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SHP-Strategiske høgskoleprogram

Samisk språkoverføring i ulike kontekster

Ein stor del av språka i verda er i dag truga språk, og ein stor del av dei truga språka er igjen urfolksspråk. Skifte av heimespråk frå urfolksspråk til majoritetsspråket i staten går føre seg over heile verda.Gjennom politisk makt til urfolk, auka statu s for språka og god språkplanlegging kan ...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku

SHP-Strategiske høgskoleprogram

Syn, lys og farge. Et program for utvikling av kompetanse ved Institutt for optometri og synsvitenskap.

SYN, LYS OG FARGE - et program for utvikling av kompetanse ved institutt for optometri og synsvitenskap. Hovedmål: IFOS skal videreføre det systematiske arbeidet som er gjennomført i SHP prosjektet i 2003-2006 (156333/530) med å utvikle kompetansenivået til de ansatte mot professornivå, doktor...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Buskerud

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Intelligent ski - smart fabrikk

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Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Innlandet

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Law and Democracy between Security and Liberty. Debating Counter-Terrorism Law in the UK 1972-2005

The present project aims to shed new light on the interpretation of law and democracy in 'times of emergencies' by analysing public debates on counter-terrorism legislation. The increasing focus on the threat of global terrorism, particularly after the Se ptember 11 attacks, has led to the introd...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestland

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Communication and Information Sharing between Patients and Their Care Providers

Improving Shared Decision Making (SDM), patient-provider communication, and providing all citizens with equal access to health information has become a high priority health policy goal. In this interdisciplinary, international research collaboration we wi ll develop and test CONNECT (Care Online:...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Active Behavioral Interfaces for Seamless Network Integration

The project addresses basic challenges in seamless integration of software solutions for heterogeneous net, by proposing a meta-infrastructure for environment awareness based on a novel notion of Active Behavioral Interfaces. This notion of active behavi oral interfaces will enable software comp...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Hybrid Peer-to-Peer Technology for Scalable Commercial Video Streaming in the Internet

The primary goal of this project is to develop a robust infrastructure for real time video streaming over the Internet, making it possible for it to eventually replace broadcasting-based TV, and at the same time adding new features such as true video-on-d emand. Such a system cannot be implement...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Secure Heterogeneous Information Presentation (heterogeneous content on heterogeneous platforms)

The networked society is entirely dependent on the access to and use of information. A typical problem for a user is that the information he is seeking is available but not organised in the way matching his actual needs. E.g., it is in different format w hich does not conform to user's interface...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Vestland

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Flexible Integration Processes in the Public Sector

This project will investigate processes where ICT is employed in the public sector to establish and sustain networked collaborative work practices. Achieving change and learning in complex socio-technical assemblages involve handling of complexity, for wh ich flexibility is a key strategy. Thus o...

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Investment in clean energy technologies under uncertainty

Development of clean energy technologies is a necessity in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions radically without imposing excessive costs. Substantial uncertainty about future prices and regulatory regimes make, however, such investments a risky ende avor. Yet, with huge uncertainties analys...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

KLINISK-Klinisk forskning

Autoimmune polyendokrine syndrome type I- model disease for autoimmunity

Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type I (APS-I) (OMIM 240300), is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the autoimmune regulator (AIRE) gene. The disorder typically begins in early childhood and the patients gradually develop autoimm une destruction of different endocrine an...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

New innovative barrier solutions for targeted fresh food packaging applications

One of the primary challenges in food packaging business is the presence of oxygen contained in a produce or permeate through the packaging material, having a strong negative effects on the quality and shelf-life of the foodstuff. Effective barrier materi als are in general expensive multilayer s...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Spatiotemporal dynamics of introduced bark beetles: resource competition, invasion risk and management

The movement and establishment of invasive species in new habitats is a global economic and ecological problem. The increased trade among countries and continents has increased the chances of introductions of new species. Once alien pest species have beco me established in their new habitats, the...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Biotransformation of Halogenated Organic (HOCs) and Associeted Biological Effects in Artics Seabirds

Due to their high trophic levels Arctic seabirds are exposed to relatively high amounts of halogenated organic contaminants (HOCs). Contaminant metabolism influences both tissue levels and patterns. In addition, it plays a critical role in contaminant-ind uced biological effects because of the fo...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

DEMOSREG-Demokrati, styring og regional

Public policy and network governance - Challenges for urban and regional development

Prosjektet skal være et empirisk bidrag til et nordisk forskningsnettverk om "Democratic governance". I tråd med problemstillingene som står i sentrum for det nordiske nettverket, vil det norske prosjektet (det herværende) ta opp følgende problemstillinge r til empirisk analyse: 1. Hvilke faktor...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Gender, Violence and Democracy in Western Balkans

The main objective of the project "Gender, Violence and Democracy in West Balkan" is to develop deeper understanding and dissemination of the knowledge of gender relations in West Balkan. The project is a cooperation between The University of Montenegro, The Institute for European Studies in Serb...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

KLINISK-Klinisk forskning

Stimulated differentiation of native human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) blasts as a potential cancer-cell specific therapeutic target

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive disorder characterized by accumulation in the bone marrow of large numbers of abnormal blood cells that fail to develop into normal functional blood cells. This is a life-threatening condition if not treated. Patients under the age of 60 are given int...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Electric power systems for subsea processing and transportation of oil and gas

SINTEF Energy Research proposes a joint long term research project involving oil companies, supplier industry, NTNU and the Norwegian Research Council with the intention to boost the knowledge and skills on design, analysis and verification of systems for transmission and distribution of power t...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PRAKSFOU-Praksisrettet FOU i skolen

LADEPROSJEKTET EN LÆRENDE ORGANISASJON FOR ELEVENES LÆRING

Overordnet problemstilling for prosjektet tar utgangspunkt i elevenes læring og peker videre på hvordan lærere og forskere kan samarbeide om å utvikle undervisningen og skolen som en lærende organisasjon. Prosjektet består av fire delprosjekt som gjennomf øres på team- og skolenivå i en 1-10-skol...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PRAKUT-Praksisrettet utdanningsforskn

Yrkesdidaktisk kunnskapsutvikling og implementering av nye læreplaner.

Dette prosjektet kombinerer beskrivende forskning og aksjonsforskning. Prosjektet skal følge implementeringen av nye læreplaner i yrkesutdanningen. Søkelyset vil være rettet mot yrkesfaglærernes fortolkninger av planer, deres oppfølging av disse i praksi s og utviklingen av metodiske opplegg og ...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

High-value aluminium end products from extruded sections

During the past 5-10 years, the aluminum industry, and the extrusion industry particularly, has gone from being operated locally to a global industry with increasing competition from other materials, and increasing demands on quality and price. At the sam e time, low cost countries in the Far Eas...

Awarded: NOK 17.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: The sensitivity of different winter survival strategies in juvenile salmon to natural and anthropogenic variation in climate condition

Juvenile salmon winter survival is critically dependent on a combination of catabolism of stored fats and protein and intake of energy through food consumption. We propose a study aimed at providing the necessary knowledge base to predict the effect of na tural- or anthropogenic changes in climat...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Control of docks (Rumex spp.) in organic fodder production - a true bottleneck in organic farmed branded dairy and meat products

Control of dock species are a true bottleneck in the development of grassland based organic production in Norway. Rumex obtusifolius, Rumex crispus and Rumex longifolius are among the most important perennial weeds in grassland areas throughout the world. These docks are undesirable in grassland...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Health of mother and child in relation to consumption of organic food during pregnancy and infancy. The Norwegian Mother and child Study

Perceived positive health effects of organic food is a major motivation among consumers for buying organic food. Yet, relatively little is known about associations between organic food in the diet and health effects. This project uses data from The Norweg ian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa),...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

PRAKSFOU-Praksisrettet FOU i skolen

Å lære og lede i praksisfellesskaper- et aksjonsrettet læringsprogram for skoleledelse og skoleeier i Tromsø, Balsfjord, Karlsøy og Svalbard

Forskningsprosjektet Å lære og lede i praksisfellesskaper er et samarbeidsprosjekt mellom lærerutdanningene ved Universitetet i Tromsø, Høgskolen i Tromsø og de tre kommunene Balsfjord, Karlsøy, og Tromsø. I tillegg er skoleledere fra Svalbard med. Forsk ningsarbeidet utføres i nært samarbeid me...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Selection for reduced risk of early culling in dairy cattle: Comparison of alternative approaches to improve animal welfare

Both health and fertility problems increase the risk of early culling in dairy cattle, and are directly or indirectly connected to animal welfare. Hence, length of productive life may be used in selection for improved animal welfare through its relationsh ip with health and fertility of the anima...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Conflict resolution and democratisation in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami: A comparative study of Aceh and Sri Lanka

Contemporary peace processes in developing countries are commonly elite-focused and use developmental interventions to depoliticise contentious issues and achieve negotiated peace pacts. These characteristics raise concerns regarding the links between dev elopment and peace and regarding the mean...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2017

Location: Oslo

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

The Hordaland Homocysteine and Health Studies - biobanks and follow-up studies

This is a joint application to cover staff (0.5 position) for project and data management, statistical and laboratory services plus running project expences for the Hordaland Homocysteine Study and the Hordaland Health Study. The Norwegian Research Counci l has previously provided such support an...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Feasible power electronics for demanding subsea applications

Equipment for subsea processing of oil and gas needs power electronic converters as part of the equipment. Today the availability of feasible high power converters for subsea applications is strictly limited, or does not exist at all. E.g. the today's con verters aimed for subsea operation are ba...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

The effect of polychlorinated biphenyls and brominated flame retardants on dopaminergic systems. A possible explanation for toxic effects.

The proposed project is to study in what way both molecular mechanisms and electrophysiological responses induced by treatment with PCB and BFR will affect the phosphorylation pattern of glutamate receptors in defined brain regions in controls and mice wi th deletion of the DARPP-32 gene.

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2014

Location: Oslo