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POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Physical-mechanical properties of sea ice and influence of ice cover on hydrology of Svalbard fjords

The project is related to the development of network cooperation between Norwegian and Russian institutes in the field of sea ice research. The project contributes to the development of research infrastructure for the study of sea ice properties in the fi eld and laboratory conditions. We plan to...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Polar airborne bacteria, interdisciplinary discussions in the crossroad between long range air transport, climate, ecology and health care.

The overall objective in this proposal is to arrange 3 workshops including some practical comparisons regarding sampling and analysis of bioaerosols in polar regions, and discuss and compare analytical experiments combined with air transport modelling. Th e purpose of these workshops is to improv...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Cooperative seismological studies on Spitsbergen

This is a proposal to establish and operate a high-quality seismic station in Barentsburg, and to carry out associated seismological studies. The project is relevant with respect to the call for proposals since it involves cooperation between Norway and R ussia in monitoring induced seismicity du...

Awarded: NOK 0.82 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Russian-Norwegian field work cooperation on marine properties in Svalbard waters

Russian-Norwegian collaboration already established in a Fram Arctic Laboratory funded PhD project, will be expanded by developing joint field work in Svalbard fjords and adjacent shelf waters. The field work will focus on seawater properties (temperature , salinity, particulate matter, optics, t...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Satellite Earth Observation of the Marine Environment in the Svalbard region

Earth Observation (EO) data from polar orbiting satellites play an increasingly important role in environmental and climate sciences and for operational use. EO data in the Arctic is particular useful because the coverage from polar orbiting satellites is better at high latitudes and the fact th...

Awarded: NOK 0.71 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Terrestrial Invertebrate Fauna of Svalbard Workshop

? Build personal acquaintances between scientists working at disparate institutions. ? Coordinate future invertebrate research. ? Visit to the research facilities available at the Svalbard Science Centre and in Barentsburg. A briefing on the facilities in Ny-Ålesund will also be presented. ?...

Awarded: NOK 0.46 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Norwegian and Russian Upper Atmosphere Co-operation On Svalbard part 2

The scientific objectives as stated by NORUSCA including multi-site* spectral observations of aurora and airglow, morphology and temporal dynamics in context of ionospheric convection, and real time exchange of data during radar and rocket campaigns are a ll items that will be addressed by this a...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Study of non-linear phenomena in the polar ionosphere induced by the SPEAR heating facility

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Awarded: NOK 0.72 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Microhabitats of benthic Foraminifera in glacimarine sediments

Foraminifera are diverse and abundant marine unicellular organisms that sensitive to environmental change. Their hard shells accumulate as a fossil record and characterize past climates. Many of these minute sluggishly-moving organisms dwell within the se diment where they tend to occupy certain ...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Coordination and integration of Norwegian and Russian marine research activities on Svalbard (CoNoR)

In close cooperation with Svalbard Science Forum (SSF), we propose to organize two series of symposia, one in Svalbard and one in St Petersburg to promote, coordinate and integrate planned and ongoing Norwegian and Russian research activities on Svalbard in selected research fields. We focus on ...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

INTERNAL HYDRAULIC PROCESSES IN AN ARCTIC FJORD

There is growing evidence that a significant fraction of the diapycnal mixing in the oceans is caused by internal hydraulic processes (e.g., internal wave breaking, internal hydraulic jumps etc.). Fjords are convenient as ocean process laboratories since they exhibit many of the physical phenome...

Awarded: NOK 0.54 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

TVERS: Drivers of change in circumpolar tundra ecosystems (TUNDRA)

ARKTISK ØKONOMI: Mange Arktisk samfunn er typiske ?ensidige industristeder?, basert på utvinning og eksport av råstoff. Industriaktiviteten er lite integrert i stedets øvrige økonomiske aktivitet. I tillegg er arbeidsstyrken på slike steder svært mobil. D ette demo-økonomiske systemet gjør at man...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Cardiac and respiratory monitoring utilizing UWB-IR technology

The main goal in this project is a cardiac and respiratory monitoring radar. The radar will be based upon Ultra Wide Band Impulse Radar (UWB-IR) technology. It will have reduced power consumption, be miniaturized, wireless, detached monitoring, robust det ection, and small in size compared to exi...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Utvikling av diagnostikk for påvisning av latent og aktiv tuberkuloseinfeksjon

Tuberkulose (TB) er en av de store globale helseutfordringene og bekjempelse av sykdommen er omfattet av FN's tusenårsmål. Om lag 2 milliarder av verdens befolkning er i dag infisert med TB i latent eller aktiv form. Tall fra 2006 viser at 9,2 millioner m ennesker blir syke av TB årlig, hvorav 1,...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Benthic Indicators for Monitoring the Ecosystem of the Barents Sea

The project synthesizes and integrates research data produced in recent years as a basis for the selection and further development of benthic indicator organisms for the monitoring of contaminants and biodiversity in the Barents Sea. These will be complim ented by research on baseline variations ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Norwegian-Russian collaboration on deep seismic studies of the crust and upper mantle in the Barents Sea

We will establish a closer collaboration between Norwegian and Russian scientists in relation to one of the key research tasks focusing on the crust and upper mantle structure within the ongoing PETROMAKS project 'Petroleum-related regional studies of the Barents Sea region' (PETROBAR). The main...

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Remote sensing of mesoscale oceanic processes by acoustics and satellite sensors - a new approach to understanding of bio-physical coupling

Mesoscale eddies are important for the ocean circulation and are considered important for the open sea productivity. The basic processes behind are difficult to study and are vaguely understood mainly due to inadequate spatio-temporal coverage offered by traditional methodologies. Recent studies ...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Development of anti-cancer drug candidate using biosynthetic and chemical engineering

Leukemia is one of the major types of cancer with over 330.000 new incidences each year worldwide. Therapeutic options for treating leukemia are relatively limited, and there exists an unmet need in safe and efficient anti-leukemic drugs. The major goal o f the proposed project is to develop an a...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

NORRUSS-Nordområdene og Russland

GEOPOLITIKK-NORD: Geopolitikk i nordområdene, norske interesser (Geopolitics in the High North. Norwegian Interests)

The High North is an area of great possibilities in the decades to come. Energy is the primary driver of economic interests in the region, closely followed by fisheries and tourism. At the same time there are many challenges. Climate change threatens trad itional livelihoods, and petroleum extrac...

Awarded: NOK 25.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

"Nuclear Matter at Extreme Conditions: Modeling High Energy Heavy Ion Reactions"

The project aims to study properties of hot and dense nuclear matter, produced in A+A collisions at bombarding energies between 1-16000 AGeV within the microscopic Monte Carlo models and macroscopic models at our disposal. Nowadays besides three microsco pic models, quark-gluon string model, ult...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF NATURAL/TECHNOGENIC RADIOACTIVITY ON WILDLIFE OF THE NORTH

In recent years, considerable international efforts have been undertaken to develop scientifically correct and practically acceptable methodologies for assessing the possible radiation impact on the environment. Three innovative EC projects can be named i n this respect : FASSET (Framework for As...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

MAritime REsources of the BArents SEa: Satellite data driven monitoring in the context of increase of commercial efficiency of the fishery

The main objective of the four-year project is to advance our capability to monitor the Barents Sea maritime resources focusing on the increase of the commercial efficiency of the fishery. It is anticipated that implementation of the developed monitoring system will result in significant reductio...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

The role of protected nature in sustainable local development in North-West Russia and Northern Norway - a comparative analyses

The research project intends to increase understanding and knowledge in the field of interconnection of nature conservation process and development of local communities. The study will be carried out on the base of comparison of different protected areas management systems and institutional frame...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Neighbourly Asymmetry: Norway and Russia 1814-2014

The purpose of "Neighbourly Asymmetry: Norway and Russia 1814-2014" is to research the historical relations between Norway and Russia / the Soviet Union in the period 1814-2014. It will result in two richly illustrated volumes, which will be an important contribution to the 200th anniversary of...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the high North and North-Western Russia

The aim of the proposed initiative is to develop a mutual scientific exchange program within environmental chemistry based upon transfer of scientific knowledge, MSc, PhD students and personnel. The main activity will be medium-term research visits (3-12 months; 6 months in average) of M.Sc., Ph....

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Study of Russian Air Pollution Sources and their Impact on Atmospheric Composition in the Arctic

RAPSIFACT will interpret existing and conduct new measurements of greenhouse gases, gaseous air pollutants, and aerosols in Russia, which is the most important source region for Arctic air pollution. This has especially high relevance and is extremely urg ent because climate change is proceeding ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Public health without public trust? Governance of HIV/AIDS prevention in North-West Russia

The project examines the extent to which HIV/AIDS prevention in North West Russia is perceived and treated as a public health issue, requiring a broad, multi-sectoral response. Using multi-level analysis, the project studies processes and perspectives amo ng four types of actors: i) authorities (...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Development of new antibacterial antibiotics

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Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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: Ukjent Fylke

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

Mapping threats to arctic bird populations. The effect of infectious organisms and pollution on bird health. IPY NO 172 BirdHealth

The arctic environment and its wildlife are currently being threatened; from climate change, from pollution and from infectious organisms (IO). Health in wildlife is regulating population numbers through individual survival and reproduction. Little is kno wn about the combined impact of IO and po...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke