - Moseøkologi og moser i Norge

Precise classification and mapping of nature are dependent on good knowledge of the diversity and distribution of bryophytes. As of today, knowledge of bryophytes is good in some nature types, while for other types there are, in part, significant knowledge gaps. Bare rock is found almost everywh...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Coexistence of wild reindeer and humans – reducing barriers in a social-ecological framework

This is a collaborative project with partners from the research and land use sectors. The project is led by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research with Vegard Gundersen as project manager. The project has collaborations with research partners from the NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AN...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

coaStal Ecotones At Stress: Capturing the importance of migration behavior in Area Planning and Environment assessments (SEASCAPE)

This is a collaborative project with partners from the research, management, and industry sectors. The project is led by the NTNU University Museum (Norway). It involves research partners from NORCE (Norway), the Institute of Marine Research (Norway), Nordland Research Institute (Norway), and Dal...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Sjøfjær som indikatororganisme for miljøpåvirking i norske fjorder – kunnskapsgrunnlag for tjenester rettet mot marin næring og forvaltning

The main purpose of the project is to build expertise on sea pens in Norwegian fjords and on their vulnerability to environmental impact in the form of oxygen deficiency and sedimentation. Sea pens are corals that live on marine soft bottoms. They can form sea pen communities, an important habita...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Møre og Romsdal

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Social-Ecological Keystone Places for Transformative Change in Safeguarding Coastal Biodiversity

The global biodiversity crisis threatens coastal ecosystems, yet the solution may lie in bridging modern science with the ancestral wisdom of those who live closest to the sea. The SKETCH project investigates "Social-Ecological Keystone Places" which are vital coastal areas where nature and human...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

UrbanOcean: Urbanization of the sea - assessing and managing the impact of Offshore Wind developments on open ocean biodiversity

Offshore wind power is expanding rapidly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and secure renewable energy, particularly in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. While this development is essential, it also represents the largest physical transformation of the open ocean in human history. UrbanOcean is...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Nature-Integrated Norwegian energy system transition - Opportunities, Trade-offs and Strategies

Harmony is about identifying political feasible solutions that ensures that the Norwegian energy transition jointly minimize climate gas emissions and undesired nature impacts. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is crucial to limiting the impacts of climate change. But there is a challenge. The ...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Experimental Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Accounts for Norwegian Municipalities

EOCEAN will combine innovative solutions for mapping coastal ecosystems and producing ecosystem accounts to help fill current knowledge gaps for sustainable coastal management in Norway. When it comes to managing coastal nature, Norwegian municipalities are currently flying blind. We know that k...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Optimisation of Tree Species Selection for Improved Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

The OpTIBES project aims to find the right tree in the right place, for the right purpose - taking into account both climate change and local supply needs. The focus is on the restoration of forests and agroforestry (agriculture in combination with trees) in the region around the Albertine Rift, ...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Akershus

INTPARTORDNING-INTPARTORDNING

BIOME – Biodiversity Innovation for Optimization of Monitoring and Education

BIOME expands an existing collaboration between the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU, Norway) and the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM, Brazil) to include the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo (NHM/UiO, Norway) and the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA,...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

EchoGuard: protecting porpoises

How can we save the ocean’s smallest whale? The harbour porpoise is Norway’s most common whale. Small and elusive, it lives along the coast but, like all marine mammals, must surface to breathe. Every year, thousands of porpoises die after becoming entangled in fishing nets. Trapped underwater, t...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

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