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Renewable energy on the high seas – science-informed and indigenous knowledge-based recommendations for regulatory and governance challenges

The high seas are those marine areas under no State's jurisdiction. So far, all marine renewable energy (RE) activity is being conducted under State's jurisdiction. However, recent advances in technology are raising the prospect of carrying out RE activity on the high seas. Currently, only seabed mining activities in the Area have been regulated. The Area is the seabed and ocean floor beyond the limits of State's jurisdiction. From the legal viewpoint, the main gap is a lack of an international regulatory framework, informed by participatory mechanisms and supported by scientific evidence, for RE activities on the high seas, especially regarding their environmental and social impacts. 
The primary project objective (O) is to provide the scientific community and policymakers with science-informed and indigenous knowledge-based recommendations in support of the development of  RE regulation on the high seas. 
Two specific Os are set to complement the primary O, namely:
O1 To advance the use of systematic consultation processes that facilitates research at the crossroads of marine sciences and law. 
O2 To advance critical knowledge and understanding of environmental pressing issues comparable to the regulation of RE on the high seas, such as deep-sea mining in the Area.
A multistep innovative methodology will be adopted, by integrating marine scientific knowledge, consultative processes, and advanced critical research in the subject matter. A case study (interdisciplinary and participatory) involving marine scientists, indigenous and coastal communities and policy makers will be conducted onboard the Research Vessel KronPrins Haakon at the beginning of the project. The case study outcomes will be analysed through critical legal analysis to build a knowledge base for policy recommendations. 
The project will advance the PI’s career in an international research environment, allowing her to generate independent, high-quality, and reproducible results.




Optimization of Free Space Optical Communication Link based Drones for Search and Rescue Operations in the Arctic Region

The Arctic region is witnessing more frequent shipping accidents than ever which require accurate search and rescue operations. The existing communication systems use drones with radio frequency (RF) technology, which has limited bandwidth and cannot offer 4G/5G connectivity due to harsh weather constraints. It further limits the capacity of drones and affects the resolution of images and videos. The current research proposes to design free space optical communication (FSOC) link-based drones that can enhance connectivity between multiple drones and rescue ships as well as the capacity of drones to produce high resolution images and videos. The proposed FSOC-based drones can provide highspeed connectivity than the existing RF technology. The research will collect atmospheric turbulences data from the Arctic region and use it for designing the FSOC link. Furthermore, to enhance the capacity of FSOC-based drones, the research will design advanced multiplexing schemes (Mode Division Multiplexing and Orthogonal Code Division Multiple Access) and to ensure link stability, omnidirectional receiver will be designed. The research will further evaluate the performance of proposed FSOC link under the impact of various atmospheric turbulences. The expected outcomes of this research will lead to the optimisation of FSOC-based drones in expanding search areas and improving communication systems for SAR operations in the Arctic region.

Evaluation of thermohydraulic characteristic of printed circuit heat exchangers in pseudocritical region for supercritical CO2 cycle

Currently, 28.2% of the total EU-28 greenhouse gas emissions come from the power sector, a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Consequently, the emphasis of the research in power generation has swung towards assessing highly efficient and greener power cycles. In this reference, the novel supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle (sCO2-BC) is an ideal choice that outstrips other formally well-known power cycles (Brayton & Rankine cycles). In sCO2-BC, the role of the pre-cooler is critical. It serves as a sink to the power cycle and regulates the conditions at the compressor's inlet. The compressor's inlet temperature is intended to be maintained close to the critical temperature of carbon dioxide (CO2) to achieve greater cycle efficiencies. However, exceptionally higher values of the specific heat capacity of CO2 near its critical point (up to 40 times higher than water) require exceedingly high water flow rates on the cold side to achieve the desired exit temperatures of CO2. Consequently, the pre-cooler's pumping power requirements become high enough to deteriorate the cycle's performance. This problem can only be mitigated by exploring new channel geometries with enhanced thermohydraulic characteristics. Therefore, the proposed study plan to characterize the complex thermohydraulic characteristics in the pseudocritical region of CO2 using a multifaceted technique that includes, experimental, numerical, and machine learning techniques. The proposed work will provide a step forward to the success of sCO2-BC technologies that, in turn, will facilitate its integration with the green energy resources (generation-IV nuclear reactors and solar concentrated plants), helping to meet the EU's 2030 climate and energy framework goals of achieving at least 32% share for renewable energy.

Bilberry Ecology and the Regeneration of forest Ecosystem Functioning

Human impacts such as clearcut harvesting have left forests bereft of the organisms that underpin their functioning. The decline of key plant species has reduced the capacity of forests to store carbon (C) and provide ecosystem services to the people of Europe. The regeneration of forest ecosystem functioning requires a deeper understanding of how the traits of its species can be linked to ecosystem processes. The BEREFT project aims to elucidate how the plant traits of bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus, modulate the dynamics of C and nitrogen (N) within the boreal forest. The project combines advances in chemical ecology with an innovative experimental design situated in Norway pairing experimental plots in formerly clearcut forest plantations with those from near-natural forests. I will collect a comprehensive set of bilberry's chemical traits and test both in-situ and in-vitro experiments to determine the underlying mechanism linking bilberry traits to C and N dynamics. The project goes beyond the state-of-the-art in applying novel methods from chemical ecology to measure bilberry's traits and uses a creative design to link those traits to ecosystem functioning. Through the scope of traits measured and the innovation in experimental design pairing clearcut forests with near-natural forests, this project will significantly advance our knowledge of the ecology of Europe's forest ecosystems. I will receive training in chemical ecology to advance my career as an expert in data generation and exchange with the host my knowledge on long-term ecological experimentation and ecosystem functioning. The project will disseminate deliverables in trait data packages, an open-source chemical ecology pipeline, and a robust measure of the effect size of bilberry's impact on C and N in the boreal forest. Knowledge of bilberry's role in the forest C cycle can be exploited by forestry managers in efforts to maximize C storage to meet the EU's goal of carbon neutrality.

EOSC Beyond: advancing innovation and collaboration for research

EOSC Beyond overall objective is to advance Open Science and innovation in research in the context of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) by providing new EOSC Core capabilities allowing scientific applications to find, compose and access multiple Open Science resources and offer them as integrated capabilities to researchers. To do so, EOSC Beyond supports a new concept of EOSC: a federated and integrated network of Nodes operated at different levels, national, regional, international and thematic, to serve the specific scientific missions of their stakeholders. Further specific objectives of the project are to accelerate ‘time to product’ of new scientific applications with software adapters, enable Open Science with machine composability and dynamic deployment of shared resources, support innovation in EOSC with a testing and integration environment, and align the EOSC Core architecture and specifications to integrate with European dataspaces. The project extends the state of the art of the EOSC Core and adopts a co-design methodology, including requirements elicitation, software development and validation in collaboration with different use cases from EOSC national and regional initiatives (e-Infra CZ, Czechia, NFDI, Germany, and NI4OS, South East Europe region), thematic research infrastructures from Social Sciences and Humanities (CESSDA), Life Sciences (CNB-CSIC and Instruct-ERIC), Environmental Science (ENES and LifeWatch), and Health and Food (METROFood-RI). EOSC Beyond builds on the capacities of prospective EOSC Nodes and partners with multi-annual experience in developing solutions for large-scale federated digital infrastructures and aligns with the technical architecture and requirements of data spaces from different business sectors. Ultimately, EOSC Beyond supports Open Science in modern, data-intensive, and multidisciplinary research, facilitating resource discovery, access, and reuse across scientific communities, organisations, and countries.


CULTUral heritage in RurAL remote areas for creative tourism and sustainabilITY

The main objective of the project is to contribute to the promotion of cultural and creative tourism activities, considering the different capacities, resources, and specificities (material, creative, human...) of the territories, as a mean to help with the sustainable development of peripheral rural areas, favoring job creation and population settlement. For this, the potential of its cultural heritage will be researched, taking into account both the artisan material culture (techniques, materials, patterns and decorative elements), as well as the intangible culture (music, oral knowledge and culinary traditions) as a resource.
 
To promote non-seasonal tourism as a form of sustainable development with a stable population settlement we are going to research the crafts linked to the territory and their implications, but we will also carry out a documentation of the productive processes. First and foremost, we are going to cater to the necessities of the local communities and pay attention to aspects related to societal groups at risk of exclusion, such as women, the elderly and the youth.

All this will be developed from a multidisciplinary perspective, for which we will count on the various teams —most of them linked to different countries— that will be part of the consortium. Each of these partners will contribute to the development, as well as to the final result of the project through input directly related to their area of ??expertise: for example, among the collaborators we have intellectual teams specialized in the digitalization of heritage, research, or communication and dissemination, as well as as various institutions that will act as a testing ground for the more practical parts of the proposal. However, if something will characterize our work, it will be the constant collaboration between all parties, as well as the exchange of advice and experiences that will help to enrich collective knowledge and guarantee optimal results.

AQUASERV – RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES FOR SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE, FISHERIES AND THE BLUE ECONOMY

The overarching objectives of AQUASERV are to bring together, enhance, integrate and customise RI capacities (including facilities, instruments and expertise) and through the provision of transnational access (on-site or remote) and/or virtual access, to significantly further scientific advance and promote and facilitate the implementation of European Common Fisheries Policy, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Sustainable Blue Economy and the European Green Deal. 

AQUASERV will achieve these objectives by offering scientists from academia and business remote and on-site transnational (TA) and virtual (VA) access to an advanced set of European research infrastructures and its nodes related to research and management of marine and freshwater biological resources, food and biotechnology. These include the European Marine Biological Resource Centre ERIC (EMBRC), the Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems ERIC, The Aquaculture for Excellence for Aquaculture in Fish (Aquaexcel), and the Infrastructure for Promoting Metrology in Food and Nutrition (METROFOOD), as well as the International Council for Exploration of the Sea, both a service provider and stakeholder. It also includes the Research Infrastructure for Science and Innovation Policy Studies (RISIS) to bring contributions from the social sciences and to bring results nearer to policy makers ensuring societal impact. 

To enhance, integrate and customise RI capacities, collaboration between partners and new pipelines to meet the objectives of the project will be developed during the first 3 years and will make available  to users.  To ensure these capacities will not be lost, a sustainability work package involving stakeholders will address the project legacy.  

To maximize impact, AQUASERV will build a communication network among the partnership and develop a dissemination and outreach programme. Furthermore, an advanced training programme will be developed to capture future users and will be updated during the p

Harmonization of Advanced Materials Ecosystems serving strategic Innovation Markets to pave the way to a Digital Materials & Product Passport

The overarching objective of DigiPass is to enhance the digital maturity of the European communities that develop materials and intermediate products. The project will develop recommendations and clear routes toward digitalized circular business models. The overarching key result of DigiPass is to create a sustainable platform which includes support for Digital Materials & Product Passport and for collaborative innovation-by-design processes in a circular economy served by advanced materials. A business model for operating such a platform completes the overarching objective.
DigiPass is harmonizing and synergizing collected materials data sources and digital infrastructures. This will enable interoperability of data exchange, and standardization of advanced materials knowledge representation at all maturity levels. Accelerating the design, development, and production of advanced, safe, and sustainable chemicals and materials, as they are necessary for innovative products, calls for a collaborative approach involving different stakeholders to support durability, repair and overhaul, reuse, and recyclability of products. DigiPass project impacts all materials development communities over the whole circular value chain. 


Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change risks

Adaptation to climate change requires in-depth understanding of climate change driven risks, including their determinants (hazards, exposure and vulnerabilities) and impacts to human, production and natural systems. Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change Risks (IRISCC) is a consortium of diverse and complementary leading research infrastructures (RIs) covering disciplines from natural sciences to social sciences, across different domains and sectors. IRISCC provides scientific and knowledge services to foster cutting-edge research and evidence-based policymaking to improve Europe's resilience to climate change. IRISCC ensures a “one-stop-shop” for various user communities on climate change risk related RI services by setting up a dedicated Catalogue of services and related access management system both for granting transnational (onsite and remote) and offering virtual access. The Catalogue of services will be built through three consecutive releases, each delivering increasingly integrated services to its user communities. The IRISCC service integration will include Service Design Labs employing co-design and transdisciplinary action, and Service Demonstrators benchmarking the integrated cross-RI services. In addition to services aimed towards the scientific community, IRISCC will offer knowledge services aimed towards policymakers and other stakeholders. This is done together with risk management platforms. The research enabled by IRISCC contributes to future reports on climate change effects (IPCC, IPBES) as well as policy- and decision-making to meet the targets of climate adaptation strategies. IRISCC contributes to training a new generation of scientists to efficiently use RI services and for data stewardship. Data from IRISCC will be open and made available in compliance with FAIR principles and linked to European initiatives such as EOSC. Strong links will be created between IRISCC and current and future efforts under Horizon Europe.

Enhanced X(cross)-disciplinary Community-driven Imaging Technologies for Earth and Environmental material research

The EXCITE² Network is revolutionizing Earth and environmental material science research by consolidating a critical mass of 18 research facilities in 12 European and associated partner countries into a unified infrastructure and providing transnational access to advanced imaging technologies. This enables scientists to decipher complex processes within Earth materials at scales from nanometres to hundreds of centimetres, gaining unparalleled insight into the chemical and physical processes that govern, among others, environmental toxicity and its impact on human health, critical metal extraction for renewable energies, and the utilisation of Earth materials as long-term storage for climate-altering gases. The consortium fosters knowledge-sharing and talent attraction, bolstering the problem-solving capacity of the European Research Area. Moreover, EXCITE² is driving interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-fertilisation across academic institutions, scientific disciplines, and industry, propelling Europe towards a sustainable future. The initiative offers dedicated training programmes to a new generation of researchers within the European open science landscape, paired with access to world-class imaging facilities and expertise for problem-solving research and innovation. EXCITE² is introducing innovative service developments, such as artificial intelligence and leading-edge imaging experiments, to increase the user's problem-solving capacity. In addition, the consortium is implementing customised project valorisation strategies to maximize the impact of research outcomes in academia, society, and the economy. Citizen science projects allow the public to participate directly within the EXCITE² Network, contributing to solving EU challenges. As such, EXCITE² is paving the way towards a sustainable future, driving scientific excellence, and creating positive societal impact.

PROFIUS

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Today large lumpfish is harvested for their roe and small lumpfish are used as a cleaner fish in aquaculture. After retrieval of the roe the carcass has been discarded at sea. Some of the cleaner fish from aquaculture are harvested together with the salmon and are in some cases sold as animal feed. Lumpfish has a high content of gelatin which makes it unsuitable for fish meal production, but at the same time making it an interesting raw material for gelatin extraction. Atlantic Bluefin tuna is an important capture based aquaculture species in the Mediterranean. The fish is harvested onboard boats and the byproducts are usually discarded as waste. The aim of PROFIUS is to address challenges in the supply chain related to lumpfish (roe and carcass) and tuna side-streams by developing preservation solutions for maintaining quality and improving utilization of the entire biomass. Improved preservation methods will be
developed to enhance quality and shelf life of lumpfish roe and thereby reduce waste. A major bottleneck for success of further utilization of the side-stream from tuna is their short shelf life. PROFIUS will study the processes responsible for the chemical and microbial deterioration of these side-streams and develop strategies to prevent them. Furthermore, PROFIUS will look into new applications of lumpfish and tuna side-streams including logistics and development of gelatin extraction processes for lumpfish and development of fish feed based on tuna side-streams.
In the first year of the project work on identifying the major bottlenecks and hurdles related to the full utilization of the lumpfish has been started. The work on characterization of lumpfish and on extraction methods for gelatin has been initiated and a post doc, a technician and a master student recruited.

The website is profius-project.com - Preservation of underutilized fish biomasses for improved quality, stability and utilization

The aim of BlueBioProfius is to address challenges in the supply chain related to lumpfish (roe and carcass) and tuna side-streams by developing preservation solutions for maintaining quality and improving utilization of the entire biomass. Improved preservation methods will be developed to enhance quality and shelf life of lumpfish roe and thereby reduce waste. A major bottleneck for success of further utilization of the side-stream from tuna is their short shelf life. BlueBioProfius will study the processes responsible for the chemical and microbial deterioration of these side-streams and develop strategies to prevent them. Furthermore, BlueBioProfius will look into new applications of lumpfish and tuna side-streams including logistics and development of gelatin extraction processes for lumpfish and development of fish feed based on tuna side-streams.

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Målet med BlueBioProfius er å bidra til å løse utfordringer i distribusjonskjeden knyttet til rognkjeks (rogn og skrott) og restråstoff fra tunfisk. Dette vil bli gjort ved å utvikle konserveringsmetoder og -teknologi for å bevare kvalitet og øke utnyttelsen av hele biomassen. Det vil også bli utviklet forbedrede konserveringsmetoder for å øke kvalitet og holdbarhet til rognkjeksrogn noe som vil bidra til å redusere avfall. En viktig flaskehals for å lykkes med videre utnyttelse av restråstoff fra tunfisk er den korte holdbarheten. BlueBioProfius vil studere kjemiske og mikrobiologiske prosesser som er ansvarlige for nedbrytning av restråstoffet og bruke denne kunnskapen til å utvikle strategier for å hindre disse prosessene. Videre vil BlueBioProfius studere nye anvendelser av restråstoff fra tunfisk og rognkjeks. Dette vil inkludere logistikk, utvikling av ekstraksjonsprosesser for gelatin fra rognkjeks og utvikling av fiskefôr basert på restråstoff fra tunfisk.

ERA-NET: BlueBio - Preservation of underutilized fish biomasses for improved quality, stability and utilization

Breeze produktet er en ny metode for måling av lungefunksjonen. Standardmetoden for peak ekspiratorisk flow (PEF) er bruken av peak flow metere. Disse fungerer ved at utpustet passerer gjennom et metalrør hvilket flytter på en liten viser på siden av røret. Bruken av dette utstyr er vanskelig og det er nødvendig med gjentatte målinger for å oppnå et sikkert resultat.
Breeze produktet måler også PEF, men ut fra analysen av lyden fra en fløjte. Fløjten har ikke bevegelige eller elektroniske dele. Den er liten og enkel samt utformet som en leke så den appelerer til barn. Den medfølgende smarttelefon app analyserer målingene, lagrer disse i en data-sky og gjennomfører analyser som deles med brukeren og helsepersonell.

We will bring to market an innovative medical device for in-home asthma diagnostics, monitoring and management, specially designed for the paediatric population.
The "Breeze" solution provides direct quantification of airway condition by combining: (1) a novel  measuring device, and (2) a comprehensive smartphone/tablet App for recording, displaying and utilising measurements in diagnosis, monitoring and management of asthma in children.
Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease. Poor asthma management is frequent, resulting in low quality of life and preventable fatalities. Good asthma management requires daily in-home monitoring of lung function but the current standard, spirometry, is outdated, inaccurate and cumbersome in use. To satisfy the unmet patient needs, the Breeze solution is a playful and more effective, accurate and reliable approach for quantification of lung function in a single measurement.
The Breeze will be sold to end-users as a subscription-based service covering whistle hardware  and the comprehensive monitoring and management App. Additional whistles can be purchased separately. The primary targeted end-users will be parents/carers of asthmatic children, for whom the USP is a more accurate, reliable and user-friendly product compared to existing standards at an affordable price.

E!9836 Breeze

The overall objective is to develop, demonstrate and certify a complete medical device for comprehensive monitoring and management of asthma. Asthma, particularly in the child and adolescent group, is a major public health challenge:

- The WHO estimates 235m asthmatics worldwide, expected to increase significantly

- The most common non-communicable disease among children

- The annual total cost of asthma in Europe is estimated to be EUR17.7bn, of which EUR9.8bn arise from poor diagnosis, control and management

- Ca. 250,000 people die prematurely each year from asthma - almost all are avoidable with adequate and timely monitoring and management

The device will consist of a piece of hardware and a comprehensive software solution including complex Cloud-based algorithms. The hardware component is a sophisticated "whistle", designed in one seamless piece of hard plastic. It is small and pocket-able, tasteful and unobtrusive, devoid of movable parts, easy to maintain and use. Blowing into the whistle produces a clear sound, which can be recorded by any mobile device before undergoing several mathematical algorithms to output the user?s lung function (Peak Expiratory Flow). The algorithms will be able to predict seasons or situations that will result in worsening of the user's asthma, prompting him/her to take a preventive dose of medicine or even adjust the daily dosage in accordance with medical guidelines.
Scientific and technical barriers:
- Novel algorithms: For (a) long-term lung function monitoring and alerts to seek medical attention in cases of insidious deterioration, (b) medication support and (c) alerts for environmental triggers

- Front-end app: Focus on user-friendly functionality/design and easily comprehensible support

- Cloud storage: Integration with electronic health records allowing efficient supervision by medical personnel, emphasising security and safeguarding of patient privacy

- CE assessment under the Medical Device Directive (93/42/EEC)

Development, demonstration and certification of an innovative medical device for comprehensive monitoring and management of asthma.

The envisaged project targets the Dedicated SME-Instrument Phase I, specific call PCH-12-2014-1. The overall objective of the digiDoc project is to adapt, demonstrate and certify the complete medical device product with the aim of rapid market introduction and uptake.

The medical device, currently positioned at TRL6, consists of a piece of hardware and a complex set of cloud-based software algorithms. The hardware device is a sophisticated "whistle", designed in one seamless piece of hard plastic. It is small and pocket-able, tasteful and unobtrusive. The device is devout of movable parts, easy to maintain and use. Blowing into the device produces a clear sound, which can be recorded by any microphone attached to a PC or mobile device, such as an iPad, iPhone or Android device. The audio recording undergoes several mathematical algorithms, which will output the users lung function (Peak Expiratory Flow Rate). The PEFR is a standard value used by physicians in order to monitor the health of asthma patients. Furthermore, the algorithms will be able to predict seasons or situations that will result in worsening of the user's asthma, prompting him/her to take a preventive dose of medicine or even adjust the daily dosage in accordance with medical guidelines. The results can be shared with the user's physician or electronic health record.

The major tangible outcome of the feasibility study will be the elaborated business plan, including plan on advancing the novel medical device from TRL6 finally reaching TRL9 and a commercial product. We will perform detailed market and competitor analyses building on our preliminary work and arrive at detailed cost estimates and defined a detailed pricing structure. The initial and longer-term customer segments and target markets will be chosen based on the market analysis and we will develop customised sales and marketing strategies within each target markets as well as an overall market introduction plan.

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E!9836 Breeze

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2018

Location: Rogaland

PES2020-Prosj.etabl.støtte H2020

Development, demonstration and certification of an innovative medical device for comprehensive monitoring and management of asthma.

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2015

Location: Rogaland

PES2020-Prosj.etabl.støtte H2020

digiDoc: adaptation and demonstration of a new medical device for asthma monitoring and management

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Rogaland