0 projects

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

Illict Images: Contemporary Art Cinema and the Limits of Transgression.

This project explores the forms and functions of transgression in contemporary art cinema, and attempts to come to terms both with the subversive potential inherent in this type of fiction and with the possibilities of emotional response that transgressiv e films elicit from the audience. By exam...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2011

Location: Vestland

KIM-Kommunikasjon, IKT og medier

Convergence, Control, and Communications (C3)

Convergence and control may be said to be central features of modernisation processes. With this as a background the project will focus on the study of: issues of human and citizens’s rights such as freedom of expression, access to free information, and t he right to privacy; the challenges to th...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2009

Location: Oslo

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Structure and Dynamics of Soft and Complex Nanomaterials

A nationally Coordinated Research Team (CRT) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the University of Oslo (UiO) and the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) proposes to enhance further a research activity for the study of Nanostructured Soft and Complex Materials. The i...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Time Coded Impulse Seismic Technique for Marine Reservoir Monitoring

Various methods have been used in order to generate the signal that is transmitted into the ground and provides mapping of a reservoir by means of seismic reflection. ?Air-gun? is the most commonly used seismic source. The principle of an ?Air-gun? is som ewhat similar to an explosion in the way ...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2008

Location: Vestland

KIM-Kommunikasjon, IKT og medier

DIGITAL EYE - Documentary and Realism in the Age of Audiovisual Convergence. New Modes of Articulation and Social Participation.

I og med skiftet fra analog til digital informasjon innenfor audiovisuelle medier er filmens og videoens tradisjonelle “sannhetspåberopelse” (“truth claim” – se Nichols 1991,Renov 1993,Winston 1995 og 2001) blitt problematisk. Der tilliten til det analoge bilde/lyd-uttrykket gjennom det 20.århun...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Internasjonal Klima-Glasiologikonferanse, Geilo 23-27 august 2004

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Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2004

Location: Oslo

YFF-Yngre, fremragende forskere

Toppforskning - Inaktivering av glutamat

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Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Oslo

EUROCORES-Naturvitenskap EUROCORES

Lithospheric memory and tectonic (re)activation of volcanic rifted margins and their borderlands

The prime scientific objectives of this EUROMARGINS project are to advance understanding of: 1) processes and events during the formation of a volcanic margin, i.e. from onset of rifting to onset of "normal" sea floor spreading; 2) the processes controlli ng post-breakup history of a volcanic mar...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Oslo

F-INF-Naturvitenskap, informatikk

Overseas scholarship for Otto Skorve Bagge

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Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2005

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A functional genomics approach to the choregraphy of genomic maintenace.

Maintenance of the genome is essential for survival of individuals and species. Failure to maintain the genome results in intrauterine death, developmental defects, premature ageing, decreased resistance to infections and cancer. DNA repair processes are functionally linked in intricate networks,...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Inhibition and suppression of bacterial growth by Sphagnum moss biopolymers

Remarkably, a pectin-like polysaccharide found in the leaves of Sphagnum moss displays direct anti-microbial properties with the ability to preserve a whole Zebra fish for a number of weeks at room temperature in the presence of oxygen. Using whole leaves of moss, we have even preserved a chicke...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Knockout zebrafish (KO-ZFISH) model

The genome projects – from microorganisms to vertebrates and mammals – create huge amounts of undeciphered genetic information. This cumulated DNA sequence bank needs intelligent, but as simple as possible, model systems to turn the currency of genomics into functional genomics. Only in one ver...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2009

Location: Akershus

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Geologic reservoir caracterisation. Alluvial deposits, controlling factors, processes, architectural style and hetrogeneities

The aim of the project is to understand the main factors controlling fluvial systems and their geometry in different sedimentary basins. The object is to develop models from outcrop studies that can be used as predictive tools in subsurface petroleum expl oration and production in fluvial reservo...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2008

Location: Oslo

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Petrophysical properties of mudstones and sandstones and their seismic response.

The aim of the project is to understand the main factors controlling the degree of sediment compaction (porosity loss) in sedimentary basins and the change in physical characteristics such as compressibility and seismic velocities. We will use data from m echanical experiments combined with wire ...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2008

Location: Oslo

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Hydrate sealing of CO2 storage

Storage of CO2 in reservoirs is today one of the most promising approaches for safe long terms storage of CO2 as a means of reducing the emissions to the atmosphere. Relevant storage reservoirs may have regions of conditions where CO2 hydrate is in the st ability region. In this project we propos...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Vestland

BIOMOL-Molekylær biovitenskap og bioteknologi

TSLP (thymic stromal lymphopoietin) : a candidate target for treatment of allergy

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Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Oslo

MILGENHEL-Miljø, gener og helse

Virkninger av radioaktivt nedfall på kognitiv utvikling hos fostre i 8. - 15. uke av svangerskapet

Formålet er å undersøke om selv moderate doser med ioniserende stråling kan ha en skadelig effekt på den kognitive utvikling hvis bestrålingen skjer i den mest sårbare perioden av fosterstadiet. En gruppe 18 åringer som var i 8.-15. uke av svangerskapet, og hvor mødrene oppholdt seg i et område ...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Søknad om støtte til ESF 2005 European Functional Genomics Conference

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Awarded: NOK 0.34 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Oslo

P-KVINN-Program for kvinne- og kjønnsf

Kropp, estetikk og erfaring Internasjonal konferanse Høgskolen i Agder, 3.-6. juni 2004

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Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2004

Location: Agder

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Magnetoreception and magnetic compass orientation in the long distance migration of the European eel

The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, a common part of the fish community in European coastal and inland waters, spawns in the Sargasso Sea. The larvae drift or migrate with currents to the coasts of Europe and North Africa. Once there, large numbers of yo ung eels grow up in widely different habi...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2008

Location: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Redusert skjelettmuskelfunksjon hos pasienter med hjertesvikt: biokjemiske forandringer i skjelettmuskel

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Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Oslo

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

Alzheimer's disease in science, politics and everyday life

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Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUK-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Halibut farming from A to Z. Forskningsseminar vedr. kveiteoppdrett ved Høgskolen i Bodø

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Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2005

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FRIMUF-Miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Prokaryotic genomics in natural environments

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Awarded: NOK 38,467

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Vestland

STAMCELLER-Stamcelleforskning

Genome plasticity of somatic stem cells

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Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2006

Location: Oslo

GLOBFISK-Global fisk

PasGear- A data base package for experimental or artisanal fisheries data from passive gears

Programmet PasGear ble utviklet i perioden 1993 - 1999. Det er et dedikert program spesialtilpasset de forskjellige typer av fiskeridata som typisk innsamles ved forsknings- og forvaltningsinstitusjoner i mange land, spesielt ferskvannsfiskerier i utvikli ngsland. PasGeaar-programmet ble utviklet...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2005

Location: Vestland

FORM-Formidling

A Journey in the Future of Water

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Awarded: NOK 0.60 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2006

Location: Vestland

FORM-Formidling

Internasjonal realfagkonferanse i Tromsø 2006

Det bør være en ambisjon i forprosjektet å avklare følgende: 1. Målformuleringer og målgrupper (bearbeide/tydeliggjøre) 2. Medvirkende i hovedprosjektet - også utenlandsk medvirkning så langt det er tidsmessig/praktisk mulig (Forskningsrådet må trolig være forberedt på i neste runde å bli fores...

Awarded: NOK 50,000

Project Period: 2004-2006

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

Nature and science in politics and everyday practices

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Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2011

Location: Oslo

F-GEO-Naturvitenskap, geofag

Emplacement mechanisms and magma flow in sheet intrusions in sedmentary basins

Extensive magmatic sill and dike complexes are commonly present in sedimentary basins, e.g., the Vøring and Møre basins offshore mid-Norway and the Karoo basin in South Africa.The intrusive processes and deposits may have major impacts on the basin develo pment, petroleum geology, and groundwater...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Oslo