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ENERGIX-Stort program energi

BioCarbon for Silicon and MicroSilica Quality

Prosjektet inngår i arbeidet med å nå Elkems overordnede målsetning om å redusere bruken av fossile reduksjonsmidler (kull og koks) i smelteovner for silisium- og ferrosilisium-produksjon. Elkem har utviklet biokarbon med helt spesifikke egenskaper som inkluderer høy mekanisk styrke både ved norm...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

SAFIRE

Arbeidet for en grønn luftfartsovergang krever en betydelig økning i produksjonen av Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for å nå norske og europeiske mål. Norge, som utnytter sine unike energifordeler, ønsker å lede den grønne omstillingen innen transport og luftfart. Nordic Electrofuel (NEF) har ut...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Akershus

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Landsdekkende våtmarksdatasett

Prosjektet har som mål å utvikle et heldekkende kart for våtmark i Norge. Prosjektet gjennomføres i et samarbeid mellom Kartverket (prosjektansvarlig), Norsk Institutt for Naturforskning (NINA), Norsk Regnesentral, Norsk institutt for bioøkonomi (NIBIO) og Miljødirektoratet. Bærekraftig arealbru...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Buskerud

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

DEciphering temporal trends and safe operating spaces for river biodiversity within the context of multiple STRESSors (DESTRESS)

Vore samfunds stigende behov for rent ferskvann og klimaendringenes økende konsekvenser legger stadig større press på elveøkosystemer over hele verden. Men det biomangfoldets behov for tilstrekkelig vannskvalitet og -kvantitet er ikke kvantifisert. Med andre ord vet vi i dag ikke nøyaktig hvor my...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Oslo

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

NorMoSTFun: Monitoring Strategies and Tools to address knowledge gaps on aquatic Fungal biodiversity in Norway

Akvatiske sopp (AS) er en betydelig del av biologisk mangfold i ferskvanns og marine økosystemer. De er avgjørende komponenter i akvatiske økosystemer og har viktige økosystemfunksjoner som nedbrytere av dødt organisk materiale, mutualistiske symbionter, parasitter og patogener som kontrollerer d...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Digital Fuel Passport

Den internasjonale sjøfartsorganisasjonen (IMO) har satt et mål om å redusere klimagassutslippene (GHG) fra skipsfarten med 50 % innen 2050 sammenlignet med 2008-nivået. For å oppnå dette, innfører IMO avkarboniseringsregler, inkludert bruk av alternative drivstoff og krav om å regne ut drivstoff...

Awarded: NOK 8.5 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

The Nature of Transformative Change: Connecting Research and Practice

Forringelsen av naturen, inkludert økosystemfunksjoner og -tjenester, bidrar til et raskt tap av biologisk mangfold over hele planeten. Uten transformative løsninger så går vi en mørk fremtid i møte i følge forskning. Mye tyder på at vi mangler responser som monner. Forskere og praktikere forv...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Oslo

PES-HORISONT-EU-PES Horisont Europa

A leap towards effective and safe treatment for neuropathic pain: a strategic initiative for enhanced healthcare and societal well-being

AKIGAI’s initiative is set to transform the treatment of Neuropathic Pain (NeuP) by bringing a NeuP drug to market – an EGFR-Inhibitor (EGFR-I) which has been demonstrated by AKIGAI to effectively alleviate NeuP symptoms. NeuP, an intense and often chronic form of pain, affects almost 10% of the ...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Oslo

PES-HORISONT-EU-PES Horisont Europa

Sustainable and flexible pre-processing concept for recycling of mixed-chemistry Li-ion battery waste

Consortium is in place, and the writing has started. Work from now will be writing, meetings with consortium and liteature consultation. No external costs - only hours internally.

Awarded: NOK 69,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Akershus

PES-HORISONT-EU-PES Horisont Europa

Beyond state-of-the-art battery recycling by increasing the selectivity and specificity of efficient pre-processing technologies

The work will consist in office work and meetings with the consortium and coordinator.

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Oslo

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Coupled urban-rural water infrastructure management under hydroclimatic extremes with decision support system.

Flom i byer og bynære områder har blitt et økende problem i mange deler av verden de senere tiårene. Pluvial flom, hovedsakelig utløst av intens og langvarig nedbør, utgjør i dag en betydelig samfunnsrisiko, særlig gjelder dette fordi det kombineres med tette overflater og begrenset kapasitet av ...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Oslo

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Winged ghosts wandering the oceans: the spatial ecology and conservation of the world’s smallest and elusive seabirds, the storm petrel

Stormpetreller er utmerkede indikatorer for det marine økosystemet, men deres små kroppsstørrelser og hemmelighetsfulle atferd har gjort det nesten umulig å studere dem godt. Det er veldig lite kunnskap om disse artene. Nye forskningsmetoder er nå tilgjengelige for å studere aspekter av stormpetr...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Committed to the responsible development of meat replacement products and practices

Et redusert kjøttforbruk er en av de viktigste handlingene identifisert av norsk og internasjonal politikk for å redusere klimautslipp fra landbruket. En måte å sikre en slik overgang er kjøttalternativer, som plante- eller insektbaserte erstatninger, som har lavere klimapåvirkning, samt teknolog...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

JPIURBAN-Urban Europe

Positive EneRgy diStrIctS driven by ciTizens

De presserende problemene med energiomstillingen diskuteres vanligvis i lys av teknologisk gjennomførbarhet, økonomiske begrensninger eller press fra forbrukende borgere. Likevel mangler ofte koblingen til samfunnet og dets individer, som ikke bare bør sees på som forbrukere, men som aktive delta...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Østfold

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Unravelling biogeochemical,microbial and vegetation feedbacks driving soil development and Arctic greening under a warming climate,RIS 11961

With the help of this smaller project that is part of the Arctic Greening project (RIS 11961), I want to find out if and how the Arctic cushion plant Silene acaulis adapts to different climatic conditions. For this, I have already genetic material in form of leaves from several populations across...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Autumn leaf senescence in tundra plants: Do soil nutrients and plant-internal nutrient sinks influence timing? (RiS ID: 12335)

Plant growth season in Arctic regions is currently undergoing changes, with spring advancement across the Arctic. However, there is limited knowledge regarding any corresponding trends in the autumn season, where the timing of end-of-season is mostly unaccounted for. It is important that we take ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Space use by marine mammals in Svalbard and potential dietary changes due to climate change.

Investigating behaviour of high trophic predators is a fundemental part to understand the ecosystem as they function as a key component through top-down effect. Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina), one of a high trophic predators in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard is experiencing dramatic environmental changes ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Shallow marine prokaryote ecosystems in the Boreal Ocean during the Permo-Triassic climate crisis and their recovery (RiS ID: 12307)

Lipid biomarker samples will be collected to reconstruct the microbial community and environmental conditions during the Late Permian mass extinction and in its aftermath with a focus on the recovery of the microbial ecosystem. The samples will complement the existing biomarker record that is con...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The Heer Land overabundance of Thermal-switch surges

Glaciers around the world are losing mass at an accelerated rate (Hugonnet et al., 2021), and Svalbard experiences this even faster than the global average, largely due to its strong interaction with warm Atlantic ocean currents (Piechura and Walczowski, 2009). The latest IPCC reports present mod...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Snowdrift at the solar park of Isfjord Radio, RiS ID 12308

The adaptation of renewable energy in the Arctic requires knowledge of the Arctic climate's influence on energy installations such as solar panels. Therefore, snowdrift is investigated at the recently installed solar photovoltaic array at Isfjord Radio. For this, observations from a weather stati...

Awarded: NOK 77,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Spatio-temporal habitat use of Svalbard reindeer (RiS ID 12152)

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Experimental assessment of light propagation in the snowpack, RiS ID 12344

Snowpack is a key component in the Arctic regions. The albedo of freshly fallen snow is typically very high in the visible range (up to 0.9), playing a crucial role in Earth's energy balance. Snow albedo can eventually be reduced upon aging of snow crystals due to metamorphism and to the increasi...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Insulate: Belowground Biotic Insulation of Permafrost (RiS ID 12331)

Within the overarching INSULATE initiative (RiS ID 12331), the "Belowground Biotic Insulation of Permafrost" project delves into the intricate dynamics of local soil properties, seeking to unravel their profound impact on permafrost stability. This focused research addresses crucial gaps in our ...

Awarded: NOK 70,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

S2S : Snowfall to Surging ? The role of Snow-Firn-Ice Heat Transfer on Glacier Dynamics

Studying Svalbard's Heer Land region, our research confronts the uncertainties surrounding global glacier contributions to sea level rise, as highlighted in the 2023 IPCC report. Svalbard's unique vulnerability to climate change, positions it as an ideal study area with future implications for br...

Awarded: NOK 94,999

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Unruly Ground: Knowing and Caring for Permafrost

Since the 2000s, permafrost has experienced a remarkable revival, and many are invested in preventing the deterioration of this Arctic ground. But while there is an increase in research on the impacts of permafrost degradation, we know very little about the inner workings of permafrost expertise....

Awarded: NOK 71,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

PEbbles, ice and TalitroidS – checking overlooked beaches in the frame of autecology - RiS ID 12381

The project involves researchers part of both Amphipodologists group and editors for the Worls Registrer of Marine Species (WoRMS); for tighter collaboration and extension towards the ecology of sandy shores, it intends: To check for presence of talitroid amphipods on polar cobble beaches and as ...

Awarded: NOK 94,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Evaluating the maximum photosynthetic depth limit using coralline algae as a model organism, RiS ID 12351

This master’s thesis aims to better understand polar ecosystems by shedding light on the photosynthetic limitations of red coralline algae. We will use a mini remotely operated vehicle (Blueye X3) with a grabber attachment to locate and sample coralline algae from Van Mijenfjorden. We will collec...

Awarded: NOK 87,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Active Scattering in Sea Ice for Measuring Internal Properties

Sea ice is filled with small brine pockets because the salt is rejected by the crystal lattice during the freezing process. These brine pockets have a significant influence on several aspects of sea ice, including its bearing capacity, the remote sensing of it, as well as the amount of solar ener...

Awarded: NOK 53,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Monitoring Active Layer Thickness from Space – Creating a Validation Dataset around Ny-Ålesund, RiD ID 12361

The active layer thickness is one of the most important variables characterizing the state of permafrost, but we still lack the possibility to determine it over large areas, especially from satellites. Seasonal thawing and freezing cycles of the active layer cause the ground surface to heave in w...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Monitoring seawater CO2 release from thawing permafrost mobilized by Bayelva proglacial stream, RiS ID 11654

The Bayelva river (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard) represents a key site where to unearth the patterns of carbon release from thawing permafrost into coastal waters. For this reason on September 2023 the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council (ISP-CNR) of Italy, in the framework of ...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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