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INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Canada---bilateral cooperation on ``Network Searching: Theory and Applications"

See the attached project description.

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Vestland

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Russia - billateral coorporation on ecosystem change in northern areas

Northern regions and bilateral cooperation with Russia is a major strategy at the Faculty of Science at University of Tromsoe. Recently a specific agreement was signed between the Faculty of Geoecology and Geography at St. Petersburg State University and Faculty of Science at the Unviversity of T...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - Geology, mineralogy and genesis of Au-telluride deposits, North China Craton

Detailed microstructural and mineralogical studies will be carried out on gold-telluride ores from the Dongping, Hougou and Huangtuliang mines, North China Craton. Both Norwegian and Chinese scientists will be involved in field and microanalytical work. T he results of investigation on these 'tex...

Awarded: NOK 85,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - bilateral research cooperation in the field of gastrointestinal tumor biology

Irvin Modlin, professor i kirurgi ved Yale University School of medicine, New Haven, USA er en av verdens fremste forskere på nevroendokrin tumorbiologi. Da Reidar Fossmark disputerte i 2004 var Professor Modlin opponent. Professor Modlin har vist stort i nteresse for forskningen som er utført ho...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA-The role of immunesystem (MHC genes) in mating behaviour

Scientific summary Mating patterns and life history trade-offs may profoundly influence population differentiation and as such the phenotype of individuals. In the sex role reversed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) both males and females make adaptive mate ch oices producing high quality offspring, e...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - bilateral cooperation on the establishment of the reference frame with a special focus on marine applications

A joint Workshop between NOAA and NMA with partners is to be arranged. The main objective is to discuss how to to improve the reference frame with a focus on marine applications. It is foreseen that the Workshop will result in application proposals to NFR , NSF, EU to study the determination of t...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Buskerud

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - nettverksbygging og utvikling av forskningsprosjekt innen produksjon av makroalger

Bioforsk har nordområdene som ett av sine hovedsatsingsområdene, og Bioforsk Nord har som regionalt senter i nordområdet, etablert en egen fagseksjon for bioproduksjon og økosystem langs kysten. Formålet med denne fagseksjonen er bedre utnytting av uutnyt ta arealområder både i sjø og på land i d...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Ukjent Fylke

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Russia: Bilateral cooperation on increasing cost-efficiency in domestic and industrial wastewater treatment in the Barents region

The Russian territories in the Barents region (Arkhangelsk and Murmansk oblast, Nenents Autonomus Okrug and Karelia and Komi republics) and Kaliningrad area have serious challenges with regards to the drinking water supply, domestic water treatment and in dustrial wastewater treatment. Though in...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - Bilateralt samarbeid om nedbrytingsmodellar for vegkonstruksjonar under ulike / endra klimavilkår

Statens vegvesen og NTNU er mellom anna gjennom Nordisk Vegtekniske Forbund (NVF utval 34) med i eit større nordisk prosjekt som også kan bli del av eit europeisk prosjekt for utvikling av ein felles nedbrytingsmodell for vegar. I dette prosjektet har No rge leiaransvaret. Her vil både materialm...

Awarded: NOK 48,666

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - etablering av samarbeid med University of California, San Diego School of Medicine: Alzheimer?s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Det overordnede formålet med prosjektet er å etablere et langvarig og tett samarbeid med en gruppe forskere ved Department of Neurosciences and Radiology, School of Medicine, UCSD, gjennom vår kontakt med professor Anders M. Dale. Av spesiell interesse fo r oss er forskningen som gjøres på metodo...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Japan -bilateral cooperation for classification, documentation and promotion of high quality frozen fish.

The project has a background from a demonstration of quality advantages by freezing and transportation of fish from Florø to Tokyo at - 60 degree C, compared to standard freezing temperatures. Containers from Maersk, the ULT, for freezing and transportat ion were demonstrated in terms of quality...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Japan-bilateral-cooperation- The relationship between postpartum depression, breastfeeding, DHA and seafood consumption

Background: A healthy diet is important, particularly during pregnancy and the postpartum period.The prevalence of postnatal depression is increasing. There is a demand for empirical research that will generate knowledge about the stress involved in child bearing and postpartum period. Previous r...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Rogaland

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina -bilaterat samarbeid om marin verdiskapingshandel

Kina blir en stadig viktigere handelspartner for norsk sjømat både som forbrukermarked og som videreforedler av norske fiskeråvarer. Mange norske sjømatbedrifter fryktet imidlertid konkurransen fra Kina mer enn å se mulighetene. Norsk utnyttelse amarkedsm ulighetene og avverging av trusslene kre...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA bilateral cooperation in Arctic Biology: Effect of plant secondary metabolites on rumen microbial diversity in reindeer

This Norway-USA collaboration to develop a new project is supported by the applicants international strategies and priorities. Department of Arctic Biology (DAB), University of Tromsø has expertise, laboratory facilities and logistics for studies of diges tive physiology and microbial digestion i...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA, advancing research on climate change impacts on high-latitude terrestrial ecosystems.

A high priority for Bioforsk is the study of climate change effects on high-latitude terrestrial ecosystems; especially in terms of greenhouse gas fluxes and soil responses. Reasons for such an emphasis are scientific, environmental and societal. High-la titude regions are expected to experience...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA/Russia - What if High North Energy Exploitation Fails?

This proposal responds to the BILAT program by laying out a novel project by combining the concepts of change, uncertainty and the complexity in organizations, emphasizing the connection between political, security issues, and economical patterns of devel opments in the High North. This proposal ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Canada- bilateral research cooperation on integration of weather and biological data with bioclimatic models for use in plant protection

The background of the project is the increasing complexity of the models used in plant protection and the input data to the models. Both institutions involved are dealing with the development, implementation, and delivery of bioclimatic models for use in agriculture. The data administration con...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA: bilateralt samarbeid for å utvikle fagområdet Tissue engineering

Bakgrunn for fagfeltet: Fagområdet Tissue engineering (på norsk kanskje best oversatt med vevsregenerativ behandling) beskriver det forskningsarbeidet som tar sikte på å (gjen)oppbygge vev. Dette kan dreie seg om vev som ikke har eksistert, eller vev som har vært normalt men som har blitt skade...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - Optimizing techniques for the treatment and observation of selected HAB (harmful algal bloom) species using electron microscopy (EM)

Electron microscopy is used for the identification and description of micro organisms. Some organisms are easily prepared with state of the art techniques while others cannot be preserved with prevailing techniques. This is particularly the case for some HAB species. We want to optimize technique...

Awarded: NOK 73,000

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - Quality Development in Higher Education by Formative Evaluation in a Network system

The project shall contribute to quality development in higher education by: evaluation of development; evaluation for development; and evaluation as development. The aspect is thereby to understand and to improve the learning environment, the concept of n etworking with enhanced formative evaluat...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Russia - Development of biosensors for detection of ischemia, graft rejection and inflammatary response

The first step in establishing a cooperation between the Russian and Norwegian anaesthesiology departments presented above, will be to send a promising Russian PhD candidate to Norway to evaluate whether one of the three projects outlined below are suitab le for a PhD thesis beneficial for both I...

Awarded: NOK 34,211

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Russia - Project preparation for "Creating the New North": Manifestations of central power in the North AD 1000 - 1600"

Søknaden tar sikte på å fremskaffe nødvendige midler for å forberede og etablere et forskningssamarbeid mellom det flerfaglige prosjektet "Creating the New North" ved Universitetet i Tromsø og russiske forskningsmiljø innenfor arkeologi, historie og kunst historie. Målet er å utvikle et felles fo...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Russia - the Cooperation in Space Information Management (SIM) for the Needs of the High North

Cooperative institutions seek to establish together a cooperative research program related to the field of Space Information Management. The attention to the High North challenges provided opportunity to extend 15 years of successful cooperation to this n ew research field which will combine stre...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Can - US-Kina R2M-CUCN: Multi-Lateral Cooperation in the Field of Refining and Recycling of Metals involving Canada, USA, China and Norway

Recycling Melts, such as steel, aluminium, magnesium and silicon represents an important opportunity for sustainable and environmentally friendly production of metals. It is urgent to develop efficient refining methods to purify these metals by removing i mpurity elements and inclusions. Canada, ...

Awarded: NOK 53,333

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

China - cooperation with Norway in SEA level observation -Evaluation of Chinese Tide Gauge Network based on ESEAS quality control standards

Cooperation in sea level observations between Norway and China will open a new area for research and cooperation. The importance of such cooperation lies in the common interests two countries have and are looking for. Although Norway is a small country co mpared to the size of China, it has a lon...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Buskerud

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA and Canada: International Raymond Carver Network; Launching of an International Society and Scholarly Review

Given Raymond Carver's status as one of the most important short story writers of the 20th century (he is translated into over 20 languages, taught in schools in America and abroad that include courses in the liberal arts, social sciences and medical huma nities) critical studies of his life and ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA, Electrodeposition of silicon

The electrochemical processing group at National Institute of Standards and Technology has a lot of experience in electroplating for the electronics industry. The group worked a lot with electrochemistry in ionic liquids and molten salts. They are also hi ghly skilled in nano technology. Nano cr...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA-joint initiative in food safety: The development of a project proposal on LC-MS/MS for the determination of low levels of food allergens

I en normal populasjon lider 2-5% av befolkningen av matallergi, og blant barn er frekvensen enda høyere (5-7%). En matallergiker må unngå all mat med allergene proteiner og er helt avhengig av at innholdsdeklarasjonen til ferdigfabrikert mat er korrekt. Regelverket for deklarasjon av matallergen...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA: Worldwide Heritage Media: Linking Scholars and the Public in the Search for Roots - establishing a seminar to explore collaboration

As the escalating pace of technological innovation and globalization continues to transform and disrupt peoples lives and communities around the planet, so do their yearnings for a sense of stability and rootedness. This dilemma is powerfully illustrated by a photograph in Thomas Friedmans book T...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Russia - bilateral cooperation in innovative aspects of biological control of weeds.

Gjennom dette prosjektet skal vi legge grunnlag for langvarig samarbeid mellom All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Protection, i St. Petersburg og Bioforsk Plantehelse om å utvikle biologisk bekjempelse av ugras ved hjelp av plantepatogene sopper. De t er mest aktuelt å utvikle såkalte mykoh...

Awarded: NOK 15,300

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus