5,568 projects

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

AIRE, IL-12 and interferon-gamma; Drivers of immune tolerance and T cell function

How the immune system learns to tolerate self The immune system protects the body from harmful invaders like viruses and bacteria. But sometimes the body's own cells are misinterpreted as threats, which can lead to an immune reaction against its own tissues and result in autoimmune diseases. To...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

A phase I/II study to investigate if gene therapy can prevent the development of severe osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative and inflammatory disease of joints which affects a large proportion of the population, increasing with age. Pain, stiffness and limitations in joint movement leads to greatly reduced quality of life, often requiring sick leave or disability benefit. To date, ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Novel drug for photomedical treatment of pigmented and other difficult-to-treat cancers

This project aims to develop a new, light-based treatment for challenging cancers, such as those involving pigmented tumors, offering better effectiveness and fewer side effects for patients. Early research has proven the concept is promising, and the project will now focus on gathering the neces...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Precise Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Assessment (PRADA)

Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful and debilitating disease where finding the right treatment is a major challenge, often relying on a frustrating "try-and-fail" approach with high failure rates. This can lead to months or even years of ineffective treatment and irreversible joint damage. In this ...

Awarded: NOK 14.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Linking Electrochemical with Chemo-Physical Properties of Anode Materials for the use in Lithium-Ion Batteries

The LINK project is about making better batteries by looking closely at the materials used inside them. Today’s lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from electric cars to smartphones, rely on anodes made from graphite or silicon. These materials work well but also face big challenges: th...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Agder

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

CatchCat – Oxides for PGM capture

CatchCat – Capturing and Recycling Precious Metals from Fertilizer Production Platinum, rhodium, and palladium (PGMs) are highly valuable metals used in catalysts for producing nitric acid – a key ingredient in mineral fertilizers. During this process, small amounts of these metals evaporate and ...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Innlandet

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

MicroFTS

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

CordSense - Accelerometer probe for real-time monitoring of vocal cord function during neck surgery

CordSense is a novel intraoperative probe based on accelerometry, developed from over a decade of research. During neck surgery CordSense will directly measure vocal cord movement in real time. Neck surgeries, especially thyroid surgery, can carry a risk of injuring the recurrent laryngeal nerve ...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

TCR-T cell therapy against a shared mutation i solid cancers

This project aims to advance both the preclinical validation and commercialization strategy of two T cell receptors (TCRs) targeting a common mutation in the CTNNB1 gene. This mutation drives tumor growth and is found in several types of solid tumors. Although tumors with many mutations often res...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Instrumentation for impedance measurements

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Smart Magnetic Sorting System for Hazardous Waste Detection (SAFER)

Fires and explosions at waste-sorting facilities are a significant yet often overlooked problem with severe consequences. These incidents—primarily caused by the improper disposal of hazardous items such as lithium batteries—create major challenges for the industry, including safety risks, costly...

Awarded: NOK 14.4 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Towards a Non-Invasive Test for Monitoring Lung Cancer Progression

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. After diagnosis, patients must be monitored regularly to see whether treatment is working or if the disease is progressing. Today, this can only be done through CT or PET scans, which are costly, expose patients to radiation, and c...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Disease caused by monoclonal IgM: Cold Agglutinin Disease, Anti-MAG Polyneuropathy and Cryoglobulinaemia type II

Certain rare autoimmune diseases are caused by monoclonal IgM antibodies; antibodies that unfortunately target the body’s own tissues. These diseases include Cold Agglutinin Disease (CAD), anti-MAG polyneuropathy, and type II Cryoglobulinemia. While they present with distinct clinical features, s...

Awarded: NOK 9.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SalmoPro: Unlocking mechanisms of alternative protein utilization in salmon for improved health and efficiency

As the world’s population continues to grow, the demand for food is rising steadily. Salmon farming is central to global food supply, but feeding salmon sustainably is challenging. Fishmeal, the traditional protein source, is expensive and reliant on finite marine resources. Salmon aquafeed is sh...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Quantitative Differential Interference Microscopy for organoids

A completely new way to look inside living mini-organs Small, living “mini-organs,” often called organoids, are grown from stem cells and are becoming an important tool for understanding diseases and developing new medicines. However, studying these complex structures is challenging, as they ar...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Reactive Flow Materials

Carbon-based materials are essential for making metals, batteries, and driving many industrial processes. Today, however, most of these materials are produced from fossil fuels like coal and petroleum coke — sources that release large amounts of greenhouse gases. The ROME (Reactive Flow Material...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Akershus

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Biomer - Biobased alternatives to fossil polymers for agriculture, industry and consumer markets

Polycarboxylates are water-soluble polymers essential to modern life. They appear in countless everyday products, from the soap in our bathrooms to the paint on our walls, and even the fertilizers that nourish our crops. However, their current production, use, and disposal are unsustainable. Each...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Østfold

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Production of microbial protein from methanol as feed

In our growing global population, making sure everyone has access to enough protein-rich food is a massive challenge. Traditional farming relies on land, water, and weather—resources that are under pressure from climate change and overpopulation. But what if we could sidestep all that? Enter Meta...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

SEAMLESS: Self assembled particles and capsules for enhanced separators and interphases

Displaying the primary quality of being inert completely unreactive, an important but often unappreciated part of any electrochemical device is the separator – a porous thin sheet which stops the anode and cathode in the cell from touching each other and thus causing a short circuit, cell failure...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

NEOPRAD: Nanoparticle-enhanced capture and optical profiling for rare tumour cell analysis and detection

Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that affects antibody-producing cells in the bone marrow. Despite recent advances in treatment, multiple myeloma remains incurable due to development of treatment resistance. Today, bone marrow biopsies are performed to diagnose the disease and, in some ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Computational Adaptive Optics

High-quality imaging from spectroscopes, microscopes, or telescopes determines how we understand the world around us and is fundamental to scientific discovery and medical diagnosis. Yet, optical imaging systems are inherently limited by physical phenomena such as optical scattering, which become...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

New energy harvesting microcontroller with long-range radio

ONiO is a fabless semiconductor company focused on developing advanced microcontrollers powered by harvesting ambient energy. Our mission is to revolutionize the IoT landscape by delivering clean-energy solutions that liberate devices from the constraints of traditional battery power. ONiO.zero i...

Awarded: NOK 15.7 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Electrolyzer for co-production of green Hydrogen and NOx for low carbon fertilizer production

Yara aims to become climate neutral by 2050. An essential part of this target is to produce mineral fertilizer without greenhouse gas emissions. Such production is technically possible today, but it is far from being economically viable. New flexible and efficient fossil-fuel free production proc...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Lumiblast™ – Cancer-specific photodynamic therapy with intracellular light

Lumiblast™ aims to revolutionize cancer treatment through a novel cancer-specific photodynamic therapy (PDT) that eliminates the need for external light. Traditional PDT uses light-activated compounds to destroy cancer cells but is limited to tumors accessible to external light. Lumiblast™ overco...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Early prediction software for winter survival and yield in forage and cereal crops

Early prediction software for winter survival and yield in forage and cereal crops Farmers across the Nordics face one recurring challenge: harsh and unpredictable winters. Ice, snow, and sudden thaws can severely damage crops, but the real impact often becomes visible too late for effective act...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Rogaland

BIOTEKNOLOGI-BIOTEKNOLOGI

The 61st NBS Contact Meeting – Storefjell Resort, January 21 – 24th, 2026

The Norwegian Bioscience Society (NBS) is a national scientific organization with local chapters in Bergen, Oslo, Trondheim, Tromsø and Ås. Each year, the NBS Contact Meeting brings together scientists, students, engineers and industry representatives with shared interests in biotechnology and bi...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORSKNINGSINFRA-FORSKNINGSINFRA

NcNeutron-2 Norwegian Center for Neutron Research - phase 2

Neutron tools are invaluable for a large number of research topics in contemporary science and technology, by contributing to scientific discoveries, create new technology and addressing the greatest challenges of our society. Neutron-based techniques are essential to gain insight into the struct...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

BIOTEKNOLOGI-BIOTEKNOLOGI

Arrangementstøtte for Organisk Kjemisk Vintermøte 2026 (OKV39)

Organisk kjemi omhandler "livets kjemi" og mye mer, og er sentralt for forståelsen av en rekke fag, herunder bioteknologi og materialvitenskap. Det faglige programmet for Organisk Kjemisk Vintermøte (OKV) reflekterer utviklingen innen organisk kjemi nasjonalt og internasjonalt. De senere år har d...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Mosaic epimutations: population prevalence, mechanistic origins, and their role in cancer

Researchers have long debated whether specific changes in the way our genes are regulated, called epigenetic changes or "epimutations," can increase the risk of cancer. Our recent groundbreaking research has provided strong evidence that epimutations are indeed a risk factor for certain types of ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

A Novel Genomic Test for Predicting Disease Progression and Treatment Outcomes in Melanoma

Researchers at Oslo University Hospital have developed a diagnostic tool called the MEL7-test to address a significant challenge in managing stage III melanoma, an advanced form of skin cancer. The test analyzes the activity of seven specific genes to assess patients' risks of disease progression...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove