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FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Statistical methodologies for genomic research

To convert genomic data into bio-medical knowledge poses major challenges to statistical sciences. With the general aim of contributing widely applicable methodology for the study of complex genomic data, this project will help identify genotypes and gene signatures related to disease risk, dise...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Oslo

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

The Norwegian Peace Tradition

The main goal for this projects is to analyze the assumed peace tradition, whether such a tradition actually exists in any meaningful way, and if so how far back in time it extends. The goal will be pursued by means of eleven separate sub projects. Nine o f them are basically historical in their ...

Awarded: NOK 14.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2014

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Variations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation during rapid climate changes: calibration, modelling and palaeoceanographic ob

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Awarded: NOK 0.39 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

YFF-Yngre, fremragende forskere

Fundamentals of Nano-scale Systems

This research project will explore spin and charge flow in nanostructures. We propose to improve theoretical methods for describing transport phenomena, and other physical effects, and plan to use these methods to increase our understanding of experiments . We will study the properties of novel s...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

YFF-Yngre, fremragende forskere

Molecular portraits of breast cancer: Translating genomics to the clinical practice

By using hierarchical clustering of global gene expression data, we were the first to identify five subtypes of breast tumors characterized by specific expression patterns. Our existing work has generated a rich and unique resource and knowledgebase from which to continue research. We will apply ...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Improved methodologies for harvest and purification of algal toxins

Methods for large scale harvest of toxic alga and algal toxins by pumping seawater through plankton nets and columns with adsorbent materials will be developed. Furthermore one will develop methods for enzymatic conversion of algal toxins into toxic metab olites. Clean up methods for toxins from ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Akershus

SUPOPETR-SUP-OED Petroleumssektor

Enabling technology for sub sea production of oil and gas using electricity for power supply and control.

Fundamental research and development of new competence at NTNU, will provide a basis for the creation of more cost-effective technology for oil and gas production from smaller or complex sub sea fields. Further, increased recovery from mature fields requi res electric power for water or gas injec...

Awarded: NOK 8.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Climate effects of reducing black carbon emissions

Processes leading to emissions of black carbon (BC) aerosols from incomplete combustion affect the Earth’s climate through several forcing mechanisms: Direct absorption of sunlight, a semi-direct effect on clouds, by deposition on snow and ice thus changi ng the surface albedo, and through associ...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2012

Location: Oslo

GNBIO-Grunnleggende næringsrettet bioteknologi

Novel biologically active molecules through a combined application of bioinformatics and genetic engineering

The proposed research project is intended to further develop and test a unique drug discovery platform created at the NTNU/SINTEF (Norway) and the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry (Russia), which is composed of a powerful new bioinformatics tool and a te chnology for gene manipulation of antibio...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Environmental impact and molecular regulation of the osmoregulatory gill during parr-smolt transformation in Atlantic salmon

High quality salmon smolts are critical for aquaculture, enhancement programmes and wild populations. Intensification of aquaculture smolt production and changes in natural habitats can cause degradation of environmental conditions, which may severely red uce smolt quality. The gill is critical i...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

ALIANSE - Aggregation of Local Impacts Assessments to the National Scale

This project aims at providing an appraisal of the socio-economic impacts of climate change to Norway, based on the present state of knowledge about the expected climatic changes. Results from various available studies about impacts of climate change on e conomic sectors, in particular locations ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Oslo

FRIMUF-Miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Sexual variation in heritability of body size in The Pied Flycatcher - an experimental approach.

There is increasing evidence that recent climatic warming affects various aspects of ecological communities. Most studies to date have used cross-sectional data in order to relate variation in temperature to population trends and various life history trai ts. However such correlative studies can ...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIP-NHD-Strategiske instituttprogram finansiert av NHD

Micro-featured polymer components

This proposal addresses challenges regarding the use of thermoplastic polymers in micro-featured mass-produced components. Three fabrication methods are covered: Injection moulding, hot embossing and, to a lesser degree, laser ablation. The innovative c ontributions of the project will be 1) A ...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Generation, reproduction and birth outcome

Causes for disease late in life can be found in events around birth, but also in events before the birth itself. A huge interest in the determinants of birthweight has recently re-emerged due to consistent results showing increased risk of poor health out comes for individuals born with low birth...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Evolution of chloroplasts: addressing the genomic processes behind acquisition of secondary and tertiary organelles

The dinoflagellate chloroplasts (plastids) originate from eukaryotic photosynthetic endosymbionts. Rather than being derived from a single group (being monophyletic) the plastids of dinoflagellates are originate from several organism groups and are thus of polyphyletic origin. Most dinoflagellat...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

ELSA-Etiske,rettslige og samf.m. as

National moral landscapes: The Politics of Stemcells

Stemcells have occupied the centerstage of scientific, public and political awareness since its isolation in 1998. They produce golden hopes of finding future cures for a lot of diseases, but also provoke very heated and antagonistic public debates. It cr eates deep moral concers, involving the s...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Prediction of deposition and transport of sand in sand-liquid flows (STRONG)

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Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

General requirement and cataract preventative effect of dietary histidine relative to dietary lipid sources in Atlantic salmon growers

The amino acid histidine has been identified as a key preventative factor in the development of cataract in Atlantic salmon. The exact mechanism for the cataract mitigation by elevated His is not clear. Histidine covers many important biochemical roles in the salmon lens, such as a component in ...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Linking the applied EWOS protein replacement program to the basic research in the Aquaculture Protein Centre

Soy has made a significant contribution to sustainable aquaculture by allowing fish meal replacement. However, high dietary levels of soy induce pathological changes in the hindgut of salmonids. This may also be problematic with other plant materials. Th e content of nutrients, structural compou...

Awarded: NOK 0.67 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

MILUTARENA-Formidlings- og koordineringstiltak knyttet for miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - Norwegian Node.

Norge ble medlem av Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) i 2004 og etablerte den norske deltagernoden, GBIF Norge, ved UiO Naturhistorisk museum i 2005. Den norske GBIF-noden skal koordinere GBIF aktiviteter i Norge og bidra til mobilisering og publisering innen GBIF nettverket for pri...

Awarded: NOK 23.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2017

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

NKJ 122 Enhanced control of Potato mop-top virus in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region

Since 1980's, a disease manifested by necrotic symptoms inside potato tubers (spraing disease) has spread in an uncontrolled manner in all Nordic countries and constitutes the most severe quality problem in a commercial use of potatoes. In this project, n ovel biotechnological methods and tools w...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Akershus

KONT-Kontingenter

ESF - Advanced Mathematical Methods for Finance (AMaMeF)

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Awarded: NOK 0.42 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Regulation of intracellular traffic by PI3P-binding proteins - a functional and ultrastructrural study

Many important cellular processes such as intracellular transport, signaling through growth hormone receptors, cell motility and apoptosis are regulated directly or indirectly by phosphatidylinositol (PI)-3-kinases. These kinases have different reaction products, one of these being PI-3-phosphat...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Functional studies of S100A4 - A Calcium-binding Protein with Metastasis-promoting Capacity

The calcium-binding protein S100A4 has convincingly been linked to the metastatic process, butt he exact mechanism of action is still unknown. The main purpose of the project is to study the molecular mechanisms behind some of the biological functions th at have been suggested tor the protein, a...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Oslo

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Novel nanostructured materials by chemical methods

Oxides are impressing by exhibiting about all important physical properties, many with great potential for future applications. Since physical properties can be tracked back to bonding aspects and electronic structure, they are likely to show strong corre lations with the atomic arrangement (crys...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2009

Location: Oslo

YFF-Yngre, fremragende forskere

Signal Processing for Inhomogeneous Random Fields

Radiation treatment of head and neck cancer must be suspended due to Candida infection in the mouth and throat. This is just an example showing the need for new treatment of fungal infections. The present project addresses these issues by proposing to ide ntify pharmacophores for antimicrobial ac...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Design and Development of Robust Nanostructured Polymer and Nanocomposite Membranes for Selective Acid-Gas Separation

This endeavor is an extensive collaboration between SINTEF, NTNU, North Carolina State University to develop novel membranes to separate CO2 gas from gas mixture. The membranes are synthesized from so-called block copolymers, which are advanced plastic ma terials where at least two types of monom...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

YFF-Yngre, fremragende forskere

Moving Right Along: Expressions of Motion and Location and the Argument Structure of Adpositions

This is a five-year investigation into prepositions (like to), postpositions (like Japanese made ‘up to’), particles (like away), and the way that such notions are expressed across languages. It is well-known that languages vary dramatically in the number of adpositional elements they have; even...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

YFF-Yngre, fremragende forskere

Higher-order molecular properties of molecules in the gas, liquid and solid state

The project will lead to a code for the analytical calculation of higher-order molecular properties at the Hartree-Fock and DFT level of theory. Particular attention will be paid to properties in which there is an explicit dependence on the basis set. The implementation will help improve the app...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

YFF-Yngre, fremragende forskere

Political Institutions, Development and a Domestic Civil Peace

Creating democratic institutions is an often recommended means to prevent and to terminate civil war. Under which conditions and in what forms are democratic institutions likely to be effective in reducing the incidence/recurrence of civil war? The most g eneral hypothesis is that the chances of ...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2009

Location: Oslo

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