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SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Evolution of cold adaptation through independent origins of fructan synthesis in plants

Evolution of cold adaptation through independent origins of fructan synthesis in plants Fructans are storage carbohydrates that buffer frost and drought stress and support winter survival when photosynthesis ceases. They occur in about 15% of flowering plants but have evolved multiple times, ofte...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Akershus

FINANSMARKED-FINANSMARKED

Enhancing Norway’s Financial Market through Improved Regulation of Covered Bonds and Mortgage Securitisation

Covered Bonds have become a key source of funding for Norwegian banks. While such bonds have long traditions in countries like Denmark and Germany, Norwegian regulation only emerged in 2002, with improvements in 2007. The regulatory framework has enabled Norwegian financial institutions to raise ...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Vestland

FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

CREATE Persistence and Fadeout

Researchers and policymakers design educational programs with the hope of affecting longer-term outcomes that shape adult well-being. However, most rigorous educational evaluations do not test program impacts in the longer term, and the few that do often find that positive effects are short-lived...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

RenewHydro International talent recruitment of a freshwater Biodiversity and Climate Adaptation Specialist from USA.

Hydropower is the backbone of the Norwegian energy system. With large reservoirs for water storage, the hydropower system provides stable and highly flexible electricity production that can balance variable renewable sources such as wind and solar power. However, dams and hydropower regulation si...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Value-driven intelligence system for OCT imaging in age-related macular degeneration

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

OpenHFI: End-to-end Bayesian analysis of Planck HFI

As we look farther and farther out into space, the light we are seeing has travelled longer and longer to reach our telescopes, and we call the oldest light that we can see from our Universe the Cosmic Microwave Background (or CMB). Originating from just a few hundred thousand years after the Uni...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Multilectal Individual Differences in Reading: Neurocognitive and Behavioral Effects of Dialect Exposure on Literacy Development

MInDReading investigates how exposure to dialect variation affects literacy and reading comprehension. In Norway, speakers grow up with regional dialects while learning to read and write in two written standards, Nynorsk and Bokmål. Although these varieties are easily mutually intelligible, they ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Møre og Romsdal

FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

Unconventional Thermoelectric Quantum Transport in Novel 2D Magnetic Heterostructures

A quiet revolution is happening in materials research. Scientists have recently discovered ultrathin magnetic materials, only a few atoms thick, that can act as metals, semiconductors, or insulators. What makes these materials extraordinary is that several powerful effects come together in the sa...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Forecasting Antibiotic Resistance by Understanding the Evolution of Resistance Enzymes

Antibiotic resistance has become one of the major global health threats and is already responsible for millions of deaths each year. This crisis is largely driven by the widespread overuse of antibiotics, which forces bacteria to evolve increasingly effective defense mechanisms. But what if we co...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

Imaging the birth of the Universe with LiteBIRD and Simons Observatory

The detection of primordial gravitational waves created during the Big Bang ranks among the greatest potential discoveries in science. The most direct path to such a discovery is through accurate measurements of the polarized cosmic microwave background, the CMB. The two leading experiments in th...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BANEBRYTENDE-BANEBRYTENDE

“Freedom with responsibility”: A play of legal regulation, forestry and extractivism in Norway

The project focuses on studying the State legal frameworks around forestry in Norway. It explores property rights, the principle of freedom with responsibility—which places the responsibility for forestry management in private hands—, labor rights, among others. This research will help highlight ...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Innlandet

BANEBRYTENDE-BANEBRYTENDE

Winter-is-coming – But do soil microorganisms know and prepare accordingly?

Microorganisms—invisibly to our naked eyes—quietly run the Earth’s life support system. Among many so-called ecosystem services they provide, they produce oxygen for us to breathe and recycle nutrients for plants to grow. Furthermore, microorganisms are not as simple and primitive as we often dep...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PESORDNING-PESORDNING

Preparation for EU application on Physical AI and Robotics.

Battery-related fires in waste processing represent a growing safety, economic, and environmental challenge across Europe. Incorrectly disposed of batteries frequently enter residual waste streams and can trigger fires when passing through shredders, causing damage to facilities, endangering work...

Awarded: NOK 69,999

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FOFORMIDLING-FOFORMIDLING

"Tillit til naturforvaltning – hva skjer når elva stenges?"

Villaksen i Norge er under sterkt press, og i flere elver er fisket stengt fordi forskning viser at bestandene er under bærekraftige nivåer. Slike tiltak kan være krevende for lokalsamfunn der laksefiske har vært en viktig del av kultur, identitet og matauk. Samtidig er tillit til forskning avgjø...

Awarded: NOK 31,000

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BANEBRYTENDE-BANEBRYTENDE

From Sleep to Steps: Linking Sleep and Motor Control in Infant Development

Babies cannot do much when they are born, but they acquire complex physical skills very quickly, from reaching and grasping to sitting, crawling, and walking. They also sleep a lot, often more than half the day. How do babies move from almost no motor control to advanced movements during a period...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Deciphering Nutrient Uptake Mechanisms in Salmon Louse Oocytes for Gene Editing and Treatment Development

The salmon louse is a small parasite that causes big problems for salmon farming and wild salmon. It feeds on the fish’s skin and blood, leaving wounds that lead to stress and subsequent infections. Current medical treatments are losing effectiveness because lice have developed resistance, while ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

DidactiQC – Teaching and Learning the Mathematics of Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is rapidly emerging as a transformative scientific and technological paradigm, reshaping fields ranging from cryptography and optimization to materials science and machine learning. As this development accelerates, the demand for a new generation of students who possess both a s...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

Profesjonsutvikling i språkkartlegging og tiltak

Prosjektet bygger på de forskningsrådsfinansierte prosjektene GENED (Monica Melby-Lervåg) og BETTER EQUIPPED (Åste M. HAgen), som omhandler språk og lærevansker. En Cochrane-oversikt gjennomført som en del av disse prosjektene viser at språkvansker i barnehagealder gir høy risiko for vedvarende s...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

UAV remote sensing of permafrost degradation and vegetation community changes after snow manipulation

Permafrost in polar regions is reaching critical thermal limits leading to small changes in environmental conditions to have substantial impacts on the overall system. In this project, we aim to investigate the impact of a snow fence manipulation experiment on vegetation and permafrost degradatio...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Light, Time, Clock and Clime: seasonal and clime effects on Lepidurus arcticus

Climate change challenges organisms that rely on biological clocks to synchronize with seasonal environments. Mistiming occurs when cues used to synchronize internal timers, mainly light, become misaligned with environmental factors such as temperature and nutrient availability. High Arctic ecosy...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Svalbard

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

PlacLANG: Linking placental function and language development for early prediction of schizophrenia

The placenta is the first and most important organ that we develop. It supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing fetus and protects the brain during critical stages of development. When placental function is disrupted—resulting in obstetric complications (OCs)—the consequences may extend far b...

Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Time-Dimension of Islet Regeneration: Mastering ß-Cell Plasticity

Diabetes is an umbrella term for a group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronically elevated blood sugar caused by the inability of the body to produce/use sufficient insulin, a hormone synthesized by the pancreatic ß-cells. Previous research exposed the high regenerative potential of the...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Decoding Developmental Convergence: Mapping Genetic Risk Across Neural and Cardiac Lineages

Many children born with heart defects at birth later develop conditions such as autism or developmental delay. Today, doctors and families often do not know, early in life, which children are at highest risk for problems with brain development. Genetic studies suggest that heart and brain develop...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

A One Health Approach to Genome Stability in Meiosis and Preimplantation Embryos.

Many of the most important events in an individual’s life happen long before birth, in the very first days after egg and sperm meet. During this early window, the genetic material from the mother and father is re-combined (the genetic material is reshuffled), genes are switched on and off in a ma...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

FEMALE: Phenotyping fetal microchimeric cells in the mother: revealing potential fetal contributions to long-term female health

During pregnancy, the mother receives intact cells from her fetus. These fetal cells may inhabit her body for decades and have been linked to both positive and negative health effects. How fetal cells persist within the mother and how they influence maternal health remain unknown. Some studies in...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

CancER-phagy: Unravelling and targeting ER-phagy in cancer

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) can be considered the factory of the cell where important cellular components such as proteins and lipids are assembled. In cancer cells, these factories are running beyond their normal capacity to generate components required for tumour growth and spread. To preven...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SIKKERHET-SIKKERHET

Sorting out rape: How Infrastructures and Practices in the Police Shape the Investigation of Reported Rape

Rape is a serious social problem that society combats and addresses the consequences of through a wide range of measures and in cooperation between most sectors of society. In recent years, much attention has been directed towards criminal justice policy instruments, and both the definition of ra...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Student Employment: Does it Affect Academic Performance and Later Labour Market Success?

Dette prosjektet undersøker sammenhengen mellom studiestøtte, deltidsarbeid under høyere utdanning og akademiske resultater, gjennom tre empiriske studier basert på norske registerdata. Det er artikkel 2 og 3 kandidaten vil arbeide med under utenlandsoppholdet. I artikkel 1 undersøker kandidate...

Awarded: NOK 0.36 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BANEBRYTENDE-BANEBRYTENDE

Measuring glutamate distribution in cellular and sub-cellular compartments with non-invasive imaging

The human brain works by exchanging chemical messages between cells. One of the most important messengers is glutamate, which enables thinking, memory, and perception. Even small disturbances in how glutamate is released, transported, or recycled can contribute to neurological diseases such as mi...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BANEBRYTENDE-BANEBRYTENDE

BioPrecise Protons: Advancing physical and biological precision to enhance efficacy and reduce toxicity in proton therapy

Proton therapy is an advanced form of radiation treatment using protons instead of X rays. Protons can be tuned to release most of their energy at the depth of the tumor. This enables us to effectively spare healthy tissues, but to fully utilize the potential of protons two major challenges must ...

Awarded: NOK 40.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2034

Location: Vestland

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