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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Identifying drivers of senescence in Arctic tundra plants using field and PhenoCam observations, RiS ID: 12093

I propose a study to establish a crucial, yet missing, link between plant senescence observed using manual field methods, and using remote sensing derived vegetation indices. I further aim to identify potential climatic, biogeochemical, and plant physiological drivers of plant senescence in Arcti...

Awarded: NOK 64,831

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Geological survey of oveRbAnk sedimeNts In arcTic strEams

To gain a better understanding of the processes that occur during weathering processes of local geological material connected to Arctic catchment areas and river systems studies of overbank sediments plays a vital role. In general, knowledge about properties of the composition and physical-chemic...

Awarded: NOK 39,029

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect and responses of experimental warming on Dryas octopetala-dominated vegetation in High Arctic versus alpine ecosystems, RiS ID 10030

This master thesis aims to investigate the responses of experimental warming of the shrub Dryas octopetala in terms of its abundance, plant height and NDVI at a High Arctic and alpine site. It is expected that both abundance and plant height of Dryas will increase with warming, and that plant hei...

Awarded: NOK 23,941

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Response of shallow marine prokaryote ecosystems in the Boreal Ocean to the Permo-Triassic climate crisis (RiS ID: 12064)

This project aims to reconstruct the microbial community in the shallow Boreal Ocean during the environmental crisis at the Permian/Triassic boundary that coincided with the most severe mass extinction in Earth’s history. By collecting new samples for lipid biomarker analysis at three Permian-Tri...

Awarded: NOK 92,994

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Targeting a Svalbox hiatus: Palaeozoic and Beyond (RiS 12108)

Currently-available Svalbox data mostly cover the Central Spitsbergen Basin, with clear data sparsity north of Pyramiden (“northern hiatus”) and south of Van Keulenfjorden. The "Targeting a Svalbox hiatus: Palaeozoic and Beyond (Svalbox404)" targets the northern hiatus, focusing on the acquisitio...

Awarded: NOK 77,999

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Methylmercury and Total Mercury in Arctic Permafrost (RIS-ID: 12073)

As a student in the international master program in Environmental Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry at NTNU there is a formal study direction for Arctic research. Aim of this direction in the master program is to educate the future Arctic researchers, and the topics for master projects are d...

Awarded: NOK 5,319

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Acoustic monitoring of ice-loss processes in Kongsfjorden

We propose a field campaign in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, with focus on the bays of one or more tidewater glaciers in this region (likely Kronebreen), in September 2023. We will study the acoustics of ice-loss processes in these glaciers, especially submarine glacier melting whose contribution to ic...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of Extreme Rainfall on Arthropod Abundance and Emergence across Altitudinal Gradients in Svalbard, RiS ID 11968

Arthropod communities in all ecosystems are being affected by climate change. In the Arctic, preipitation will increase and become more variable. A larger proportion of precipitation will fall as rain rather than snow and extreme summer rainfall events are expected to occur more frequently. There...

Awarded: NOK 33,413

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Traceable Abrasion of Snow Vehicle Belts in Svalbard

The project TRACES will focus on abrasive particles from snow vehicle belts in snow and soil samples collected in Ny-Ålesund and Longyearbyen. The collection will take place in high-trafficked areas and in locations where less or no snow vehicle utilization is considered. Moreover, samples will b...

Awarded: NOK 81,877

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Re-surveying historical vegetation records in Svalbard

The Arctic belongs to the areas most affected by climate change. Following the overall warming of their environment, tundra plant species have been shown to track their suitable climatic niche by shifting their ranges towards cooler places, specifically upward or poleward. With accelerating rates...

Awarded: NOK 98,291

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Linking metagenomics and microscopy to investigate the formation of aggregates of glacial materials on Svalbard. RiS ID 12117

Little is known about the formation of cryoconite – aggregates of mineral particles and microbes held together by exopolymeric substances (EPS) - on glaciers. This project will investigate the different microbial communities found in different sedimental structures throughout a polar year on Foxf...

Awarded: NOK 63,999

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Goose herbivory and strong winter rainfall limit plant uptake of permafrost N, RiS 11069

Plant roots are often associated with mycorrhizal fungi. i.e. mushrooms that colonize plant roots belowground, and play a crucial role in plant uptake of nitrogen (N) which is essential for plant growth. During this fieldwork we will take soil cores at the peak of the growing season to examine th...

Awarded: NOK 37,724

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Tracing warm Atlantic Water in Tempelfjorden, Svalbard - RiS ID 12116

This project uses a combination of high-resolution modelling and observations in Tempelfjorden, a side fjord of Isfjorden with 2 marine-terminating glaciers (MTGs), to investigate under which conditions Atlantic Water (AW) enters the fjord, how it affects MTGs and how it will change with an enhan...

Awarded: NOK 98,482

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Early-Holocene coastal and environmental evolution Isfjorden, Svalbard: lithological and foraminiferal evidence RiS ID: 12101

The aim of this project is to identify and study raised marine deposits from the Early Holocene from two sites in Isfjorden, West Spitsbergen (Bogebekken/Hollendarbukta, Erdmannflya). The study will focus on marine sedimentary processes and environmental changes during the Early Holocene. The stu...

Awarded: NOK 49,512

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Developing methodology to measure the bioluminescence of key bioluminescent species (RiS ID: 12158)

Bioluminescence is one of the chief contributors to the light environment at depth in the sea and plays a key role in biological interactions and animal behaviour. There is a wide range of spectral compositions, the various wavelengths which combine to produce light of a particular colour, pre...

Awarded: NOK 35,431

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

EUROSTARS-EUROSTARS

Accurate biomass estimation of salmon from cage to harvest

Måling av biomasse er en utfordring i lakseoppdrett. Mer nøyaktig informasjon om både stående biomasse og forventet fremtidig biomasse vil hjelpe lakseoppdrettere å redusere driftskostnader og øke salgsinntekter. Mer nøyaktige tall på stående og fremtidig biomasse er kritisk for å optimalisere fo...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Ukjent Fylke

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Membrane-assisted Dissolved Oxygen Removal from Amine solution for CO2 capture

Aminbasert post combustion carbon capture (PCCC) er foreløpig den eneste teknologien som er operativ i full skala industrielt, men reduksjon i OPEX og økt driftsstabilitet er nødvendig for å akselerere videre implementering. Oksidativ degradering er ansvarlig for omtrent 70 % av det totale aminta...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

The role of SIMulation in assurance of intelligent and comPLEX systems

Selvkjørende og utslippsfrie ferger vil kunne tilby bærekraftig transport for å dekke innbyggeres reisebehov og møte viktige miljøhensyn for byer og lokalsamfunn. Samtidig kan dette føre til mer bærekraftig utbygging av bolig- og næringsareal når nye områder blir tilgjengelig uten de store økonom...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Detecting reindeer cadavers with remote sensing tools in the Arctic tundra of Svalbard, RiS ID 11512

Carrion is recognized as an important resource in many ecosystems, yet there are still difficulties in estimating the impacts on landscapes. Complex interactions with a wide range of taxa are involved, making it challenging to predict to what extent carrion trigger ecological responses, as this i...

Awarded: NOK 58,780

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

A warmer future: how warming and increased herbivore pressure affect vegetation change in the High Arctic, RiS ID 10030

The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) aims to study changes in vegetation by artificially warming the tundra using open-top chambers. On Svalbard, one experiment within this network is the long-term monitoring site in Endalen, encompassing both experimentally warmed and unwarmed plots as wel...

Awarded: NOK 52,626

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigating spatial and seasonal patterns in settlement of benthic communities in Kongsfjorden

Early life history ecology, especially settlement of benthic invertebrates is a black box in marine ecology. Researching larval and settlement ecology in-situ is incredibly difficult and logistical constraints have further restricted studies in the Arctic. I will investigate early life history st...

Awarded: NOK 94,999

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Response of the microfossil community to the Permo-Triassic climate crisis (RiS ID 12072)

The Permo-Triassic climate crisis caused the most catastrophic extinction of marine life, with an estimated species loss of 81-95% [1]. Several environmental changes have been hypothesised as extinction drivers, but their direct role in extinction is heavily debated, and the link to the fossil re...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of ambient light on the protist community during Arctic polar night.

We are deeply interested in protist rhodopsin expression in various light treatments, and suspect that gene expression will vary greatly. Recent genomic analyses have revealed the presence of numerous rhodopsins in marine eukaryotes, and surprisingly, green and blue-light absorbing rhodopsins fr...

Awarded: NOK 79,374

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Identifying new marine productivity proxies, RiS ID: 12103

Marine productivity (MP) plays a crucial role in the Earth’s system by absorbing atmospheric CO2. In the Arctic, due to global warming and sea-ice reduction, MP has increased up to 50% over the last decades, suggesting that Arctic waters can become even more productive in the future, thus providi...

Awarded: NOK 93,577

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Understanding the effect of cover crops on soil health, soilborne pathogens, yield and quality of potatoes and root vegetables

En sunn jord opprettholder de fire hovedfunksjonene karbon- og næringsomsetning, jordstruktur og kontroll av planteskadegjørere. Disse jordfunksjonene er truet i intensivt landbruk, og det er behov for en dyrkingspraksis som sikrer god jordhelse for å opprettholde og optimalisere produksjonskapas...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Ukjent Fylke

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Inclusive Digital Application

IDA-prosjektet dreier seg om kostnad- / nytteberegninger og effektmålinger av tiltak for universell utforming i IT- og IKT-systemer. Forskning viser at universell utforming er en god strategi for å forbedre mulighetene til personer med nedsatt funksjonsevne for å delta i det digitale samfunn på l...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Ukjent Fylke

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Assessing impact of snow sublimation for hydropower production in Norway (SnowSub)

Hvor mye snø går tapt i løpet av en vintersesong på grunn av sublimasjon? Svaret på dette spørsmålet er spesielt viktig for vannkraftproduksjon siden snødekket er det største magasinet i mange vannkraftsystemer. Sublimasjon er prosessen når snøen (dvs. frossent vann) blir til vanndamp. Sublimas...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

NordForsk: Climate-smart resilience through diversified cropping systems – Identifying springboards in Nordic and Baltic agriculture

For å sikre matproduksjon, krever dyrkingssystemene i Norden og Baltikum bærekraftig tilpasning til en høyere forekomst av ekstremvær som for eksempel vårtørke. I denne sammenheng, fremmer EU og Nordisk Ministerråd et bærekraftig og klimasmart landbruk, og ber om løsninger for å sikre matproduksj...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

NordForsk: Innovative sustainable Nordic-Baltic horticulture

Hagebrukssektoren er ein liten, men viktig del av landbruket i dei nordiske og baltiske landa. Men sjølvforsyningsgraden av frukt og grønt i regionen er låg; rundt 10% i Estland og inntil 30% i nokre av dei andre landa. Ei høg prioritering i mange distriktsutviklingsplanar i regionen er å auka de...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Ukjent Fylke

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Dynamics of Arctic Leads

It is well documented that the Arctic Ocean is in a transition from perennially ice-covered ocean to a seasonally ice-covered one (Meredith et al., 2019). The shrinking and thinning of the ice cover has been attributed to changes in atmospheric and oceanic forcing (Notz and Stroeve, 2016; Polyako...

Awarded: NOK 89,999

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke