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FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Mosaic epimutations: population prevalence, mechanistic origins, and their role in cancer

Researchers have long debated whether specific changes in the way our genes are regulated, called epigenetic changes or "epimutations," can increase the risk of cancer. Our recent groundbreaking research has provided strong evidence that epimutations are indeed a risk factor for certain types of ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Geothermal Energy and Lithium Co-production: Multiphysics Modelling, Experimentation and Simulation

The high amount of lithium found in geothermal reservoirs, along with rising demand for lithium, creates an opportunity to produce both geothermal energy and lithium at the same time. In Europe, several geothermal areas have brines (formation water) rich in lithium, which could help build a domes...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

The plastic and evolutionary response of cod metapopulations to human-induced rapid environmental change (CARE-COD)

CARE-COD investigates how different types of Atlantic cod in western Norwegian fjords adapt to rapid, human-driven environmental change, particularly the expansion of salmon aquaculture. Cod occur in several ecotypes that differ in behaviour and life history, such as whether they migrate over lon...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

SAMISKTEMA-SAMISKTEMA

Biebmolassi – Reconciling Sámi Food Systems

Biebmolassi is a Sámi concept referring to harvesting and subsistence practices, such as berry picking, fishing, hunting, pastoralism, and food production. The project examines Sámi and local food systems in Sallto (Salten) and Stuornjárga (the Skånland Peninsula), focusing on how knowledge about...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Culture-based solutions: harnessing local land-care practices for sustainable adaptation in areas under pressure

Culture-based solutions (CbS) can improve or provide alternatives to existing frameworks for nature-based solutions (NbS). NbS focuses on local engineering measures for climate adaptation, while society and culture are commonly framed as co-benefits rather than co-creators. CbS was launched by UN...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

OptoSeason: decoding seasonal reproduction in vertebrates using a next-gen optogenetic tool

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is throwing nature out of sync. Many animals rely on the length of daylight (photoperiod), to time their reproduction for when conditions are just right. Disrupting this natural signal, whether through urban lighting or aquaculture practices, can have serious cons...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

COMAP: Mapping the teenage universe with carbon monoxide

Since the discovery of the cosmic microwave background in 1965, modern cosmology has been an uninterrupted success story of one ground-breaking experiment after the other that have revolutionized our understanding of the physics of the Universe, from the hot Big Bang to dark energy and black hole...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

MultiSCORE: Multi-Scale structure of the coronal environment

The solar corona, the outermost layer of the solar atmosphere, is responsible for some of the most energetic space weather events, which can disrupt technology and communication systems on Earth. The structure of the corona spans a vast range of scales, which makes it difficult to capture its co...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Exploring novel therapies for celiac disease centered around the autoantigen transglutaminase 2

Celiac disease is affecting 1-2% of the population. Today the only existing treatment for the widespread disorder is a lifelong gluten-free diet. There is a need to develop alternative treatments. Recent research has revealed that the enzyme transglutaminase 2 plays a central role in the developm...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SIKKERHET-SIKKERHET

Towards detecting AI-generated disinformation: Fakespeak in the age of large language models

The EU, NATO and UN in addition to 1500 experts consulted by the World Economic Forum perceive disinformation and fake news, and the subsequent erosion of trust in newly elected governments, as one of the biggest current threats to democracy. This is so not least due to the rapid development of g...

Awarded: NOK 11.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Understanding cumulative human impacts in a marine ecosystem with computational experiments

People affect marine ecosystems in many ways, such as climate change, pollution, and overfishing. Cumulative impacts refer to the combined effects of such stressors. They pose one of the biggest threats to ecosystems and biodiversity worldwide. Yet, we know little about how stressors act togethe...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Machine Learning in Real World (MLReal)

Machine learning (ML) has transformed our world with technologies such as cancer detection in medical diagnostics, generative AI that creates text, images, videos, and music, and self-driving cars. Our current ML algorithms struggle with the challenges in the real world. They are mainly designed ...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

KULTURTEMA-KULTURTEMA

The powers of visual representations in shaping and mediating land-use conflicts in Norway (VISUALS)

VISUALS investigates how visual representations, such as images, photos, maps, media reports, and artworks, influence conflicts related to land-use and management of natural resources in Norway. If municipalities continue to favour roads, cabin villages, wind power development, and green industri...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

The impacts of land use conflicts on society and citizens: how local arguments shape democratic participation and lived experience

In recent years, Norwegian communities have seen a rise in contentious land use disputes. The green transition’s demand for land has triggered conflicts over mining, wind power, solar parks, and power lines — a development expected to intensify as society moves toward a low-emission future. Thes...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

NANOTEKNOLOGI-NANOTEKNOLOGI

Nanoscale imaging of magnetic skyrmion dynamics in thin film devices

Skyrmions are magnetic “whirlwinds” in materials. They are stable, very small (micro- to nanometers) and can be moved using a very small electric current. This makes them potential candidates for future electronic devices including in quantum technology. However, to utilize the skyrmions in devic...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Urgency and pressures in critical mineral extraction - Potentials and pitfalls for just mining in Norway

The demand for critical minerals is increasing rapidly. These metals are used in green technologies such as electric vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels, and play a key role in the transition to a low-emission society. At the same time, the growing pressure for faster extraction creates new ...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Sustainable and ethical fishing, processing, and marketing of Atlantic cod

Fish Welfare in Wild Capture: A New Priority Animal welfare for wild-caught fish has long been overlooked; however, Norway’s Animal Welfare Report (2024–2025) marks a turning point by recognizing that capture methods can cause severe stress and injury, thereby affecting both welfare and product q...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Statistical Methods for Online Detection of Anomalies

The primary objective of this project is to develop groundbreaking statistical and machine learning methods for real-time anomaly detection. Additionally, the project aims to pioneer novel applications of these algorithms, including monitoring AI systems for anomalous behavior. Anomaly detectio...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Dressing the Saints: Gendering and Othering in Netherlandish Art at the Dawn of a Globalised World

How would you dress a saint in art? Royal saints, bishop saints and saints from religious orders had their prescribed clothing. But the many Early Christian martyrs did not, meaning that the artist depicting them had choices to make departing from the Bible’s sole guideline positing that “the fin...

Awarded: NOK 11.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Integer Factorization and Related Cryptographical Problems

In a world increasingly reliant on digital communication, the security of our data hinges on mathematical problems that are surprisingly hard to solve. One of the most important is integer factorization—the task of breaking large numbers into their prime divisors. Factorization is the process of...

Awarded: NOK 9.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

CRCbiome-long: Gut dynamics in health and disease - a population-based longitudinal study

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes – bacteria, viruses, and fungi – collectively known as the gut microbiome. These organisms are essential for digestion, immune defense, and overall health. But when their balance is disrupted, it can set the stage for disease development, including c...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

NorCare: Novel drivers of bacterial high-risk clones and antibiotic resistance

Why Do Some Superbugs Thrive? Unraveling the Secrets of Antibiotic Resistance. The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is one of the most urgent health challenges of our time. Certain bacterial strains, often resistant to multiple drugs, have become global threats, spreading rapidly in hospita...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Validating fatty acid synthesis enzymes as targets for antibiotics against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other Gram-negative bacteria.

Antibiotic resistance is becoming a serious global health threat. As bacteria evolve to resist our current medicines, infections that were once easy to treat are becoming deadly again. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified a list of dangerous bacteria where we urgently need new antib...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

When breast cancer hits a nerve - Neural involvement as a hallmark of tumor progression

The aim of this project is to investigate nerve involvement in primary breast cancer and brain metastatic breast cancer. Our hypothesis is that a subset of aggressive breast cancers engages the nervous system to drive tumor progression, including metastases to the brain tissue, the most neurogeni...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

DERISK: How firms navigate de-risking regimes

The global economic paradigm in the West is undergoing a significant shift from a focus on integration and prosperity to one centered on economic security and risk management. This change is driven by concerns that economic interdependence can lead to vulnerabilities and coercive power dynamics. ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Artificial Intelligence: Growth, Inequalities and Public Policies

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming economies, but its effects are still uncertain, and the subject of a vivid debate. Will AI drive innovation, productivity, and economic growth? Or will it lead to job losses, rising income inequality, and more concentrated markets? Public polic...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2031

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Meat replacement and systems of edibility in Asia and beyond

Alternative proteins can replace meat. Given that meat-intensive diets have significant health, environmental, climate and animal welfare impacts, this idea is generating hype, optimism and substantial investment. Whether involving insects, plants, lab-grown meat or other ingredients, alternative...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

A New Approach to Supply Chain Capitalism and Emerging Infectious Diseases

CAPIDEMIC explores the political dimensions of transnational supply chains and how they respond to sustainability challenges brought on by emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Our research is centered on the poultry industry, which is currently under threat from the global spread of highly pathog...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Multiplicative Analysis

A prime number is a positive integer that is divisible only by 1 and itself: the first five prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11. The prime numbers are the building blocks needed to construct the other positive integers using multiplication. In the same way that a water molecule consists of two h...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

HAIRY: Equilibrium, dynamics and flow control of droplets on soft hairy surfaces and channels

Hairy surfaces can be found on plants leaves, in the lining of blood capillaries and in a wide range of engineering processes. Common to all these surfaces is that they often interact with soft interfaces. In this project, we will discover the movement pattern of droplets on hairy surfaces and ho...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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