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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects of pollution on metabolic rate and physiological blood parameters in arctic kittiwake, RIS ID 6617

I aim to study the physiological effects (both in terms of metabolic rate, endocrine and clinical parameters) of novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs), organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs), traditional organohalogenated compounds (OHCs) and toxic metals in the light of ecological charact...

Awarded: NOK 20,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-RUST-EONR-statsvitenskap

Exchange semester at Ludvig-Maximilians Universität München, to deepen my understanding on International Political Economy

The last few years Europe has been shaken. The ongoing Eurozone crisis affects not only the entire European Union, but also the world as a whole. A recurring question among both political scientists and economists is how the EU will recover from these ext remely challenging times. Will it come ou...

Awarded: NOK 35,000

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Mapping individual migration strategies of an Arctic seabird

The aim of the project is to investigate individual migration strategies and wintering areas in an Arctic seabird. Little information exists on individual flexibility or consistency in migration and wintering strategies of seabirds breeding in Svalbard. S uch information is important for conserva...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microbial Symbionts of Arctic Peatlands and their Relevance for Present and Future Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling - ArcBiont RiS ID: 6547

The project will investigate microbial communities of the methane cycle that are associated with submerged Arctic peat mosses. The thesis will focus on Arctic samples from the peatlands Twin water, Gludneset, and Knudsenheia in the vicinity of Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard), the Siberian Lena Delta (coll...

Awarded: NOK 52,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Reaching Deep into the Big Black Box: diversity and functionality of arctic microbes.

In a broad sense, this research aims to elucidate microbial community structure and the forces that shape succession and diversity patterns within sea ice: light regimes, nutrient influxes, parasitism, and mutualism. Heavy fungal parasitism of diatoms ob served in Barrow, Alaska, (Personal obser...

Awarded: NOK 24,310

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Levels and effects of POPs on thyroid hormone levels in glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) breeding in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, RiS-ID: 6672

The aim of the study is to detect levels of selected POPs in glaucous gull breeding in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, and investigated how this may affect the thyroid hormone levels.Its hypothesized that high levels of contaminants will be detected and that ther e will be an inverse correlation between ...

Awarded: NOK 20,697

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Governing EU-Norwegian willingness to extract, combust and consume less carbon

Globale CO2-utslipp er en viktig kilde til global oppvarming. Uten markedsimperfeksjoner vil den beste politikken for å redusere karbonutslipp være å innføre en lik karbonpris i alle sektorer og regioner. Av ulike årsaker vil en slik politikk neppe være realistisk på kort og mellomlang sikt. I de...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Fracturing and weathering in basement of the Billefjorden Trough, an analogue to top basement reservoirs

The study will concern a basement reservoir analogue in Billefjorden, Svalbard. The fundamental questions are: How is the fracture system in the basement around the Carboniferous Billefjorden Trough? How is the weathering profile in terms of thickness , intensity and mineralogy in this area?

Awarded: NOK 30,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Detailed mapping of the active layer and top permafrost organic carbon pool and potential carbon release in central Svalbard

In order to investigate spatial distribution and size of permafrost soil carbon pools in central Svalbard, soil samples will be taken in spring 2014. Data from earlier fieldwork (2013) is available to be combined into a detailed map of carbon pools for th e area, which has not been done before. T...

Awarded: NOK 52,999

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The characterization of glacier basal hydrologic systems

The objectives of this study are to deploy 4 (or more) high precision GPS instruments on 2 glaciers through the summer of 2014. Of particular importance is to determine how the basal hydrologic system reacts to perturbances caused from climatic forces, su ch as from the surface mass balance of th...

Awarded: NOK 49,070

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Oslo

IS-RUOK-EONR-økonomi

E.ON Ruhrgas personal mobility grant

Please find my motivation letter attached

Awarded: NOK 35,000

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Ukjent Fylke

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Implications of ageing and urbanization in China for economic growth and climate

In the past three decades, most carbon emissions in China are from industrial production due to high investments and strong demand from the rest of the world. However, in recent years, the strong demand from the rest of the world slows down due to the rec ession of the world economy. At the same ...

Awarded: NOK 0.18 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Estimating uncertainties and sources of error in population monitoring of the Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)RiS : 6188

Monitoring population dynamics of wild ungulates relies on accurate estimates of population size and vital rates. However, errors in population monitoring methods can be numerous (e.g. lack of repeated measurement, sampling time period, observer bias etc. ) and in most studies they are not invest...

Awarded: NOK 20,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Layer parallel shortening and cataclastic flow by fractures in the Permian Kapp Starostin Formation, Mediumfjellet, Spitsbergen

The thesis addresses three fundamental questions related to fold-thrust belts of relevance to reservoir and cap rock studies; i. Can a link between LPS and small-scale fracture systems reflecting folding of layers by cataclastic flow (in line with Ismat and Mitra, 2005) within a pseudo-mechani...

Awarded: NOK 31,600

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects of pollution on metabolic rate and blood parameters in arctic kittiwake. RiS ID: 6617

The current proposal aims to study the physiological effects (both in terms of metabolic rate, endocrine and clinical parameters) of emerging flame retardants, traditional persistent organic pollutants and toxic metals in the light of ecological character istics (diet, habitat) and environmental ...

Awarded: NOK 71,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Jan Mayen - A multi approach study on Holocene environmental and climatic changes

Based on field work (Quaternary geology) in Jan Mayen, the project will provide new knowledge on climate and environmental changes in a terrestrial key area in between two main ocean current systems; cold Arctic water from the East Greenland Current/Jan M ayen Current and warm Atlantic water from...

Awarded: NOK 31,474

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PES2020-Prosj.etabl.støtte H2020

Project Establishment Support - Framework Grant H2020

Høgskolen i Gjøvik (HiG) counts on a driven research community that works in a cross-disciplinary, multi-sectorial manner collaborating with partners from academic and research institutions, the industry and SMEs to carry out research well aligned with H2 020 main pillars, in areas of Cyber- & In...

Awarded: NOK 0.46 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Innlandet

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Detailed mapping of the active layer and top permafrost potential carbon release in central Svalbard. RiS ID:6650

The overall main objectives of the present work are to: (1) Investigate high potential SOC (soil organic carbon) areas where little data is available about permafrost and active layer carbon storage/release. Sites will be selected according to aerial pict ures study in landforms containing high a...

Awarded: NOK 30,013

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Are little auks filter-feeders? An experimental approach to test their sensitivity to ongoing climate change RIS ID: 6639

Little auks (Alle alle) are highly vulnerable to environmental modifications in the Arctic. Knowledge of their feeding behaviour and foraging profitability is crucial to predict how these energetically challenged birds will cope with anticipated environme ntal changes, leading to a reduction of t...

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Meiofauna Composition and Distribution: A Pan-Arctic Comparison

Sea ice is a unique medium composed of a solid ice matrix permeated by an extensive brine channel system. This channel system is host to a community of ice associated (sympagic) microbes, algae and invertebrates. Given the understudied nature of sea ice o rganisms, many sympagic organisms lack ta...

Awarded: NOK 35,999

Project Period: 2014-2016

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Potential activity of microbial community in the Biological Soil Crusts in the glacial forefield of Werenskioldbreen glacier

The aim of this project is to detect photosynthetic and heterotrophic activity of BSC in High Arctic glacier forefields. The proposed project will be conducted in glacial forefield of Werenskioldbreen glacier in the SW Svalbard (June/July). It will be ba sed at the Polish Polar Station at the Ho...

Awarded: NOK 55,074

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Turnover of trophic markers and lipid carbon in distinct Arctic marine food webs, RIS ID 6668

In a context of sea ice decrease in the Arctic, this PhD project focuses on a combination of field and laboratory investigations to improve the understanding of the basic lipid metabolism and physiological adaptations of distinct Arctic food webs. One of the main focuses of this project is the ...

Awarded: NOK 69,721

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Reconstruction of past atmospheric circulation patterns along the coast of Norway and Svalbard during the last 2000 years

In order to distinguish the temporal-spatial effects of anthropologically induced changes on the climate system, there is an urgent need for better quantification of natural climate variability. This variability is controlled by the interaction between th e forcing and internal processes of the c...

Awarded: NOK 45,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The High Arctic switch from ericoid- to ecto- mycorrhiza in Cassiope tetragona ssp. tetragona, RIS ID 6648

Cassiope tetragona spp. tetragona spread out fast after the last glaciation, and is the only Cassiope species that have managed to spread out and reach a circumpolar range. Cassiope belongs to Ericaceae, and have usually ericoid mycorrhiza. However, in Hi gh Arctic areas, this species have been f...

Awarded: NOK 30,867

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Spatial variability of snow and avalanche conditions along a climatic gradient in Central Spitsbergen

This project will study the regional variability of snow conditions around Longyearbyen and how the regional conditions influence snow avalanche potentials. The fieldwork will run over one winter season (January to May, 2014) and will be the basis for an MSc thesis in Physical Geography. System...

Awarded: NOK 12,999

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Svalbard

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

The Role of Short-Lived Climate Forcers in the Global Climate Regime

De internasjonale FN-baserte klimaavtalene omfatter alle klimagasser, med noen få unntak. Det meste av innsatsen har imidlertid dreid seg om å kutte utslippene av CO2, den viktigste klimagassen. Fordi framdriften i dette arbeidet har vært dårlig, har de såkalte "kortlevde klimadriverne" blitt sat...

Awarded: NOK 15.5 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Prey of active Zooplankton duing the polar night

Diel vertical migration (DVM) is known to be the largest daily movement of organic material, as well as living organisms on the planet. That makes it a key process if we want to understand the pelagic food web and carbon sequestering of the ocean. It is p roposed that DVM happens, due to the atte...

Awarded: NOK 47,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

DVM of zooplankton in the polar night: who, how and why? RiS ID 6575

In recent years, research carried out in the Svalbard archipelago has challenged the long-lasting paradigm of dormant ecosystems during the polar night at high latitudes due to low food availability and lack of light. Based on data collected with acoustic instruments moored in the water column o...

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Nest microclimate variation and reproductive success in Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), RiS ID 361

A good understanding of the consequences of climate change on Arctic species demography and populations dynamics is of paramount importance and urgently needed. Climatic conditions during breeding may affect reproductive output and/or breeder condition wi th potential long term consequences on th...

Awarded: NOK 58,986

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Diving ecology and migration of a capital breeder, the common eider

The aim of this project is to investigate how migration and seasonal conditions affect the diving and foraging ecology of the common eider. Especially, it will focus on how day-length and temperature affects the diving frequency and the diving depth at di fferent times of the year, while being lo...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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