2,159 projects

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

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Development of highly efficient nanostructured SOFCs integrating novel Ln(Nb,Ta)O4-based proton conducting oxides

The project takes as starting point the development of new patented proton conducting oxides, synthesis routes, and fabrication of fuel cell prototypes under the NANOMAT FOET project, and applies nano-engineering to improve the properties of materials and interfaces. Planar protonic fuel cells w...

Awarded: NOK 9.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

New materials and methods for placement of a thin layer cap on contaminated seabed

The Norwegian Ministry of the Environment identified remediation of contaminated sediments as important. The total release of contaminants to the fjord environment from larger areas with moderate contaminant levels can be greater than that from smaller ar eas with higher contaminant concentration...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Ressursnettverk for eForvaltning

Avdeling for forvaltningsinformatikk, Universitetet i Oslo søker, i samarbeid med Statskonsult, NTNU, SINTEF, Kompetansesenter for eForvaltning(KSeF), Høgskolen i Agder, Vestlandsforskning med flere, om støtte for utvikle et flerfaglig ressursnettverk inn en fagområdet eForvaltning; kort omtalt s...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

CLIMIT-Program for CO2-håndtering

Thermophysical properties of CO2/H2O mixtures Condensation processes relevant for oxy-fuel cycles

Condensers for separation of CO2 and steam are central devices in oxygen-fired power plants with CO2 capture, so called Oxy-Fuel processes. The project aims at studying the fluid flow dynamics, the heat transfer process, and the condensation process for C O2/H2O mixtures in order to provide neces...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Rogaland

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Funksjonaliserte nanopartikler for bruk i PVC materialer og prosesser

De viktigste utfordringene vil være å forstå hvordan de forskjellige nanomaterialene kan modifiseres slik at de i kombinasjon med et plastmateriale kan gi pastmaterialet sterkt forbedrede egenskaper, eller anvendt på en overflate kan modifisere denne for å oppnå selvrensende egenskaper. Slike ...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Telemark

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi, nanovitenskap, mikroteknologi og avanserte materialer

Hetero-junction Si based solar cells

The aim of the project is to reduce the cost of solar electricity and therefore to develop a low-temperature technology for highly efficient bifacial and monofacial solar cells (up to ~20 % conversion efficiency) based on crystalline and multicrystalline Si wafers using a combination of the Si so...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

SFI-Sentre for forskningsdrevet innovasjon

FACE - Multiphase Flow Assurance Innovation Centre

Flerfaseforskning i Norge strekker seg tilbake til 1980-tallet da utviklingen av felter som Ekofisk, Statfjord og Gullfaks ble igangsatt. Disse feltene stilte helt nye krav til kontroll på flyt av flerfase gass og væske i rørledningene og nye, lange trans portledninger med gass og kondensat ble i...

Awarded: NOK 80.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2015

Location: Akershus

DEMOSREG-Demokrati, styring og regional

Oljeøkonomiens geografi: utbyggingsregimer og regionale transformasjonsprosesser

Prosjektet vil analysere hvordan olje- og gassvirksomheten griper inn i og er med på å omdanne den nordlige regionen. Her møtes en etablert og global industri, som i økende grad opererer på kommersielle vilkår, og en ressursbasert periferiregion, som leng e har vært kjennetegnet ved fjernstyring ...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Søknad om regionale midler til FUGE-N for perioden 2007-2011

Det regionale fagrådet for FUGE-N har hatt et budsjett på ca. 6,8 mill kroner i perioden 2002-2006 for å støtte regionale tiltak som bl.a. et kompetanseprosjekt, støtte til reiser for å øke kompetanse, lokale arbeidssamlinger og professor II-stillinger. E tableringen av FUGE-N har styrket og heve...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Assessment of mixture toxicity of compounds in discharges to the North Sea and coastal areas of Norway

The North sea and coastal areas of Norway receive input of pollutants from various sources including disharges from land, maritime and offshore oil production activitites, leakage from contaminated sediments and long-range atmospheric transport. These com pounds exist as complex mixtures in the r...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Benthic biodiversity ? function and toxicology of selected key Arctic organisms

The proposed project is a cooperation network between the Norwegian institutes Akvaplan-niva and University Centre on Svalbard and the Russian institutes Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO) and Murmansk Marine B iological Institute (MMBI). The programm...

Awarded: NOK 0.59 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Multifunctional Particulate Systems for Nanomedicine

The following NANOMAT project represents the Norwegian part of the MATERA project called NANOMEDPART. The aim of the MATERA project is to develop effective methods for the preparation of nanosized particles and nanosized capsules built of metallic, polyme ric, inorganic and composite materials ap...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

CLIMIT-Program for CO2-håndtering

Modeling of the effects of CO2 leaks from pipelines and process facilities

When processing and transporting significant quantities of CO2 there is a potential for leaks of CO2 to plant or surroundings. CO2 is denser than air and will replace air near the ground. Significant leaks may represent a significant hazard to people down wind, and even moderate sized leaks may f...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

FUGE II - Region West Application

This application is a response to the call for regional funding within the FUGE II program. Five professor II positions are requested to bring specific areas of expertise in support of systems biology, organelle biology, proteomics, microarray technology and marine functional genomic research. ...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Vestland

CLIMIT-Program for CO2-håndtering

Validation of CO2 Capture

In absorbers for removal of CO2 from exhaust from natural gas fired power stations the liquid/gas flow ratio is very low. Problems may easily arise with wetting of the packing material. This reduces mass transfer. In order to counteract this effect good i nitial distribution of liquid is essentia...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Rogaland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

The possible role of zooplankton in modulating ecosystem effects of acute oil spills in the Norwegian and Barents Seas.

The proposed project will study long-term effects of acute oil spills in the Norwegian and Barents Seas, focusing on the role of zooplankton. Zooplankton, constituting the food for e.g. herring, capelin and young cod, is central in the ecosystem; yet impo rtant questions remain unsolved. The over...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

Continuous seismic reflection profiling buoys - a future direction for marine geophysical exploration of the Arctic Ocean

Experience from the last decade of icebreaker expeditions into the central Arctic Ocean demonstrate that about a quarter of the deep polar basin will remain inaccessible to modern multi-channel seismic exploration by towed arrays even when the survey vess el is assisted by a nuclear icebreaker. W...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

High school students - building scientific and polar curiosity through participation in Fram-V: a scientific field camp on drifting sea ice

To inspire, educate and give hands-on polar research experience to high school students, we propose to establish a five week field camp on drifting sea ice about 300 km north of Svalbard. The four week science and education program - early April to early May 2007 will involve up to 50 students (4...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

The Møre-Trøndelag Fault Complex - an integrated study

The goal of the present study is to integrate geological and geophysical methods in order to improve our knowledge on the geometry and the mechanics of the Møre-Trøndelag Fault Complex (MTFC). The MTFC is a crustal-scale fault zone whose core has been exh umed during geological times. As such it ...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CLIMIT-Program for CO2-håndtering

Geological Storage of CO2: Mathematical Modelling and Risk Assessment

Storage of CO2 in deep geological formations is regarded as a promising option for mitigating climate changes caused by anthropogenic green-house gases. In this proposal we describe the formation of an international team of US, German and Norwegian invest igators and students to address fundament...

Awarded: NOK 16.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Integration of biomonitoring with risk assessment by construction of biomarker bridges for water column organisms exposed to produced water

In the on-going PROOF project "Validation of methods and data for environmental risk assessment offshore" a theoretical framework for integration of biomonitoring into environmental risk assessment procedures was developed. Experimental data were obtained and used to demonstrate that the establi...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Rogaland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Preparing for a rainy day: Configuring climate science for future society

The project will investigate how climate change issues are being understood and appropriated in different strategically important sectors of society, both on local, regional and national level and with a broad geographical diversification. The project wil l focus on climate change management in t...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

HYBRID HYDROGEN STORAGE SOLUTIONS

Hydrogen, in combination with electricity/electric grid, is by many predicted to become the future choice as energy carrier. One especially foresees the possibility to use hydrogen as energy vector based on renewable energy. These are solutions that in th eory totally prevent emission of greenhou...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Climate change impacts in the Electricity Sector

Climate change will have impacts on electricity markets, both on demand and supply. In Norway, important likely impacts are that the supply of hydropower and wind power will be boosted by weather changes, while warmer winters will dampen heating demand. H owever, in other European countries, the ...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Geological mapping and regional geological investigations in Nordaustlandet, NE Svalbard.

The Norwegian Polar Institute and the Polar Marine Geological Research Expedition (PMGRE) in St. Petersburg, Russia, are planning a three year (2007-2009) joint geological mapping program in Nordaustlandet (NE Svalbard). Geological field work in this remo te and inaccessible area is logistically ...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Sustainable PWRI through application of the PWRI bio-toolbox

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Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

Monitoring of Development in Traditional Indigenous Lands of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Northwestern Russia

Urfolkenes tradisjonelle landområder i Nenets autonome område opplever alvorlige miljøpåvirkninger gjennom moderne industriell utvikling. Tundra og reinbeite ødelegges eller forurenses i stor skala. Urfolkenes (nenetsernes og izhma-komiernes) tradisjonell e næringer og kulturelle overlevelse er t...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

The Impacts of Oil and Gas Activity on Peoples in the Arctic Using a Multiple Securities Perspective

GAPS Is a truly multidisciplinary project, where social AND natural scientists work together to provide a comphrehensive understanding of security in the Arctic. GAPS contains a series of related and integrated sub-projects that address security in the Ar ctic from different angles. Each sub-pro...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Quantifying the Effects of Sediment Deposition, Compaction and Pore Fluid on Rock Properties and Seismic Signatures

Primary sediment compositon (provenance), depositional environments and mechanical and chemical compaction have strong impact on the physical and seismic properties of the subsurface. By trying to quantify relations between geological processes and geophy sical (seismic) parameters, we will incre...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo