17,014 projects

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GLOBHELS-Global helse

Phase IIb-Test of Concept Clinical Trial of the Peptide-based HIV-1 Therapeutic Vaccine Candidate Vacc-4x

Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), the daily life long treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is costly and associated with adverse side effects following long term use (e.g. metabolic toxicity). This study will further the cli nical development of the peptide-based HI...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

FRITEK-Teknologi

Clinical applications of multiphoton microscopy: Focus on cardiovascular diagnosis

Multiphoton microscopy (MPM) provides a unique possibility of imaging the micrometer-scale structure of intact tissue. It can image indivdual connective fibers up to one millimeter below the surface. MPM has been used successfully in the imaging of cell-s tructure and -dynamics, but has only rela...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

Health and Wealth in East and West - divergence and convergence in Europe. European Society for Health and Medical sociology, 12th. Congress

European Society for Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS) aims to contribute to an all-European discussion of health and society in Europe, including how to overcome European health divisions and promote health across Europe and elsewhere. Since 1986 the ESHMS has organised bi-annual congresses i...

Awarded: NOK 0.19 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Molecular basis for control of the heartbeat by Na+

Contraction of the heart is triggered by an increase in Ca2+ within cardiac muscle cells, as Ca2+ ions bind to contractile proteins. The rise in Ca2+ results primarily from release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum which is the main intracellular store of C a2+. Therefore, the pumping ability of th...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Change in clinically significant behavior during pharmacological augmented treatment of anxiety disorders

There has been enormous progress in the treatment of anxiety disorders, yet about 40% patients with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder do not recover after receiving daily medication or psychotherapy. PTSD is characterized by hyperarousal, coupled with emotional avoidance. Non-reinforced expo...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Social networks, labour transactions and outcomes: A theoretical and empirical study of migrant workers, and their employers, in South-Asia.

We study motives and explanations for network use in labour transactions in low income countries and the implications for employers, and in particular for the segment of poor unskilled workers. One explanation favoured among economists is that networks ar e vehicles for effective information tran...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Role of the extracellular microenvironment and lymphatics in disease development and progression

The present project is focused on the tumour cell microenvironment, i.e. the interstitial fluid bathing the tumour cell and the lymph draining the tumour via the lymphatics. Lymphatic metastases are a major clinical problem for many cancer types, and stra tegies directed at halting this process a...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Prioritization in the Health Care Sector

This project investigates prioritization in the Norwegian health care sector. The objective is to see how actual prioritization is affected by regulation and finance systems of the specialist health care sector, and to establish systems for surveillance o f prioritization of patients over geograp...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

A new clinical pathway for patients with fractured neck of femur -The orthopaedics operate, the geriatricians manage the medical work-up

Each year 9000 persons undergo surgery for hip fractures in Norway. The epidemic of hip fractures is associated with high morbidity, mortality, disability and subsequent hospital and social costs as well as impairment of quality of life. Hip fracture pati ents tend to be old and above all charact...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Resource-oriented music therapy for psychiatric patients with low therapy motivation: Randomised controlled trial

Background Previous research has shown positive effects of music therapy for people with schizophrenia and other mental disorders. In clinical practice, music therapy is often offered to psychiatric patients with low therapy motivation, but little resear ch exists about this population. The aim ...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

NYFO Verdikjede, logistikkløsninger og nye forretningsmodeller for transportindustrien

Norsk samferdselspolitikk har som uttrykt målsetning å bidra til å redusere næringslivets avstandskostnader. Slike kostnader utgjøres av en rekke faktorer, deriblant de oppgavene speditørene utfører for å overkomme formelle og uformelle handelshindre og å konsolidere forsendelser, for dermed å m...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

SKATT-Skatteøkonomi

Cross-national comparisons of redistributional effects: tax progressivity in Norway in an international perspective

The implications of using different measures of tax progressivity have, however, not been sufficiently addressed. In this project we intend to explore the implications of using different measures of tax progressivity by ranking various countries in terms of redistributive effects. Lambert and Tho...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Vegbelysning - strategi og teknologi for behovstilpasset styring

Prosjektet vil omfatte både teoretiske utredninger, fysiske forsøk med utprøving av ny teknologi som grunnlag for senere industriell videreutvikling av måleutstyr for funksjonsstyrt belysning. De teoretiske utredningene vil være knyttet til synlighet av o bjekter i og nær vegbanen, og nyere forsk...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Sources of plant protein for fish feed: Understanding and controlling antinutritional factors

This project will form the Norwegian pillar in a trilateral scientific cooperation and coordination with USA and Canada of activities within the fish feed area. The Canadian and US pillars are funded by public grants and industrial sponsors. Atlantic sal mon is the most important farmed fish in ...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

SKATT-Skatteøkonomi

Tax reform 2006 and individual behavioural responses

One fruitful and much used approach to assess the effect of tax reforms is to calculate the elasticity of taxable income sometimes labelled as the new tax responsiveness literature. Early contributions to this literature are the work conducted by Lindsey (1987) and Feldstein (1995). More recent c...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

SKATT-Skatteøkonomi

Consequences of taxation on corporate financial structure and real investments: Empirical analyses

A prominent advantage of the 2006 tax reform is its neutrality with respect to marginal investment decisions, regardless of the preferred choice of financing, combined with a rather high average tax rate caused by double taxation. The investment neutralit y property is due to two features of the ...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

REISEPOL-Reiselivspolitikk

Sustainable Destination Norway 2025

Tourism is of substantial economic importance in Norway, but some forms of tourism are questionable from a sustainability point of view. Arguably, there is thus a need to re-think Norwegian tourism with a view to the challenges implied in Norway's decisio n to become a carbon neutral country by 2...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

SKATT-Skatteøkonomi

An empirical analysis of cross-border income shifting among small and medium sized companies.(Videreføring av 179809/S20)

MNCs may take advantage of international differences in tax rates in order to maximize their global after tax return. This can be done by transfer price manipulations or financing decisions. Empirical evidence (primarily based on US data) suggest that MNC s are involved in such tax planning activ...

Awarded: NOK 0.70 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

KelpPredict: Kelp community structure and function; analysing interactions and developing models along multiple exposure gradients

The Laminaria hyperborea kelp forests and its associated biodiversity are under pressure by kelp trawling, grazing by sea urchins, changing climate (storms) and pollutions (eutrophication). These pressures are related to exposure gradients, e.g. sea urchi n grazing is found in the more sheltered ...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

SHP-Strategiske høgskoleprogram

Life-stories, engagement and health problems of elderly persons in northern areas, with consequences for care services

Prosjektet ble innvilget med midler fra Strategiske høgskoleprosjekter (SHP) på bakgrunn av søknad sendt 21.2.2007. Prosjektet har hatt en sentral og meget relevant problemstilling knyttet til det nasjonale satsningsområdet «omsorg for eldre med særlig fokus på demens» (St.meld. nr. 25 (2005-2006...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SHP-Strategiske høgskoleprogram

Profesjonsutøvelse og barns deltakelse

Prosjektet retter fokus mot barns deltagelse i hverdagslivets aktiviteter og relasjoner, og mot deres deltakelse i profesjonell praksis knyttet til barnevern og habilitering. Gjennom siste halvdel av 1900-tallet kom barns deltakelse i sosiale samspill til å innta en dominerende posisjon i forstå...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

EUROPA-Europa i endring

Free movement, labour market regulation and multilevel governance in the enlarged EU/EEA - a Nordic and comparative perspective

Prosjektet har tatt for seg den europeiske rettsutviklingen på området for grensekryssende tjenesteytelser, samspillet mellom ulike aktører i denne utviklingen og hvordan den virker inn på nasjonale, spesielt de nordiske, rettsordener. Vekten ligger særli g på EF-direktivene om utstasjonering av ...

Awarded: NOK 14.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Biogas residue - a safety risk in organic farming?

The Norwegian government aims to increase the organic food production and consumption to 15 % of the total within year 2015. To reach this ambiguous goal, it is estimated that of the total Norwegian agricultural area for each crop, approx. 18 % of the mea dow, 20 % of the pasture, 7,5 % of cereal...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

METAdata and MObile Superdistribution Extension System

The main idea of the project is to develop and provide generic tools that will encourage and enable end consumers to become active contributors to the creation, marketing and reselling of multimedia products. This will make the value chain more efficient and increase the revenues for the artists ...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Buskerud

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Spontaneous preterm birth: a systems biology approach in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

sPTB is an unresolved common complex condition in perinatal medicine and is related to long-term disabilities such as cerebral palsy, cognitive and respiratory problems, which will affect the infant in every day life situations. The pathophysiology of sPT B remains poorly understood. Infection an...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

PRAKUT-Praksisrettet utdanningsforskn

Barnehagen i endring. Inkludering i praksis

Norsk senter for barneforskning. NTNU (NOSEB) har i samarbeid med Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag (HiNT) etablert en tverrfaglig forskergruppe som skal framskaffe og formidle forskningsbasert og praksisnær kunnskap om barnehagen som en integrerende samfunnsin stitusjon og inkludering i praksis. Med f...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A novel checkpoint regulating the cell cycle of fission yeast

In this project we shall further study and characterise a novel mechanism of checkpoint regulation that we have recently discovered (Tvegård et al, Genes Dev, 2007). Checkpoints are important regulators of the cell cycle. Cancer development is frequently associated with the lack of checkpoints an...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

VAM-Velferd, arbeidsliv og migrasjon

Team incentives, human capital and job satisfaction

The purpose of this research project is to better understand the causes and nature of teamwork and team incentives, and how these can promote, or obstruct, performance and job satisfaction. Team production is one of the defining characteristics of a firm, and there seems to be a consensus that t...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

VAM-Velferd, arbeidsliv og migrasjon

Omstilling

Prosjektgruppen vil ta utgangspunkt i de områdene i programnotatet som er omtalt som "omstillinger og mobilitet" og mekanismer som påviker inkludering og utstøting i arbeidslivet. Vi har organisert deltemaene under overskriftene 1) Kostnader ved omstillin g 2) Omstillingsprosesser og 3) Årsaker t...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

KLINISK-Klinisk forskning

Is beta cell rest by insulin treatment beneficial in preserving beta cell function in latent autoimmune diabetes of the adult ( LADA)?

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes LADA) er en hyppig form av diabetes. Det er vist at mellom 5 og 10 % av alle pasienter med diabetes har LADA. Selv om denne formen av diabetes altså er hyppig er mye mindre kjent om hva som er beste behandling enn hva som er kjent for type2 diabetes (aldersdiabetes) ell...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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