2,633 projects

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Fate and Effects of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Their Precursors and Alternatives in Norwegian Marine Environments and Seafood Species

The research planned during this stay will combine advanced analytical chemistry and ecotoxicological approaches to identify and characterize previously unknown PFAS-related compounds, particularly from aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF). Structural elucidation of isolated fractions will be perfor...

Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

MARITIMFORSK-MARITIMFORSK

PolyMarine: Development of new generation polymers for marine coatings via an integrated safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) approach

PolyMarine, led by Jotun, aims to develop new ingredients for marine coatings that are designed to be environmentally safer. To this end, a Safer and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework will be implemented. Ships use antifouling paints to prevent marine growth on hulls, which reduces drag, fu...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestfold

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Unravelling Mediterranean Aquaculture Pathogens: Advancing Diagnostic and Vaccine-like Solutions

Aquaculture has grown steadily in the Mediterranean in recent decades, particularly for seabream and seabass, which represent 25 % of European aquaculture production value. Sustainable aquaculture is a vital component of European strategies, promoting both environmental stewardship and economic p...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium 2025 - Deep-sea Workshop

Deep-sea science has been one of Bergen´s historically strong research and expertise areas with a number of institutions in the city operating world-class platforms and leading the charge in the exploration and understanding of these environments. However, there has been a need to bridge the wide...

Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

OptoSeason: decoding seasonal reproduction in vertebrates using a next-gen optogenetic tool

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is throwing nature out of sync. Many animals rely on the length of daylight (photoperiod), to time their reproduction for when conditions are just right. Disrupting this natural signal, whether through urban lighting or aquaculture practices, can have serious cons...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Development of knowledge base for acoustic data analysis describing predator-prey relations in offshore wind development areas

The Norwegian government's ambition is to establish 30 gigawatts offshore wind farms (OWF) on the Norwegian continental shelf by 2040, with potential big impacts for the marine environment. Norway has identified multiple areas in the Norwegian Sea for OWF development, two of which are currently u...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Understanding cumulative human impacts in a marine ecosystem with computational experiments

People affect marine ecosystems in many ways, such as climate change, pollution, and overfishing. Cumulative impacts refer to the combined effects of such stressors. They pose one of the biggest threats to ecosystems and biodiversity worldwide. Yet, we know little about how stressors act togethe...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Demonstration of Anti-obesogenic properties of brown Macroalgae-derived compounds Incorporated into food Products

The DAMIP project (Demonstration of Anti-obesogenic properties of brown Macroalgae-derived compounds Incorporated into food Products) explores an exciting and sustainable response to one of the greatest health challenges of our time: obesity. The project is based on research showing that brown al...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Sustainable Oil Spill Monitoring and Analytics with Machine Learning

Havet er en av våre viktigste naturressurser, men står i fare for alvorlig skade ved oljeutslipp. For å beskytte marint liv, kystsamfunn og klimaet vårt er det avgjørende å oppdage slike utslipp tidlig. Dette prosjektet, i samarbeid mellom KSAT og UiT, har som mål å utvikle et automatisert system...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Frost Cleaning of Sea Lice 2

Sea lice are tiny parasites that cause big problems in fish farming. Traditional methods to remove them, like using chemicals, are becoming less effective due to resistance. Plus, these methods can harm the fish and the environment. Mechanical removal, which involves flushing the fish with seawat...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Vannsampling og algemonitorering om bord i et autonomt overflatefartøy

Prosjektet vil være i tett samarbeid med CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), som drifter en feltkampanje kalt "AquaWatch Australia". I denne kampanjen brukes manuelt styrte fjernmålingssystemer (droner) og målebøyer som måler vannkvalitet og farge, for å bestemme...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Research stay - HERPOPS

The research stay will contribute directly to the HERPOPS project’s objectives of resolving the spatiotemporal structure of herring populations in the Northeastern Atlantic and developing environmental DNA (eDNA)-based tools for monitoring their occurrence and mixing. The stay is divided into two...

Awarded: NOK 0.29 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

EUI - 2

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Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Unlocking Ocean Health Through Citizen Science: A Collaborative Event for the Oslofjord

Citizen Science projects can be a cornerstone in Ocean stewardship, bridging the gap from research to social awareness and policy making. Citizen science projects, also called “community science projects” to be inclusive towards non-citizens, involve the engagement of the general public in scient...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Havforskermøtet 2025

Norsk havforsking står sterkt internasjonalt, men det er få nasjonale arenaer der havforskere i Norge kan samles for å dele forskning og bygge nettverk. Havforskermøtet er derfor en viktig møteplass. De ca. 40 - 100 deltakerne kommer fra ulike sektorer og representerer marine fagmiljø fra hele la...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Certified Reference Materials for Small Micro and Nano Plastic Analysis including Tire Wear

Chiron AS develops certified reference materials (CRMs) to monitor environmental pollutants, especially persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and emerging contaminants. One of the most pressing challenges today is plastic pollution—microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have been found in ocea...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIOTEKNOLOGI-BIOTEKNOLOGI

SEAlgaePower: Sustainable development of microalgae-based products using waste streams from aquaculture and seafood processing industry

Seafood production is growing, but with growth come new challenges. Large volumes of nutrient-rich wastewater from aquaculture and the seafood industry are discharged into nature, causing environmental problems and high costs for the industry. The goal of the SEAlgaePower project is to develop te...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

AlgFlavor, Enhancing algal biomass consumer acceptance for food markets

We wish to investigate how and if algae can be used for food. Coming from way down low in the food chain, ie. at a low trophic level, the usage of them can be more eco-friendly than other food sources. In Europe, algae remain a poorly used resource. Perhaps this is related to taste, aroma and the...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIOTEKNOLOGI-BIOTEKNOLOGI

SBEP - BIOVAL - Microalgal biomass valorization for sustainable production of functional food and feed ingredients

Microalgae are emerging as a promising solution for sustainable food and animal feed production. The BIOVAL project is dedicated to advancing the use of cultivated microalgae to create "blue food" (food derived from aquatic sources) and feed, using eco-friendly technologies. These microscopic pla...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP-Codeblue - Harmonised ocean data sets for blue sustainable eutrophication management of the North-East Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea

The NE Atlantic Ocean and the Baltic Sea is under threat due to excessive nutrient inputs that fuel eutrophication. In response, the bordering countries have committed themselves to conventions aimed at achieving good environmental status. To access the environmental status, there is a need for h...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Cell-cultured octopus production through sustainable marine biomass valorization

SEANERGIES explores a new way to produce seafood—without fishing or traditional aquaculture. The goal is to develop cultivated octopus, where muscle tissue is grown in the lab from a few cells, without harming animals. Octopus is a high-value food in many cultures, but wild harvest raises concern...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

PRV VAX - Cultivation of piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) Resolving a bottleneck in vaccine development for farmed Atlantic Salmon

PRV VAX represents a novel and patentable approach for the development of a vaccine against piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), a significant pathogen in aquaculture and an ongoing threat to animal welfare and industry productivity. PRV is widespread in farmed Atlantic salmon and causes heart and skelet...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Akershus

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

PEAK: Plasmid Evolution and Antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to human health which is predicted to increase in the future. One of the most common ways that bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics is by acquiring resistance genes; these are often carried on pieces of DNA called plasmids. Plasmids carrying...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP - PalmariaPlus, Unlocking the potential of two high value seaweed species, Dulse and Irish moss, in Europe.

Seaweed farming is one of the most sustainable forms of aquaculture, and this emerging industry is expanding rapidly in Norway and beyond. Currently, most seaweed farms in Norway and Europe focus on cultivating brown macroalgae (kelp) because of its rapid growth and ease of reproduction. Red seaw...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

SBEP - DTO4OWE, Digital Twin of the Ocean for Offshore Wind Energy

Offshore wind energy (OWE) is a growing sector in EU waters, but the potential environmental and ecological impacts of offshore wind farms under ongoing climate change remain poorly understood. Also, the OWE sector needs high-quality marine data to plan its activities over the coming decades, an...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Sunne hav og vann innen 2030 – Norsk Mission Ocean dag

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Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

CORRASBlue: Coastal Corrosion Risk Management through Digital twin model for a Sustainable Blue Economy

Our oceans are home to a large number of structures – such as wind turbines, pipelines, offshore platforms – that are under constant threat from corrosion. This slow but destructive process would yield loss on the order of billions of euros. Application of corrosion inhibitors and coatings proved...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Gjennom Nordvestpassasjen i kjølvannet av Roald Amundsen

Havet er helt essensielt for alt liv på jorda. Det er derfor svært viktig å forstå de marine økosystemene og hvilke virkninger det får når det skjer endringer i havet på grunn av klimaendringer. En synlig konsekvens av klimaendringene er at isen i Arktis smelter, noe som gjør det mulig for seilsk...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

ID 8843 Breeding Disease-Resistant and Climate-Tolerant Tilapia for Sustainable Global Aquaculture

Fish farming is vital for global food security, providing affordable protein and millions of jobs. Tilapia, often called the “aquatic chicken,” is one of the world’s most widely farmed species, but farmers face growing challenges from disease, climate change, and reliance on antibiotics. The Sust...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

BIOTEKNOLOGI-BIOTEKNOLOGI

SBEP - DORIS, Development of Modular and Mobile By-Product and Wastes Bio-refiney Valorisation Systems and Supporting Structures for Fisheri

DORIS: Turning Blue Waste into Opportunity Imagine transforming fish waste and by-products into valuable resources for small businesses. That’s the mission of DORIS, a groundbreaking project revolutionizing how we handle waste from the Blue sector (like fisheries and aquaculture). DORIS offers i...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus