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PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Empirical Understanding of Sedimentary Architecture

The shape and stacking of sedimentary bodies, especially sandstones which form hydrocarbon reservoirs, is controlled by a number of processes at the time of deposition. These include the rate of subsidence, the rate of sediment supply, the sedimentary env ironment, the climate and the grainsize o...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Effects of fish oil in functional food, capsules or fish on the N-3 in blood lipid and markers of oxidative stress in mice and humans

This project link nutrition research and medical research with food science and technology through the use of functional food, fish oils and fish (food). Currently there is a huge focus on supplements and functional foods, particularly products which are enriched with marine n-3 fatty acids. So f...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Bilateral cooperation on fish vaccine development for Chinese aquaculture

China produced 717 thousand tons of marine fin fish at a market value of 744 mill USD in 2006 (FAO fish stat 2008). The production is estimated to grow several times within a timeframe of 5 - 10 years. Bacterial diseases cause losses in fish farming and a long list of bacteria has been isolated,...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

HIL testing of Offshore Drilling Systems

An R&D project of NOK 10 million is proposed on software testing for automatic offshore drilling systems. Project partners are Marine Cybernetics, StatoilHydro and Maersk Contracting, who will fund 50% of the project. The objective of the project is to in troduce Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testin...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Improved sub-salt and sub-basalt imaging by joint inversion of seismic, gravity, magnetic and electromagnetic data

Oil and gas exploration in increasingly challenging regions requires improved imaging technology. This project aims at developing a new joint inversion technology, suitable for the imaging of challenging settings, such as sub-salt and sub-basalt areas. T he joint inversion will integrate seismic...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Biomass to liquid fuels

Gassifisering av biomasse (for eksempel skogsavfall) fulgt av gassbehandling og syntese av hydrokarboner (såkalt Fischer-Tropsch syntese) er en mulig produksjonsrute for bærekraftig biodrivstoff som ikke fortrenger matvareproduksjon. Metoden er spesielt egnet for framstilling av diesel og flydriv...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Design of novel Pd-alloy membranes with controlled composition, homogeneity and nanostructure for hydrogen production under harsh conditions

The primary large-scale industrial hydrogen production route is from natural gas through a process that involves two equilibrium-limited reactions: the steam reforming and the subsequent WGS step, to arrive at a gas which is rich in H2 and low in CO. Hydr ogen selective membranes have frequently ...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Hydrogen in solar-grade p-type silicon: dominant complexes and solar cell efficiency

The PV market is dominated by solar cells based on mc-Si, and it is expected that Si will continue to dominate in the years to come. Huge efforts are put down in research related to improving and optimizing such silicon based photovoltaics. Practically a ll earlier solar cells based on p-type Si...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Identification of boar semen gender specific proteins and peptides

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Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Rogaland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Stimulating sustainable innovation in aquaculture

This project aims to explore the need for legislation to promote sustainable innovation in aquaculture. Breeding companies, marine bioprospecting institutions and investors in genetic engineering need protection of their improved genetic material to assur e revenues from innovation and investment...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Akershus

FRITEK-Teknologi

GROW 2009 - Graph Classes, Optimization, and Width Parameters

The University of Bergen has been given the honor of organizing a conference for mathematicians and computer scientists engaged in cutting-edge research in the area of discrete optimization algorithms on graphs: GROW 2009 - 4th International Workshop on G raph Classes, Optimization, and Width Par...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Vestland

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Neoadjuvant Avastin in Breast Cancer (Neo-Ava) - an integrated molecular approach to treatment biology.

I kliniske studier hvor en ønsker å avdekke hvilke pasienter som har nytte av en spesifikk behandling, er detaljerte analyser av svulstvevet både i forkant, under og etter behandling, av stor betydning. Likeledes kan andre analyser også kaste lys over effekten av en slik behandling, slik som fors...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2015

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

The muscle excitation-transcription coupling

The composition of muscle is related to the risk of developing life style diseases such as obesity and type II diabetes. Muscle is a permanent tissue, but the phenotype can nevertheless be changed by changing the pattern of activity such as by exercise. C hanges in the pattern of action potential...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Molecular mechanisms of androgen action

Androgens are essential for a wide range of important biological processes. These include the development and maintenance of male reproductive organs, hair cycle and skeletal muscle, as well as regulation of lipid metabolism and bone remodelling. Androgen s are implicated in pathological processe...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

A single-assay test of all known fusion genes

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Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Preventive health measure by optimizing swimming exercise to counteract lifestyle diseases of Atlantic salmon

This project aims to introduce preventive health measures in aquaculture by optimizing swimming exercise to counteract life-style diseases of A. salmon. Farmed salmon live on extreme energy-rich diets and are raised in an environment with little opportuni ty for physical challenges. Over the last...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Nasjonal forskerskole innen "Nanoteknologi for mikrosystem"

Deltakere Pr. 30. september 2013 er det registrert 96 stipendiater i forskerskolen. Av disse er 25 fra HiVe,45 fra NTNU (22 fra Inst. for elektronikk og telekommunikasjon(IET), 23 fra Inst. for fysikk (IFY)),22 fra UiO (9 fra Fysisk inst. (FI), 13 fra In st. for informatikk (IFI)) og 4 fra UiB. S...

Awarded: NOK 10.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORSKSKOLE-Forskerskoler

Nasjonal forskerskole i medisinsk avbildning

Siden oppstarten har MedIm - Norwegian Research School in Medical Imaging, rekruttert 377 PhD stipendiater fra forskjellige universiteter i Norge, og har totalt involvert 534 PhD studenter, veiledere, post-doktorer og fagansvarlige. Om lag 95% av stipendiatene er tilknyttet et av partnerunive...

Awarded: NOK 24.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2017

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Viral haermorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) in wild and farmed fish in Norway

Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Toxicological evaluation of toxaphene in fish feed

Toxaphene replaced DDT as the most heavily used pesticide in many parts of the world in the early 1970s. It is distinctively bio accumulated in aquatic biota, and considered to be a persistent organic pollutant in the sense of the Stockholm convention. Al though relatively non toxic to mammals, t...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Improved health through novel ingredients of marine origin

The increasing prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the major health problems both in developed as well as developing countries. Recent evidence indicates that a reduced mitochondrial function plays an important role in the etiolog y of obesity, insulin resistance, and typ...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

The UiB Nano Platform

The overall aim of this proposal is to create a regional and national nano-science infrastructure platform (tool platform) at the University of Bergen (UiB) centered on the development of nano-based systems for biomedical applications at the tissue/cell l evel and the application of soft matter m...

Awarded: NOK 8.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Development of semiconductor nanowire based solar cells

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Towards selection for increased resistance to the salmon louse in Atlantic salmon

Salmon lice on farmed Atlantic salmon (Lepeophtheirus salmonis in Norway represents a large cost for the industry and a risk for infestation of wild salmonid species. In farmed Atlantic salmon it is documented evidence of a substantial genetic variation i n the number of salmon lice in a controll...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Numerical and experimental investigation of free convective heat transport for subsea heat exchangers

For gas fields, sooner or later the reservoir pressure becomes too low to maintain natural flow at a satisfactory production rate. Substantial additional reserves can be secured by enhancing recovery from fields already in operation by using increased gas recovery measures. Subsea gas compressio...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Slug Physics, Advanced Computation and Experiments

The main motivating factor for this project is long-distance transport of liquid-dominated well-streams, including deep-water developments. Reliable predictions are important for determining minimum stable production and start-up procedures and for the de sign of slug catchers. There are special ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Akershus

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Boron and Phosphorus in Solar Grade Silicon

The growth of the solar cell market, indicates a shortage of solar cell feedstock silicon at present and in the near future. Therefore, creation of special technologies of this feedstock production is necessary. The most direct approach for silicon feedst ock production is to upgrade metallurgica...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Norwegian Dialect Syntax- NorDiaSyn: Grammatical variation - new isoglosses and new media

Prosjektet har hatt som mål å utforske syntaksen (ordstilling og grammatiske mønstre) i de nordiske dialektene. For at dette skulle bli mulig, måtte det anskaffes empirisk materiale. Dermed ble det gjort store dialektinnsamlinger både i Norge og resten av Norden, bekostet av de ulike forskningsrå...

Awarded: NOK 13.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Oslo

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Implementing Online Patient-Provider Communication into Clinical Practice: Translational Research

Den internettbaserte Spørsmål og Svartjenesten (SoS) i denne studien er en tjeneste der pasientene kan sende meldinger til og motta svar fra sykepleiere, leger, ernæringsfysiologer og sosionomer etter sykehusinnleggelse eller poliklinisk konsultasjon. Meldingen fra pasienten mottas i en postkasse...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2015

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Neurogenetics of aging: impact of DNA repair on Alzheimer disease

The genetic background for cognitive loss, dementia and aging processes is poorly described, and multidisciplinary research is needed to increase this knowledge. Alzheimer disease (AD) is by far the most important contributor to cognitive decline and deme ntia worldwide. Incidence may quadruple s...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

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