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INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - bilateral cooperation: Designing human-centered innovation and creative product/service architecture in entrepreneurial enterprises

This US bilateral cooperation will lead to new and long term institutional/scientific research collaboration between USA and Norway. The bilateral cooperation aims at establishing a research project that focuses on extending business and technological in novating with a broader basis including h...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

CANADA: DEVELOPING BEHAVIOURAL PET PARADIGMS TO STUDY DOPAMINERGIC FUNCTION FOR USE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

Severe mental disorders are characterized by the presence of psychosis and schizophrenia is the most common psychotic disorder. The disease is a major cause of disability worldwide and rank as one of the most costly disorders to afflict humans. The etiolo gy remains elusive, but schizophrenia is ...

Awarded: NOK 40,852

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - CO2 storage: Project co-ordination with Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

This application concerns funding of exchange visits (duration 2 weeks - 1 month) of senior scientific staff from LANL and IFE. We wish to invite Dr. J. William Carey to IFE in winter/spring 2007. A return visit of senior scientific staff during autumn 20 07 is also planned. The purpose of this w...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Canada - Human Health and Environment Research Network

Global temperatures are increasing and the earths climate is changing. While natural and physical events and cycles have resulted in significant global climate change in the past, the rapid change now underway can be clearly ascribed to human activity. Em issions of carbon dioxide and other green...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Signaling Mechanisms of Bioactive Polysaccharides from Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicinal plants have been used for centuries, and, increasingly, clinical trials have demonstrated their efficacy against a wide range of pathologies. However, there is still an urgent need to understand how Chinese medicine works in order to make full use of this important, ...

Awarded: NOK 90,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

China - Bilateral cooperation in waste management

Narvik University College (NUC) has since 1996 developed a broad cooperation with China. To day we have a formal cooperation between our institution and two universities in China. The main institution for cooperation is Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology (BIPT). There is also a coopera...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

China - Initiation of a cooperative project on impacts of climate change on water resources on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

The Qinghai Tibetan Plateau has received much attention internationally related to effects on and from climate change. This high elevation, semi-arid plateau in northwestern China is headwaters for the three great rivers of southeast Asia, the Yangtze (Ch angjiang), Yellow (Huanghe) and Mekong (...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

China - bilateral cooperation in comparative linguistics and second language acquisition

Prosjektet som det blir søkt om støtte for å etablere, er eit samarbeidsprosjekt innanfor komparativ lingvistikk og andrespråktileigning, nærmare bestemt komparativ analyse av norsk og (mandarin-)kinesisk språkstruktur, samt utforsking av korleis kinesara r tileignar seg norsk som andrespråk, og ...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TU-Tungt utstyr

Functional Neuroanatomy of the Cortico-Parahippocampal-Hippocampal Memory System.

Memory is a property of distributed networks in the mammalian cortex. While the permanent storage of episodic memories is likely to take place at distributed locations in the neocortex, fast acquisition of such memories depends critically on the (para)hip pocampal system. This dependence reflects...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

4th IGBP Congress: "Sustainable Livelihood in a Changing Earth system" 4. - 9. May 2008, Cape Town (South Africa)

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Awarded: NOK 0.21 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

Virkninger for næringsliv og samfunn av ITS og reduserte transportkostnader

Prosjektet skal bidra til å dekke behovet for å identifisere kunnskapsmangler i programmets hovedtema 1) næringslivets avstands- og tidskostnader, 2) integrerte forsyningskjeder og 3) smartere transporter og ITS. I prosjektet legges det opp til følgende d eltema: i) Lavere transportkostnader og ø...

Awarded: NOK 0.60 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

PREprosjekt for Næringslivets Transporter og Intelligente transportSystemer

MARINTEK har i mange år vært involvert i transport- og samferdselsrelaterte prosjekter relatert til problemstillinger hvor sjøfart og multimodale transport- og logistikksystemer har stått sentralt. Prosjekterfaringen som er bygget opp i gjennomføring av disse prosjektene har gitt oss en god inns...

Awarded: NOK 0.29 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

Permafrost Observatory Project: A Contribution to the Thermal State of Permafrost in Norway and Svalbard

The key goal of TSP NORWAY will be to develop a spatially distributed set of observations on present status of permafrost temperatures, active layer thicknesses and periglacial activity in Svalbard and Norway. Two new boreholes will be drilled and equippe d giving new information on permafrost te...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Svalbard

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

IPY-ICESTAR: Interhemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research

This is a joint proposal from the Norwegian participants in the ICESTAR/IHY-program. It is an integrated part of the international ICESTAR program and will take full advantage of the ICESTAR Virtual Data Port, which will make data available from a large g round based network covering the northern...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

The Dynamic Continental Margin Between the Mid-Atlantic-Ridge System (Mohns Ridge, Knipovich Ridge) and the Bear Island Region

A concentrated active and passive seismological experiment along the continental margin of the Barents Sea near Bear Island and the mid-Atlantic along the Knipovich Ridge is proposed. We will study the Earth´s structure and dynamics at this margin from it s top sedimentary cover to its imprint in...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

EALÁT-RESEARCH: Reindeer Herders Vulnerability Network Study: Reindeer pastoralism in a changing climate.

IPY EALÁT-RESEARCH focuses through research on understanding adaptive capacity of reindeer pastoralism to climate variability and change in Russia and Norway. IPY EALÁT Reindeer herding and climate change has received full endorsement from IPY Joint commi tty (number 399) and is a core project fo...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

iAOOS-Norway: Closing the loop

iAOOS-Norway: Closing the loop is a contribution to an integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System, iAOOS. It builds on, and supplements, other ongoing components of iAOOS such as NABOS and DAMOCLES. iAOOS-Norway will contribute a share to iAOOS through buil ding on pieces of an ocean-atmosphere-cry...

Awarded: NOK 33.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Feral sheep in coastal heaths - developing a sustainable local industry in vulnerable cultural landscapes, dr.gr.stip.

Year-round sheep farming on the Norwegian west coast has a history dating back several millennia. This important part of our cultural heritage has resulted in a distinct breed of animals, the feral sheep, that has evolved in close interaction with the cre ation and maintenance of a unique semi-na...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

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