204 projects

FOFORMIDLING-FOFORMIDLING

Bestill en forsker; Beredskap og tillit

«Bestill en forsker; Beredskap og tillit» er et interaktivt formidlingsopplegg rettet mot utvalgte videregående skoler i Buskerud, Vestfold og Telemark-regionen. Elever inviteres til dialog med forskere fra de strategiske forskningsområdene ved Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge (USN). Arrangementet se...

Awarded: NOK 45,000

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestfold

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Tracking Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Microplastic Biofilms: A One Health Perspective, under CoTecH – Samskapt helseteknologi: 331903

Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health threat, and environmental reservoirs such as marine ecosystems and wastewater systems are increasingly recognized as key contributors to its spread. Microplastics (MPs), which are widespread in aquatic environments, provide surfaces for biofilm for...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestfold

MARITIMFORSK-MARITIMFORSK

Konstruksjon av høypresisjons MEMS-gyroskop

Positioning and navigation is often based on the use of GNSS, however, such signals are not always available. Navigation under water requires other signal sources and even on the surface, whether on land or sea, there is an increasing tendency for GNSS signals not to be available or reliable. Her...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestfold

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

En sommer med sjøfugl – for en felles havforståelse av hvordan leve sammen med sjøfugl

Prosjektet «En sommer med sjøfugl» ønsker å skape en felles forståelse av hvordan sjøfugl knytter sammen land, kyst og hav. Gjennom engasjerende og hjertevarme formidlingstiltak vil vi kommunisere forskningsbasert kunnskap om hvorfor og hvordan vi sammen tar bedre vare på sjøfugl langs norskekyst...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Long-Range Preparedness System using Cooperative Drones - NAVDRONES

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestfold

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Strength-based Pedagogies in Mathematics Education

SBPME examines the educational opportunities within mathematics education in the context of societal changes and movements. In many municipalities, including those in and around major cities, Norwegian classrooms today are characterized by a high level of diversity, so extensive that it can be de...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestfold

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Eldreforsk-symposium 2026 – Kunnskap, praksis og innovasjon i kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenester

Eldreforsk-symposium 2026 er et åpent faglig arrangement som har som mål å styrke kunnskapsgrunnlaget og bidra til utvikling og innovasjon i de kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenestene. Bakgrunnen for symposiet er et økende behov for forskningsbasert og praksisnær kunnskap i møte med en aldrende bef...

Awarded: NOK 94,999

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestfold

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Deteksjon og mengdeestimering av dypvannsreker (Pandalus borealis) ved bruk av akustiske ratiogram

Today’s shrimp fishery is characterized by large distances between commercially viable shrimp aggregations and considerable uncertainty regarding where and when such aggregations can be located. This results in long search times, high fuel consumption, and substantial environmental impacts, both ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Centre for Effective Engineering and Learning in Complex Systems

CELECT is Norway’s centre that pioneers system innovation, enabling new ways of using AI and helps industry and public-sector organizations tackle complex, open-ended challenges without a single “correct” answer. CELECT’s work happens through direct co-creation with companies and public agencies,...

Awarded: NOK 96.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2033

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

An End-to-End Maritime Threat Detection System for Real-Time Object Recognition, Reasoning, and Response

Coastal surveillance is becoming more difficult as threats at sea grow more complex. Traditional systems often fail to detect when small vessels act together in deceptive or suspicious ways. This is especially true when sensor data is unclear or incomplete. Based on our research from previous Eur...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestfold

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Enhanced Reactive Power and Voltage Coordination in the Nordic Power System (CoordQ)

Coordinated voltage control and reactive power management are among the most critical safeguards for keeping modern power systems stable. On April 28th, the Iberian Peninsula experienced one of Europe’s largest blackouts in recent history. The event highlighted a critical weakness in modern power...

Awarded: NOK 13.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestfold

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Developing a learning production system for people development, continuous improvement and innovation

At Safran STN, an ambitious new project is underway to boost the company’s ability to compete on the global stage. The heart of the effort is a long-term case study focused on creating and testing a new system for continuous improvement—one that not only upgrades how things are done but also how ...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

PowerMax - Innovative wireless charging technology

Electrification of boats presents a major opportunity for climate-friendly and future-oriented maritime transport, but progress is hampered by major infrastructure shortcomings and technical limitations. Currently, charging electric vessels at marinas is challenging. The existing facilities are f...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Vestfold

INTPARTORDNING-INTPARTORDNING

Scalable Education and Analytics for AI-Driven Maritime Innovation

Imagine a world where cargo ships navigate the oceans with advanced automation—safely, efficiently, and environmentally responsibly. This is the direction the maritime industry is heading today, as vessels increasingly rely on digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to support key o...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

AI Medicine Logistics: Preventing Shortages

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestfold

INTSAMARBEID-INTSAMARBEID

Digital Twins for Seaport Resilience

Seaports are critical nodes of global supply chains but face growing disruptions from power shortages, congestion, climate impacts, and geopolitical shocks while striving to decarbonize operations. Digital Twin (DT) technology—virtual replicas of port systems—offers a promising way to strengthen ...

Awarded: NOK 98,999

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Vestfold

MARITIMFORSK-MARITIMFORSK

HullSense: An integrated biofouling management system for greener shipping

International shipping carries around 80% of the world’s goods, but it also produces 3% of global CO2 emissions and serves as a major pathway for invasive marine species. A key part of the problem is biofouling—the accumulation of organisms on ship hulls—which increases drag, fuel use, and emissi...

Awarded: NOK 20.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestfold

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Acoustic power transfer for wireless sensors

Measurement and monitoring of the natural or human-made environment has become a necessity in order to increase safety and improve the standard of living. This project aims to establish acoustic power-transfer technologies that enable sensors and systems for monitoring and control at previously i...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestfold

FOFORMIDLING-FOFORMIDLING

Syn og lys gir trygghet

Vi vil gi deltakerne ulike opplevelser knyttet til syn, lys og trygghet, samt knytte dette til vår forskning med korte «Petcha Kuthca-inspirerte» presentasjoner. Vi ser for oss å benytte Bergseminaret på Kongsberg, som Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge og Kongsberggruppen disponerer. Tentativt progra...

Awarded: NOK 30,000

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Energizing tomorrow: Novel single-atom catalyst for hydrogen production with supreme energy efficiency

Hydrogen is widely regarded as a clean energy solution for the future, yet today’s production methods are still expensive and energy-intensive. At the University of South-Eastern Norway, our team has developed a new and promising technology that could change this. We have created a powerful new c...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestfold

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

South-Korea and Norway collaboration: Stable devices for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

Hydrogen can be made by splitting water with sunlight. Today’s devices, however, wear out quickly: gas bubbles can peel off the active layer and the materials corrode. Our project develops solutions that help these “solar-water” cells last. We add a thin, stiff hydrogel coating so bubbles slide a...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Single crystal-like thin films for new generation plasmonic sensor devices

This project is based on a novel and patented method for producing silver-based thin films with superior plasmonic properties compared to current state-of-the-art solutions. The method, referred to as CrystalSPR, was developed through a doctoral research project at the University of South-Eastern...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestfold

PESORDNING-PESORDNING

PES EDF DISTANT

The project establishment funding is for the Norwegian participation in a consortium lead by Naval Group in France, and addresses the call EDF-2025-RA-UWW-SOASW, i.e. to construction of an efficient consortium which is able to deliver a successful proposal which is eventually funded.

Awarded: NOK 0.27 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestfold

BIOTEKNOLOGI-BIOTEKNOLOGI

Energy Efficient and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

Nitrogen from wastewater harms aquatic life by causing algal blooms (eutrophication), while increasing levels of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) reduce biodiversity. To address this, the ESWAT project aims to develop sustainable technology for removing nitrogen-rich compounds like ammon...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestfold

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

CriticAlert: Utvikling og introduksjon av innovativt medisinsk utstyr i helsetjenesten

Sensocure AS utvikler medisinsk-tekniske sensorsystemer for å forbedre pasientmonitorering og diagnostikk. Multisensoren CriticAlert er en innovativ løsning som nøyaktig, komfortabelt og kontinuerlig kan overvåke pCO2 i vev, samt måle andre vitale parametere som SpO2, respirasjonsfrekvens, hjerte...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Tidligfase teknologioverføring ved Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge - enhet for Kommersialisering og Innovasjon

The University of South-Eastern Norway is a young university with a vision of being close to society and working life, sustainable and innovative. The university prioritizes applied, professionally oriented and practice-oriented research and has a total of approximately 65 research groups and 8 r...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestfold

EUROSTARS-EUROSTARS

6161 Novel model aided stack design for shunt current elimination in safe alkaline electrolysers

The purpose of the project is to improve the efficiency of alkaline electrolysers by up to 23% and become the worldleading supplier of alkaline electrolysers for green hydrogen production by developing a new electrolyser cell/stack design incl. material selection that supports extended service li...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestfold

FORMIDLING-Allmennrettet formidling

"Jeg skaper derfor er jeg" - Forskningsdagene 2024

HVA VI ØNSKER Å BIDRA MED: I løpet av Forskningsdagene 2024 ønsker vi å formidle hva kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid er til et bredt publikum. Hvilken kunnskap genereres gjennom skapende prosesser? Hva betyr det å være skapende? Hvorfor har mennesker et behov for å skape? Hvilken betydning kan det h...

Awarded: NOK 25,000

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Forecasting trends within the maritime industry

Ocean freight is a vast and complex industry, where numerous variables influence the cost of transporting goods across the globe. For commercial stakeholders in the maritime sector, access to accurate and timely information is crucial—especially when it comes to freight rates, which are highly vo...

Awarded: NOK 0.45 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Vestfold

PESORDNING-PESORDNING

EDF-2024-RA-GROUND-IWAS: Intelligent weaponry and ammunition systems

Gjelder etablering av en søknad rettet mot en utlysning fra EDF-programmet.

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Vestfold