206 projects

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

What`s Growing - konferanse for grønne vekster i kontrollerte omgivelser

What’s Growing er en konferanse som skal finne sted 11. september 2025 på Tou Scene i Stavanger. Konferansen er forankret i utlysningens tema "Mat og bioressurser", med fokus på landbasert mat og bioressurser. Veksthusnæringen står foran omfattende utfordringer for å tilpasse seg de krav som vi...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Rogaland

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 AllEcoSys Agroecology living labs fostering prosperous and sustainable agri-food systems

AllEcoSys aims to promote sustainable and resilient agricultural systems by implementing a network of living labs across Europe, that will facilitate the adoption of agroecological practices that enhance soil health, increase biodiversity, and foster natural pest and disease control. Hereby, AllE...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Optimization of Spectral Light Quality for Increased Energy Use Efficiency and Quality of the Produced in Controlled Environment Agriculture

This project aims to optimize spectral light quality to enhance energy efficiency and improve crop quality in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), addressing global challenges like supply chain vulnerabilities and climate change. In indoor farming, especially vertical farming, lighting is a ...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

PESORDNING-PESORDNING

NIBIO _Prosjektetableringsstøtte/rammebevilgning Horisont Europa for 2025_2027

NIBIO's ambitions for the coming years are to be a key player in the European research arena, with increased participation in Horizon Europe, especially in areas such as agriculture, climate and sustainability. Through targeted collaboration, increased internationalization and a focus on leading ...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Akershus

PESORDNING-PESORDNING

PES Horisont Europa rammebevilgning for 2025-2027 - NMBU

The project will strengthen NMBU's participation in Horizon Europe. It will help ensure that applicants receive the necessary administrative support, access to competence and expertise and sufficient resources during the application phase to develop high quality applications. NMBU will provide sy...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

The future of fruit and berry breeding in the Nordic region

Apple and strawberry are our biggest fruit and berry crops, with long traditions in Norway and high status among consumers. The climate in Norway is favorable for growing strawberries, but the short season has led to increased imports to cover the year-round demand. Norway is the northernmost are...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

A digital research-based plant database - a new gold standard for the landscape industry

Plantevalg (plantevalg.no) is a research-based planning and decision-support tool for the landscape sector that allows users to quickly identify plants that thrive under a variety of growing conditions — and seeks to represent a paradigm shift for every profession that works with plant informatio...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

EAPR2024 – Sustainable Potato production: advances and applications of Potato Research

The headline for EAPR2024 Triennial conference is: "Sustainable Potato production: advances and applications of Potato Research". There will be 10 scientific sessions covering a broad specter of subjects related to the potato crop. The conference also includes one full day of excursions to visit ...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Sustainable potato production in Norway by precision breeding (GE-Sustain)

The GE-Sustain project focuses on developing potato varieties with improved resilience to late blight disease and industry quality through the use of CRISPR genome editing. Late blight is the main challenge for Norwegian potato farming, demanding extensive pesticide use and management resources. ...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Innlandet

FFLJA-FFLJA

Strategies and methods to manage major insects and diseases of onion

Onions are susceptible to a range of pests and diseases, both in the field and during storage, which can significantly diminish their yield and quality. Among the most pressing challenges for sustainable onion production in Norway are the onion fly and Fusarium basal rot. QualityOnion project aim...

Awarded: NOK 20,000

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Modified pulpwood fibres to replace peat as a sustainable growing medium in professional horticulture (PeatFree)

Environmental and political concerns demand alternative substrates to peat that are more environmentally friendly. A possible option is to use the lignocellulosic, wood pulp residues, after 95 % of the hemicellulose has been removed by a non-chemical process and used as animal feed. This woodfib...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Smarte løsninger i epledyrking sikrer kvalitetsepler til forbruker

SmartFruit will test new interventions in orchards in six fruit-growing districts, to improve product quality. At the packhouses, with the help of new shelf life and storage technology, various methods will be tested to preserve quality throughout the storage period. The aim is to develop variety...

Awarded: NOK 0.82 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

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

A healthy soil maintains the four main functions carbon transformations, nutrient cycles, soil structure and regulation of pests and diseases. These soil functions are under threat in intensive agriculture and there is a need for cropping practices ensuring good soil health to maintain and optimi...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

NordForsk: Innovative sustainable Nordic-Baltic horticulture

The horticultural sector is a small but important part of agriculture in the Nordic and Baltic countries. However, the self-sufficiency level of fruits and berries is low in the region; approx. 10% in Estonia and up to 30% in some of the other countries. One of the priorities of rural development...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

TastyStrawberry: Sustainable optimization of modern cultivation practice for taste improvement of Norwegian strawberries

Strawberries are an important berry crop with long-standing traditions in Norway, and Norwegian strawberries hold a high status among consumers. The Norwegian climate is favorable for growing flavorful strawberries, but the short season has led to increased imports to meet year-round demand. To e...

Awarded: NOK 0.70 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Increased protein production from Norwegian barley for animal feed

ProteinBar is a collaborative project along the grain value chain in Norway to ensure a better utilization of domestically produced barley for animal feed. Through adaptation of sensor technologies, split fertilization strategies and breeding of new barley varieties we aim to increase the protein...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

PESORDNING-PESORDNING

PES Horisont Europa rammebevilgning for 2023 og 2024 - NMBU

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) is a recognized cutting-edge international centre of knowledge, focused on higher education and research within environmental and biosciences. Its seven faculties offer 64 study programmes to 6400 students. The university hosts over 500 PhD student...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2025

Location: Akershus

PES-HORISONT-EU-PES Horisont Europa

Wood Extracts & MFC in sustainable Agriculture (WEMSA)

Borregaard see a potential to develop new applications for our bio-based nano cellulose in sustainable agriculture and also to further develop some of the successful results from our BACS project (RCN 295501) which was finalized summer 2022 and the ongoing L2BA (RCN 321427). So far we are working...

Awarded: NOK 0.22 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Østfold

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Sustainable increases in market share of Norwegian grown onions by utilizing side streams and improved shelf life of peeled onions.

The main goal of the project is to increase the market share of Norwegian grown onions by utilizing side streams to development new products. By using small and large onions a larger part of the crop, that is currently discarded, is used. In addition, UV are used to improve the shelf life of pee...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Vestfold

FFLJA-FFLJA

How high can we get? High-yielding and winter hardy perennial ryegrass cultivars for higher latitudes

Comparing to other temperate fodder grass species, perennial ryegrass specie is superior in yield, regrowth after harvest and fodder quality. Unfortunately, it is also one of the least winter-strong fodder grass species, which limits the cultivation area in Norway. However, the consequences of cl...

Awarded: NOK 0.74 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2025

Location: Innlandet

FFLJA-FFLJA

Sustainable solutions for profitable raspberry and blackberry production

Domestic production of raspberry covers around 50% of the wholesale market, but with more than 90% of the harvest in July and August. Both industry and market want a higher and more stable access to inland raspberry also in June, September and October. Furthermore, there is an ambition to establi...

Awarded: NOK 0.38 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Akershus

STIM-OA-Stimuleringstiltak for åpen tilgang

GenØk - støtte til åpen publisering for 2020

Søknaden gjelder støtte til åpen publisering for 2020. GenØk har som strategi å publiser i åpne tidsskrift.

Awarded: NOK 18,000

Project Period: 2021-2021

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Development of fully functional, species-specific nicotinic acetylcholine receptor models from arthropods

Electrical signals are transmitted from cell to cell by means of transmitting substances that are released from one cell and activate special receptors on the next cell. A very important neurotransmitter is acetylcholine, and the corresponding receptors are called acetylcholine receptors. In an o...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Microalgae contributions to future protein and fatty acid rich feed for production of Norwegian chicken at industrial scale

The main goal of the AlgeKylling project is to create a knowledge and technology platform for the production and use of chicken feed containing proteins and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) derived from Norwegian-produced microalgae biomass. The project consortium includes the entire production...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

FOSC BLUE-CYCLING - Integrated aquaculture and agriculture for resource-efficient food production

One of the greatest challenges imposed by climate change is the ability to provide sustainable management of land and water resources to secure food for a growing population. Integrated aquaculture-agriculture (e.g., aquaponics) is an exemplary resource-efficient technology that allows for nutrie...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FFLJA-FFLJA

Phenotyping for healthier and more productive wheat crops

Food production must increase to keep up with population growth and become more sustainable to lessen the environmental footprint. There is a need for more productive wheat cultivars and site-specific crop management. The PhenoCrop project works on tailoring crop phenotyping technologies to Norwe...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

RessursRetur – Ny vanndampteknologi omdanner biologisk forurensede jordmasser og planteavfall til nye ressurser

ResourceReturn is a 4-year project owned by Soil Steam International AS. Partners include NIBIO, Toten Løkpakkeri AS, Larvik Løk AS, Lindum AS, NMBU, Norwegian Agricultural Consulting and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. The main goal of the project is to tests new Norwegian technology ...

Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Vestfold

STIPINST-Stipendiatstillinger i instituttsektoren

Stipendiatstilling 2 NIBIO (2021-2024)

Title:Molecular breeding for pathogen resistance in strawberry The garden strawberry, Fragaria × ananassa, is a highly popular and economically important berry crop cultivated in various climates worldwide. It first occurred during the 1700s in western Europe as the result of accidental hybridiz...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Akershus

NAERINGSPH-Nærings-phd

Extending the Norwegian Strawberry season trough novel breeding material

The Norwegian consumption of fresh strawberries increased by 70% from 2009 to 2018. Despite this increase, the Norwegian production has been relatively stable and covers today about 30% of the annual domestic strawberry consumption. Approximately half of the year-round import of strawberries take...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Vestland

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Genomic-based breeding technology for high quality apples in a Nordic climate

In Nordic and Norwegian fruit production, apple is the most important production measured in volume. Progress in plant breeding is based on the ability of making precise selections of new progenies with desired properties. Traditionally, this is carried out by testing large populations in field t...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Vestland