56 projects

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FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

The role of Blastocystis in inflammatory bowel disease.

When people suffer from severe intestinal problems, the hospital often examines the patient's stool to look for clues. If the hospital lab finds small organisms called microbial eukaryotes, they are often thought to be the cause of the disease and the patient is given medication to eliminate thes...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Rogaland

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

New technologies for target discovery in neuropsychiatric disorders

Neuropsychiatric disorders include many conditions that affect the brain and that affect human behavior and health. This includes both common psychiatric diagnoses such as depression, developmental disorders and psychoses and neurodegenerative conditions that are often classified as neurological ...

Awarded: NOK 20.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Vestland

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

Spin-based Intermittent Computer

The SPrINTER project aims at creating a radically new technology for low-power wireless devices that do not require batteries to operate. We propose a technology built on the unique properties of nanomagnets to achieve our ambitious goal. Batteries have been the corner stone in mobile computing...

Awarded: NOK 19.1 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

AB-AG-DESIGN: Rule-guided antibody and antigen design

Antibody binding is the basis of antibody-based therapy in cancer and autoimmunity. Antibodies are also of incredible importance in vaccine-based immune protection. Currently, antibody-drug development is slow because it is mostly based on experimental research. In this proposal, we aim to accele...

Awarded: NOK 20.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Oslo

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

The underappreciated roles of dwarf-shrubs in responding to and influencing global climate change (DURIN)

Dwarf-shrubs are a dominant plant functional group across the boreal, arctic, and alpine biomes, and cover 58% of the Norwegian land area. They play important roles for biodiversity, ecology and ecosystem functioning in the habitats in which they occur. Dwarf-shrubs, such as bilberry or heather, ...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Vestland

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

FP: Integrated Catalyst Discovery for Biotechnology

Advanced functional molecules are essential to meet global sustainability goals for the 21st century. Novel therapeutics are urgently needed to meet health demands. Similarly, powerful new catalysts (compounds that speed up chemical reactions but are themselves not consumed) are essential for ass...

Awarded: NOK 20.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Physiological basis of insect community responses to climate change

The earth’s climate is rapidly changing and predicting the biological response to these changes is a major scientific challenge. To date, most research has been focused only on understanding how warmer temperatures impact organisms. Yet, less is known about the combined impacts of rising tempera...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Multiple breast malignancies in dogs; improved understanding of disease progression by human-canine comparison

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in dogs and humans. Mammary gland tumors in dogs and humans are remarkably similar at several levels: Clinically, morphologically and molecularly, and there is a great potential in comparative studies that can benefit both dogs and humans suffering from bre...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Akershus

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

FP: CRISPR-Cas9 corrected T cells for personalized therapy

This study develops ways to treat patients with inborn T cell defects by correcting their malfunctioning T cells using genomic scissors. The scissors need to be guided to the defective gene by a tag called guide RNA (gRNA). The gRNA prioritization for each patient is laborious and time-consuming....

Awarded: NOK 20.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Oslo

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Words and violence. Literary intellectuals between democracy and dictatorship 1933-1952

The Words and Violence research group analyzes the democratic resilience and vulnerability of cultural life in the 1930s and ’40s, using statistical and qualitative approaches drawn from a range of disciplines. This is done by comparing the Norwegian experience with that of other countries under ...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Sustainable Stable Ground

Soft and sensitive soils, such as quick clay, present challenging conditions for infrastructure development in many parts of the world. For instance, it is estimated that more than 80 percent of all cultivated land, settlements, and infrastructure in Trøndelag and Østlandet are located below the ...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Observational Pyramid with Hyperspectral Nano-Satellites for Ocean Science

The HYPSO-1 satellite was launched into a polar orbit on 13 January 2022. The satellite is designed and operated by NTNU, and carries a hyperspectral imager that is custom made for better imaging of ocean color. Our hypothesis is that HYPSO-1 (and its successor HYPSO-2 launched 16 August 2024) wi...

Awarded: NOK 12.9 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

Violence-inducing Behaviour Prevention in Social-Cyber Space of Local Communities

Today, harmful behaviour on social media like spreading hate information can make it harder for people and communities to respond effectively during emergencies. To help local services stay strong and prepared, we need better ways to spot and deal with these online risks quickly. The SOCYTI proje...

Awarded: NOK 19.3 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Unravelling fundamental mechanisms of bacterial exopolysaccharide catabolism for use in food and health applications

Bacteria produce many chemical compounds, including carbohydrates that play key biological roles. Exopolysaccharides (EPS) make bacteria smooth and slimy and are crucial for both bacteria and humans. Pathogens use EPS in biofilms to evade immunity and antibiotics, while in food production EPS imp...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Akershus

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Enforcing the Rule of Law: What can the European Union do to prevent rule of law deterioration from within?

ENROL studies what the European Union (and its Member States) may legally and politically do effectively and legitimately to contain, reverse and prevent regression in rule of law and democratic standards in its midst. Respect for the rule of law and democratic standards have significantly deteri...

Awarded: NOK 12.7 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Oslo

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

A climate for spruce? New forest management to mitigate bark beetle risks under climate change

Gran er et av de viktigste treslagene i Europa, både i økonomisk forstand og fordi gran bidrar med viktige økosystemtjenester slik som karbonbinding og produksjon av karbonnøytrale råvarer. Fremtiden til kommersielt granskogbruk trues imidlertid i mange land av enorme utbrudd av stor granbarkbill...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Akershus

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

Wireless Neuroprobe-On-A-Chip

A billion people are estimated to suffer from neurologic or mental disorders across the world today. Poor countries, children, adolescents and elderly are disproportionally affected. The WHO alerts to a dire situation in low-income countries. Because most brain disorders result in long-term disab...

Awarded: NOK 20.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Oslo

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Multi-disciplinary Study of Atmospheric Ice Accretion Physics & Developing Optimal Technological Solutions to Minimize Ice Accretion Effects

Human activities are increasingly extending into the high northern areas of the Arctic region, where atmospheric icing is a challenge and a safety hazard as it can affect human activities especially related to construction (buildings, communication towers and ski lifts), energy production (wind a...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Making Memories. Contemporary Aesthetic Articulations of Norway in the Second World War.

Almost 80 years since the end of World War II there is still a great interest in the history of the war. Historians and nonfiction writers bring new information to light, analyze events and testimonies from new perspectives, and criticize or defend established narratives. Not least, the war provi...

Awarded: NOK 12.7 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Agder

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Aberrant Oxidative DNA Modifications and DNA Structures in Genome Regulation

DNA glycosylases are enzymes that initiate the repair of minor damage to DNA bases, which are the building blocks of our genetics. If the damaged DNA bases are not removed, they can cause cell death or mutations and eventually cancer. However, DNA glycosylases are also used in innate and adaptive...

Awarded: NOK 6.5 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Mid-IR ultra-short pulsed laser technology for science and green industry (MIR)

The MIR project develops next-generation mid-infrared (mid-IR) laser systems as tools for both fundamental science and green industry. These lasers enable ultra-precise 3D micro-structuring of advanced materials, with direct applications in renewable energy, electronics, and medicine. In the past...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Fragaria defence mechanisms and domestication of wild resistance genes

Both cultivated and wild plants can be attacked by microorganisms (pathogens) that cause disease, which is of great scientific and economic importance. Infections involve complex biological mechanisms with numerous gene products and signals in both the plant and the pathogen. To combat disease, w...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Akershus

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

Exchanging local narratives and scientific understanding of climate changes in indigenous communities of Greenland and the southwest Pacific

ClimateNarratives is a large interdisciplinary research project at the University of Bergen, funded by the Research Council of Norway. The project explores how coastal communities in Greenland and island nations in the Pacific experience and respond to climate change, with a focus on risk, vulner...

Awarded: NOK 24.6 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2027

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Climate change and impact on critical contaminants and lipids in Arctic Seafood.

Food from the ocean will become even more important in the years to come as the world human population is projected to reach over 10 billion people by 2050. Already, the climate changes are affecting us globally and locally. One of the goals for the ocean decade is to resolve the link between cli...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2027

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Reliable global methane emissions estimates in a changing world

In ReGAME we integrate new measurements into models to determine why atmospheric methane (CH4) is increasing, and whether climate-sensitive Arctic CH4 reservoirs will release significant emissions to the atmosphere. CH4 is a powerful greenhouse gas, contributing nearly one quarter of global warmi...

Awarded: NOK 24.2 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Akershus

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

NATURACT – Nature-based solutions for climate change: upscaling landscape-based climate mitigation and adaptation actions

The NATURACT research project focuses on nature-based solutions as agents for large-scale transformations in land use and land cover in vulnerable landscapes. Nature-based solutions (NBS) offer a promising path forward for massive, no-regret solutions that prioritize nature, integrating climate m...

Awarded: NOK 24.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo

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