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ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Conversion of BIOmass resource from forest industry into hard carbons as greener sodium ion battery ANODE (BIOANODE)

Den store bekymringen for global oppvarming og stadig økende etterspørsel etter energi har utløst et presserende skifte fra fossile brensler mot fornybare energikilder. Drevet av denne pågående overgangen til ren energi, forventes etterspørselen etter batterier å vokse raskt i de kommende årene. ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Vestfold

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Siderspråk og produktdifferensiering

Eit eige siderspråk tilpassa norsk sider har vore etterspurt frå næringa. I prosjektet skal det utviklast eit verktøy (aromahjul) for å setje ord på kva sideren smakar. Verktøyet skal nyttast både i kommunikasjon mellom produsentar og kundar, mellom vinkelnarar og restaurantgjestar, og dessutan i...

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Vestland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Rengjøringsrobot for ankerkjetting (SeeMoor)

Flytende installasjoner til havs er oppankret med et system av ankerkjetting som trenger regelmessig tilstandskontroll. Prosjektet SeeMoor skal utvikle en robot som gjør det mulig å rengjøre kjetting for marin groe og overflaterust, og skal fungere uavhengig av vanndybde. Det finnes mange kjente ...

Awarded: NOK 11.2 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Vitrification of pig embryos for the worldwide dissemination of genetics using embryo technology

VitriPig prosjektet starter 1. april 2023. I løpet av de første månedene vil vi bygge opp praktisk kunnskap med en embryovitrifiseringsmetode som brukes i noen humane IVF-klinikker. Denne metoden har også vist seg å være vellykket for frysing av griseembryoer, men vi har ingen erfaring ennå. Dere...

Awarded: NOK 0.65 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Innlandet

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Cost-efficient, Low-Emission, Acquisition of time-lapse seismic for the Petroleum and New energy sectors (CLEAN)

Gjentatte seismiske undersøkelser og analyse av disse innsamlede data (time-lapse seismikk) er en nøkkelteknikk for å overvåke og optimalisere produksjon av hydrokarbonreservoarer. Denne teknikken vil spille en nøkkelrolle i forståelse av CO2- og energilagringsprosjekter. Tradisjonell time-lapse...

Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

BECOME - Biosphere Reserves as Effective COnservation MEasures

Tiden for antropocen er preget av flere sammenkoblede kriser som truer integriteten til biosfæren og menneskehetens kapasitet til å møte våre grunnleggende behov. Ulike og pluralistiske tilnærminger til bevaring, som går utover beskyttede områder og kombinerer ulike arealbruk og bærekraftig ressu...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Vestland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Clean Energy Research Week in India (CERCH)

The 5-day Clean Energy Research week (CERCH) entails the organization of a physical event spread across three Indian cities (in New Delhi, Gujarat, and Telangana) from 27th March – 31st March 2023. SIN shall conduct the event with the aim to enhance collaboration with Indian stakeholders working ...

Awarded: NOK 48,752

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Østfold

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Sirkulær EPS - Sirkulærøkonomiske løsninger for resirkulering av EPS fra bygg og anlegg

Jackon AS og øvrige virksomheter i Bewi ASA skal samarbeide med SINTEF, Optimera og Franzefoss Gjenvinning for å utvikle løsninger som skal legge til rette for økt ombruk og materialgjenvinning av EPS fra bygg og anlegg. EPS, ekspandert polystyren, er plastisolasjon som benyttes til varmeisoler...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Østfold

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Laser Drill for Arctic Snowpack Stratigraphy Study, RiS ID 12098

The proposed project ‘Laser Drill for Arctic Snowpack Stratigraphy Study’ (LASER ARCS) will test a new device for measuring snowpack stratigraphy under Arctic conditions. The SnowLaserDrill (SLD), consists of two lasers. The drilling laser is used to melt a hole into the snow; the second laser is...

Awarded: NOK 59,481

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

NoWPaS - International Workshop of PhDs and Post-Doctoral Fellows on Anadromous Salmonids

Den internasjonale NoWPaS (European – tidligere Nordic- Workshop for PhD and Post-Doctoral Fellows Working on anadromous Salmonids) workshopen er en årlig workshop som ble opprettet i Norge i 2005 med støtte fra blant annet forskningsrådet. Målet med workshopen var å bygge og opprettholde et nord...

Awarded: NOK 97,797

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Akershus

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Wet Fingerprints - Constraining the Influence of (Near-)Surface Melting on Svalbard Snow Structure and Chemistry

Ice cores are unique climate archives. However, our ability to extract environmental information from structural, chemical, and isotopic proxy records is severely limited by a lack of understanding about melt-induced post-depositional alterations. Svalbard ice cores have provided invaluable infor...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Understanding the effect of cover crops on soil health, soilborne pathogens, yield and quality of potatoes and root vegetables

En sunn jord opprettholder de fire hovedfunksjonene karbon- og næringsomsetning, jordstruktur og kontroll av planteskadegjørere. Disse jordfunksjonene er truet i intensivt landbruk, og det er behov for en dyrkingspraksis som sikrer god jordhelse for å opprettholde og optimalisere produksjonskapas...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Assessing impact of snow sublimation for hydropower production in Norway (SnowSub)

Hvor mye snø går tapt i løpet av en vintersesong på grunn av sublimasjon? Svaret på dette spørsmålet er spesielt viktig for vannkraftproduksjon siden snødekket er det største magasinet i mange vannkraftsystemer. Sublimasjon er prosessen når snøen (dvs. frossent vann) blir til vanndamp. Sublimas...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Detecting reindeer cadavers with remote sensing tools in the Arctic tundra of Svalbard, RiS ID 11512

Carrion is recognized as an important resource in many ecosystems, yet there are still difficulties in estimating the impacts on landscapes. Complex interactions with a wide range of taxa are involved, making it challenging to predict to what extent carrion trigger ecological responses, as this i...

Awarded: NOK 58,780

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

A warmer future: how warming and increased herbivore pressure affect vegetation change in the High Arctic, RiS ID 10030

The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) aims to study changes in vegetation by artificially warming the tundra using open-top chambers. On Svalbard, one experiment within this network is the long-term monitoring site in Endalen, encompassing both experimentally warmed and unwarmed plots as wel...

Awarded: NOK 52,626

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Response of the microfossil community to the Permo-Triassic climate crisis (RiS ID 12072)

The Permo-Triassic climate crisis caused the most catastrophic extinction of marine life, with an estimated species loss of 81-95% [1]. Several environmental changes have been hypothesised as extinction drivers, but their direct role in extinction is heavily debated, and the link to the fossil re...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of ambient light on the protist community during Arctic polar night.

We are deeply interested in protist rhodopsin expression in various light treatments, and suspect that gene expression will vary greatly. Recent genomic analyses have revealed the presence of numerous rhodopsins in marine eukaryotes, and surprisingly, green and blue-light absorbing rhodopsins fr...

Awarded: NOK 79,374

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Identifying new marine productivity proxies, RiS ID: 12103

Marine productivity (MP) plays a crucial role in the Earth’s system by absorbing atmospheric CO2. In the Arctic, due to global warming and sea-ice reduction, MP has increased up to 50% over the last decades, suggesting that Arctic waters can become even more productive in the future, thus providi...

Awarded: NOK 93,577

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Magma-fault interactions in central Spitsberger. (RiS -ID:12138)

Investigating magma and fault interactions, mainly focusing on the Vinodden-Gipshuken areas. Main methods include field mapping, digital mapping, geochemistry and petrology on dolerites.

Awarded: NOK 60,513

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of river runoff in phytoplankton blooms in Adventfjorden (ERiPA)

This project will focus on the effect river runoff has on the seasonal plankton bloom of an arctic fjord, using Adventfjorden, Svalbard as a model system. Water column sampling will be conducted every two weeks in the timeperiod April 2023-September 2023 at two stations; one marine (IsA time seri...

Awarded: NOK 86,958

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigating the active layer ice content and resulting thaw dynamics in Adventdalen. RiS ID 12143.

This M.Sc. thesis project aims at quantifying how well remotely sensed ground deformation captures the ice/water content of the active layer in different landforms/ground conditions. It will further be investigated if assimilating the remotely sensed ground deformation into the permafrost model C...

Awarded: NOK 50,556

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The source and evolution of Quaternary volcanic activity in NW Spitsbergen (RiS ID 12102)

Several small volcanic centers of Pleistocene age occur in the Woodfjorden area of NW Spitsbergen and are collectively known as the mantle-sourced Bockfjorden Volcanic Complex (BVC). The main magma type identified is basanite, an alkali basaltic variety that is typically associated with active co...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

RiS ID 12111: Hydrobatic AUVs for Polar Ocean Sensing (HAPOS)

The term hydrobatics stems from aerobatics and refers to the agile maneuvering of underwater robots. Small and agile underwater robots can revolutionise sensing in polar regions, reducing risks and costs while enabling access to previously inaccessible areas. When coupled with new planning and co...

Awarded: NOK 96,999

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Identifying drivers of senescence in Arctic tundra plants using field and PhenoCam observations, RiS ID: 12093

I propose a study to establish a crucial, yet missing, link between plant senescence observed using manual field methods, and using remote sensing derived vegetation indices. I further aim to identify potential climatic, biogeochemical, and plant physiological drivers of plant senescence in Arcti...

Awarded: NOK 64,831

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Linking metagenomics and microscopy to investigate the formation of aggregates of glacial materials on Svalbard. RiS ID 12117

Little is known about the formation of cryoconite – aggregates of mineral particles and microbes held together by exopolymeric substances (EPS) - on glaciers. This project will investigate the different microbial communities found in different sedimental structures throughout a polar year on Foxf...

Awarded: NOK 63,999

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Goose herbivory and strong winter rainfall limit plant uptake of permafrost N, RiS 11069

Plant roots are often associated with mycorrhizal fungi. i.e. mushrooms that colonize plant roots belowground, and play a crucial role in plant uptake of nitrogen (N) which is essential for plant growth. During this fieldwork we will take soil cores at the peak of the growing season to examine th...

Awarded: NOK 37,724

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Tracing warm Atlantic Water in Tempelfjorden, Svalbard - RiS ID 12116

This project uses a combination of high-resolution modelling and observations in Tempelfjorden, a side fjord of Isfjorden with 2 marine-terminating glaciers (MTGs), to investigate under which conditions Atlantic Water (AW) enters the fjord, how it affects MTGs and how it will change with an enhan...

Awarded: NOK 98,482

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Early-Holocene coastal and environmental evolution Isfjorden, Svalbard: lithological and foraminiferal evidence RiS ID: 12101

The aim of this project is to identify and study raised marine deposits from the Early Holocene from two sites in Isfjorden, West Spitsbergen (Bogebekken/Hollendarbukta, Erdmannflya). The study will focus on marine sedimentary processes and environmental changes during the Early Holocene. The stu...

Awarded: NOK 49,512

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Developing methodology to measure the bioluminescence of key bioluminescent species (RiS ID: 12158)

Bioluminescence is one of the chief contributors to the light environment at depth in the sea and plays a key role in biological interactions and animal behaviour. There is a wide range of spectral compositions, the various wavelengths which combine to produce light of a particular colour, pre...

Awarded: NOK 35,431

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

EUROSTARS-EUROSTARS

Accurate biomass estimation of salmon from cage to harvest

Måling av biomasse er en utfordring i lakseoppdrett. Mer nøyaktig informasjon om både stående biomasse og forventet fremtidig biomasse vil hjelpe lakseoppdrettere å redusere driftskostnader og øke salgsinntekter. Mer nøyaktige tall på stående og fremtidig biomasse er kritisk for å optimalisere fo...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Rogaland

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