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NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Enhanced service life of coated wooden facades

Coated wooden claddings are widely used in Norway. But competition from other materials that has less input of labour at the construction site and less demands for maintenance is increasing. Discolouring fungi on the surface of coated wood in outdoor appl ications is an increasing concern. The to...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Networks or markets? The recruitment challenges in future fisheries and marine industries, dr.gr.stip.

The radical changes that happen in coastal communities and industries;the processes of structuration, mechanisation, and increased governance, which we call cyborgisation processes, seem to have had consequences for the employment systems in marine commun ities. However, very little is known abou...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

The optimal choice and timing of agricultural policies in the presence of uncertainty

Agricultural policy analysis has traditionally focused on the optimal choice of policy instruments for a given set of policy objectives. Less attention has been paid to the fact that the timing of policy implementation is another choice variable to policy makers. This choice is reflected in the ...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Climate change impacts in the Electricity Sector

Climate change will have impacts on electricity markets, both on demand and supply. In Norway, important likely impacts are that the supply of hydropower and wind power will be boosted by weather changes, while warmer winters will dampen heating demand. H owever, in other European countries, the ...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Remote sensing of forest health

In this project we will try a range of remote sensing data types and methods in order to evaluate their ability to detect forest damage, to be used for early detection, and in general their suitability for a routine monitoring of forest health. We have a unique data set at hand, free of costs, fr...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Functional genomics of wood degradation: strategies used by decay fungi against wood protection systems and natural host defence compounds

Fungal decay of wood products is a global problem that has been traditionally combated with chemical preservatives. There is currently a great demand for alternatives to contemporary chemical preservatives due to their toxicity to the environment, and the current Strategic Institute Program (SIP...

Awarded: NOK 10.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Harvesting zooplankton by bubble flotation

The current proposal outlines a new approach and technology to harvest copepods in the ocean. The project aims to test and build the prototype of a platform for practical use, which is designed to harvest copepods in the size groups where the economically important groups in Norwegian waters are...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Norway-USA, Catch Sampling and Estimation

This project is mainly related to fishery dependent sampling and catch and bycatch (or discard) estimation. Use of observers for sampling at sea varies among regions. The US Alaska Fisheries Science Centre (AFSC) has an extensive observer program collecti ng catch, discard, and biological data fo...

Awarded: NOK 0.38 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells Operating with Organic Fuels

The non-renewable energy resources (fossil fuels) are by far the most exploited forms of energy today. In fact, the whole superstructure of the modern industrial society is built upon oil and gas, which eventually will be exhausted with grave consequences of global warming and environmental poll...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Adding product value to sustainable fisheries

The purpose of this project is to develop knowledge that can contribute to adding value to marine resources, to improve shortcomings in existing management regimes and to further develop theories on harvesting strategies that impact on adding value to mar ine resources. To face challenges in add...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

POLEWARD: A drifter experiment to quantify the poleward transport, transformation and spreading of oceanic properties

We propose to observe, describe and quantify the oceanic transport poleward and the transformation, spreading and mixing rates of water parcels in the Nordic and Barents Seas by monitoring the motion of the water parcels. In the process we will be quantif ying the mechanisms transforming the warm...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

The Effect of Climate Change on Arctic High-Impact Weather Events (ArcChange)

We propose a coordinated Norwegian research project to study how meso-scale high impact weather in the arctic region of the North Atlantic will be affected by future climate change. The project aims at improving our understanding of the regional climate s ystem in the Arctic. The large scale obse...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Melk med forhøyet kvalitet som plattform for videre vekst

Melkeproduksjonen i Norge står for 45% av produksjonsverdien i husdyrbruket, mot 60% for 15 år siden. Lønnsomheten er under press. I områder med god tilgang på beite kan kostnadene reduseres betydelig ved å utnytte fôrressursene. Man tror at forbrukerne v il legge mer vekt på kvaliteten av melka,...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Økologisk restaurering etter naturinngrep. - Metoder for vegetasjonsetablering etter utbygging av kraft- og veganlegg

Naturområder som er ødelagt av inngrep eller forstyrrelse blir tradisjonelt oppfattet som "tapt". Ved å bruke kunnskapen som ligger i fagfeltet restaureringsøkologi kan slike områder istandsettes og få tilbake verdier og funksjoner som intakt natur. Energ iutvinning og samferdsel er to arealbaser...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Iverksetting av nye organisasjonsmodeller for råvarebaserte spesialiteter i Gilde Norsk Kjøtt BA

Bakgrunnen for prosjektet er at Gilde i økende grad satser på kvalitetsspesialisering, med spesiell vekt på såkalte råvarebaserte spesialiteter (Hallingsskarvet lam/Gourmetlam, Norsk Kjøttfe, Norsk Gourmetkalv, Økologisk Kjøtt, samt regionale råvarespesi aliteter). Bedriften har igangsatt et sys...

Awarded: NOK 0.60 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Kvalitet og mattrygghet i den pelagiske verdikjeden - verdioptimalisering gjennom økt kompetanse

Forskningsaktiviteten i det avsluttede prosjektet "Pelagisk kvalitet - fra hav til fat" har avdekket en rekke kritiske punkter, både ombord og i mottaksanlegg, som er av stor betydning for kvaliteten og mattryggheten for pelagisk fiskeråstoff. Et av de vi ktigste kriteriene for å kunne definere k...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Identification of molecular markerks associated with winter survival in the cultivated strawberry

Vinterskade i jordbær er et stort problem for norske jordbærprodusenter. Det medfører, i gjennomsnitt, en årlig avlingsreduksjon på minst 20%. Av denne grunn er foredling av jordbærsorter med bedre resistens mot frost ett av de viktigste foredlingsmål i G raminors foredlingsprogram. Skandinavia e...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Innlandet

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Designing sustainable livestock production systems delivering cultural landscapes with public goods and ecosystem services

Agriculture in Norway is traditionally based on a high level of national support and payments. Policy changes, especially if the state support has to be reduced considerably, can lead to substantial changes regarding land use, the multi functionality of a griculture, cultural landscape qualities,...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Dynamic and integrated production biology of farmed salmon in sea

The salmon farming industry demands optimal production through-out the entire life-cycle. This demand is currently not realized due to seasonal environmental changes that dramatically influences on feed intake, lipid accumulation, and growth rate during t he sea stage. To improve the predictabili...

Awarded: NOK 12.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Ship Propulsion in Extreme Seas

Design of ships and propulsion systems are currently based on analyses of the performance in calm water. The effects of waves and ship motions are mainly taken into account using crude safety factors. Increasing fuel costs, introduction of novel ship desi gns and propulsion systems, together with...

Awarded: NOK 11.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

VELVET GREEN: Winter hardiness and management of velvet bentgrass (Agrostis canina) on putting greens in northern environments, dr,gr.stip

There is an increasing demand for research into recreational golf courses. Norwegian courses, often located in beautiful surroundings, have the potential of attracting national and international players, but they are often hampered by winter damages and h ave few resources to maintain adequate qu...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

IS-RUS-Stipendprogram for NVRussl.

Dechevsky L T Rus06/07-98

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Awarded: NOK 30,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

IS-RUS-Stipendprogram for NVRussl.

Rezvyy, G RUS06/07-119

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Awarded: NOK 30,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Ukjent Fylke

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Climate change impact on catchment-coast processes and governance in the 21st Century

The aim of the project is to launch the exchange of research information on the environmental and economic changes in the coastal zone observed in Norway and on European scale. The parties to this exchange are the research community collaborating within t he IGBP/ IHDP Land Ocean Interactions in ...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

INDSURF - evaluation of industrial applications of nonlinear acoustic imaging with dual band pulses

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Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Kommersialiseringsmidler 2007 - FORNY MIDT-NORGE

Leiv Eiriksson Nyskaping AS (LEN) er et innovasjonssystem som med sitt eierskap og strategi har mulighet til å være et bindeledd som bidrar til samspill mellom forskningskompetanse-, øvrige FoU-institusjoner og kompetent aktiv kapital i nyskapingsarbeidet . LEN mener det er avgjørende at de ulike...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Radioimmunotherapy with 227-Thorium: Targeted therapy of metastatic breast cancer with alpha-emitting 227-Thorium-herceptin

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Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Building Safety in Petroleum Exploration and Production in the Northern Regions

SINTEF, NTNU and IFE in collaboration with ENI Norge AS will develop new and multi-disciplinary theories, methods, and management tools to reduce risk to personnel and environment in petroleum activities in the northern regions. The project addresses safe ty opportunities and challenges in next g...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Kommersialiseringsmidler 2007 - SINTEF

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Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SKATT-Skatteøkonomi

Flytting av inntekt inn og ut av Norge? En empirisk analyse av selskaper med og uten eiermessig tilknytning til utenlandske selskaper.

Flernasjonale selskaper kan flytte skattepliktig inntekt mellom land ved å manipulere med internprisene. Manipulasjon med internprisene betyr at prisen på transaksjoner mellom konsernselskaper avviker fra markedsprisen (dvs. prisen som ville ha blitt avta lt hvis transaksjonen ble inngått mellom ...

Awarded: NOK 96,750

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo