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KLINISK-Klinisk forskning

Patient education in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and rheumatic disease: effect, experiences and costs

This is (hopefully) an improved version of an earlier application to NFR that was reviewed as both "a high quality research program" and "poorly written and non-competitive". The comments from the reviewers have been used to revise the project. Patient e ducation has become a task that is dictat...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Immunisation strategies against viral pathogens of Atlantic salmon

This project will build a knowledge platform where the aim is create a basis for development of efficacious virus vaccines for Atlantic salmon. Vaccines that confer good protection against bacterial diseases have been developed, the challenge lies in obta ining equal protection against major vira...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Carbon-supported core-shell electrocatalysts for oxidation of small organic molecules

Prosjektet studerer ørsmå partikler av edelmetaller. Disse partiklene, den såkalte kjernen, legges det et skall av atomer av en annen type enn i kjernen. Dette gir opphave til det som kalles en kjerne-skall-struktur. Resultatene demonstrerer at egenskapen e til skallet påvirkes vesentlig av kjern...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Improved brightness of wood-containing printing paper

The principle objective is to establish the knowledge basis needed to develop cost-effective processes for producing high-bright mechanical pulp. Bleaching efficiency shall be improved by reducing brightness losses during transport of pulp along the pulpi ng process to the paper machine. A succes...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SHP-Strategiske høgskoleprogram

Public Libraries - Arenas for Citizenship: An Investigation of the Public Library as a Meeting Place in a Digital and Multicultural Context

The project aims at studying the public libraries' potential of functioning as public spaces and meeting places with a capacity of fostering social capital in multicultural urban communities. Citizenship implies a feeling of community with fellow-citizens and with the polity in question. Communi...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

NORSOX - Norsk profil for styring og kontroll

Det skal etableres et nettverk bestående av bedrifter som har erfaring eller interesse fra SOX og som arbeider med planlegging for implementering av det kommende EU direktiv 8 (EuroSOX). Prosjektet skal utvikle et nasjonalt nettverk som skal arbeide for å få frem en modell for å sikre brdifter o...

Awarded: NOK 0.60 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Hybrid Integrated Components For Optical Display Systems

NCE microsystem/HVE (HVE) has identified optoelectronic components as one main focus area. HVE has also signed strategic research and development contracts with industry in this area. As a part of this cooperation HVE want to establish a project related to hynrid integration of optical microsyst...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Vestfold

DEMOSREG-Demokrati, styring og regional

Conceptions of centre and periphery and the transforming power of mobility

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Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Agder

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

Past and current physical activity levels and the risk of fracture in a population based study with 25 years follow-up

Norway has the highest fracture incidence in the world, and data from Oslo indicate increasing incidence in both sexes to the end of 1990. Physical activity stimulate bone formation during growth and maintain bone strength and reduce bone loss in adulthoo d and old age. Physical activity througho...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

HEALTH BY NUMBERS: Statistics as a technology of governance in municipal health services.

This project asks: How do statistics function as a tool of governance in municipal health services? We address this question by - studying in detail the negotiation, production, analysis, deployment, and assessment of health services statistics - focusin g especially on three statistics systems ...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi, nanovitenskap, mikroteknologi og avanserte materialer

Template based synthesis of nanoporous metal-organic frameworks with high surfaces areas

Metal-organic frameworks, also known as coordination polymers, have eminently promising properties regarding application as gas storage systems, sensors, magnetic materials, in ion exchange or catalysis. The principal objective of the project is to prepar e novel micro- to nanoporous metal-organi...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

NSF-European Materials Cooperative Activity. "Nanostructured oxide thin films for organic/inorganic solar cell applications"

The advancement of renewable energy technology has become increasingly critical to meet growing worldwide energy needs while minimizing greenhouse gas release. Although the field of photovoltaics has continually evolved over the last decades, researchers are looking beyond current device designs ...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Resource Optimization and recovery in the MAterials industry

One objective in ROMA is to recover as much heat as possible from off-gases from Al-industry. A technology for electricity production from low temperature waste has been developed and tested in a test rig developed in the project. The results are promisin g, but with some challenges. Larger pilot...

Awarded: NOK 29.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

AT-ONE: Developing a method for service design

The AT-ONE project will further develop the AT-ONE method and create a centre of competence within the area of service design. AT-ONE is a practitioner-based method for service-design, aimed at the early stages of concept development and developed from c ommercial experience. In this project we ...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Defect engineering for crystalline silicon solar cells

This project is a collaboration between solar cell research groups at IFE, SINTEF and NTNU, and the three industrial partners Elkem Solar, REC and REC Wafer. The main objective is to build up a thorough fundamental understanding of defects in crystallin e silicon (Si) materials in order to redu...

Awarded: NOK 29.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

EUROCORES - From Systems to Complexes. Coping with Security and Efficiency in European Electricity Networks (EUROCRIT)

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Awarded: NOK 0.64 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

TIME EFFECTS PILES UPGRADING BEARING CAPACITY OF PILED FOUNDATIONS TO ACCOUNT FOR TIME EFFECTS

The results of the project will primarily be based on the execution of a series of new pile load tests specifically designed to document the effects of time on the axial bearing capacity. A thorough characterisation of all relevant soil characteristics is necessary and will form an essential int...

Awarded: NOK 14.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi, nanovitenskap, mikroteknologi og avanserte materialer

Conducting Oxides and Nanostructures for Energy Technology

The access to clean and sufficient energy represents probably the largest challenge of this century. Research programs world-wide put major emphasis on the need for rapid development of alternative and novel energy technology, and indeed, this calls for m aterials and components with performance ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

PRAKUT-Praksisrettet utdanningsforskn

Bruk av digitale verktøy. Eleven som aktiv kunnskapsprodusent

Hensikten med prosjektet er å studere sammenhengen mellom elevenes digitale kompetanse og læring på grunnskolens ungdomstrinn. Vi vil prøve ut ulike måter å arbeide med digitale verktøy i fagene og forsøke å måle hvilke effekter disse arbeidsmåtene kan ha på elevenes læringsutbytte. En grunnlegg...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Innlandet

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Public health aspects and the relationship between Shiga toxin-producing and Enteropathogenic E. coli in the ruminant food production chain

During the human E. coli O103 outbreak in 2006, isolated E. coli O103 without toxin genes (EPEC O103) showed very similar genetic profiles as the human isolates. However, EPEC O103 were isolated from a variety of sheep products from various industrial est ablishments and many of these could not b...

Awarded: NOK 10.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Akershus

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

Resolving Conflicting Interests in Oceans Management: The Law and Politics of Integrated Oceans management in the Barents Sea.

This project addresses a critical issue in Norway?s marine policy: the implementation of the comprehensive management plan for the Barents Sea. Amidst considerable controversy, the plan was adopted in March March 2006. The project aims at understanding th e preconditions for effective implementat...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2016

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

FUGE - Øst II - Funksjonell genomforskning i Østlandsregionen Handlingsplan 2007 - 2011 - Søknad om regional støtte

Foreliggende femårsplan og søknad fra FUGE-region Øst er utarbeidet av FUGE-Øst med medlemmer fra Universitetet i Oslo (UiO), Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap (UMB) og Norges veterinærhøgskole (NVH). Planen tar sikte på realisere hovedmålene angit t over. Sentrale virkemiddel for å nå d...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Farrowing environment and the impact on piglet survival and sow-piglet interactions

This project will focus on the impact of physical factors related to the farrowing environment and management around farrowing on sow and piglet behaviour, piglet mortality and growth. Initially, we would like to investigate what are the main differences in management at the time of farrowing and...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Domestic Capabilities for Peaceful Conflict Management

This project focuses on the causes of peace. It seeks to investigate which contexts facilitate the existence of domestic capabilities for peaceful conflict management and why. Capabilities for peaceful conflict management may save many countries from the large human and economic costs of war. Res...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2017

Location: Oslo

VRI2-Virkemidler for regional innovasjon 2011-13

VRI Østfold - Forskningsbasert Innovasjon og Fornying i en industriregion i omstilling

Østfold Fylkeskommune søker i samarbeid med partnerskapet for VRI Østfold (NHO, LO, Innovasjon Norge, Høgskolen i Østfold, STØ mfl) om totalt 13,1 mill. NOK fra VRI-programmet til VRI Østfold for perioden 2007-2009. Søknaden omfatter en Samhandlingssøkna d og en Forskningssøknad (sendes separat ...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Østfold

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Statistical modelling for infectious disease

We want to build a viable research group in statistical and mathematical modelling of infectious disease. We wish to make important original contributions to statistical methodology for analysis on infectious disease data, for the further purpose of aidin g, monitoring and understanding the sprea...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

Fartsmodell for næringslivets transporter

Målet for prosjektet er å utvikle en fartsmodell for beregning av realistiske kjøretider for bruk i digitale vegnett for flåtestyring og ruteplanlegging samt i kartbaserte navigasjonssystemer for transportmarkedet. Dette vil være et viktig bidrag til å ef fektivisere transportnæringen og dermed o...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Utvikling og tilpassing av rammevilkår for arealekstensive driftsformer i vestlandsjordbruket for å ivareta eit ope kulturlandskap

I fylka Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane og Hordaland er det registrert nedgang i tal bruk, areal i drift og tal grovfôretande dyr i perioden 2000 - 2005. Reduksjonen har vore størst langs kysten. På bakgrunn av desse endringane har det vorte reist spørs mål om dagens dyretal er tilstrekkeleg fo...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Vestland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Re-Os isotopic tracing of hydrocarbon systems in Arctic regions: Norway-USA collaboration implementing new technologies for exploration

Re-Os (rhenium-osmium) isotope geochemistry is emerging as a powerful tool for geochronology and tracer studies in petroleum systems. Both Re and Os are concentrated in organic material fixed in marine shales by reduction from seawater. The decay of 187 Re to 187Os provides a radiometric clock ...

Awarded: NOK 8.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

Physical activity and car dependency in modern childhood. Are we socializing our children to car use and poor health?

For children the possibility to be physical active is very important for both physical health and well-being. Several studies claim that a reduction in physical activities (including daily travel) is an important reason for increased weight and obesity am ong children. When everyday life is organ...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo