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HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Development of genetic markers for population biology studies of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus L)

The Northeast Atlantic Mackerel supports one of the most valuable European fisheries producing up to 700000 tonnes per year. Historically the Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock has been split into three spawning components, a western, a southern and a Nort h Sea component. Prior studies have demo...

Awarded: NOK 0.78 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Transport, energi og miljø (TRANSDATA)

Vestlandsforsking har samlet inn og systematisert data om transport, energi og miljø siden instituttet ble opprettet i 1987. En viktig tidlig milepel var i 1993 ved utgivelsen av rapporten "Persontransport, konsekvenser for energi og miljø". Rapporten dok umenterte utviklingen i en omfattende dat...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Structure-property relations of wood fibres: 3D characterisation and modelling

Traditional manufacturing of pulp for paper products in a process of moving to countries with plantations of fast growing trees located close to the mills. Hence, in the long term perspective, the Nordic pulp and paper industry needs to maintain the advan tages offered by its worldwide technologi...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

7 - The World Ocean in Globalization: Challenges for marine regions - international conference

Following on the adoption of the UN Law of the Sea Convention in December 1982, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) co-organized in 1983 a conference with the Law of the Sea Institute, held in Oslo. A decade later, in November 1994 the Law of the Sea Conv ention entered into force. To discuss ear...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Potential of the European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) for cultivation and industrial exploitation in Norway.

To day there are no industrial exploitation of the European blueberry (EB) in Norway, in contradiction to the highly exploited lowbush blueberry of Canada. However, the EB have a much higher content of biological compounds important for human health (ant ioxidants etc.). In addition it is regard...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Lifestyle Choices and Health: Participation in the Norwegian Monitor Survey 2007

The average Norwegian weighs 5.0-5.8 kilos more now than fifteen years ago. More than fifty percent of us are now either overweight or obese. The trend is negative also for related chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and certain cancer types. This ha s been linked to unhealthier diets and mo...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Biogas residue - a safety risk in organic farming?

The Norwegian government aims to increase the organic food production and consumption to 15 % of the total within year 2015. To reach this ambiguous goal, it is estimated that of the total Norwegian agricultural area for each crop, approx. 18 % of the mea dow, 20 % of the pasture, 7,5 % of cereal...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Factors of importance for bioaccumulation and effects of new and old POPs in a seabird top predator, the great skua

Despite declining levels of many persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as PCB and DDT, new emerging pollutants, notably brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have increased in northern ecosystems, including the Arctic, in the last two decades. The knowledge a...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

From plants to human - plant accumulation and transfer of organic foreign compounds in primary food chain

The transfer of contaminants from soil through the food chain -from farm to fork- is a major issue of the agenda of the European Commission and also a thematic priority area within The Food Research Programme's Call for 2008. To achieve the goal of food s afety, knowledge and tools for estimating...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Neighbourly Asymmetry: Norway and Russia 1814-2014

The purpose of "Neighbourly Asymmetry: Norway and Russia 1814-2014" is to research the historical relations between Norway and Russia / the Soviet Union in the period 1814-2014. It will result in two richly illustrated volumes, which will be an important contribution to the 200th anniversary of...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Differential neuroendocrine regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in Atlantic cod and GFP-transgenic medaka.

This project investigates how pituitary gonadotrope cells develop and mature during puberty, and how the two gonadotropins, FSH and LH, are differentially regulated. Puberty is regulated by the brain-pituitary-gonad axis. Forebrain GnRH binds to specific receptors on pituitary gonadotropes, there...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

The Norwegian plant transcriptional profiling centre

The Norwegian Arabidopsis Centre (FUGE-NARC) was established as a part of FUGE I. NARC provided national service in plant functional genomics and the service activity was shared between Univeristy of Life Sciences (UMB, transformation/genotyping), Univers ity of Oslo (Y2H, in situ hyb) and Norwe...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Marine Ecosystem Response to a Changing Climate

The climate of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans will undergo rapid changes over the next century. Climate influences many important ecosystem drivers which will change marine biogeochemical and ecological processes, ecosystem functioning and biodivers ity. MERCLIM will provide critical new un...

Awarded: NOK 15.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Tid og usikkerhet

Hovedproblemstillingen i programmet er å komme fram til mer realistisk verdsetting av tidsbesparelser og økt pålitelighet i transport og tilgrensende aktiviteter. Problemet har to sider: den fysiske og den økonomiske. Vi trenger å vite mer om verdsetting av tid og pålitelighet, både for gods og...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Technology for grading and sorting of fish - focus on gutted salmon, herring and mackerel

The Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture industry presently faces a challenge in competing with countries with low labour cost and thus low production costs such as Chile and Poland. In order to create an economical robust business environment, the Norwegi an fish industry should focus on optimizi...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Securing fish-farming technology and operations to reduce escapes (SECURE)

Solving problems related to escapes is dependent on a combination of research into several technological disciplines and biological knowledge related to the behaviour of fish in net pens. SECURE will address these challenges by bringing together expertise in structural engineering, hydrodynamics...

Awarded: NOK 13.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Coordinated action: Lice international (Canada (USA), Scotland, Ireland and Norway)

Increased levels of farmed salmonid hosts for parasitic sea lice have raised the question of transfer between farmed and wild sources. The study of distribution and dispersal of sea lice has thus become more important over the last years and key institute s from several countries are currently do...

Awarded: NOK 0.98 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Increasing basic knowledge on muscle abnormalities in intensive production systems

Abnormalities in fish muscle represent not only an ethical and welfare issue, but may also have a negative impact on economy and market acceptance due to growth impairment in affected fish, elevated mortality and reduced fillet quality. Alertness and know ledge on this field is also important for...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Expansion Strategies for Local Food Enterprises

The overall objective of this project is to contribute towards increased value added in local food enterprises, by obtaining new knowledge about the conditions for expansion, and how the industries can solve challenges they face in different phases of exp ansion. Sub-goals: 1. Conduct an analys...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Norwegian bread wheat with high baking quality and sustainable disease resistance through marker-assisted selection (188291).

Norway has in recent years become almost self-sufficient in wheat thanks to better and more adapted varieties. While nearly all high quality wheat for bread making was imported a couple of decades ago, the milling and baking industry now depend on quality wheat produced in Norway. To achieve bre...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Akershus

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Sunne arbeidsplasser - Organisatoriske faktorer som fremmer og hemmer langtidsfriske arbeidstakere i et globalisert arbeidsliv

Prosjektet har som viktig ambisjon å frambringe kunnskap om de utfordringer som ligger til globale selskapers innsats med å utvikle helsefremmende arbeidsplasser. Det har sin innretning mot organisatoriske faktorer knyttet til produksjon og verdikjede, ma rkedsforhold og intern organisering av ar...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Antibiotics from the sea - a MabCent project

The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in human pathogenic bacteria has fuelled the need for new antimicrobial compounds and new antibacterial strategies. Marine invertebrates represent a vast resource for discovering novel pharmaceutical co mpounds. Animals living in the Arctic Sea...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Kunstnernes levekår i det nye kulturarbeidslivet

Prosjektet omhandler kunstnernes sosiale bakgrunn med fokus på rekruttering og hvordan kunstnerne lykkes i sin kunstneriske virksomhet. Kunstfeltet er preget av et "kronisk lavinntektsproblem" som følge av stor tilstrømming til og liten avgang fra kunstne ryrkene, uten at etterspørselen etter kun...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Telemark

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Timberbased element systems for improving the energy efficiency of the building envelope

Biological building materials, especially timber could gain great importance if it would succeed to offer appropriate construction systems that achieve the vital potential of the material, i.e. prefabrication and ecological value. The challenge lies in th e implementation of consistent sustainabl...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Impact of meteor showers on mesospheric smoke particles

We propose to carry out a rocket campaign in 2008, in collaboration with Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik (IAP), Germany, to study smoke particles in the middle atmosphere. The rockets will be launched from Andøya Rocket Range during and shortly af ter a meteor shower. The primary goal is...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Akershus

PETROSAM-Samfunnsvitenskapelig petroleumsforskning

Petroleum industry research in economics and economic management (217329)

Project abstract The project will focus on topical issues in the petroleum industry, drawing theories and methods of economics, finance, accounting and management. We will provide input to topical strategic issues in the industry, but also to detailed dec isions pertaining to regulation, taxation...

Awarded: NOK 22.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Rogaland

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Team incentives, human capital and job satisfaction

The purpose of this research project is to better understand the causes and nature of teamwork and team incentives, and how these can promote, or obstruct, performance and job satisfaction. Team production is one of the defining characteristics of a firm, and there seems to be a consensus that t...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Samspill mellom transport, mobilitet og informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi

Utviklingen og spredningen av informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi (IKT) har endret betingelsene for vareproduksjon, tjenesteyting, arbeids- og hverdagsliv i dagens samfunn. Denne utviklingen har stor betydning for transportsektoren, både fordi spredn ingen av teknologi påvirker organisering ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Norwegian Use of the Planck LFI Instrument.

The European Planck space mission will from the summer of 2008 map in detail the Cosmic Microwave Background with sensitivity and resolution unreachable by any other foreseen experiments, making possible addressing many of the most fundamental questions o f cosmology. Based on the commitment to ...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Neutral and Ion Dynamics in the Auroral Region

This project proposal concists of 2 subprojects. The aim of subproject A is to understand the physical mechanisms behind naturally enhanced ion acoustic lines (NEIALs) observed with the EISCAT radars, and flickering aurora. Recent advances in optical inst rumentation have revealed that auroral em...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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