1,814 projects

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Bærekraftig og miljøvennlig impregneringsmiddel basert på bruk av kolloidale ligninpartikler som gir både RÅte- og BRAnnbestandighet

TalgøMøreTre AS is a world leader in the production of royal treated wood. The brand is MøreRoyal, which is available as cladding, decking, wooden roofs and battens. MøreRoyal is one of the few wood claddings that is delivered 100% pre-treated and ready for use. MøreRoyal cladding 2.0 is approved...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Møre og Romsdal

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Soil carbon in Norwegian outfield and infield grazing areas: Plant-soil-herbivory feedbacks on plant production and soil carbon dynamics

The main objective of this project is to quantify and predict grazing effects on soil organic carbon stocks and dynamics. Our goal is to come up with management recommendations that ensure nature-based solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, mitigating climate change while promoting biod...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

BIOTEKNOLOGI-BIOTEKNOLOGI

Food4Cells: Developing sustainable cell culture media for cultivated meat (CM) production based on Norwegian plant-based agri-food.

As the global population grows, it’s estimated that food production will need to increase by over 60% by 2050. This puts immense pressure on the livestock sector to meet the rising demand for high-value animal protein. Additionally, from a circular economic perspective, recycling plant-based by-p...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Cultivating sustainable changes in livestock feed production and feeding practices (Feed&Feeding)

The project will evaluate various strategies for feed production and feeding practices to enhance the sustainability of Norway's food system and support national agricultural policy goals. These strategies include adjusting livestock diets, improving breeding and animal health, and introducing ne...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Optimizing feed resources for a circular food system

The FeedLoop project aims to suggest transformations in livestock farming for increased circularity, addressing one of the biggest challenges in global food production: the competition between food and feed for valuable biomass resources. With growing concerns about climate change, food security,...

Awarded: NOK 9.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Improving energy production and safety in biocarbon value chains

The EnergyProSafe project responds to the national strategies on transition into a low-carbon-emission society and goals of the metallurgical industry by improving energy production and safety in BC value chains, securing safe and sustainable supply of BC of needed quality and in sufficient quant...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FFLJA-FFLJA

HealthyCucumber: Sustainable plant health management in modern greenhouse cucumber production

The HealthyCucumber project aims to find plant health solutions for challenges related to modern greenhouse production of cucumber in Norway. Implementation of new technology in greenhouse production, such as semi closed production, LED-lighting, and water recirculation systems, create changes in...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Turning wastewater into potable water - sustainable plant-based water treatment systems for rural communities

This is a collaborative project jointly funded by the Research Council of Norway and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. The project is jointly led by SINTEF and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The project also includes collaboration with research partners from research partners at...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FFLJA-FFLJA

Advancing adaptation and adoption of new forages in Norway: An innovative farmer-led research approach via citizen science

A stable supply of high-quality forage is essential for the economic output and sustainability of milk and meat production, the economically most important agricultural production in Norway. Further successful forage production in Norway depends on species, cultivars, and seed mixtures that can ...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Hvordan kan avansert data management og maskinlæring optimalisere markedsreguleringen i landbrukssektoren?

Excess supply of agricultural goods can lead to significant price drops for farmers, while at the same time, supply is inelastic in the short term. To ensure balanced markets, Norway has market regulations for many key agricultural products. These market regulations are authorized by Omsetnings...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Final Ecosystem Services in Transition: Aquatic Ecosystem Services in Forested Landscapes

Forests are often primarily managed for timber, leading to a neglect of other aspects of forested landscapes, in particular those connected with lakes and rivers. Society will benefit from multifunctional, sustainable management of forested landscapes that takes into account relationships betwee...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

HESTEFORSK Welfare and Behaviours of Young Competition Horses in Different Summer Management Systems

Norges mangeårige tradisjon for å utnytte sommerbeite til hesteavl gir verdifulle muligheter for fysisk bevegelse og mental stimulering for unghester. Til tross for endringer i hestebruk og avlsmål over tid, anses sommersystemer med fri bevegelse fortsatt å være svært gunstig for hestens utviklin...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Innlandet

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

The future of fruit and berry breeding in the Nordic region

Apple and strawberry are our biggest fruit and berry crops, with long traditions in Norway and high status among consumers. The climate in Norway is favorable for growing strawberries, but the short season has led to increased imports to cover the year-round demand. Norway is the northernmost are...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Boosting Healthy Oat Feed Production in Norway

The project will reduce the risk of mycotoxins in oats and improve the nutritional value of oats. This will ensure oats a quality feed used to produce food with high nutritional quality, ensuring oats as an important crop in Norwegian agriculture. The project will generate a knowledge base to ens...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Developing social science methods for evaluating sustainability in Norwegian feed system for livestock and aquaculture

The project SocialFeed starts from the premise that existing social sustainability standards, certification schemes and tools lack the national context and need to be improved to capture the real social impacts of a complex system like the feed system in Norway consisting of both local production...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Skogprat

Norwegians have a deep love for the forest and often take for granted that it provides the wood we use to build houses, fuel for our fireplaces, and space for recreation, physical activity, and nature experiences. Some of Norway’s richest ecosystems are found in the forest, home to around 60% of ...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

HESTEFORSK - Raskere og bedre sårheling hos hest med autologe hudkomponenter

Limb wounds in horses are common and are notoriously difficult to treat due to their slow healing rate and the frequent occurrence of healing complications such as infection and exuberant granulation tissue formation. Consequently, limb wounds cause significant animal suffering, as well as repres...

Awarded: NOK 0.98 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Innovative and Sustainable Use of Polyphenols from Macroalgae as Antioxidants in Aquaculture Nutrition

Polyphenols, found in plants and algae have attracted the attention of the aquaculture sector for the development of innovative and attractive nutritional feeds, especially for their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. A multitude of studies on the administration of these natural compounds ...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Dyreetikkonferansen 2024: Er du bevisst dyrs bevissthet?

Dyreetikkonferansen 2024 har tittelen "Er du bevisst dyrs bevissthet?" og arrangeres av Rådet for dyreetikk Dyreetikkonferansen er en årlig møteplass for formidling, utveksling og debatt for de ulike aktørene som er interessert i dyreetikk og dyrevelferd i Norge. Hensikten med konferansen er å l...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Utarbeidelse av Case-Studier fra Forskningssenter for Bærekraftig Biobasert Drivstoff og Energi (Bio4Fuels).

This study will be based on cases from the Bio4Fuels Centre, which main goal has been to reduce climate gas emissions from the transport sector, the largest contributor to the Norwegian emissions, through sustainable and economic production of biofuels, enabling the basis for production in Norway...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

ADVANCING CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), which involves growing crops indoors under controlled growth conditions, for example, in vertical farms, offers a sustainable alternative to traditional agriculture. However, there is a gap between the large amounts of data collected in these systems and ...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Landbrukets bærekraftskonferanse 2024

Bakgrunn Samfunnets forventninger om å sikre og dokumentere en bærekraftig utvikling i norsk landbruk og matproduksjon er tydelig. Det pågår flere forskningsprosjekter innen landbruk og matproduksjon som har ulike bærekraftsspørsmål som hovedproblemstilling, og nærsagt alle forskningsprosjekter i...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Preserving foods with potato peels: Industry-relevant validation and first regulatory assessment of a new natural antioxidant

Potato peels, a byproduct from the food processing of potatoes (fries, flakes, chips, etc.), are a raw material resource that can be used for better goods. This is because peels are a rich source of antioxidants, natural compounds in plants to protect against harmful UV radiation and reactive com...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Innlandet

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Mitigation and Adaptation in Cultural Heritage Landscapes: Lessons from Transhumant Pastoral Systems for Managing Novel Climate Risks

Cultural landscapes provide important ecosystem services, including experience-based knowledge on how to adapt to and limit negative effects of climate change. This is because the landscapes themselves are vulnerable to climate change and other negative impacts. By investigating transhumant pasto...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

ForestValue2 JC2023 - Unveiling sustainable operating spaces for European forests (SOSFOR)

Managing European forests in a sustainable fashion requires a concrete understanding of the social, ecological, and economic boundaries to resource extraction and global change. Our project will identify and quantify these sustainable boundaries across a set of European forested landscapes. We ...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Verification of the FORDETECT Technology for fast Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria

FORDETECT is a new microfluid-based method for rapid, on-site, automatic detection of selected pathogens in a liquid sample. The method makes use of single-use recyclable cartridges with precise control over liquid flows and parallel detection of multiple pathogens in one sample. The application ...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Vestfold

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

SHRINK – Is Global Warming Shrinking Soil Microorganisms?

Global warming affects all life on Earth, including the tiniest organisms - microorganisms. In our project (SHRINK), we study how temperature changes are affecting microbial cells and their ability to carry out different functions. Soil microorganisms, for example, are responsible for the release...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

ForestValue2 JC2023 - Smart condition assessment of Reclaimed Timber for eXtended service life of long-lived wood products

The need for conservation of resources and reduction of emissions and waste has led to the concept of the circular economy. In the context of timber construction in Norway, the reuse of timber can have the added benefits of stable raw material prices by diverting additional material supply from d...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Sustainable aquaculture industry waste valorization through recycling

Aquaculture is currently the fastest growing food production sector globally, but it also has the potential to leave a significant environmental impact due to inadequate waste management practices within its production systems. To ensure a sustainable expansion of this industry, it is crucial to ...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Akershus

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

PigStick - Diagnostic of bacterial-caused lameness in pigs

Lameness is a type of arthritis that makes pigs not being able of standing up short after infection. Since arthritis can be caused by different bacteria or even not having a bacterial cause, a correct diagnosis of bacterial-caused lameness is important for further treatment, such as using or not...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Rogaland