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IS-TOPP-Toppfinans. av M.Curie-stipend

Prostate research organizations-network of early stage training (PRO-NEST) - Harri Itkonen

New and recent developments have revolutionized the prostate cancer research and clinical arenas, requiring the next generation scientists to have comprehensive knowledge and expertise in basic, clinical and applied research. PRO-NEST offers young researc hers a European integrated, multi-discipl...

Awarded: NOK 0.59 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Dynamic Spectrum Management in Cognitive Radio Networks

The goal of this proposal is to stimulate long-term joint research cooperation in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) between University of Minnesota (UMN) in USA and University of Agder (UiA) in Norway. This collaboration will be achieved thro ugh a series of joint research activities...

Awarded: NOK 43,000

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Agder

IS-NAD-Samarbeid med NORAD-land

konferanse, 12 kinesere til HiO (spesialister)

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Awarded: NOK 60,000

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Oslo

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

A User-Defined Approach to Utilize Climate Change Information in Local Implementation of National Construction Standards

The project RECON is focused on establishing interactions in a triangle economists - consultancy - climatologists in the frameworks of the user-defined approach where the later give the leading role to the former. Climatologists bear the bulk workload of the project as providers of the quantitat...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Nanoparticle Composite Films for Solar Cells

The cost of photovoltaic energy (PV) is today on the verge of becoming competitive with traditional energy sources (oil, coal etc). However, several achievements must be made before this grid parity is obtained and significant solar energy can be realized in the market. One such achievement woul...

Awarded: NOK 0.19 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Bilat - Biodiversity of Arctic copepods: can sibling interbreeding explain confusing taxonomy in Pseudocalanus?

The marine copepod genus Pseudocalanus consists of seven species described in the literature, which are dispersed throughout the northern temperate seas and the Arctic basin and adjoining shelf seas. These species commonly co-occur in groups of two-four s pecies, which are clearly separable, but ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Norway-Canada collaborative project between Brock University, Department of Chemistry and University of Oslo, School of Pharmacy

The purpose of this project is the establishment of an active research and exchange program between Brock University and University of Oslo. Specifically, the Chemistry Department and the Centre for Biotechnology at Brock University and the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the Universit...

Awarded: NOK 31,000

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Developing push-pull strategies for pests in brassica vegetable crops

The project is designed to establish a collaboration centered around comparative studies of trap cropping methods to reduce injury to cruciferous vegetables in Norway and the Pacific Northwest of the USA. In both regions, organic production of these veget ables will require effective measures to ...

Awarded: NOK 19,000

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Akershus

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Phytoplankton size: Climatic adaptation and long-term evolution

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Inversion of seismo-acoustic data for elastic properties of the ocean bottom

In the ocean, remote sensing of acoustic waves is the primary means to determine physical characteristics of the sea bed materials and the sub-bottom structure. Examples of remote sensing applications span a broad spectrum, including geotechnical site in spections for cable and pipe laying and i...

Awarded: NOK 19,000

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-RUOK-EONR-økonomi

Child Care, Family Transfers and Fertility

Tighter state budgets have also put family oriented policies (such as the provision of child care or transfers to families with children) under more efficiency pressure. I am currently pursuing two research projects in this area. The first project looks at the public provision of child care. In...

Awarded: NOK 24,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Song overlapping as a threatening signal in male-male vocal interactions within social groups of ortolan buntings from isolated population

Here I will evaluate the signal function of overlapping during the song contests of ortolan buntings Emberiza hortulana. Male ortolan buntings sing a two-phrase song, and their repertoire size varied in the studied population from 1-24, with mean value of four song types per male (Osiejuk et al....

Awarded: NOK 33,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Fluorinated chemicals in avian top predators of northern ecosystems: development of non-destructive biomonitoring techniques for PFCs

This application for a research stay in Norway is a spin off to an ongoing international project funded by the Norwegian EPA, aimed at investigating the impacts of organic pollutants and natural stressors on the survival and reproduction of raptors in nor thern Norway (RAPTOR 2015). The purpose o...

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Dynamics of Carbon Pools in High Arctic Permafrost

A major concern about present warming trends in Arctic areas is a potential for positive feedbacks due to release of CO2 and CH4 from breakdown of soil organic carbon (SOC). Recent results suggest that SOC values in the High Arctic have been underestimate d, due to a small number of studies, shal...

Awarded: NOK 0.29 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Inclusive identity management in new social media

Målsetningen i e-Me prosjektet var å bidra med ny kunnskap for å gjøre identitetsforvaltning og autentiseringsmekanismer mer brukervennlig og tilgjengelig, men uten å svekke kravene til personvern og sikkerhet. Bakgrunnen for prosjektet er at en betydelig andel av befolkningen opplever at innlog...

Awarded: NOK 13.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

SKATT-Skatteøkonomi

Taxation of Capital Gains in the Housing Market

Analyze the role played by capital gains in the formation of house prices and how taxation of such gains may reduce the volatility of prices, stabilize the housing market, and generate revenue. Construct a theoretical apparatus with two types of buyers, f irst-time and nth time, and examine diffe...

Awarded: NOK 0.81 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Coping With Advanced Automation

A Leiv Eiriksson mobility grant is sought to allow Prof. Greg Jamieson to spend 5 months in residence at the Institutt for energiteknikk (IFE). The stay will allow for the acceleration of ongoing research collaboration on the effectiveness of representati on-aided displays in nuclear power plant ...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Østfold

IS-RUOK-EONR-økonomi

Current and Future Supply of Health Workers

Two PhD students from the University of Freiburg plan to visit Department of economics, UiB for one month each to explore the potential for joint reserch on future provision of long-term care based on register data at the individual level. The plan is to compare data-sources and outline the scop...

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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

Fundamentals of Reactive Multi Phase Flows in Chemical Looping Combustion

Først ble prediksjonsegenskapene til de mest aksepterte modellene for strømning i fluidiserte senger fastlagt. Det ble da klarlagt at den modne To Fluid Modellen (TFM), med bruk av etablerte lukningslover, kan gi industrielt interessante simuleringsresult ater. Dette gjelder spesielt situasjoner ...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-RUOK-EONR-økonomi

Utveksling til Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Søknad om stipend for utvekslingsoppholdet ved Humboldt Navn: Signe Kårstad Studerer: Master i samfunnsøkonomi ved Universitetet i Bergen Utveksling til: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Studieopphold: 05.04.2010 til 15.09.2010 Jeg søker om stipe nd for perioden 05.04.2010 til 15.09.2010...

Awarded: NOK 34,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Annual and semi-annual sea level variations in the Nordic seas

The project focuses on the annual and semi-annual sea level variations in the Nordic Seas. The analysis is based on information about the variability of sea level from tide-gauges and satellite altimetry data in the Norwegian, Greenland and Barents Seas. For separation and analysis of annual and...

Awarded: NOK 21,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Research on variability of soil infiltration properties

The project of short term stay focuses on soil infiltration properties research. Within the research stay soil properties will be analyzed in detail for chosen catchment. The research will include both works in the field and works in the laboratory and in the office. Observed soil data will be t...

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

An independent research carried out at The National Library of Norway

The purpose of this research is to prepare a one term course "Scandinavian film II - Selected highlights" aimed at the students of the program Scandinavian studies at the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (scheduled for Autumn 20 10). The main reason for going to condu...

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

The atmospheric boundary layer structure and surface-troposphere exchange in the Svalbard area

The NERSC-IAP project capitalizes on the long-term (+15 years) experience with Russian research cooperation at NERSC. It opens a new line of cooperation with the Moscow scientific establishment. Its aim is to tighten cooperation with the leading Russian r esearch institute in area of atmospheric ...

Awarded: NOK 0.76 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Gold catalysis and new chiral NHC ligands.

Gold catalysis of organic reactions has become a rapidly expanding field in recent 5 years after being neglected by organic chemists for a long time. Gold complexes are less oxophilic than other common Lewis acids, but they are highly reactive as Lewis a cids towards carbon-carbon multiple bonds...

Awarded: NOK 0.91 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-JSPS-JSPSmobilitet fra Japan

The effect of ulttraviolet radiation on anti-predator performance in marine fish larvae

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Awarded: NOK 0.61 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Vestland

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Fertility and Poverty: The role of gender and reproductive health

Fertility has dropped below the replacement level in an increasing number of countries. The falls cut across world regions, economic development, cultures and religions. Within this general trend large variations prevail. Eastern Africa is a particular ca se where fertility remains high. Kenya st...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Sedimentology of Miocene Oil Sands and the Evaluation of its Oil Seepages in the Gebel El- Zeit area, Southern Gulf of Suez, Egypt.

The Gebel El-Zeit area is located on the western coast of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. The areas in/and around the Gulf of Suez are generally important due to their hydrocarbon resources. In the present study we will apply the sedimentological and the geochem ical teqniques to evaluate the Miocene t...

Awarded: NOK 96,747

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Skepticism towards cause related claims: A comparison between Norway and Spain

Antecedents -The Norwegian School of Management BI is a leading institution in research in marketing so an ideal place to advance research in a variety of topics. -The host researcher has expertise in consumer behavior, specifically in performing experime nts -methodology used for the current pro...

Awarded: NOK 69,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

The perceptions of international assistance in Palestine

The international community has been supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process for more than a decade and half. During these years the Palestinian population received more than 10 billion USD in various forms of foreign assistance. The Palestinian living conditions measured by economic in...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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