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SYNKNØYT-Progr.f.synkrotron- og nøytron

Functional and structural biology studies of DNA repair proteins from the radiation resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans

DNA repair enzymes are important for maintaining genome stability of microorganisms during environmental stress. This project aims to identify the role of DNA repair enzymes in the radiation resistance mechanism of Deinococcus radiodurans (DEIRA) using a combination of molecular biology, biophysi...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

KULVER-Kulturell verdsetting

Patterns of Cultural Valuation. Priorities and aesthetics in exhibitions of identity in museums.

The project PaCuVal investigates how different ethnic groups and minorities have been presented and represented in Norwegian museums of cultural history during the last 150 years. The research field of museums of cultural history in Norway and their repr esentations of ethnic groups and minoriti...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Improving food safety in the domestic environment by risk analysis of consumer food handling and evaluation of risk-reducing measures(188384

Food contamination creates a significant social and economic burden on communities and their health systems. In 2005, about 30% of reported food borne outbreaks in Norway originated to food consumed at home. Food producers or retailers are often pointed o ut as responsible in food associated outb...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL - TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACTS ON BIOMASS MARKETS

It is expected that 90% of the increase of CO2 emissions in Europe between 1990 and 2010 will be attributable to transport. In the short and medium term, use of biofuels can be an important mean to reduce the GHG emissions from the transport sector. The second generation biofuels based on lignoc...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

KULVER-Kulturell verdsetting

Being Together. Remaking Public Intimacies

This project is about public intimacies. Public intimacies describe the current situation where intimate, sexual and personal matters are part of the public. Cultural repertoires and discourses in the form of representations and aesthetic, performative an d communicative modes forge and inform ne...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Metoder for design av akterskip,propulsjon og styresystemer for offshorefartøy.

Utvikling og operasjon av større offshore fartøy setter større krav til dokumentasjon av både skrog og propulsjonssystemer mht effektivitet, sikkerhet og pålitelighet. Per i dag mangler både kunnskaper og metodikk for å kunne foreta optimale valg av løsni nger. Modellforsøk har store begrensninge...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Møre og Romsdal

SYKEFRAVÆR-Forskn.om årsaker til sykefrav

Facilitating and inhibiting factors and effect of interventions in return to work for patients with neck- and low back pain

Fremmende og hemmende faktorer og effekt av intervensjon for tilbakegang til arbeid hos pasienter sykemeldt for nakke- og ryggsmerter. Hensikten med prosjektet var å undersøke faktorer som påvirker sykefravær og tilbakegang til arbeid samt effekt av intervensjon sett fra et arbeidsrelatert, b...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Oslo

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Mobilisering for kommersialisering av forretningsidéer med utgangspunkt i brukerdreven nyskaping ved helsefagavdelingen ved HiNT Namsos

Prosjektaktiviteter: HiNT fortsetter arbeidet etter tidligere hovedmodell der mobilisering og idéavklaring står sentralt. Dagens resultat viser at det gjenstår mobiliseringsarbeid. Dette betyr å fortsette med forankring, integrering av kunnskapen og bear beide holdningen til brukerrettet nyskapi...

Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Novel biomarkers for the prediction of health consequences from occupational exposure to benzene in 12 versus 8 h work shifts

There has recently been reported an increased risk of blood derived malignancies among Norwegian offshore workers. This could indicate that the exposure to carcinogenic benzene has been higher than published for this industry, or that the increased risk f or these malignancies can be found at low...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Vestland

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Working hours,health,and safety in the petroleum industry, A longitudinal prospective study.

Hovedmål med studien var å bestemme om skift/natt arbeid sammen med psykososialt arbeidsinnhold har betydning for mentale helseplager blant onshore- og offshoreansatte i norsk petroleumssektor. Deltakerne besvarte spørreskjemainstrumenter to ganger: 1772 (av 3258 inviterte = 54,4%) besvarte førs...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Oslo

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

Exploring complementary advantages by making a twin arrangement between a Norwegian and a Chinese coastal region

Exploring complementary advantages by making a twin arrangement between a Norwegian and a Chinese coastal region The main objective of this project is to start releasing expected mutual benefits of collaboration between two coastal districts with fisher ies background, one in Norway and one in ...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

Facilitating increased use of inexpensive protein-rich byproducts from bio-fuel in feed for Nile tilapia through fermentation

Through 20 generations of selection, Nile tilapia is the aquaculture species with highest potential for rapid growth and efficient feed utilisation. It is thus the aquaculture species with highest increase in production world-wide, and has great prospects , both for the high end fillet market in ...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Akershus

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

Heritable variation in melanin-based pigmentation and resistance to salmon lice in Atlantic salmon

Intensive aquaculture of salmonid fish is a relatively new innovation, compared to the cultivation of other animals. The process of domestication has only just begun in these fish, and breeding programs have been essential to the expansion of the aquacult ure industry. Presently, disease and ecto...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Akershus

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

Overføring av positive helse- og fruktbarhetsegenskaper fra NRF til Holstein ved kryssing

I internasjonal storfeavl har det vist seg at den dominerende rasen, Holstein, har noen store svakheter, nemlig dårlig fruktbarhet, dårlig helse og livskraft og dermed kort levetid. Den norske NRF har ikke disse svakhetene. Det norske avlsarbeidet har hat t et bredere og mer fullstendig avlsmål e...

Awarded: NOK 0.34 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Innlandet

SAMRISK-Samfunnssikkerhet og risiki

Emergency Preparedness and Management Network

A networking project on disaster research between University of Agder (UIA), Norway, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia, and University of Ruhuna (UR), Sri Lanka, in collaboration with University of Stavanger (UIS) and associated partners. Backgr ound: Based both on the forecasting of t...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Agder

SAMRISK-Samfunnssikkerhet og risiki

Norwegian and Nordic network in information security and societal risk

Information infrastructures build an indispensable foundation for Norway's economic and community life. Infrastructures such as data networks, telecommunications, databases, financial transactions and web services pervade all of society's functions. Any a ccidental or intentional failure of such ...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

ECLAIR-RFCP-CT

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Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

IS-RUOK-EONR-økonomi

Schindler, Dirk eon ruhrgas økonomi kat 3

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Awarded: NOK 17,000

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Towards selective breeding of the great scallop

The potential for aquaculture of the great scallop (Pecten maximus) is great due to increased fishing pressure on wild stocks and the consistent high value of the species. Research work in Europe has concentrated on improving the larval rearing techniques in the hatchery and for on-growing. In t...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PES-INST-Prosjektetablererstøtte EU (FoU)

Smart Power Management in Home and Health - SmartPM

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Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

An integrative genomics approach to identify genes and biochemical pathways underlying complex traits in Atlantic salmon

Identifying the genes and biochemical pathways in salmon that are responsible for economically important traits is the primary focus of this application. While a wealth of phenotypic data is available (e.g. the salmon biobank) the ability to resolve causa tive genes and loci has been technology l...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: Professionalism and pragmatism? The management of environmental knowledge and interdisciplinarity in consulting companies

The project?s main focus will be to analyse how consulting engineering companies manage relevant flows of knowledge with respect to environmental issues. More specifically, we will use the concepts from science and technology studies to pursue the followi ng six set of research issues: 1. Learnin...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Effects of energetic particle precipitation on the energy budget in the mesosphere and thermosphere - chemistry, temperature, and dynamics

The main objective of this project is to study the temperature and chemical effects of particle precipitation and Joule heating on the upper atmosphere, including its influence on dynamics. This project will use Earth observing spacecrafts such as TIMED, Polar, DMSP, the NOAA, EVISAT and NPOESS s...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Vestland

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Mapping the Normative Terrain of An Ethics of Care

This project is based on an assumption that health care prioritisations raise substantially ethical difficult choices. Further it is presumed that an ethics of care which take the relation to particular patients to be salient might provide important norma tive arguments to the benefit of individu...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Cardiomyopathy syndrome: A multi-task approach to reduce losses and improve knowledge

Cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) is a severe cardiac disease in farmed Atlantic salmon. The disease has been diagnosed in Norway since mid 80s. CMS causes significant losses for the industry in the form of mortality at seawater sites and in connection with transport to the slaughter houses. As CM...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Genome-wide approaches to the genetic improvement of cattle, pigs and salmon

During the last decade, industry, research and funding rganisations have invested considerably into the development of molecular genetic technologies and resources with the expectation that information at the DNA level will lead to faster genetic gain tha n using phenotypic data alone. But as lon...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Innlandet

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Ecosystem Finnmark (EcoFinn): Ungulate overabundance, trophic cascades and subsidies

We will use the framework of current food web theory for elucidating two likely cascading ecosystem impacts of reindeer overabundance in Finnmark. One cascade we predict to be induced by loss and fragmentation of riparian willow habitats due to reindeer o verbrowsing, which in turn lead to loss o...

Awarded: NOK 9.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Innovation in Global Maritime Production 2020

Norway has a long tradition as a maritime nation in shipping, shipbuilding and maritime equipment manufacturing, and has retained a leading position globally at the start of the 21st Century. But with rising cost and increased competition from other natio ns, particularly in Asia, the industry is...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Study of the Effects of NOx Emissions Reductions from Ships on Fuel Consumption and other Emissions with Emphasis Particulates

Survey of Literature and other existing knowledge The literature study concentrates on particle formation from internal combustion engines especially after the combustion process. Emphasis will be put on how NOx and their reduction measures influence part icle formation. Investigation of growth...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SYKEFRAVÆR-Forskn.om årsaker til sykefrav

Reasons for sick leave and disability pension

The majority of long term sickness leaves and disability pensions are granted for unspecific conditions with few objective findings, and a high level of comorbidity. The diagnosis and therapies are based on interpretations of subjective statements from th e patient. Decisions regarding diagnosis,...

Awarded: NOK 10.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Vestland

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