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MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Development of methods for tracing nanoparticles in the environment

There is considerable uncertainty related to the potential hazards of nanoparticles (NPs) into the environment, and public concern following reports of toxic effects. One of the major challenges in studying NPs is to detect their presence and distinguish them from natural particles and amorphous ...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Membrane trafficking in immunity and tumour suppression

Intracellular membrane trafficking plays key roles in cell signalling and innate and adaptive immunity. Endocytosis and subsequent endolysosomal trafficking of growth factor receptors constitute a crucial mechanism for receptor signal attenuation and tumo ur suppression. For innate immunity again...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A NATIONAL SERVICE PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF GENOME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: THE NORWEGIAN MICROARRAY CONSORTIUM

The FUGE Microarray Platform is run by the Norwegian Microarray Consortium (NMC), based on a formal institutional collaboration between RR/UiO, NTNU, and UiB. We offer in-house production of standard and custom arrays, expression and genomic profiling ser vices (RNA or DNA in-DATA out) with diffe...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: Leisure and Sustainable Development: part of the problem or part of the solution?

The overall focus of the project is the relationship between leisure time consumption and sustainable development in post industrialised countries, and how policies can influence on this relationship. Our proposed project is very much based on the finding s from the project "Environmental aspects...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Phase III double blind placebo-controlled trial of infant periexposure prophylaxis with 3TC to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding

Postnatal transmission of HIV-1 through breast milk remains an unsolved problem in many resource-poor settings. In Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the rural areas, replacement feeding has proven a problematic alternative because of social, cultural, eco nomic and hygienic constraints. Moreover,...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Improving barley yields in organic stockless farming systems through innovations in green manure management

Helårs grønngjødsel brukes for å bedre jordas fruktbarhet og sanere ugras. I Byggro-prosjektet har vi prøvd ut ulik handtering av helårsgrønngjødsel. Etter slått ble grønnmassen enten hakket og tilbakeført, fjernet eller fermentert i biogassreaktor og del vis tilbakeført som gjødsel til korn nest...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Akershus

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Wireless Interference-Limited high-throughput Access Technologies and applicatIons

This is a continuation of the fruitful collaboration between TKK, LU and NTNU established in the WILATI project. The research on MIMO WLAN is extended to modem improvements, cooperative multiuser MIMO and spectrum sensing as well as new application areas, like localization. The clear trend in ...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Nutrient requirements of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) larvae at first-feeding

Intensively cultured cod larvae, which are fed rotifers and formulated feed, grow slower and develop more deformities than larvae cultured semi-extensively with the natural diet, copepods. This shows that the present knowledge is insufficient for optimal intensive juvenile production. Suboptimal ...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

7 - Radium in produced water - quantities and effects. Seminar

The PROOF-supported project "Radioactivity in produced water from Norwegian oil and gas installations - concentrations, bioavailability and doses to biota" will be finished this year. In this multi-disiplinary project several intresting results have been obtained as well as new methodology has be...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Akershus

PES-INST-Prosjektetablererstøtte EU (FoU)

Situation Awareness and Surveillance for Risk and Crisis Management in Water Distribution Systems

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Awarded: NOK 47,619

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KLINISK-Klinisk forskning

The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study. A cluster-randomized educational intervention to improve GPs' prescription practice

The study will be employed as a cluster randomized study targeting 80 general practice (GP) continuous medical education (CME) groups (about 500 GPs) which will be randomized to recieve one out of two interventions - being controls for the other. Furtherm ore, an extended control group comprised ...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

The population biology and ecology of the world's northernmost harbour seals in a changing Arctic

"The population biology and ecology of the world's northernmost harbour seals in a changing Arctic" har vært et svært produktivt forskningsprogram. Steinkobbe på Svalbard er en unik genetisk bestand som har vært isolert fra andre bestander i rundt 1000 år. Den har vært gjennom en såkalt genetisk ...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Nærings- og stedsutvikling på små steder - Kriseforståelse som handlingskontekst

Endringsprosesser i små lokalsamfunn er et samspill mellom ulike aktører i offentlig og privat sektor. Disse aktørene har ulike utgangspunkt som påvirker deres rasjonalitet og dermed deres vurderinger og handlemønster. Vårt utgangspunkt er at endringspros esser ofte starter som følge av en felles...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Agder

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Wood formation under varying environmental conditions

The timing and rate of xylem formation during the growing season are key processes in determining the amount and properties of wood produced. Wood formation depends on genetic signalling, availability of resources for growth, temperature, tree water and n utrient status, and the stage of ontogene...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Improving scallop (Pecten maximus L.) spat production: Metamorphosis-inducing cues enhancing settling success.

In Europe an aquaculture production of scallops must rely on an intensive production of spat in hatcheries since the collection of spat from nature has been unreliable. Spat supply is still one of the major limiting factors in the development of a commerc ial scallop industry. Previous research ...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Effects of Changing Climate on the Alpine Tree Line and Mountain Forest Carbon Pools Along 1500 km N-S and Elevation Gradients

Vi har dokumentert gode resultater ved bruk av vegetasjonshøydemålinger fra flybåren laserskanning (FLS) til deteksjon av små trær i overgangssonen mellom skog og alpin sone. Høydemålingene er i praksis en tett tredimensjonal sky av ekko fra laserpulser sendt ut fra en sensor under et fly. Gjenno...

Awarded: NOK 8.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2016

Location: Akershus

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Videreutvikling av nytte-kostnadsanalyser: Investeringer under usikkerhet, irreversibilitet og imperfekte markeder

Store investeringer og tiltak vil på ulike måter påvirke rammebetingelsene for bedrifter og enkeltpersoner på kort og lang sikt. Samfunnsøkonomiske nytte-kostnadsanalyser er den etablerte metoden for å veie fremtidige fordeler og ulemper opp mot hverandre , og derigjennom avgjøre om en planlagt i...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Møre og Romsdal

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Impacts of Climate change and Energy Policies on the electricity Sector

Abstract: The electricity sector is and will be affected both by climate change and by climate change mitigation policies, and ICEPS analyses the effects of mitigation policies on the electricity sector. Building on, extending and supporting other projec ts, ICEPS examines the impacts of mitigat...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Marine Ecosystem Response to a Changing Climate

The climate of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans will undergo rapid changes over the next century. Climate influences many important ecosystem drivers which will change marine biogeochemical and ecological processes, ecosystem functioning and biodivers ity. MERCLIM will provide critical new un...

Awarded: NOK 15.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Tid og usikkerhet

Hovedproblemstillingen i programmet er å komme fram til mer realistisk verdsetting av tidsbesparelser og økt pålitelighet i transport og tilgrensende aktiviteter. Problemet har to sider: den fysiske og den økonomiske. Vi trenger å vite mer om verdsetting av tid og pålitelighet, både for gods og...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Neutral and Ion Dynamics in the Auroral Region

This project proposal concists of 2 subprojects. The aim of subproject A is to understand the physical mechanisms behind naturally enhanced ion acoustic lines (NEIALs) observed with the EISCAT radars, and flickering aurora. Recent advances in optical inst rumentation have revealed that auroral em...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Technology for grading and sorting of fish - focus on gutted salmon, herring and mackerel

The Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture industry presently faces a challenge in competing with countries with low labour cost and thus low production costs such as Chile and Poland. In order to create an economical robust business environment, the Norwegi an fish industry should focus on optimizi...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Low Energy Commercial Buildings - Factor 2-4-10 reduction

While the energy use in Norwegian residential buildings is decreasing, the energy use in commercial buildings is increasing. This may be due to a range of different factors like lack of knowledge of integrated energy design, higher comfort requirements, m ore use of glass, etc. To build new kno...

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

VALIDAD Pilot - Development of a valid test battery for assessing driving ability when influenced by drugs

Road traffic safety is a significant issue for society. In the European Union there are approximately 45 000 traffic fatalities annually. The majority of these accidents are caused by human error, and the use of drugs (both prescribed and illegal compound s) is a significant contributor in this r...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Coordinated action: Lice international (Canada (USA), Scotland, Ireland and Norway)

Increased levels of farmed salmonid hosts for parasitic sea lice have raised the question of transfer between farmed and wild sources. The study of distribution and dispersal of sea lice has thus become more important over the last years and key institute s from several countries are currently do...

Awarded: NOK 0.98 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Mycotoxin contamination in oats, - characterization of the infection process by the major T-2 and HT-2 toxin producer Fusarium langsethiae

The trichothecene deoxynivalenol (DON) is frequently found in wheat. However, in Norway also the more toxic trichothecenes T-2 and HT-2 are often found, particularly in barley and oats. In 1999 Langseth and Rundberget concluded that 'Norwegian oats were f ound to contain HT-2 and T-2 toxin in con...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Akershus

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Samordningens muligheter og begrensninger - utfordringer i og omkring transportsektoren

SIPets overordnede formål er at TØI bygger opp en kunnskapsbase som gjør det mulig å sette samordning på den forskningsmessige dagsorden. Gjennom det vil vi bidra til at politikk og forvaltning får et bedre kunnskapsgrunnlag for å vurdere samordningens mu ligheter og begrensninger i samferdsels-,...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Social networks, labour transactions and outcomes: A theoretical and empirical study of migrant workers, and their employers, in South-Asia.

We study motives and explanations for network use in labour transactions in low income countries and the implications for employers, and in particular for the segment of poor unskilled workers. One explanation favoured among economists is that networks ar e vehicles for effective information tran...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Vestland

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Arbeidsseminar om samhandling mellom nivåer i helsetjenesten og konsekvenser for utvikling av bygg og infrastruktur i helsevesenet

SINTEF Helse søker om støtte fra NFR for gjennomføring av et arbeidsseminar over 2 dager med norske og internasjonale innledere og deltakere. Seminaret skal bidra til økt kunnskap om og forståelse for sammenhenger mellom leveranse av helsetjenester på flere nivåer i helsevesenet og de fysiske ...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Prioritization in the Health Care Sector

This project investigates prioritization in the Norwegian health care sector. The objective is to see how actual prioritization is affected by regulation and finance systems of the specialist health care sector, and to establish systems for surveillance o f prioritization of patients over geograp...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

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