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DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Internasjonalt Ozonsymposium i Tromsø 29. juni til 5.juli 2008

Symposiet arrangeres hvert fjerde år og har bred internasjonal deltakelse. Norge er valgt som arrangør på bakgrunn av den aktive rollen Norge har hatt i internasjonal ozonforskning og i arbeidet med tiltak for å redusere utslipp av ozonnedbrytende stoffer .

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Management of wild Atlantic salmon and escaped farmed salmon: Economic drivers, impacts and conflicts. (Other rel. subject: Samfunn)

Escaped farmed salmon has a number of well-known negative biological effects on the wild Atlantic salmon stock (Salmo salar), but also some potential positive effects as it may increase the salmon stock available for both marine and recreational fishing. The aim of this project is to analyse such...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Diversity and agronomical study of Jatropha curcas in East Africa at the CGIAR - World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi

Jatropha curcas has a large oil producing capacity. Lately in the climate changing world biofuels have regained major interest. This is leading to food or fuel discussions of which Jatropha oil is not subjected, because it is toxic. In many parts of Afric a this plant has been used in 300 years f...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Re-Design of Refining Process for Production of Boron Neutral Solar Grade Silicon Feedstock

The proposed project is a close collaboration between Elkem Solar, SINTEF and NTNU aimed at developing core technology for Elkems Solar Grade Silicon process . Elkem Solar is developing a route to produce Solar Grade Silicon (SoG-Si) feedstock based on a proprietary metallurgical refining proce...

Awarded: NOK 8.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Gjenvinning av komposittmaterial fra fritidsbåter

Det finnes per dags dato ingen system for retur av fritidsbåter i Norge. Samtidig er antall gamle kasserte båter økende, enten at de ligger på land eller i vann, og dette vil kunne skape et miljøproblem de kommende årene. Det vil på et eller annet tidspun kt enten fra myndighetene eller forbruker...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Kontinuerlig Kromatografering for industriell separasjon av spesialmetaller (P-CAC preparative continious annual chromatography)

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Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: How to prevent invasion of alien species onto urban hills and coastal heathland ecosystems: Sustaining biodiversity in cultural lands

The coastal heath ecosystem is classified as greatly endangered under the EU Habitats Directive. This is because of land-use changes resulting in a dramatic decrease in the utilisation of outfields for grazing. The threatened heathlands are invaded not on ly by native scrub and trees, but also by...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Models and stable isotopes to quantify sources of nutrients transported by rivers to the sea: atmospheric deposition, land sources

This project will examine scenarios of changes in nutrient fluxes to the sea from atmospheric deposition and land-based sources. Integrated studies will be conducted at two river basins draining to the Norwegian Skagerrak coast; the eutrophic system Vansj ø/Hobøl and the oligotrophic system Tovda...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Long-term effects of a biological invasion

Exotic species represent an increasing global threat resulting in ecological disturbance and biodiversity loss in natural ecosystems. In spite of recent emphasis on these problems, several aspects of introductions and invasions are still poorly understood . The present project relates to a non-na...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Ny teknologi for titan-fremstilling

Elkem ønsker å skape fremtidsrettet ny industri. Titan-fremstilling er et område hvor Elkem har gode forutsetninger på grunn av sin høy-temperatur kompetanse til å bidra til utvikling av nøkkelteknlogi. Prosess-alternativet som vurderes er basert på elekt rolyse. Siktemålet er produksjon av flyte...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Kombinert kjemisk og mikrobiologisk prosess for fermentering av pentoser til etanol

Betydelige deler av karbohydratene i lignocellulose biomasser består av pentoser. En av de største utfordringene for lønnsom produksjon av annen generasjon bioetanol fra lignocellulose er omdannelsen av pentoser til etanol. Mange grupper i verden i dag u tvikler genmodifisere mikrober for å omse...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Østfold

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Multifunksjonelt ventil- og regulatorsystem for høytrykks hydrogenanvendelse i bil

Mange anerkjente forskningsmiljøer, blant annet IEA (The International Energy Agency), tror at hydrogen i løpet av dette hundreåret vil komme til å spille rollen som en av grunnpilarene i et bærekraftig energisystem. Hydrogen som energibærer gir store tek nologiske utfordringer i form av både pro...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Møre og Romsdal

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Katalysator for fjerning av lystgass (N2O) fra produksjon av kunstgjødsel

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Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Innlandet

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Industrialisert småskalaproduksjon av fritidsbåter - ISB

Produksjon av fritidsbåter har lange tradisjoner i Norge og viktig for sysselsettingen i deler av Norge. Bransjens utfordring er at den har vært svært tro mot sine produksjonsprinsipper og dermed de senere år blitt utfordret fra lavkostprodusenter og stør re industrielle aktører. Gjennom ISB søke...

Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Agder

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Low-cost wafers for high-end PV

Norway has proven to be uniquely positioned to take a great share in the growth in PV. With basis in the world-leading competence in the Norwegian metallurgical industry and R&D institutions, several companies have emerged with the main focus on productio n of the required ultra-high-purity silic...

Awarded: NOK 16.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Constraining total feedback of the climate system by observations and models

Assessing global warming projections on the basis of various future emission scenarios is difficult because a number of key variables in climate change are poorly quantified. In particular, the feedbacks of the climate system when greenhouse-gas concentra tions and aerosols are changing are not w...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Environmental effects of the new low-calorie sweetener sucralose

Project summary. The project aims at understanding possible environmentally deleterious effects of the recenty introduced artificial sweetener sucralose. The registration of food-additives does not require any environmental risk assessment by envir onmental agencies. Consequently, there is...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Declining long-term trends in Atlantic salmon abundance: inferring mechanisms using catch data for Norway and Scotland.

Long-term time-series of Atlantic salmon catches for c. 250 Norwegian rivers (some spanning the period 1876 to present) and 48 Scottish rivers (1952 to present) will be subject to statistical analyses in order to deduce what regulates the long-term dynami cs of spawning populations. Preliminary a...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

SkrueEkstrudering av ALuminium

HØYFASTE ALUMINUMSLEGERINGER: Hovedmålet med denne aktiviteten er materialutvikling gjennom bruk av skrueekstrudering, med hovedfokus på høyfaste aluminiumslegeringer. Skrueekstrudering kan benytte granulater, maskineringsspon, chips osv., noe som gir n ye muligheter når det gjelder produksjon a...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: There is more to the picture than meets the eye - endophytic fungi in boreal forest bryophytes

Fungi that live hidden inside plant tissues without causing injuries to the host plant are endophytes and appear to be ubiquitous. Endophytic fungi are sources of biologically active secondary metabolites with pharmaceutical importance and large potential ecological importance. Results from a ...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Effects-directed identification of emerging substances

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Local heritage values and cultural heritage plans in urban fringe areas

Urban areas today defy traditional notions of what a city is. Old definitions of urban, suburban and rural fail to capture the complexity of regions with motorways, industrial areas, office parks and residential districts pushing far into the countryside. Urban sprawl is now a common phenomenon ...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: VEGA 2045: World heritage and local knowledge - integrated modelling and scenario building for nature and cultural heritage management

The project VEGA 2045 will address three important and inter-connected environmental challenges related to on-going developments along coastal areas in general, and along the coast of North Norway in particular. Firstly, there is the challenge of establis hing ways of conserving biodiversity and ...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Biological indicators for classification of ecological status in freshwater

The main objective of BIOCLASS-FRESH is to develop and validate biological indicators suitable for classification of ecological status in rivers and lakes in line with the EU Water Framework Directive. The project will build upon the results of recent pro jects and expand further by focusing on s...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosjektstøtte for hum.fag og samfunnsvitenskap

Influence of the Matrix on Species Richness in Ugandan Forest Fragments

The power-law species area relation (SAR) has been used to predict that as the size of a habitat fragment decreases, the number of species supported by that fragment will fall. Despite the widespread usage of the SAR in conservation biology, the relation ship is confounded by a number of factors...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Vestland

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: BOK OM FORVALTNINGSRELEVANT VILLAKSFORSKNING

Villaksprogrammet startet opp i 2001 og har, når det går inn i storprogrammet Miljø 2015 vært i virksomhet i noe over 5 år. Både som en del av sluttrapporteringen fra Villaksprogrammet, og som en generell refleksjon av nyere kunnskapsproduksjon om vill At lantisk laks, og de utfordringene vi står...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Innlandet

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Long-term ecological effects of sheep grazing in alpine ecosystems and its integration with management

We propose to further develop two unique experimental studies in contrasting alpine ecosystems (running from 2000 in Setesdal Vesthei and 2002 in Hol) to address several important new research questions: The overall aim is to facilitate sustainable manage ment of sheep grazing in alpine habitats ...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Upscaling biological data, processes and models in relation to hydrological processes and models to catchment scale

In order to obtain sustainable use, development and management of water resources, it is crucial to understand how ecological and hydrological processes at small spatial scales relate to the whole catchment. The major challenge in this project is to integ rate the knowledge of the physical enviro...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Towards sustainable management of moose, red deer and their food resources

The density of moose and red deer has increased dramatically in Norway during the last three decades. In general, large herbivores can have profound impact on ecosystem structure and processes (e.g. succession, biodiversity), which is mainly mediated by b rowsing/grazing impacts on plants. In tur...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Comparing, contrasting and integrating large carnivore predation and hunter harvest into sustainable ecosystem management

This project aims to bring together data from a range of ongoing projects on the ecology of large carnivores and wild ungulates and the sociology of human interest groups to focus on a set of topics that cut across the different species. These are the top ics of human harvest and carnivore predat...

Awarded: NOK 8.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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