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BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Dataassistert verktøy for bærekraftig produktinformasjon (Data assisted tool for sustainability product information)

Produksjonsbedrifter som opererer i et globalt marked blir stilt overfor stadig økende krav til dokumentasjon av prestasjoner og prosesser knyttet til produkter. Det finnes i dag relativt gode og standardiserte verktøy knyttet til ytre miljø (LCA og EPI), men tilsvarende er langt dårligere utvik...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Møre og Romsdal

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Remelting and inclusion refining of aluminium

Remelting and Inclusion Refining of Aluminium Remelting of post-consumed and process aluminium scrap reveals new challenges both on the environmental, metal yield and metal quality side. This topic has become very relevant due to the continuously increas ing energy prices in Europe. The proposed...

Awarded: NOK 15.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

MAROFF-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner

Synkronisert og kostnadseffektiv utnyttelse av skip og havn, gjennom anvendelse av maritime overvåkningsdata og moderne maritim IKT

I dag fører ofte mangelfull kommunikasjon mellom skip og havn til unødvendig ventetid før skip får legge til kai. Dagens teknologi åpner imidlertid for nye løsninger som kan forbedre skipets lønnsomhet via optimaliserte operasjoner. Ved bedre samhandling og planlegging kan skip vite hva som vente...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Fotokjemisk internalisering for cellegiftterapi av kreft

PCI Biotech AS utvikler en patentert teknologi for levering av legemidler, kalt fotokjemisk internalisering (forkortet PCI). Sentralt i denne teknologien står en patentert kjemisk forbindelse, kalt TPCS2a, som PCI Biotech utvikler for utprøving i pasiente r i innledende kliniske studier i kombina...

Awarded: NOK 8.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Demanding Polyolefin Applications

Polyolefines (POs) is the most used group of polymers and will continue to be so for many decades, because of their versatility, low price, good processability, and ease of recycling. Norway has a strong domestic market pull for new innovative PO products within demanding areas, such as the oil ...

Awarded: NOK 16.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

MObile Fixed COnvergence in Multiaccess Environment

The main goal is to provide unified user management and service continuity for an IP Multimedia System deployed on a fixed mobile convergent multi access environment. In the effort to realize the vision of fixed mobile convergence, the telecom operators f ound very compelling to extend the usage ...

Awarded: NOK 13.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Akershus

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Mobilizing social capital in ICT-based global organizations

The MOSCITO project will generate new empirical insights and accumulate evidence in the form of practical organizational knowledge as to how organizations operating on an international scene can use specific communication technologies to develop, maintain , combine and exploit social capital. The...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Utvikling av oppdrett- og bruk av berggylte i lakseoppdrett til kontinuerlig kontroll med lakselus

Prosjektet har et todelt formål: 1. Utvikle metodikk/protokoller for oppdrett av beiteklar bergylte med kjent helsestatus og i de mengder, kvalitet og størrelsesgrupper som næringen etterspørr. 2. Utvikle metodikk/protokoller for bruk av oppdrettet beitek lar berggylte ved lusekontroll i kommersi...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Møre og Romsdal

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Integrated IP-based Services for smart Home environment (IS-Home)

The project is a collaboration between Lyse Tele, the Italian company Telsey and the University of Stavanger. The main goal of the consortium is, as a pioneer in the market, to build a business infrastructure using an innovative autonomic computing middle ware platform for easy installation, conf...

Awarded: NOK 11.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Rogaland

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Massive multi-type 3D datasets in parallel Environments

Most existing software for handling of 3D data-sets is based on historic levels of computer performance, and programmed according to a sequential paradigm. Low cost parallel processing hardware is now available due to the recent introduction of multi-core CPUs and programmable graphics cards. Th...

Awarded: NOK 10.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

National resources for genomics, functional genomics and health research in Atlantic salmon and Atlantic cod. WP 3 (tidl del av177030)

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Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Detection, characterization and differentiation of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) strains in farmed Atlantic salmon

IPN outbreaks are seen both in the freshwater and seawater phase of the production, resulting in severe annual losses, and has emerged as a severe threat to the economy of the fish-farming industry. According to recent estimates, the yearly losses due to IPN in Norway are NOK 1 billion. This pro...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Møre og Romsdal

STAMCELLER-Stamcelleforskning

Tissue engineering in bone defects: Development of porous copolymer scaffolds stimulating stem cell growth and bone regeneration

For repair of bone defects, tissue engineering would be to combine cells capable of osteogenic activity with an appropriate scaffold. Mesenchymal stem cells are multipotential cells that are capable of differentiating into different type of cells dependin g on culture condition. The selection of ...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

STAMCELLER-Stamcelleforskning

Genome plasticity of somatic stem cells

Chromatin organization in stem cells arises from distinct combinations of epigenetic marks resulting in genomic plasticity. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have received intense attention due to their perceived potential use in regenerative medicine. Nothin g is known, however, on epigenetic marks ...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

ISP-Institusjonsforankrede strategiske prosjekt

Snow avalanche research

The research program is divided in four themes: A) Avalanche warning, B) Protection structures, C) Avalanche hazard zoning and D) Dissemination of snow avalanche information. The themes will continue over the three-year period. Each theme is subdivided in a number of work packages. A) Avalanche...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

EVA-Evaluering

Følgeevaluering av verdiskapingsprogrammet for kulturminner

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Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Styring av forurensninger i metallurgisk framstilt solcelle silisium

For et solcellemarked i ekstrem vekst, utvikler Elkem Solar AS en metallurgisk prosess for framstilling av Si feedstock materialer. Mens Elkems materialer allerede har vist seg å være av tilstrekkelig kvalitet for å tilfredsstile dagens krav, forventes st rengere krav i framtiden. Elkems material...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Agder

SKOGFOND-Utviklingsfondet for skogbruket

Vindfellingsfrekvens og trestabilitet ved lukkede hogster

Gjennom Levende Skog standarden har skogbruket forpliktet seg til å benytte lukkede foryngelseshogster (> 15 gjenstående trær per daa eller < 2 daa store åpninger) hvor det er økonomisk og biologisk mulig ved foryngelse av gran. Sviktende trestabilitet og vindfelling er et reelt problem ved slik...

Awarded: NOK 0.43 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Oslo

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Tidsskriftet Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet - støtte til publisering

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Awarded: NOK 0.95 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

Norwegian component of the Ecosystem Studies of Subarctic and Arctic Regions

The main goal of NESSAR is to quantify the impact of climate variability on the structure and function of marine ecosystems in the Nordic and Barents seas. This interdisciplinary program will mount intensive field studies of the physical and biological p rocesses at the Arctic Front in the Baren...

Awarded: NOK 20.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

Long-term Sea Level Variability in the Nordic Seas

Many forces in the atmosphere and ocean influence the sea level. Thus the sea level integrates a great number of physical processes in the environment and therefore can be a representative parameter for monitoring of climatic changes. There are more than 30 tide-gauge stations in the Barents, Nor...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Decadal variability on the North Atlantic Ocean/Nordic Seas

Project DEC-OCEAN aims at clarifying the origin behind decadal and multi-decadal variability in the North Atlantic and its influences on the transports and properties of Atlantic water to the Nordic Seas. Regionally induced oceanic variability to the nort h of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge will al...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Expected Change in Fisheries in the Barents Sea

Project summary The project focuses on how changes in climate, i.e. increase in temperature, will influence fish stocks and their commercial stakeholders. Changes in fish distribution will not only affect the fisheries directly through changes in possibl e fishing areas, and changes in yield bec...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

PLAN - Responding to Climate Change: The Potentials of and Limits to Adaptation in Norway

PLAN is a coordinated, social science-based research project that analyzes the potentials of and limits to adaptation as a response to climate change in Norway. This four-year project will provide an empirical and theoretical understanding of adaptation a s a social process, with an emphasis on i...

Awarded: NOK 26.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Landscape planning versus real world landscape changes

This project will study changes in land use on a municipal scale, based on analyses of existing, up-dated digital maps (DMK) and older versions to be digitised from existing analogue format. Four to six municipalities in the Oslo Fjord region will be chos en as study areas, dependent on data avai...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Contact meeting for the Norwegian Biochemical Society

The annual meeting of the Norwegian Biochemical Society has a world-wide reputation as an excellent meeting place for scientists, both on the scientific and the social level. They have been a tremendous success and is arguably the one meeting in Norway wh ich has contributed the most to the conta...

Awarded: NOK 0.36 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Ocean Prediction Networking

Our proposal seeks funds (1) to network Norwegian resources, (2) to implement a formal collaboration on the national level, and (3) to foster international collaboration within the field of ocean prediction. Reliable ocean state description and forecasts of, e.g., extreme currents and waves, ha...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Emerging patterns of East - West migration in Europe: New patterns of mobility in a changing political landscape

Prosjektet har resultert i tre doktorgrader. Jon Horgen Friberg forsvarte sin doktorgrad i 2013. Han tar for seg arbeidsmigrasjon mellom Polen og Norge, med fokus på drivkreftene for migrasjon og ulike mekanismer som bidrar til inkorporering og/eller nye former for sosial ulikhet og marginaliser...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2015

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Surveys, stable isotopes, satellites and salmon: exploring elements of the marine ecology of Barents Sea Salmo salar

Salmon rivers in northernmost Norway, Finland and the Kola peninsula (Russia), support important fisheries, both in coastal areas and in the rivers themselves, and contribute more than 50% of the world freshwater catch of wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ). The River Tana, along with other impo...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Dynamics of synaptic transmission in the rod pathway of the retina

A considerable challenge in neuroscientific research is to explain processes at the systems level in terms of mechanisms at cellular and molecular levels. The retina serves as an ideal model system amenable to experimental approaches that directly aim to bridge this gap. With respect to the senso...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland