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JAPAN - Atmospheric teleconnections linking Northern Europe and the Far East: their dynamics and evolution in a changing climate

Low-frequency atmospheric variability can couple distant regions of the earth through teleconnection patterns. These are important for seasonal forecasting, as slowly-varying patterns may be more amenable to predictions and nevertheless strongly influence day-to-day weather. There is recent evid...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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China-Norway. Bilateral cooperation on pesticide residues in crops and environment

Extensive use of agrochemicals in China has led to severe environmental pollution and potential health problems to human and animals. The aim of the project is to establish collaboration between Jilin Academy of Agriculture Science, Bioforsk Lab and Biofo rsk, Division of Plant Health and Plant P...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

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China: Reforming social and political institutions through diversification and incremental change

This proposal is for funding to develop research collaboration between researchers at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography (ISS) and relevant Chinese counterparts. The application regards a strategic initiative at ISS directed at establishing a ctive and lasting research collaboration ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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Russland - Devonian - Carboniferous faunas, depositional environment and carbonate sedimentology of selected areas of Novaya Zemlya, Russia

Novaya Zemlya is surrounded by some of the most important proven and potential hydrocarbon provinces in the Arctic. Exposures of Precambrian through Early Triassic strata on Novaya Zemlya provide vital information with which to constrain the geological ev olution of adjacent basins. However, owin...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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India: cooperation on studies of the Indian Ocean circulation and Ecosystem, including the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal

An Indo-Norwegian institutional co-operation programme is suggested within research, higher education, technology development and commercialization within numerical ocean research studies and ocean modelling as well as satellite Remote Sensing Research is proposed for joint implementation by six...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

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JAPAN - establishing research cooperation between NTNU-SINTEF and AIST

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, home to more than 2500 researchers and 5300 visiting scholars, is one of the most advanced research institutes in the world. They currently have a large forefront running acti vity within nanotechnology, and make a fo...

Awarded: NOK 35,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Japan - bilateral cooperation in Arctic Climate Studies

Prosjektet vil bygge relasjoner til mellom Japan og Norge innenfor geofysikk/klima studier i arktiske strøk med tanke på en fremtidig søknad til NFR. Prosjektet vil arrangere en workshop våren 2007 diskusjon av fremtidige problemstillinger/muligheter for søknader innen klimaendringer, slik som ...

Awarded: NOK 75,000

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Buskerud

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Canada - forskningssamarbeid vinterturisme

Hvordan fremme en tettere kobling mellom FoU-miljøer og turistnæringen for å bidra til innovasjon og produktutvikling innen vinterturisme? Dette vil være et sentralt aspekt ved samarbeidet mellom Norut Samfunnsforskning og Simon Fraser University. Turisme senteret ved Simon Fraser University har ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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China - Bilateral Cooperation for Sustainable Water Management towards Environmental and Ecological Effects

The joint Norwegian institutions led by the University of Life Science and the Yellow River Conservancy Commission of China are willing to establish research networks, and make cooperative efforts on the subjects with mutual interest and subjective compet ence, and establish new project proposals...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

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China - Bilateral collaboration in the field of comparative genomics of stress tolerance in grasses

Rice and wheat are the two main crops in China, and China has an extensive genome research activity of high international standard in these species exemplified by one of the Chinese institutions involved in this project, namely the Chinese Academy of Agri cultural Sciences (CAAS) (www.caas.net.c...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

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China - Initiation of a cooperation project on capacity building for mitigating persistent organic pollutants in China

In order to strenghten it's research cooperation with China, NIVA has signed a cooperation agreement with Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, takes active part in the establishment of the Sino-Norwegian Interdisciplin ary Centre for Environmental Research (NI...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

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China, bilateral cooperation on fish vaccine development

China produces 550 tons of marine fish per year. The production is estimated to grow several times within a timeframe of 5 - 10 years. Bacterial diseases cause losses in fish farming. A long list of bacteria has been isolated, including vibriosis. The pro ject aim is to develop, document and lice...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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China-Norway: Bilateral cooperation on environment friendly production of maize for food and animal feed by use of biological control

This project will establish an important research collaboration platform between the Norwegian Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research (NIAER), Norway, and the Institute of Plant Protection (IPP), Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) , China, in the area of biological contro...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

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USA - Saami phonology: Fieldwork and analysis

This project extends work undertaken earlier at UiTø looking into the complex phonology of Saami. The scientific study of Saami phonology faces significant limitations because published materials often derive from many dialects, and because many reference works only provide orthographic forms, e...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Kina - Strategies to increase disease protection in Atlantic cod

From a food safety and animal welfare perspective it is imperative to protect animals against infectious diseases. To develop efficient vaccines molecular tools such as gene sequence information must be found based don e.g. vaccinated fish that express pr oinflammatory molecules that play importa...

Awarded: NOK 52,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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USA - COOPERATION ON RESEARCH IN BIOENERGY INA/UMB: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS AND POLICY MEANS

Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management at the University of Life Sciences at Ås, Norway, is increasing its involvement in research on renewable energy and especially bioenergy. Despite the focus on the need for more and renewable energy in Norway the last decades, bioenergy in No...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

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USA - Bilateral cooperation on functional analysis of PKCiota

The main topic of my work is the functional in vivo analysis of certain mouse mutants I have generated over the past few years. Doing so, it is of fundamental importance to interact with other scientific partners worldwide who offers me screening methods and lab expertise which is not available i...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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USA - Bilateralt samarbeid om studier av mobilitet og biotilgjengelighet av kvikksølv i marine sedimenter med fokus på tiltak

Kvikksølv er en av de mest potente uorganiske miljøgiftene, hovedsaklig på grunn av potensialet for omdanning til metyl-kvikksølv, som er svært biotilgjengelig og giftig og som bidrar til akkumulering i fisk. I mange norske fjorder og havner representerer sedimentene et lager for kvikksølv og om...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo