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FFLJA-FFLJA

Innovative baking technology to increase Norwegian self-sufficiency and food security

Tradition versus innovation: both are important when it comes to food! We believe it is time to modernize how bread, a cornerstone of the Norwegian diet, is produced in Norway. Our goal is to maximize the share of bread made with only Norwegian flours – and that this bread is pleasant to eat, has...

Awarded: NOK 44,000

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Building resilience through urban agriculture and foraging: individual, collective and public preparedness

How can we strengthen societal preparedness through urban agriculture and foraging? This is the overarching question that the BestPrepared project seeks to answer. Urban agriculture can build social cohesion among participants and, over shorter periods, also contribute to food security in cities,...

Awarded: NOK 9.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

FoodLink: connecting processed food consumption, environment, climate and public health in the Norwegian context.

In recent years, highly processed foods (HPFs) have gained attention due to their potential impacts on public health, environmental sustainability, and food system resilience. In Norway, HPFs account for nearly 60% of energy intake, yet their effects on health, climate, and consumer behaviour rem...

Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Strengthening national preparedness through local food systems (FOODprepared)

FoodPrepared explores how strengthening local food systems can improve Norway's food security and preparedness in the face of climate change, pandemics, and geopolitical tensions. We examine how communities can become more resilient to future crises through sustainable food production and consum...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

INFRAPOLITICS: Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Governance for Resilience and Security

INFRAPOL will explore how critical infrastructure – such as ports, data centers, subsea cables, and oil and gas pipelines – should be governed. Critical infrastructure is subject to complex political and economic pressures, often involving cross-border ownership interests. Public and private acto...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Dietary adjustments to improve the performance of high-yielding finisher pigs

Exploring Fiber for Healthier, More Cost-Effective Pig Feed One way to reduce feed costs in pig production is by using fiber-rich by-products from cereal processing. Several of these fibrous materials can potentially be included in pig diets, but before doing so, we need a clear understanding of ...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Rogaland

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

The NORtritious web calculator for development of new and more healthy food products

The food industry has a significant impact on public health, and both authorities and consumers want more healthy foods. To use health and nutrition claims on products, the foods must meet specific criteria. Currently, there is no digital solution that simplifies the work of developing products i...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Landbrukskonferansen i Nordland 2025

Landbrukskonferansen i Nordland 2025 er en tverrfaglig møteplass som skal styrke samarbeid, kunnskapsutveksling og innovasjon i det nordnorske landbruket. Konferansen arrangeres i Bodø 29.–30. oktober 2025 og samler aktører fra hele verdikjeden herunder bønder, studenter, elever fra naturbruk, fo...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Metal Exsolution for Industrial Applications

The project builds on a new materials-science innovation for making catalyst materials comprising metal nanoparticles anchored to a metal oxide support. The innovation improves metal exsolution, a method for producing strongly anchored and thermally stable nanoparticles directly from oxide materi...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Meat replacement and systems of edibility in Asia and beyond

Alternative proteins can replace meat. Given that meat-intensive diets have significant health, environmental, climate and animal welfare impacts, this idea is generating hype, optimism and substantial investment. Whether involving insects, plants, lab-grown meat or other ingredients, alternative...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Bringing the VISOR device to the next level

Accurately measuring water in the air is vital for understanding climate change, monitoring our environment, and even ensuring the authenticity of products like wine and honey. However, today's measurement tools often fall short—they can be slow, unreliable, and prone to errors. Developed at the...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Long-Term Stability and Fermentation Dynamics of Multi-Strain Kveik Yeasts: A Genetic, Proteomic, and Metabolic Study Over 5000 Generations.

Norway boasts rich bioresources, including forests, marine ecosystems, agricultural products, and diverse microorganisms. Among these, traditional Norwegian Kveik yeasts stand out as a unique and valuable microbial resource. These multi-strain yeast cultures have gained growing attention, especia...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Innlandet

FORSKNINGSINFRA-FORSKNINGSINFRA

Norwegian Open Laboratory for High-Throughput Experimentation and Scale-up

The University of Bergen (UiB) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) are launching NorHTE, a new national platform for high-throughput experimentation (HTE) in Norway. HTE uses advanced robotics to automate and control chemical processes, enabling faster and more reliable ...

Awarded: NOK 75.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2032

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP - ForSea, Formulating seaweed products as high-value ingredients for food and nutraceuticals markets

Cultivated seaweed is a sustainable raw material with a great potential of becoming a widely used ingredient in food and nutraceuticals. There is a need for rapid stabilization of the seaweed after harvest, and lowering of the pH through fermentation offers an energy efficient stabilization alter...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

What`s Growing - konferanse for grønne vekster i kontrollerte omgivelser

What’s Growing er en konferanse som skal finne sted 11. september 2025 på Tou Scene i Stavanger. Konferansen er forankret i utlysningens tema "Mat og bioressurser", med fokus på landbasert mat og bioressurser. Veksthusnæringen står foran omfattende utfordringer for å tilpasse seg de krav som vi...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Rogaland

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

Smart Sensing platform for protein and peptide analysis

Our project is about creating a smart sensor platform to analyze proteins and peptides, which can contribute to better use and upgrading of sustainable protein resources. We face a significant challenge in finding new protein sources for food and animal feed, especially within Norway's green and ...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Akershus

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Land Governance and Responsible Value Chains in the South African Wine Industry (WINELAND)

Growing and producing wine is socially and environmentally complex. In South Africa’s Western Cape, many of these challenges are seen. Issues of environmental sustainability, the expansion of towns into rural areas, historical inequalities and uneven labour relations are all present. And they all...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Unlocking the Nutritional and Environmental Potential of Small Pelagic Fish: A Path Towards Sustainable Food Systems

There is increasing awareness that predominantly plant-based diets are beneficial for both human health and the environment. Plant-based and meat-reduced diets are gaining popularity in many Western countries, particularly among women and younger adults. Of concern is that animal-source foods con...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

FoodStories: Heritagisation for sustainable value creation

FoodStories aims to increase understanding of Norway’s food and drink heritage and their potential for value creation, sustainability, and cultural enrichment. Our hypothesis is that food traditions can contribute to product and service development in the Norwegian food value chain, increase inco...

Awarded: NOK 14.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FFLJA-FFLJA

«CampySafe» - Treffsikre tiltak for Campylobacter-bekjempelse i fjørfenæringen

Campylobacter is the zoonosis in Norway and Europe that makes most people sick, and is often linked to poultry meat. The current measures in the joint Norwegian "Action Plan against Campylobacter in the poultry industry" are effective, but very expensive. The main measure is to analyze samples fr...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FFLJA-FFLJA

BREADVANCE: Novel sourdough from Norwegian grains for sustainable bread advancement and optimized for wheat-sensitive individuals.

This project is a collaboration between food scientists, clinicians, artisanal bakeries, farmers, an ingredient supplier and a national patient organization. Together, we aim to develop high-quality sourdough bread that can be tolerated by wheat-sensitive people. To achieve this, we will develop ...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Oi! Matseminar - Med grønn hatt på!

Oi! Matseminar 2025 er en faglig møteplass som samler aktører fra forskning, næringsliv, forvaltning og organisasjoner for å styrke kunnskap og samarbeid om det norske matsystemet. Seminaret vil gjennom foredrag, paneldiskusjoner og politiske samtaler belyse utfordringer og løsninger knyttet til ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Tidligfase teknologioverføring, Campus Ås - 2025-2026

The project is a joint project between the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy (NIBIO), the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Nofima, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (VI) and Ard Innovation, with Norinnova and Validé as sub-contractors. The project goals are: • Increase activity in e...

Awarded: NOK 15.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Akershus

FORSKNINGSINFRA-FORSKNINGSINFRA

Norwegian Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure

Advanced research facilities are needed to meet the needs for increased food production under the challenging Norwegian climate conditions. By adopting new plant phenotyping technologies, we can make more precise measurements of the growth, development and stress responses of plants under differe...

Awarded: NOK 69.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2032

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Smart Cheese Process: A digital twin for enhanced sustainability in dairy production

The SmartCheeseProcess project aims to create a digital twin for cheese production. A digital twin is a virtual model that mirrors the real cheese-making process. This model helps control the process in real-time, ensuring consistent product quality and efficient use of raw materials. The projec...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

HiTES - High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage for decarbonised and flexible industry processes

Thermal energy storage (TES), or thermal batteries, is a collective term for technologies that seek to store heat or cold, much in the same way that batteries store electric power. And just like electric batteries provide flexibility to the power grid and individual electric consumer, TES can pro...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Dyreetikkonferansen 2024: Er du bevisst dyrs bevissthet?

Dyreetikkonferansen 2024 har tittelen "Er du bevisst dyrs bevissthet?" og arrangeres av Rådet for dyreetikk Dyreetikkonferansen er en årlig møteplass for formidling, utveksling og debatt for de ulike aktørene som er interessert i dyreetikk og dyrevelferd i Norge. Hensikten med konferansen er å l...

Awarded: NOK 60,000

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Preserving foods with potato peels: Industry-relevant validation and first regulatory assessment of a new natural antioxidant

Potato peels, a byproduct from the food processing of potatoes (fries, flakes, chips, etc.), are a raw material resource that can be used for better goods. This is because peels are a rich source of antioxidants, natural compounds in plants to protect against harmful UV radiation and reactive com...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Innlandet

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Verification of the FORDETECT Technology for fast Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria

FORDETECT is a new microfluid-based method for rapid, on-site, automatic detection of selected pathogens in a liquid sample. The method makes use of single-use recyclable cartridges with precise control over liquid flows and parallel detection of multiple pathogens in one sample. The application ...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

FUNCHI – Evaluation of production scalability and market potential for new fungal chitosans

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) has developed a new process technology to produce fungal chitosan. Chitosan is a remarkable natural polymer with diverse capabilities and many use-cases. The vegan alternative raw material of chitosan are fungi. Initially we have identified agricul...

Awarded: NOK 0.49 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

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