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SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Glacier Lamentations – field recordings 2025

We only protect what we love, and only love what we know. This is why we need to both love and know the glaciers. Our project aims at sharing both the knowledge and the emotions around the demise of glaciers. Human activities have increased greenhouse gases, accelerating glacier melt, which reduc...

Awarded: NOK 67,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

PESORDNING-PESORDNING

5G Enterprise Solutions - From Innovation to Market Leadership

The PES funding support is very helpful for SMEs like Norwaves to allocate enough resources so that a winning project proposal can be formulated. Norwaves already has won an EU third party project with a total project funding of roughly €400K from FIDAL5G, has been on a reserve list for 6G-SANDBO...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

PESORDNING-PESORDNING

Innovative AI system for patient safety

The solution will be a functional “whistle-blower” system that leverages AI and vision/optical solution to detect anomalies at surgical instruments. We aim to detect and stop invalid surgical instruments before reaching operation rooms and patients. All in all, we want to develop a solution that ...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Vestland

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Avalanche Lidar Early Response and Tracking System

This project aims to test the reliability and efficiency of data transmission from a mobile sensoric unit designed for monitoring environmental conditions in rough terrain. The sensoric unit, equipped with the advanced LiDAR sensor Livox AVIA and other sensors, will be deployed in the extreme con...

Awarded: NOK 63,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Svalbard

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Decoding the novel role of the endoplasmic reticulum in mechanotransduction

Celler i menneskekroppen blir konstant utsatt for forskjellige typer krefter og responderer på dem i en prosess som kalles mekanotransduksjon. For eksempel når immunceller beveger seg gjennom trange vevsmiljøer, opplever de forskjellige grader av kompresjon og tilpasser migrasjonsatferden derette...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Unstable rock slopes on Svalbard

Large rock slope failures are a threat to human life and infrastructure. Two such failures occurred in 2016 and 2022 on Forkastningsfjellet, Svalbard, and changes in the geomorphology hint towards future failures. Despite these incidents, the role of permafrost on the instabilities remains unknow...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

3D Ice Penetrating Radar (IPR) Grid Survey for Characterization of Basal Conditions below Kongsvegen

The research on subglacial processes is essential for improving sea-level rise projections due to the uncertainties caused by incomplete understanding of these processes, as noted by the IPCC SROCC. Current sliding laws struggle to explain rapid ice flow changes. The Kongsvegen Glacier in Svalbar...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Pollution Pathways: Understanding Birds’ impact on Contaminant Spread in Arctic Ecosystems

The main goal for this project is therefore particularly to study the hypothesis that birds might play an important role in transport of pollutants at a local scale in Arctic area, and to bring new knowledge to the research field concerning transport mechanisms involved in cycling and fate of pol...

Awarded: NOK 80,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

The Effect of Belowground Biota and Soil Properties on Active Layer Depth

Soil ecosystems within the active layer may play a critical role in stabilizing permafrost in the High Arctic, yet its influence remains poorly understood. As climate change accelerates permafrost thaw, the stability of permafrost is increasingly influenced by biological drivers, including roots,...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Svalbard

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

PalaeoArc 2025 – Conference on Processes and Palaeo-Environmental changes in the Arctic: From Past to Present

On our warming planet, the Arctic stands out as the epicentre, currently warming up to four times faster than the rest of the globe. Reliable prediction of how this trend will evolve in the future, and the societal and ecosystem impacts of these changes, requires improved understanding of the pro...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Actionable budgets for sustainable climate and nature governance

Verden trenger kraftig fremgang i arbeidet med å stoppe nedbygging av natur og å stoppe klimaendringene. Enkelte kommuner og fylkeskommuner har nå håp om at en budsjett-tilnærming kan bidra til dette. Dette prosjektet – som heter ECOBUDGETS – ser på hvordan en budsjett-tilnærming kan føre til pol...

Awarded: NOK 11.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

MAPLES: Multi-fidelity and Probabilistic Lifetime Estimation for Slender Marine Structures

Havet, med sine ustanselige bølger, sterke strømmer og flytende plattformer, utgjør betydelige utfordringer for slanke marine konstruksjoner som stigerør og dynamiske strømkabler. Et kritisk problem er virvelinduserte vibrasjoner (VIV), som kan påvirke sikkerheten og levetiden til disse konstruks...

Awarded: NOK 10.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

Integrated convergent technology for precision human tissue and disease modeling

Fremskritt innen forskning på sykdommer og utvikling av nye behandlinger kan fremskyndes ved å integrere og konvergere ulike typer teknologier. Å kombinere pasientspesifikke stamceller, innovative materialer og mikro/nanoteknologi for å bygge laboratoriemodeller av sykdommer har vist seg spesielt...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Optimization and Testing effectiveness of a collaborative Intervention for School Attendance Problems in Norwegian municipalities.

Et økende antall elever på barne- og ungdomstrinnet strever med å delta på skolen. Skolefraværsproblematikk er komplisert og sammensatt, med ulike risikofaktorer for utvikling og opprettholdelse av fravær. Skolefravær har betydelige negative konsekvenser for barnet, familien og samfunnet som hel...

Awarded: NOK 19.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HELSEFORSKNING-HELSEFORSKNING

Respektløs omsorg, manglende samtykke og obstetrisk vold i fødselsomsorgen - En tverrfaglig konferanse for å diskutere ulike synspunkter.

Kvinner opplever respektløs fødselsomsorg, beskrevet som obstetrisk vold. Obstetrisk vold er komplekst og sensitivt og beskriver en form for strukturell og mellommenneskelig vold som kvinner kan oppleve under fødsel fra helsepersonell eller som et resultat av systemiske problemer i helsevesenet. ...

Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

SolCru - New formulation and method for material doping of high purity quartz sand for enhanced viscosity and thermal stability.

Solcellemarkedet er forventet å vokse med omtrent 8 % frem til 2030, noe som vil føre til økt konkurranse og utvikling av nye teknologier som vil redusere prisene på solcellepaneler betydelig. Under produksjonen av monokrystallinske silisium ingoter for wafere brukt i solceller, brukes kvartsgla...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Strengthening Kristianias TTO Function

Styrking av Kristianias TTO-funksjon – Fra forskning til innovasjon Kristiania satser på å styrke innovasjon og kommersialisering av forskning, slik at nye ideer og løsninger kan komme samfunnet til gode. Gjennom samarbeid med næringslivet, studentinkubatorer og internasjonale nettverk legger vi...

Awarded: NOK 0.44 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Life on the Edge: Unraveling Arctic Microbial Transformations from Winter to Summer

The enormous diversity of prokaryotes and protists plays crucial roles in marine ecosystems through unique metabolisms. However, how this diversity interacts with and is impacted by global warming in the Arctic Ocean remains largely unknown. This gap is particularly evident in Kongsfjorden, where...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Seasonality of Mercury in Kongsfjorden Zooplankton

This project explores the seasonal dynamics of mercury (Hg) sourcing in the Kongsfjorden food web, Svalbard, focusing on how Hg sources and transformations change with the polar light cycle. Collecting zooplankton samples across an entire year, we will study how photochemical processes and biolog...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Constraining the Greenhouse gas emission potential of High-Arctic Peatlands in a Changing Climate

High Arctic peatlands are important components of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Studies have indicated that Svalbard peatlands are currently significant carbon sinks, but the dynamics of their carbon cycle can change over time due to factors such as permafrost thawing or peatland drying. This mak...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Tracking Toxicants: Unveiling the Biogeochemical Fate of Toxic Metals and Organic Matter in Arctic Snow

This project deals with studying metals of environmental concern (like lead, cadmium, mercury, zinc, copper etc.) and natural organic matter (OM) present in snow samples from coastal areas in the Arctic region. The main objective is to increase the understanding of the properties and the role of ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

ROV Mapping of Marine Terminating Glacier Fronts

The Arctic is transforming rapidly as glaciers melt and surge into the ocean, carrying with them historical records preserved in ice. While aerial surveys have provided insights from above, the submerged portions of marine-terminating glaciers remain largely uncharted. This project will address t...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

The impact of the viscous-elastic properties on the long-term bearing capacity of sea ice

The study will progress through the following phases: literature review, cold lab experiments, small-scale model testing, and full-scale field testing. The literature review will examine the mechanical and thermal properties of sea ice, establishing a foundation for the experimental phases. Labo...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Svalbard

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Aquatic and Riparian Ecosystems: Biodiversity and Economic Service Transformations from NbS (ARE BEST NbS)

Biologisk mangfold er avgjørende for sunne økosystemer og menneskelig velferd. Å integrere individuelle og kollektive verdier for biologisk mangfold i planer for forvaltning av akvatiske og ripariske habitater, som elver, flomområder og våtmarker, er utfordrende. Dette skyldes begrenset forståels...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Rogaland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Times of Crisis, Times in Crisis: The Temporalities of Europe in Polycrisis

Europe is in polycrisis: Climate, economy, migration, democracy, armed conflict and academia are pertinent fields where crisis abounds. This project explores the temporal registers of crisis, the vernacular articulation of life in turmoil, and the cultural dynamics expressed in crisis contexts. T...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

HELSEFORSKNING-HELSEFORSKNING

Targeting Transcription Factor Dynamics for Personalized Therapy in Ovarian Cancer

High-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common ovarian cancer subtype. Majority of the HGSC patients experience disease recurrence and treatment resistance, leading to a poor five-year survival of <40%. We and others have shown that there are surprisingly few genomic events that drive poor...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Participatory pathways for resilient, healthy, prosperous, and equitable food and land systems under climate change

Matsystemet og arealbruk påvirkes av global oppvarming, men bidrar også til oppvarming og økosystemutfordringer. Klimakonsekvensene er allerede merkbare, og stadig mer alvorlige med fortsatt oppvarming. Konsekvensene inkluderer utfordringer for matproduksjon, økosystemfunksjon, menneske- og dyre ...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

INTSAMARBEID-INTSAMARBEID

Creep IRradiation faCility dEvelopment: Design and fabrication of in-pile creep measurement device/setup for irradiations at the HFR Petten

Construction materials used in nuclear reactor cores age due to a combination of displacement damage, transmutation and temperature-induced processes. This proposal is motivated by a need for measurements of the in-pile behavior of such nuclear materials, which are in general difficult to obtain....

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Akershus

PESORDNING-PESORDNING

Advanced digital design of Adsorption-based porous material Technologies

Planck Technologies is pioneering the development of advanced materials optimized for gas storage and separation, addressing critical challenges in hydrogen, CO2, and methane storage. Our AI-driven material screening approach has identified promising super-adsorbents with high capacity and effici...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Akershus

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Krill between currents and predators: connecting climate, ocean and ecosystem dynamics in the South Orkney Islands region

Sørishavet rundt det antarktiske kontinentet spiller en viktig rolle i det globale klimasystemet. Samtidig er økosystemet, fra små plankton til store hvaler, svært følsomt for effektene av klimaoppvarming og pågående endringer i miljøet. I K-POD vil vi fylle noen av kunnskapshullene som gjenstår ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland