742 projects

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

INFECTION, FEVER, IMMUNE SIGNATURES AND ANTIBODY PROFILES IN MOTHER-CHILD PAIRS WITH AND WITHOUT AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS.

The scientific aims of the project have been changed since the grant was awarded. The aims are now to study how children?s risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is affected by the following exposures: (1) Maternal iodine status in pregnancy. Idoine is crucial for brain development, particular...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2023

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

Pathways from Normal and Disordered Personality to Substance Use Disorders

The main aim of the project is to study the relationship between normal personality, patholigical personality traits, and personality disorders and symptoms of licit and illicit substance use and use disorders in a population-based twin study. Twin studies are well suited to investigate casual me...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2020

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner 2

Fast Air Supported Carbon Composite Offshore Support Vessel

The mono hull design will be based on construction in carbon composite with a proposed new variant of the Air Support Vessel (ASV) technology developed by Effect Ships International AS (ESI). Low construction weight due to carbon fiber sandwich constructi on will contribute to reduced energy requ...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

DIP-Design Pilot

Trapperommet - 20 kubikk med potensiale - DP058

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Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Vestland

DIP-Design Pilot

Bedriftskultur i TrønderEnergi - DP127

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Awarded: NOK 0.24 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

DIP-Design Pilot

Low Vision Box - DP070

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Awarded: NOK 0.60 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Agder

DIP-Design Pilot

2-STEG-FORAN: hvor de helhetlige helsetjenestene skapes - DP107

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Awarded: NOK 0.36 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Østfold

GLOBVAC-Global helse- og vaksinasjonsforskn.

Young scientist grant for Katerini T. Storeng: Advocacy and policy change for health equity in low-income countries

The GLOBVAC Young Scientist Grant awarded by the Norwegian Research Council (NRC) has supported the career development of Katerini Storeng, a medical anthropologist whose research focuses on the politics and practices of global health. It has done so by funding Storeng's research into advocacy an...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2019

Location: Oslo - Oslove

DIP-Design Pilot

WIF - Worksations with Integrated Functions - DP053

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Awarded: NOK 0.29 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Agder

DIP-Design Pilot

Trygg i egen kommune - DP021

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Awarded: NOK 0.70 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Akershus

IS-TOPP-Toppfinans. av M.Curie-stipend

Energy Savings from Smart Operation of Electrical, Process and Mechanical Equipment

The drive across the world towards energy efficiency and reduction of CO2 emissions is leading to new industrial processes and new ways of operating existing installations. In particular, the control and operation of processes, rotating machinery and elec trical equipment is becoming radically mo...

Awarded: NOK 0.69 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Akershus

DIP-Design Pilot

Brukerdreven innovasjon for ny generasjon komposittgassbeholdere - DP142

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Awarded: NOK 0.26 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Innlandet

DIP-Design Pilot

Short Sea Pioneer - Et nytt maritimt logistikk- og transportkonsept - DP116

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Awarded: NOK 0.59 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Vestland

DIP-Design Pilot

Reimagining the Operating Room - DP091

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Awarded: NOK 0.65 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

DIP-Design Pilot

Den gode opplevelsen for pasient og ansatt - DP136

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Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Telemark

DIP-Design Pilot

VERDENS BESTE LUFTHAVN - DP145

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Awarded: NOK 0.47 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Akershus

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

Optimization and application development of marine cold-adapted DNA polymerases - OptiZyme

Isothermal amplification (IA) methods are now increasingly being used for molecular detection of pathogens, and are considered an important contribution to improve both disease control and food safety analysis. In these methods, nucleic acid amplification takes place at constant (moderate) tempe...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

DIP-Design Pilot

Biota Guard going deep subsea - DP033

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Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Rogaland

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner 2

Design and analysis of the foundation and anchoring systems of offshore wind turbine platforms for the southern Baltic

The main objectives of the Wind-Tu-Pla project (NFR- 221290) is to work out the design, handling and economical aspects of offshore wind turbine platforms for use in the southern Baltic Sea, in the Polish economical zone. Poland has an old-fashioned dirty energy production with use of significant...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Vestland

DIP-Design Pilot

MASA - Mestring ved attføring til skole og arbeidsliv - DP029

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Awarded: NOK 0.67 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Østfold

DIP-Design Pilot

Operational Awereness System - DP068

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Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Vestfold

IS-TOPP-Toppfinans. av M.Curie-stipend

Language and Perception: Top-up financing of Marie Curie Fellows

The LanPercept ITN provides a unique approach to understanding the interaction between two central cognitive systems: language and perception. Traditionally these systems have been studied independently, with training provided from a single discipline per spective. This training network offers an...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

A novel storage method for cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells for transplantation

The primary objective of the project is to develop better storage technology for cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells, due to the importance of such cells in the treatment of several retinal diseases, including age-related macular degeneration and St argardt disease. Age-related macular dege...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

Novel-type vaccine against food allergy (ALLERVACC)

ALLERVACC Populær vitenskapelig sammendrag, engelsk 18.10.2017 ALLERVACC is a concept for immune specific treatment (immunotherapy) of food allergy. The molecule is a recombinant fusion protein that consists of (1) a ligand that inhibits the intrinsic immunologic reaction and (2) an allergen ...

Awarded: NOK 10.9 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

Identifying the polygenic basis of the human brain and psychiatric disorders

Mental disorders are the major cause of disease burden and disability in the world. There are many factors that play a role in the development of these diseases and we have a great need for new knowledge. Therefore, identification of underlying pathophysiology is crucial. In a number of clinica...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2019

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

Predictive test for response to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major public health problem with 1.2 million new cases diagnosed each year and approximately a half a million deaths worldwide. The survival is associated to the clinical staging of the primary tumour. Major efforts are dedica ted to precisely stratify the tumours tha...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Big Black Box:

Our knowledge on polar night ecology is poor. Most Arctic studies are conducted during the light season from spring to autumn when field work is convenient. The dark Arctic winter, however, may last up to eight or nine months depending on the snow depth a nd sea ice cover. The ecological and phys...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Svalbard

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

Microvesicles as a Source of Prostate Cancer Biomarkers.

Prostate cancer is a global health problem and represents 12% of all cancer cases worldwide. Until now, prostate specific antigen has been extensively used as a biomarker for prostate cancer. However, this marker has serious limitations as a tumour marker since its use has lead to overdiagnosis ...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

DIP-Design Pilot

Konsepstudie på operatørstol og operatørkabin - DP072

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Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Agder

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Bjerknes Compensation Mechanism: Historical perspective, geographical pattern, and Arctic multi-decadal predictability

Long runs (hundreds of years) of the global climate models and high-resolution climate proxy data sets provide an opportunity to study multi-decadal natural variability of the coupled atmospheric and oceanic circulation. The Nordic seas and the Arctic are regions were such a natural variability ...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Vestland