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BANEBRYTENDE-BANEBRYTENDE

REPUTATION: Reconstruction of past virus and phytoplankton interactions using sedimentary ancient DNA

In REPUTATION we aim to test the idea that we can detect viruses of phytoplankton in marine sediments going back around 100, 000 years in time. Phytoplankton are essential parts of marine ecosystems, sitting at the base of the food web, producing roughly 50% of global oxygen, and controlling glob...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Vestland

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research summer school in Svalbard 2026.

The term - The Global Arctic, is gaining currency in contemporary debates about how the Arctic and the rest of the world are interconnected. Modern phenomena such as globalization, climate change and transboundary pollution have brought the Arctic into global webs of science, commerce, security a...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

Protecting wild salmon through computer vision: Lifelong AI tools for ecological monitoring & differentiating between wild & escaped salmon

Escape of domesticated salmon from farms is considered a major environmental impact resulting from aquaculture: Not only can escapees compete with wild populations, but they can breed with wild fish, resulting in a loss of genetic biodiversity. This is damaging as these fish were modified through...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

ADAPT ABROAD -- Integrating dispersal, genetic adaptation and demography in population projection models under environmental change

A major challenge in ecology is to predict how populations will cope with climate change while accounting for their capacity to adapt. Adaptation can occur through dispersal (the ability to track suitable habitats), evolution (selection for better-suited genotypes), or plasticity (tolerance of de...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Copepod based Feeds for Improved Salmon Health and aquaculture sustainability

Norway is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic salmon (salmon from here on), but the industry faces major challenges with fish health and welfare, both in land-based and seawater phases, leading to high mortalities. Farmed salmon often have poor resistance to stress and disease, resulting in ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Innovative Technologies for Monitoring Levels of Nitrosamines and Nitramines in Air and Water Near Amine-Based CO2 Capture Facilities

TechNAM is developing new technologies to verify that capturing CO2 from industrial processes does not contaminate the ambient air and nearby drinking water sources. The goal is to meet the safety standards set by the Norwegian Institute for Public Health (NIPH). A key concern is the possible for...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

ACTRIS Science Conference 2026 (ASC-2026), Oslo

ACTRIS Science Conference 2026 (ASC-2026) is an open science event co-hosted by NILU in Oslo (April 2026) to disseminate research results and stimulate innovation within ACTRIS (an ERIC) on aerosols, clouds and trace gases and their relevance for climate, air quality and environmental management ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Akershus

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

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Interconnected climate and nature risks - consequences and solutions for Norwegian Ecosystems and Society

RISKREACT explores how climate change and nature degradation interact to create combined risks for Norway’s ecosystems, economy, and everyday life — and how better, joined-up solutions can reduce those risks. Norway is warming rapidly, and extremes such as intense rainfall, drought, heatwaves, fl...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Retrieving acoustic tracking data in Isfjorden

The fjords of Svalbard are changing at an alarming rate in the face of climate change. Climate change is strengthening the West Svalbard Current, increasing the input of warm, salty water to the western fjords of Svalbard. The consequences include ice cover, increasing the share of Atlantic speci...

Awarded: NOK 91,999

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

EMPHASIS-Exploring Mitigation Pathways for Holistic Sustainable development in Indian States

India has evolved from a nation with relatively low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to a significant player in global climate governance. Unlike other major GHG emitters such as the United States, the European Union, and China, India still has considerable development needs and has relatively low ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

ECOLOGICAL PILGRIMAGE: Engaging with biodiversity through walking interventions

This transdisciplinary project explores how the novel methodology and societal innovation of ‘Ecological Pilgrimage’ can transform the recreational use of hiking trails to meet biodiversity conservation objectives. The project brings together social and natural science with artistic research, cit...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIKKERHET-SIKKERHET

Sikker ferdsel og friluftsliv i norsk natur: Kunnskapsbasert innovasjon, teknologi og samhandling for gevinster av færre skader og ulykker

TryggNaTur seeks to find ways to limit the increase in accidents in nature-based tourism and outdoor recreation. One life lost, whether it is a drowning accident, a trail bike accident or a fall accident in the mountains, is one life too many. Loss of life or serious injury has enormous costs bot...

Awarded: NOK 21.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Research stay abroad for PhD candidate in CyWalk

The proposed research stay will enable PhD-student Katrine Karlsen to spend the spring semester of 2026 at the University of Groningen, a leading institution in traffic psychology research. The stay will strengthen her PhD project by connecting her to an academic psychology environment with exper...

Awarded: NOK 0.26 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Research stay at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po)

While repair is increasingly invoked as a central part of the solution to the environmental and material crisis, it remains marginal in practice. Over the past two years, I have followed what happens when circular economy (CE) ideals are translated into everyday efforts to extend the lives of ele...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

RETUREU-RETUREU

RETUR-EU NINA 2025

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Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RETUREU-RETUREU

RETUR-EU NIVA 2025

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Awarded: NOK 10.4 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

RETUREU-RETUREU

RETUR-EU TØI 2025

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Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Optimal Infrastructure Maintenance in a Future with more Extreme Weather

Norway’s infrastructure is increasingly exposed to a changing climate. More intense rainfall, floods, landslides and freeze–thaw cycles are accelerating wear and damage to roads, railways and other vital systems. The research project MAINTEX – Optimal Infrastructure Maintenance in a Future with m...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Towards building SENegal’s health-based early WARNing systems for heat and air pollution (T-SENWARN)

T-SENWARN aims to lay the foundation for a locally tailored, health-impact–based Early Warning and Decision-support System (iEWDS) for heat and air pollution in Senegal. Communities in Senegal are increasingly exposed to the combined health risks of extreme heat and deteriorating air quality, yet...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

PFAS in Agriculture: Risks and Mitigation (PFARM)

The PFARM project addresses the presence of PFAS, or "forever chemicals," in Norwegian agriculture and food supply. Although these persistent man-made substances are ubiquitous, their pathway into food from agricultural sources remains unclear. PFARM aims to fill this knowledge gap and investigat...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Reviving reservoirs: creating biodiversity hotspots in aquatic deserts (REBIRTH)

Hydropower is a cornerstone of renewable energy—especially in Norway, where it supplies around 90% of the country’s electricity. However, hydropower reservoir operations cause dramatic water level fluctuations, which severely disrupt shoreline ecosystems. These fluctuations create drawdown zones,...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

RETUREU-RETUREU

RETUR-EU NERSC 2025

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Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Revealing ghost habitat loss: extent and dynamics of unmapped global habitat destruction from human land use (HABLOSS)

Every year, satellite images reveal vast areas of nature lost to farming, forestry, and urban development. But many habitat losses remain invisible—too small to show up on conventional maps. These “ghost” losses include narrow roads, scattered or small housing developments, and small farms—each s...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

SIKKERHET-SIKKERHET

TØIs årlige reiselivsseminar: Besøksforvaltning, sikkerhet og beredskap i naturbasert reiseliv

Seminaret «Besøksforvaltning, sikkerhet og beredskap i naturbasert reiseliv» er et forskningsbasert arrangement i regi av Transportøkonomisk Institutt som tar for seg sentrale utfordringer og utviklingstrekk i skjæringspunktet mellom reiseliv, offentlig sektor og samfunnssikkerhet. Reiselivet spi...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Innovasjon for helårlig lavutslippsmobilitet i Lofoten – forskningsbasert møteplass for næringsliv og offentlig sektor

Prosjektet «Innovasjon for helårlig lavutslippsmobilitet i Lofoten» er et åpent, forskningsbasert arrangement som skal bidra til økt forskningsbasert innovasjon i næringslivet gjennom samhandling mellom forskningsmiljøer, næringsliv og offentlige aktører. Formålet er å bruke forskning aktivt for ...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2026-2026

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

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