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VRI-Virkemidler for regional innovasjon

4D City Modelling System

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Awarded: NOK 0.61 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Template based synthesis of nanoporous metal-organic frameworks with high surfaces areas

Metal-organic frameworks, also known as coordination polymers, have eminently promising properties regarding application as gas storage systems, sensors, magnetic materials, in ion exchange or catalysis. The principal objective of the project is to prepar e novel micro- to nanoporous metal-organi...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

DEMO2000-Prosj.ret tekn.utv. petro.virk

eCAD - utilizing existing CAD models in eField real-time 3D visualization

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Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

GASSMAKS-Økt verdiskaping fra naturgass

Optimal operation and control of chemical plants with natural gas feedstock

The GASSMAKS program deals with conversion and use of natural gas to polymer feedstocks, polymers (plastics), synthetic fuels, energy processes, carbon materials, metallurgical processes and proteins and fat. Most such plants have a long life span (in the excess of 30 years), making optimal and ...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

INTRANS - Intelligent goods in transport systems

The Norwegian industrial sector is facing tremendous opportunities and challenges in today's ever-changing global market environment. Norway's location on the outskirts of Europe provides special challenges for logistics, and thus a key challenge for Norw ay is to develop transport systems that a...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Økt produktivitet og mer stabil markedstilførsel av norsk veksthusagurk ved redusert angrep av Pythium aphanidermatum. 186558

Norsk veksthusproduksjon av agurk er en betydelig næring med årlig førstehåndsverdi på 180 mill. kroner. De siste ti årene har det skjedd en endring og ca 60% av agurkene produseres nå ved bruk av tilleggslys. Aggressiv rotråte forårsaket av Pythium aphan idermatum har vist seg å være begrensend...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Skadeinsekter ved frøavl av rødkløver

Ved å innføre et selv-pålagt trekk i frøoppgjørene har Norsk frøavlerlag (NFL) dannet et eget forskingsfond. Søknaden tar utgangspunkt i dette fondet, samt egeninnsats fra frøavlere og firma i frøbransjen. Målet er å øke norske rødkløverfrøavlinger (Trifo lium pratense) gjennom bedre kunnskap om ...

Awarded: NOK 0.79 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Utvikling av kvantitative multiplekse PCR metoder for deteksjon av allergener i næringsmidler

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Awarded: NOK 0.78 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Østfold

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Multiple stress responses and adaptations

Farmers and breeders know that combinations of biotic and/or abiotic stresses in the field (e.g. disease and drought or high-light and cold) cause the greatest losses to crop productivity worldwide. Responses and tolerance to stress combinations are rarel y addressed in genomics research because ...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VRI-Virkemidler for regional innovasjon

Hvordan stimulere til regional innovasjon? En analyse av VRI-satsingen som et eksperimentelt virkemiddel

VRI-programmets rasjonale tar utgangspunkt i tre viktige erkjennelser innenfor moderne innovasjons-teori. For det første at innovasjoner finner sted i samspill mellom ulike aktører, for det andre at geografisk nærhet mellom de involverte aktørene bidrar t il å fremme innovasjonsprosesser og for d...

Awarded: NOK 0.98 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Effects of "Paperwork management" and Integrated Operations on managerial practice and HSE offshore: a comparative study

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Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Rogaland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

A historical cohort study on multiple sclerosis among offshore workers in the petroleum industry in Norway

Norway has one of the highest frequencies of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the world with a life-time risk of more than 1 per 1000. The cause of this disease is still unknown. It is commonly assumed that MS has a polygenetic and multifactorial etiology with possible interactions between the genetic ...

Awarded: NOK 83,999

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

RFID Resource Network

RFID-RNET is a National Resource Network with the strategic objective to generate projects based on RFID technology. RFID-RNET aims at defining the RFID technology and development research challenges at the national level in the view of global development . The network will bring together the fra...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Conducting Oxides and Nanostructures for Energy Technology

The access to clean and sufficient energy represents probably the largest challenge of this century. Research programs world-wide put major emphasis on the need for rapid development of alternative and novel energy technology, and indeed, this calls for m aterials and components with performance ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Development of highly efficient nanostructured SOFCs integrating novel Ln(Nb,Ta)O4-based proton conducting oxides

The project takes as starting point the development of new patented proton conducting oxides, synthesis routes, and fabrication of fuel cell prototypes under the NANOMAT FOET project, and applies nano-engineering to improve the properties of materials and interfaces. Planar protonic fuel cells w...

Awarded: NOK 9.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

GASSMAKS-Økt verdiskaping fra naturgass

Theory-assisted design of catalysts for random copolymerization of functionalized olefins

The goal of the project is to design new transition-metal complexes with a reactivity that is highly selective for the alkene double bond function. The selectivity will be exploited in the development of functional group tolerant catalysts for coordinatio n copolymerization of ethylene with polar...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

GASSMAKS-Økt verdiskaping fra naturgass

Understanding and improving microbial production of L-glutamate from methanol by Bacillus methanolicus

The amino acid L-glutamate, mainly used as a flavor enhancer, is one of the worlds most important biotechnological products with an estimated annual production of 1,500,000 ton. Current commercial production is performed by microbial bioprocesses based on sugar. The proposed project aims at unde...

Awarded: NOK 12.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Resource Optimization and recovery in the MAterials industry

One objective in ROMA is to recover as much heat as possible from off-gases from Al-industry. A technology for electricity production from low temperature waste has been developed and tested in a test rig developed in the project. The results are promisin g, but with some challenges. Larger pilot...

Awarded: NOK 29.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Sustainable Aluminium Surface Applications

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Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

AT-ONE: Developing a method for service design

The AT-ONE project will further develop the AT-ONE method and create a centre of competence within the area of service design. AT-ONE is a practitioner-based method for service-design, aimed at the early stages of concept development and developed from c ommercial experience. In this project we ...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Defect engineering for crystalline silicon solar cells

This project is a collaboration between solar cell research groups at IFE, SINTEF and NTNU, and the three industrial partners Elkem Solar, REC and REC Wafer. The main objective is to build up a thorough fundamental understanding of defects in crystallin e silicon (Si) materials in order to redu...

Awarded: NOK 29.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Tilpassing på norske mjølkebruk - konsekvenser for mjølke-, kjøtt-, korn- og kraftfôrproduksjon, arealbruk og sysselsetting 186557

Mjølkeproduksjonen samles på færre og større bruk. De senere årene har mjølkeavdråtten per årsku økt, og det har blitt færre mjølkekyr. Hittil har tallet på ammekyr økt mindre enn tallet på mjølkekyr har minket. Færre kyr gir mindre tilgang på kalver for kjøttproduksjon. Færre kyr og høyere avdrå...

Awarded: NOK 0.95 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Innlandet

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Coping with shiftwork: An empirical study among offshore and onshore petroleum workers in Norway.

The proposed project aims to create competence about the role of individual coping strategies with the special shift work system in the Norwegian petroleum sector, related to health, job-satisfaction, mastery of family/social life and sleeping problems. W e have a preliminary report based on a st...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Partial Oxidation of Methane. Studies on mechanism and kinetics.

Synthesis gas can be produced by catalytic partial oxidation using gas phase oxygen. However, this process is facing some major engineering problems such as the presence of large temperature gradients and the risk of explosion caused by premixed methane a nd oxygen. An alternative approach is to ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Farrowing environment and the impact on piglet survival and sow-piglet interactions

This project will focus on the impact of physical factors related to the farrowing environment and management around farrowing on sow and piglet behaviour, piglet mortality and growth. Initially, we would like to investigate what are the main differences in management at the time of farrowing and...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

MoSiS - Modelldrevet utvikling av konfigurerbare Software-intensive Systemer

Det er et etablert et norsk konsortium bestående av IKT Norge, SINTEF, Universitet i Oslo og et antall norske bedrifter som sub-kontraktører til IKT-Norge. Det er også etablert et internasjonale konsortium som i tilegg til de norske deltakerne består av bl.a.: industri (Nokia, Philips, Siemens,...

Awarded: NOK 32.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

GASSMAKS-Økt verdiskaping fra naturgass

Converting natural gas components to fuels and petrochemicals

Norway is a major producer of natural gas, resources that are mainly exported with little or no upgrading. Utilizing these resources with minimum environmental impact is a major challenge to catalysis. The main focus on the research programme will be on t he environmentally friendly utilization o...

Awarded: NOK 13.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VRI-Virkemidler for regional innovasjon

Virkemidler for regional innovasjon i Finnmark

VRI- Finnmark skal utnyttes som en mulighet til å realisere sentrale mål i de strategiene for næringsutvikling, kunnskapsutvikling og internasjonalt samarbeid som fylkeskommunen har utarbeidet i de senere årene. Økning av forskningen i og for næringslivet er et viktig virkemiddel i disse strate...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku

VRI-Virkemidler for regional innovasjon

Edit INC - How to achieve broader participation in companies that don't have any experience with the Nordic Model of enterprise development

This text is in Norwegian as it is part of the appendix of the application from the coalition: Forskarprosjektet er ei vidareføring av arbeidet som er utført i VS2010 Sogn og Fjordane. INC Gruppen er ei industrigruppering som består av 18 bedrifter med t il saman omlag 500 tilsette. Bedriftene e...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

VRI-Virkemidler for regional innovasjon

"Framtidsfylket... "

Det står bra til i Sogn og Fjordane for tida. Men det er i gode tider vi må leggje grunnlaget for framtidig vekst. Ei sterkare kopling mellom forskingsmiljøa i fylket, næringslivet og bedriftene er éin viktig og fornuftig utviklingsstrategi. Ein slik stra tegi vil bidra til å skape fleire og meir...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland