434 projects

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - bilateral cooperation: Speciation and Phylogeography of Soil Arthropods in the Mountains (SAPHARI)

The international collaborative project will target selected taxa within the insect order Coleoptera (beetles) to study speciation and phylogeography of soil arthropods in the mountains, using the Southern Appalachians as a model. The project will include the following objectives and address the...

Awarded: NOK 57,000

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

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USA and China - bilateral research on Ideology, Cultural Memory, and Canonization in cross disciplinary and cross cultural perspective.

(In Norwegian:) Det synes å være slik at en gitt kultur etablerer visse "ortodokse" måter å forstå seg selv og sin historie på. Denne "kulturens normalforståelse" knyttes svært ofte til ytre objekter som klassiske tekster, bestemte (kultiske) handlinger, klesdrakt, osv. Slike tekster, handlinger,...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

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USA, Japan and China, - scientific cooperation to ensure the safe use of novel food ingredients derived from gene technology.

The safety of novel food ingredients produced by modern biotechnology has been a concern raised by many consumers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and scientists. Thus, the need for careful risk assessment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) int ended for food and feed is recognized in ...

Awarded: NOK 80,566

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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USA-Determination of Molecular Descriptors of drug targets, anti-targets and counter targets for Cancer therapy

Many potent Matrix metalloproteinases inhibitors (MMPIs) have been developed for the treatment of cancer in recent years with great expectations. Many of them have been tested in clinical trials and discontinued. These inhibitors lack specificities betwee n cancer producing and cancer inhibiting ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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USA/Canada - Ice abrasion and frost deterioration of high performance concrete structures - service life

In the first phase the participants will review contributions to the objective of the project from their varying fields of expertise and possibilities for financial support for a main project. This will include brief overviews of expertise in the fields o f environmental loads (ice pressure, free...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Nord-Amerika - bilateralt forskningssamarbeid innenfor vinterdrift av veger.

Vinterdrift er et av de tunge innsatsområdene innenfor drift av veger i Norge, og årlig brukes det ca 1,2 milliarder NOK for å sikre framkommeligheten og gjøre vintervegene trafikksikre. Dette har stor samfunnsmessige betydning både for næringsliv og for den enkelte trafikant. Vinterdrift er e...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - Norwegian-Chinese Media Research

Høgskolen i Oslo (HiO) inngikk i 2004 en samarbeidsavtale med Communication University of China (CUC). Dr. Wangyu, Associate professor, CUC, som arbeider innen feltet journalistikk, medier og kommunikasjon, skal oppholde seg i 10 mnd ved HiO, Avd. for jou rnalistikk, bibliotek- og informasjonsfag...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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Russland - Promoting environmentally and socially sound oil and gas development in North West Russia

The Barents Sea lies makes up 7% of the Arctic Ocean and washing the shores of both Norway and Russia. Leading Norwegian companies like Statoil, Norsk Hydro and Aker Kvaerner that want to do business there, have accumulated an enormous technological poten tial and operational experience. This als...

Awarded: NOK 99,420

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Rogaland

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RUSSLAND - BILATERAL SAMARBEID INNEN FORSKNING OG UTVIKLING AV VERDISKAPENDE INNOVASJON OG FORNYING I OFFENTLIG SEKTOR

Innovasjon knyttet til styring, organisering og nye samarbeidsformer som kan bidra til økt tjenestekvalitet, produktivitet og bedre ressursutnyttelsen i kommuner, fylker og i nasjonen, er blitt et stadig viktigere tema i både Norge og i Russland. I begge land er det fokus på styring og organiseri...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

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Russia - Bilateral Cooperation on Sami Related Research with Institutions in North-West Russia

According to a strategic plan for 2005-2009 the NSI's research shall be conducted in the overall-Sami perspective that means taking into account Sami research and needs in all the countries, where the Sami live. The NSI has plans to involve Sami related r esearch conducted in Russia into Sami res...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku

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Russia - develop joint research project on migration

Til nå har det meste av forskningen på migrasjon over russisk-nordiske grenser vært gjort av nordiske forskere. Hensikten med denne BILAT-søknaden er å styrke den kvalitative migrasjonsforskningen i Russland, ved å utvikle et felles forskningsprosjekt run dt migrasjon i nordområdene. Innvilget s...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

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Russland - Bilateral samarbeid innen petroleum spill renovering

Norut Teknologi bidrar med tekniske støtte til Arctic Spill Control A.S. i Narvik ved utvikling av teknologi for land og vann basert forurensing av petroleum produkter. Gjennom Barents initiativet har Norut Teknologi blitt koblet sammen med forskere hos Kola Science Centre (RAS), som har utvikle...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

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Russland - møte mellom russiske og norske bilder av hverandre i krysskulturelt samarbeide.

I Norut Samfunnsforsknings internasjonale strategier og prioriteringer står forskning på nordområdene og forskning i samarbeid med miljøer i nordområdene sentralt. Norut Samfunnsforskning søker å realisere disse strategiene og prioriteringene gjennom fler e tiltak. 1) Vårt strategiske instituttpr...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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CANADA: DEVELOPING BEHAVIOURAL PET PARADIGMS TO STUDY DOPAMINERGIC FUNCTION FOR USE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

Severe mental disorders are characterized by the presence of psychosis and schizophrenia is the most common psychotic disorder. The disease is a major cause of disability worldwide and rank as one of the most costly disorders to afflict humans. The etiolo gy remains elusive, but schizophrenia is ...

Awarded: NOK 40,852

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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USA - CO2 storage: Project co-ordination with Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

This application concerns funding of exchange visits (duration 2 weeks - 1 month) of senior scientific staff from LANL and IFE. We wish to invite Dr. J. William Carey to IFE in winter/spring 2007. A return visit of senior scientific staff during autumn 20 07 is also planned. The purpose of this w...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

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Canada - Human Health and Environment Research Network

Global temperatures are increasing and the earths climate is changing. While natural and physical events and cycles have resulted in significant global climate change in the past, the rapid change now underway can be clearly ascribed to human activity. Em issions of carbon dioxide and other green...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Russland? vår tids russenorsk

se prosjektbeskrivelse

Awarded: NOK 98,000

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - Bilateral collaboration on magnetically controlled nano-machines with bio-related applications

Motion of micro- and nanoscale objects is being used by nature for cell trafficking and delivery of metabolized products. In nanoscience one aims to copy nature's strategies, and apply them to the nanoscale motion of roving sensors, drug delivery and effe ctive transport systems, commonly called ...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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USA - Norway: Bilateral Cooperation in Documentary Studies.

USA - Norway Bilateral Cooperation in Documentary Studies. The project proposes a cooperation project between Department of Art and Media Studies, NTNU and Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, USA. The pr oject aims at coordinating efforts by res...

Awarded: NOK 50,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - Studies of protein N-terminal acetyltransferases: potentially important human enzymes in medicine.

The present project is rooted in the clinical work of professor J. E. Varhaug at the Endocrinology/ Surgery Section at Haukeland Hospital and the collaboration with professor J. R. Lillehaug was initiated twenty years ago. This form the basis for a multid isiplinary research collaboration between...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Vestland

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USA - BILAT-Analysis and Mathematical Physics Collaboration between MI UiB (Norway), Georgetown University and SUNY, Stony Brook (USA)

The Analysis Group at the Mathematical Institute, University of Bergen, is recently formed and rather strong and promising. Latest interests of the group lie within Complex and Harmonic Analysis, and their applications to Mathematical Physics. During the last year the group applied for several pr...

Awarded: NOK 60,000

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Vestland

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USA - bilateral cooperation in climate and greenhouse gas emission in Arctic

Basing on the scientific background, we plan to propose the development of the inverse modelling, i.e. recovery of variability and trends, of the CH4 emission sources in the Arctic. The project will have three major components: (A) consistent and complete database accounting for both the concent...

Awarded: NOK 20,361

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

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CHINA - bilateral cooperation in green electronics

The proposed project addresses the global problem of toxicity and deficient processing routines pertaining to electronic waste, through facilitating innovation within the field of electronics production and the implementation of new, more environmentally sustainable technology. Through connecting...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

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Canada - bilateral cooperation on polar biodiversity

This application seeks funding to initiate bilateral cooperation between leading biodiversity institutions in Canada and Norway. Our research focus will be on animal diversity in polar regions using DNA barcoding as a tool for species discrimination and i dentification. Polar research has a great...

Awarded: NOK 91,570

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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USA and Canada: International Raymond Carver Network; Launching of an International Society and Scholarly Review

Given Raymond Carver's status as one of the most important short story writers of the 20th century (he is translated into over 20 languages, taught in schools in America and abroad that include courses in the liberal arts, social sciences and medical huma nities) critical studies of his life and ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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USA, Electrodeposition of silicon

The electrochemical processing group at National Institute of Standards and Technology has a lot of experience in electroplating for the electronics industry. The group worked a lot with electrochemistry in ionic liquids and molten salts. They are also hi ghly skilled in nano technology. Nano cr...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA-joint initiative in food safety: The development of a project proposal on LC-MS/MS for the determination of low levels of food allergens

I en normal populasjon lider 2-5% av befolkningen av matallergi, og blant barn er frekvensen enda høyere (5-7%). En matallergiker må unngå all mat med allergene proteiner og er helt avhengig av at innholdsdeklarasjonen til ferdigfabrikert mat er korrekt. Regelverket for deklarasjon av matallergen...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

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USA: Worldwide Heritage Media: Linking Scholars and the Public in the Search for Roots - establishing a seminar to explore collaboration

As the escalating pace of technological innovation and globalization continues to transform and disrupt peoples lives and communities around the planet, so do their yearnings for a sense of stability and rootedness. This dilemma is powerfully illustrated by a photograph in Thomas Friedmans book T...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

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Russia - bilateral cooperation in innovative aspects of biological control of weeds.

Gjennom dette prosjektet skal vi legge grunnlag for langvarig samarbeid mellom All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Protection, i St. Petersburg og Bioforsk Plantehelse om å utvikle biologisk bekjempelse av ugras ved hjelp av plantepatogene sopper. De t er mest aktuelt å utvikle såkalte mykoh...

Awarded: NOK 15,300

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

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Japan - Network for investigations of radiation and light soaking stability of Si based materials, solar cells and related devices

The overall motivation for the microelectronic and in particular for the photovoltaic industry is to produce devices, which can be stable for several years against radiation (electron, proton, neutron, light exposure). This goal can be reached using a cos t effective modification of already exist...

Awarded: NOK 50,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus