227 projects

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UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Co-developing an Evidence-Based Framework for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Physical Education Teacher Education

EquiPETE examines how teacher education and physical education can become more inclusive, giving all pupils opportunities to experience learning, mastery, belonging and joy. How can physical education teachers create learning environments where all pupils feel included and have equitable opport...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

KSFF-KSFF

Randomized controlled trial of tailored and sustainable health care solutions for home-dwelling individuals with high healthcare utilization

HighHealthCare (HøyHelseOmsorg) aims to strengthen the sustainability of municipal health services by developing and testing a digital home follow-up intervention tailored to people with high health service use. The goal is to increase health literacy, self-management, quality of life and user ...

Awarded: NOK 14.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

CLEANFOOD: From farm to fork, the Impact of Microplastics and Plastic Chemicals in Food on Public Health

Recent studies have detected micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) in human tissues—including the placenta, blood, lungs, and even testicles. But because researchers still use different sampling and analytical methods, it is difficult to get a full picture of what this means for our health. Plastic-rela...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Can an enriched AI-chatbot strengthen writer identities in primary-school classrooms?

Can AI support young writers in learning to express themselves through writing? Since the arrival of large language models, teachers, parents, and policymakers have worried that artificial intelligence (AI) might take over the writing process for students. The concern is not unfounded – many tool...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Rogaland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SalmoPro: Unlocking mechanisms of alternative protein utilization in salmon for improved health and efficiency

As the world’s population continues to grow, the demand for food is rising steadily. Salmon farming is central to global food supply, but feeding salmon sustainably is challenging. Fishmeal, the traditional protein source, is expensive and reliant on finite marine resources. Salmon aquafeed is sh...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

MishMash - Center for AI & Creativity

MishMash Centre for AI & Creativity will explore AI in relation to creativity, defined as the human capacity to generate novel, meaningful ideas. The primary objective is to create, explore, and reflect on AI for, through, and in creative practices. It will focus on both Creative AI (autonomous ...

Awarded: NOK 173.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

AI Centre for the Empowerment of Human Learning

AI LEARN, the AI Centre for the Empowerment of Human Learning, is a national research centre dedicated to the empowerment of human learning through responsible, human-centred artificial intelligence. In today's world, where AI systems are reshaping how we learn, work, and participate in democracy...

Awarded: NOK 200.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2030

Location: Vestland

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Developing KNOWledge on needs and MEasures aimed at children experiencing parental problem gambling

Problem gambling is a global public health concern with serious consequences for individuals and their families. Shame and stigma often lead to underreporting, and for each person with severe gambling problems, an estimated six close relatives are significantly affected—children being especially ...

Awarded: NOK 9.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Akershus

SAMISKTEMA-SAMISKTEMA

Singing Maps: developing online music communities to support Sámi adolescent cultural resilience.

Sámi vocal traditions, among the oldest in Europe, have faced challenges due to historical suppression and marginalization by majority cultures in the Nordic region. Despite a resurgence in Sámi commercial music, traditional practices have become endangered, and are almost entirely absent from fo...

Awarded: NOK 11.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

Health, education and labor market integration in refugees – a cross-country, longitudinal, mixed-method study

With notably increased rates of mental health problems and persistent lower employment than other migrant groups, refugees constitute a highly vulnerable group in today's society. Recent evidence suggests poor health, and in particular poor mental health, may play a key role in labor market marg...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

gigaCCS - Norwegian Research Centre of Excellence for Carbon Capture and Storage test

The urgency to decarbonise the global economy to limit temperature increases to < 2°C is now. CO2 capture, transport, and storage (CCS) deployment at gigaton scale, which is widely recognised as being vital for a just and sustainable transition to net-zero emissions, can significantly reduce emis...

Awarded: NOK 180.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2032

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

The Russian Hybrid Intelligence State

How does intelligence shape Russian domestic politics and foreign and security policy? Contemporary Russia is often characterized as a ‘KGB state’. Current and former intelligence officers, including President Putin, increasingly dominate politics and economy, bringing with them the culture, worl...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Innlandet

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Explaining the gender difference in sickness absence and testing the efficacy of a clinical intervention to promote return to work in women

Norwegian women have the highest sickness absence rate of all countries in the OECD, despite a good population health. The gender difference in sickness absence is relatively higher in Norway (about 70% higher in women than men) than in other OECD countries (about 50% higher). This gender diffe...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2030

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

ForestValue2 JC2023 - InCREased Service life of innovative TIMber Building systems (CRESTIMB)

CRESTIMB aims to develop an innovative timber building system, suitable for multi-storey buildings with open spaces. The proposed system will include moment-resisting frames made of softwood or hardwood glue-laminated timber with innovative beam-to-column connections, and dowel cross laminated fl...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Political Parties and Climate Change: Positions, Polarisation and Policy Relevance (PARTYCLIM)

Political parties lie at the heart of climate change politics, yet their strategies and influence are understudied, especially in a comparative perspective. The goal of the project is to address the lack of systematic and comparative data on parties’ climate change positions and provide the most ...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

From Climatic Drivers to Antarctic Ice Sheet Response: Improving Accuracy in Sea Level Rise Projections

Sea level rise, mainly caused by the melting of glaciers and ice sheets and the expansion of seawater when it warms, is one of the biggest threats imposed on us by climate warming. Today, we expect sea levels to rise by about 60 cm by the end of this century. Still, if the rate of greenhouse gas ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Novel perspectives on non-invasive cetacean research using microRNA biomarkers in the exhaled breath (blow)

BLOWOMICS will use the snot (“blow”) of whales and dolphins (cetaceans) as a non-invasive way to develop biomarkers for understanding cetacean physiology and health. Non-invasive biomarkers for cetaceans are currently scarce, and new biomarker development will revolutionize our understanding an...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2029

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Kinship-based assessment of Norwegian coastal cod to determine sustainable harvest levels and protect genetic diversity in fisheries

Overfishing has been greatly reduced in the last 50 years by splitting fish populations into manageable ‘stocks’ and counting them in fisheries catch and large scientific surveys to determine sustainable fishing levels. This works well for big, valuable populations, such as Northeast Arctic cod (...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestland

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Barents Sea Arctic Cenozoic Evolution and Paleogeographical Reconstructions

BRAVO (Barents Sea Arctic Cenozoic Evolution and Paleogeographical Reconstructions) aims to reconstruct the Barents Sea Gateway since the Cenozoic (the last 66 Myr). To do so, BRAVO’s objectives are to 1) reveal the effect of sediment loading–unloading, lithospheric strength, and surface-mantle ...

Awarded: NOK 0.72 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2025

Location: Ukjent Fylke

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

KARBONMAT: Designing sustainable business model (SBM) concepts for carbon sequestration in soils to transform the Norwegian food system

The aim of Karbonmat is to design sustainable business model (SBM) concepts for carbon sequestering soil management practices. The project has carried out a wide range of scientific activities in the second year. In March 2025, Karbonmat arranged its second physical project meeting at Western Nor...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

Next Arctic Rush? Critical Materials for the Energy Transition

If the Paris Agreement is to be fulfilled, 80% of the world’s energy production must be zero-emission by 2030, and all energy must be zero-emission by 2050. The technologies needed to achieve this dramatic shift depend on certain critical materials (lithium, copper, rare earths, etc.). If these a...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

The impact of climate change on Arctic blue carbon (BlueARC)

BlueArc provides new knowledge on the impact of climate change and other stressors like sea urchins on Arctic kelp forests, with a focus on how future Arctic conditions will alter kelp carbon sink potential. In the second year of the project BlueArc conducted our final SCUBA diving field sampling...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Vestland

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

China and Evolving Multilateral Craftmanship in the Age of Digitalization (CHIMULTI)

China and Evolving Multilateral Craftmanship in the Age of Digitalization Which international organizations develop responsibilities for digital- and data technology (digitech) governance and how do major powers work to craft influence in these organizations? This is the overarching theme invest...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Implementing a life course approach in antenatal and postnatal care settings for prevention and reduction of non-communicable disease risks

The global increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), primarily diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease and mental health disorders, places a high burden on both individuals and societies, including health systems. It affects quality of life, education, and workforce prod...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Norwegian labour inclusion of young people at risk: User pathways, street-level bureaucracies and interorganisational collaborations

Persons with disabilities experience multiple challenges in entering the labour force and obtaining meaningful employment. While this is the case across the globe, the disparities in the Norwegian labour system are perplexing given the extensive supports available and historical progression of di...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Ecophysiology of Atlantic salmon: Genetics versus Environment

The project is going according to plan with several good results this year. An article about physiology and heart morphology in slow and fast growing Atlantic salmon has been published in Aquaculture Reports. An article about physiology and morphology (otoliths and hearts) in different types of c...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Vestland

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Kelp forests in the Anthropocene: unravelling impacts of warming and marine heatwaves from genes to ecosystems

Increasing temperatures and marine heatwaves are now the most widespread and destructive expressions of climate change in our oceans. Climate change, together with pollution, coastal development, harvesting and aquaculture, has destroyed kelp forests around the world. GEcoKelp aims to understand ...

Awarded: NOK 11.1 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

UMG: Understanding Masculinities in Gaming

Videogames and gaming have traditionally been seen as a boys’ domain, a situation that is slowly changing as videogames have become a mainstream medium with a large and diverse player base. At the same time, game culture remains a contested space in which gender is taking a central role. Previo...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2029

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

I-CRYME: Impact of CRYosphere Melting on Southern Ocean Ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles

Global warming is transforming Antarctica; melting the cryosphere (the ice caps, the glaciers and the sea ice); affecting the Southern Ocean physical dynamics and elemental cycles; and impacting the marine ecosystems and their capacity to absorb the atmospheric CO2 emitted by men. The Southern ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Norwegian centre for hydrogen value chain research

To achieve carbon emission targets, particularly from the transport and industry sectors, there is an urgent need for alternatives to fossil fuels. Electrification and battery technology is not sufficient for this purpose, due to charging times, space required, and limits in power generation. Hyd...

Awarded: NOK 120.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2030

Location: Vestland

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