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BANEBRYTENDE-BANEBRYTENDE

REPUTATION: Reconstruction of past virus and phytoplankton interactions using sedimentary ancient DNA

In REPUTATION we aim to test the idea that we can detect viruses of phytoplankton in marine sediments going back around 100, 000 years in time. Phytoplankton are essential parts of marine ecosystems, sitting at the base of the food web, producing roughly 50% of global oxygen, and controlling glob...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Deciphering Nutrient Uptake Mechanisms in Salmon Louse Oocytes for Gene Editing and Treatment Development

The salmon louse is a small parasite that causes big problems for salmon farming and wild salmon. It feeds on the fish’s skin and blood, leaving wounds that lead to stress and subsequent infections. Current medical treatments are losing effectiveness because lice have developed resistance, while ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

Protecting wild salmon through computer vision: Lifelong AI tools for ecological monitoring & differentiating between wild & escaped salmon

Escape of domesticated salmon from farms is considered a major environmental impact resulting from aquaculture: Not only can escapees compete with wild populations, but they can breed with wild fish, resulting in a loss of genetic biodiversity. This is damaging as these fish were modified through...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

AquaWatch - Soft Sensors and Data Fusion for Precision Fish Farming

Aquaculture is Norway’s second largest export industry and make sustainable protein for the world. The sector is moving toward more data driven operations, yet fish farmers continue to face challenges related to feeding efficiency and sea lice management. Although monitoring technologies exist, m...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Strengthening research-based teaching in engineering through studies of water treatment technology, water chemistry and fish health in RAS

How does water chemistry affect CO2 removal efficiency in aquaculture systems, and what are the interactions between water chemistry and CO2 on fish welfare and production? Land-based salmon farming offers improved environmental control but is challenged by CO2 accumulation in the water. This c...

Awarded: NOK 11.2 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Vestland

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

Disentangling land-coast-ocean connections at Bouvetøya, the most remote marine ecosystem hotspot in the Southern Ocean

Sub-Antarctic islands such as Bouvetøya host some of the world's richest ecosystems. They are hotspots for abundant marine life including sea birds and marine mammals, but very little is known regarding what makes these islands so rich in life. This is mainly due to lack of observations caused by...

Awarded: NOK 25.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2031

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Copepod based Feeds for Improved Salmon Health and aquaculture sustainability

Norway is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic salmon (salmon from here on), but the industry faces major challenges with fish health and welfare, both in land-based and seawater phases, leading to high mortalities. Farmed salmon often have poor resistance to stress and disease, resulting in ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Harnessing innovative sustainable oil alternatives to traditional fish oil, ensuring uncompromised salmon health and fillet quality

Norway is a world leader in salmon farming but faces a major challenge: How can we ensure good fish health and high fillet quality without traditional fish oil? This is the goal of the InnoOil project. Fish oil has long been a key ingredient in salmon feed because it contains the omega-3 fatty ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

Resilience of polar ecosystems to the cumulative effects of physical and biological changes in Norway’s high Arctic (ROPES)

The Arctic is changing quickly, and Svalbard’s fjords are among the places where these changes are most visible. Warmer Atlantic water is reaching farther north, sea ice is disappearing, and new fish species such as cod and haddock are becoming more common. At the same time, the small polar cod, ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Optimal Mapping of Biodiversity at Arctic–Mid Ocean Ridge Sulfide Deposits

Norway has begun a conditional process to open parts of the deep sea for possible seabed mineral extraction, including areas along the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR). Before any activity can take place, we need much better knowledge of the unique organisms that live on the seafloor and how they mi...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Nanotechnology to improve mucosal nucleic acid-based vaccine responses against salmon louse

Salmon louse infestation represents by far the most significant problem of today’s Atlantic salmon production, introducing economic and environmental problems and a deterioration of the salmon’s welfare. Finding new salmon louse treatments that avoid extensive handling of the fish is therefore of...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Socio-ecological planning of no-fishing MPA to benefit fisheries: MPA4Fish

Marine Protected Areas (MPA) can support biodiversity recovery, ecosystem functioning, human well-being and sustainable fisheries. However, MPA are often perceived as conflicting with fisheries, creating political inertia and limiting effective protection despite strong ecological, economic, and ...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Pathogenic Vibrio spp. in Norway applying a One Health approach: current and future challenges

As our oceans heat up due to climate change, new risks are emerging to public health. One such risk is Vibrio bacteria—naturally found in marine environments, but capable of causing serious illness in humans. These bacteria can enter the body through open wounds in seawater or by eating raw seafo...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Renibacteriun salmoninarum: detecting and preventing vertical transmission in salmon

Since 2023, Norwegian aquaculture has faced a growing challenge from bacterial kidney disease (BKD), a serious disease in Atlantic salmon caused by the bacterium Renibacterium salmoninarum. This bacterium is particularly concerning because it can spread vertically—from mother to offspring—via egg...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Methods of resilience: examining the extent of driftwood exploitation on the west coast of Norway (INCIPIT-CSIC research stay)

The project explores a novel approach combining anatomical wood identification and microscopic analysis of fungal decay patterns, to establish an effective method for identifying driftwood in the archaeological record. The study focuses on the Viking Age and medieval period (c. 790-1450 CE), dete...

Awarded: NOK 85,999

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Understanding the mineral-forming processes at the Mohns Ridge

Seabed Minerals Around Arctic’s Slow-Motion Volcanoes: The Secrets of the Mohns Ridge Deep between Norway and Greenland, the Earth is slowly pulling itself apart along the Mohns Ridge, an underwater mountain range where seafloor spreading happens at an exceptionally slow pace. Magma from the deep...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Decoding cod centromeres

Every time a cell divides, it must distribute its DNA with perfect precision. This accuracy depends on the centromere, a small but essential region of each chromosome that acts like a handle, ensuring DNA is pulled to the right place. Although centromeres have been studied in many organisms—from ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Formal Techniques for Self-Adaptive Workflow Models

This project aims to contribute to the development of formal techniques to enable self-adaptive workflow models by automating the arrangement of task scheduling and resource allocation. We are targeting on workflows that span across organisations and are connected through dependent workflow task...

Awarded: NOK 82,999

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Innovasjon i Norges eldste eksportvare - framtidens tørrfiskproduksjon.

Stockfish is likely Norway’s oldest export product, with documented roots in the Viking Age. For more than a thousand years, its production method has remained largely unchanged: winter-caught cod is landed, split, and hung outdoors on wooden racks to dry naturally through winter and spring. This...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

NorMoSTFun Postdoc abroad stay at the Aquatic Microbial Interactions Group, University of Turku (UTU)

Aquatic fungi (AF) are important parts of biodiversity in freshwater and marine ecosystems and occupy ecosystem functions as decomposers, parasites and pathogens. In this way AF interacts and control animal and plant populations and affect carbon and nutrient cycling, and as a source of nutrients...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

ConSusFeed – understanding CONsumers’ perceptions of SUStainable FEED raw materials in Norwegian salmon aquaculture

ConSusFeed looks to understand societal perceptions of the inclusion of more sustainable feed ingredients in Norwegian salmon aquaculture. The end goal is to propose strategies and actions that increase acceptance and willingness to pay for these products by improving consumer knowledge. Context...

Awarded: NOK 6.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Decoding Host-Pathogen Interactions at the Skin Interface for developing efficient delousing strategy in Atlantic salmon

Salmon lice (L. salmonis) is a major concern in salmon farming. Their infestation can lead to skin damage, secondary infections, poor growth and mortality, making them a major fish welfare and economic concern. Despite decades of research and numerous control measures, current treatments have not...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

KULTURTEMA-KULTURTEMA

Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems

The project’s overarching aim is to equip museums with research-based knowledge to function as arenas of learning about vulnerable ecosystems in general and development of ocean literacy in particular. We define “blue” as the approach of seeing the world from an ocean-centred instead of terrestri...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Rogaland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Aquaculture In-situ Multispectral Imaging for Salmon Welfare

Atlantic salmon farming plays a crucial role in Norway’s economy and is vital in global food security. Though, maintaining optimal fish welfare remains a significant challenge. Current welfare checks depend on manual observation, which is slow and subjective, and often identifies problems only af...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SmartCut – Autonom sløyelinje med skånsomt uttak av innmat for hvit fisk.

The SmartCut project aims to develop a new and smarter way of gutting fish. Today, large amounts of valuable offal are lost because existing gutting machines damage it during processing. As a result, raw materials such as roe and liver lose their value, and fishermen receive less income from thei...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Innlandet

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Industrielt fabrikkonsept for store landbaserte oppdrettsanlegg

OptiFab will develop a new factory concept for industrial serial production of OptiRAS – an advanced aluminium tank for land-based fish farming, developed in Norway. The tank is designed to provide better conditions for the fish and more stable and energy-efficient operation, including efficient ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Sonar-Based Navigation for Autonomous Robot Operations in Aquaculture

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Social-Ecological Keystone Places for Transformative Change in Safeguarding Coastal Biodiversity

The global biodiversity crisis threatens coastal ecosystems, yet the solution may lie in bridging modern science with the ancestral wisdom of those who live closest to the sea. The SKETCH project investigates "Social-Ecological Keystone Places" which are vital coastal areas where nature and human...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Coastal Harmony - Enhanced policy coherence and institutional integration for nature conservation in Norway’s coast

Norway’s coastline provides vital ecosystem services such as food, carbon storage, and recreation, but faces growing pressure from human activity. Coastal governance is sector-based, yet planning instruments aim to promote a more integrated approach balancing use and conservation. Cross-sectoral ...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Experimental Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Accounts for Norwegian Municipalities

EOCEAN will combine innovative solutions for mapping coastal ecosystems and producing ecosystem accounts to help fill current knowledge gaps for sustainable coastal management in Norway. When it comes to managing coastal nature, Norwegian municipalities are currently flying blind. We know that k...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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