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HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

The Atlantic salmon genome sequence as a tool for precision breeding

Presisjonsavl har som mål (1) å betra presisjonen til avlsverdiprediksjonar og dermed avlsframgangen; (2) å unngå å innføra eller utvikla eigenskapar som øydelegg dyrevelferd, og betra genetisk resistens for fiskesjukdommar; og samstundes (3) å forvalta genetisk diversitet, som kan vera i fare ve...

Awarded: NOK 13.7 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Akershus

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The interaction of periglacial and karst features as seen at a small lake system at Linnédalen, west central Spitsbergen

The purpose of this project is field work for a master's thesis dedicated to investigating the dynamics occurring due to the interaction and related development of permafrost, periglacial and karst features. This unique pairing is encountered at Linnédale n, west-central Spitsbergen. Here, a set ...

Awarded: NOK 29,419

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Influence of ground topography and wind on snow distribution and stability in High Arctic Svalbard

This project investigates the relationship between ground topography and snowpack distribution / stability as the snowpack develops throughout the Longyearbyen region. This area provides an ideal site for this project for multiple reasons including the mo untainous wind swept landscape, unique sn...

Awarded: NOK 8,459

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Glacier surges: controls, processes and distribution

This project will use an approach combining remote sensing, fieldwork and modeling to re-define glacier surging, assess the current state of the world's surge-type glaciers, and ultimately develop a single model of a glacier surge. Remote sensing analyses will provide data to build a global data...

Awarded: NOK 2,034

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

International Conference: Transformation in a Changing Climate, 19-21 June, 2013, University of Oslo

This conference is envisioned as an agenda-setting gathering of the research community, and the first in a series on the theme of transformation. We anticipate a rapid growth in scholarship and practical concerns related to transformation in the coming ye ars. In this context, we aim to draw toge...

Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Integration of Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) and Meteorological Modelling Techniques to Optimize Wind Farm Performance

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Vestfold

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Sources and nature of remanent magnetization and susceptibility: Keys to interpretation of magnetic anomalies over continental lithosphere

Nylig har SWARM satelittene gitt oss nye og bedre data om jordens magnetfelt. Ved hjelp av disse satelittene har det blitt laget magnetiske kart for hele kloden slik at det er blitt mulig å undersøke trekk på stor skala.. Når satelitt data kombineres med høy-oppløselig magnetiske flymålinger gir ...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

ACOBAR-II: Analysis and publication of results from the Fram Strait tomographic experiment.

As part of the EU projects DAMOLCES (2005-2010) and ACOBAR (2008-2013) two major acoustic experiments were carried out in the Fram Strait. The aim was to provide accurate measurements of acoustic travel times over 100-300 kilometer sections for inversion and assimilation into ice-ocean models. ...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Vestland

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Isfjorden - past and present climate

The project will enhance the collaboration between Russia (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute [AARI], St.Petersburg State University [SPbSU]) and Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute [met.no]) within several of the prioritized topics in the cal l: Climate change, effects of climate cha...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

CharrAdapt: Adaptation of Arctic charr to changing polar climate

The CharrAdapt project proposes to investigate the adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), to the extreme polar environment through the study of population biology, physiology and genetics. As the only Arctic polar freshwater fish species, Arctic charr serve as an important model in whi...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Microorganisms in the arctic: major drivers of biogeochemical cycles and climate change

Arctic soils are currently the focus of intense research due to their recognized vulnerability to climate change, in particular with respect to the unknown consequences of warming on the enormous carbon reserves that are currently sequestered in permafros t. In order to understand how carbon proc...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Vestland

IKTPLUSS-IKT og digital innovasjon

Collaborative Point-of-Care Services Agder: Follow-up of COPD patients as part of the United 4 Health EU Project

U4H er en del av et større EU-finansiert studie: UNIversal solutions in TElemedicine Deplyment FOR European HEALTH care = United4Health, med 33 partnere fra 15 land. Den europeiske studien har som mål å implementere telemedisinsk oppfølging i stor skala innenfor 3 forskjellige, kliniske områder ...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Agder

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

GPR survey of Botneheia, from outcrop to simulator, RiS ID 6048

I plan to conduct a 3D ground-penetrating radar survey at Botneheia in order to address critical issues regarding reservoir connectivity within the CO2 storage aquifer of the Kapp Toscana Group. The work involves a spring and short summer campaign for gro und truthing, and utilises equipment alre...

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The magnetic fabrics of surge type glaciers in Svalbard

This project involves the novel application of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) to examine deformation within glacier ice. Preliminary results have demonstrated that AMS can provide reliable and useful fabric data from glacier basal ice, reveal ing new information about glacial strain....

Awarded: NOK 13,842

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Do POPs affect stress- and reproductive hormone levels in Glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus)from Kongsfjorden,Svalbard. RiS ID 5267

Glaucous gulls, between 20-30 individuals, will be captured for blood samples during a five weeks period of field work (June-July, 2013) in Kongsfjorden on the west coast of Spitsbergen, with a base in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. The capturing of birds will be carried out using trigger nest traps that...

Awarded: NOK 32,535

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Epiphytic Diatoms from the Arctic Coasts, RIS ID 6175

Diatoms are important biotic elements of Arctic marine ecosystem, significantly influencing the dynamics of primary production, nutrient cycling, carbon transport, oxygen flow and its activity, and all trophic processes. It is therefore imperative for the sake of the future of Arctic marine ecos...

Awarded: NOK 47,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigating movement strategies of Svalbard reindeer in space and time, RiS ID 3525

Little is known of the range use of Svalbard reindeer. It is debated if seasonal migration occurs and if food restriction by snow and icing result in larger and more variable home ranges in winter than summer. Moreover the effect of individual attributes such as age and calving status on these p...

Awarded: NOK 50,299

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Akershus

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Fieldwork to determine physiological adaptation of Arctic charr to changing polar climate (RiS ID 6198)

The field grant for the FieldCharr project will be used to investigate the adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), to the extreme polar environment through the study of physiology. As the only Arctic polar freshwater fish species, Arctic charr se rve as an important model in which to inv...

Awarded: NOK 48,662

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microbial biogeography around Svalbard MicroFUN project RiS: 6167 Umbrella project RiS: 6165

We will sample microbial eukaryotes from a diverse array of marine environments around Svalbard. The main sampling will be performed during the planned cruise south and east of Spitsbergen in July 2013 (RIS ID 6165) and during the AB202 field cruise west and north of Svalbard in August 2013. The...

Awarded: NOK 40,099

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Long-term recovery rates of grazed Svalbard flora. RiS ID 6190

A warming climate, changes in agricultural land use and conservation measures in North America and Europe has led to a significant increase in goose populations and presence of migratory geese in the circumpolar arctic in the past 50 years. The continued monitoring of these populations and their...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Ecological and evolutionary constraints of prokaryotic microbial biodiversity in terrestrial and lake ecosystems of Svalbard, RiS 6206

The diversity of polar (cyano)bacteria has not been well explored until now. In contrast to vascular plants and animals, little is known about the biodiversity, biogeography and evolutionary history of prokaryotic microbial organisms. The traditional vi ew is that historical factors are of litt...

Awarded: NOK 47,999

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of season length and temperature on date of senescence in various arctic plant species subject to changes in snow-depth RIS ID - 6208

I will be conducting long-term monitoring of the effects of temperature and season length on senescence in various arctic plants subjected to changes in snow-depth in Adventdalen, Svalbard.

Awarded: NOK 13,374

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Acoustic methods in detection and analyzing of calving events at the Hans Glacier front, RiS ID: 6133

My project is based on the hypothesis that characteristics of the acoustic signals recorded in the Arctic fjord provide valuable information about the dynamics of surrounding tidewater glaciers. In the summer of 2013, during a 3-months experiment, two aut onomous, hydroacoustic buoys will be depl...

Awarded: NOK 46,874

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Epiphytic diatoms from the Arctic coasts: ecology, taxonomy and biogeography, RIS ID 6207

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Photogrammetric investigations of calving activity and flow rate on Kronebreen, Svalbard (RiS ID 6162)

The proposed research is part of the CRIOS (Calving Rates and Impact on Sea Level) project which aims to apply optimised observational techniques for monitoring glacier motion and dynamics, as input for improved models of calving glacier dynamics. The pre sent study focuses on Kronebreen. Stereos...

Awarded: NOK 18,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Svalbard

IS-RUOK-EONR-økonomi

Exchange Semester at the Universität zu Köln in Germany.

The main objective of the academic work I plan to do at the Universität zu Köln is primarily to explore alternative energy possibilities in light of the long-run, global environmental issues such as global warming and scarcity of our fossil fuels - from a n economic perspective. I hope to add to...

Awarded: NOK 35,000

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE) - 2013

CMI will organize the Nordic Conference in Development Economics in Bergen in June 2013. The first conference was held in Bergen in 2002, and has since then circulated between the Nordic countries, and within country between different cities. In 2013 the conference will return to Bergen. The con...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

CORE Organic II COBRA - Organic plant Breeding Activities for Diversity

COBRA-NO inngikk i et transnasjonalt prosjekt, COBRA (2013-2016), med mål om å utvikle økologisk planteforedling og frøproduksjon gjennom en bevisst satsing på plantemateriale med høy genetisk diversitet. Hovedprosjektet var finansiert av ERA-nettet CORE Organic, og den norske delen av NFR. COBRA...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Akershus

IS-RUST-EONR-statsvitenskap

Judicial Lawmaking in the Context of Law: Constitutionalizing Europe's Legal Order after the "Constitutional Compromise"?

European law is a decisive factor in European integration - particularly in times of political and economic crisis. At the same time, the European community of law cannot be understood as a mere 'side-product' of political decisions and processes. Rather, it is a specific and self-contained cont...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

EU-STRA-Strålevern

Innovative integrated tools and platforms for radioecological emergency preparedness and post-accident response in Europe

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Akershus

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