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BIOTEKNOLOGI-BIOTEKNOLOGI

Biotechnological Valorization of Fruit and Vegetable Waste into Sustainable Food Coatings, Packaging, and Biofertilizers for Agriculture

Every year, vast amounts of food are wasted, creating environmental and economic problems. LOOP is a research and innovation project that aims to transform this challenge into an opportunity. By applying advanced biotechnology and green chemistry, LOOP develops methods to convert fruit, vegetable...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

Digitalisation of wooden building skins for a predictable performance

Buildings account for more than a third of global carbon emissions, so shifting to renewable materials is essential for a sustainable future. Wood is a promising option because it stores carbon and can make buildings long-term carbon sinks. This has renewed interest in timber construction, even f...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

SFS-prosjekt: CREEP

The CREEP project (From creeping crisis to deliberate transformation: Building a resilient and sustainable food system in Nordic regions) aims to identify and study development trends that, in the worst case, may contribute to a food system crisis in the Nordic countries. Researchers from Finl...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Combining the potentials of international environmental agreements in shaping sustainable, rights-based forest management in Colombia

The Amazon is among the world’s most diverse rainforests. The conservation of these forests is essential to maintaining biological diversity, mitigating climate change and for the life support of its inhabitants, including indigenous peoples. But the Amazon is exposed to heavy deforestation, and ...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

CONNECTIONS – Impact of bonding time on welfare and productivity of cow and calf

In the Connections project, we will explore how keeping cows and calves together for an extended period after calving, as opposed to separating them soon after birth, can be incorporated in practical settings on dairy farms. The practice of keeping cows and calves together for longer is becoming ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Soil2Milk: Enhancing Soil to Milk food chain Sustainability- A Novel Approach for Higher Productivity and Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Norway is launching Soil2Milk, a major interdisciplinary research project led by the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the entire feed value chain, from soil and fertilizer use to forage crops, dairy cows, and milk production. High-yield ...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SFS-project FutureFoodS - Sustainable processing of microbial and marine resources for novel food ingredients and products

It is expected that food production will need to increase by more than 60% by 2050, while ensuring that everyone has access to sufficient healthy food. This is not possible with today's food systems, which are already facing large sustainability issues and are threatened by climate change and los...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Ecology of Pathogenic Streptococcus Suis and their interactions with Microbiota and Pig Immunity

Streptococcus suis is one of the most important bacterial pathogens causing disease in piglets around weaning. Outbreaks can lead to pain, reduced animal welfare, and significant economic losses, and treatment often involves the use of antibiotics. The bacterium can also infect humans and cause s...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Innlandet

SAMISKTEMA-SAMISKTEMA

Biebmolassi – Reconciling Sámi Food Systems

Biebmolassi is a Sámi concept referring to harvesting and subsistence practices, such as berry picking, fishing, hunting, pastoralism, and food production. The project examines Sámi and local food systems in Sallto (Salten) and Stuornjárga (the Skånland Peninsula), focusing on how knowledge about...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Culture-based solutions: harnessing local land-care practices for sustainable adaptation in areas under pressure

Culture-based solutions (CbS) can improve or provide alternatives to existing frameworks for nature-based solutions (NbS). NbS focuses on local engineering measures for climate adaptation, while society and culture are commonly framed as co-benefits rather than co-creators. CbS was launched by UN...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Circular products resource efficient production methods and societal roles in transformation and adoption of circular practices in Innlandet

This PhD project investigates how smarter policy and governance can accelerate the shift to a circular economy—where waste becomes a resource and local industry becomes part of the climate solution. With a political science and economic lens, the project explores how public policy, regulation, an...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Innlandet

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 SAFER Strengthening Agricultural landscape multiFunctionality through expansion of agroecological farming in EuRope (SAFER)

Across Europe, it has become clear that current farming practices are unsustainable, and that farming systems must be re-designed to sustain food production while protecting biodiversity, ecosystems and the many benefits they bring to society. One solution to this is agroecology. Agroecological...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Meat replacement and systems of edibility in Asia and beyond

Alternative proteins can replace meat. Given that meat-intensive diets have significant health, environmental, climate and animal welfare impacts, this idea is generating hype, optimism and substantial investment. Whether involving insects, plants, lab-grown meat or other ingredients, alternative...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

A New Approach to Supply Chain Capitalism and Emerging Infectious Diseases

CAPIDEMIC explores the political dimensions of transnational supply chains and how they respond to sustainability challenges brought on by emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Our research is centered on the poultry industry, which is currently under threat from the global spread of highly pathog...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Genomic characterisation of Nordic Landrace sheep breeds for sustainable management and conservation

In a world facing major challenges like climate change and food insecurity, we need farming systems that are stronger, more adaptable, and sustainable. One often-overlooked piece of this puzzle is the rich genetic diversity found in traditional livestock breeds such as the native Nordic landrace ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Akershus

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Utvikling av bærekraftig fôrproduksjon fra biologiske sidestrømmer fra oppdrettsektor

Feed production accounts for the largest environmental footprint in Norwegian aquaculture, with most ingredients currently based on imported raw materials. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve national self-sufficiency, the development of sustainable, locally sourced feed ingredients ha...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Beste praksis vask i produksjon og foredling av melk for å gi bedre produktkvalitet og redusere matsvinn forårsaket av mikroorganismer

Best practice cleaning for safer milk and reduced food waste How do we ensure that the milk you drink and the dairy products that you eat are safe, sustainably produced, and have a long shelf life? The answer may lie in something mundane and at the same time complex; in other words, cleaning. B...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Long-Term Stability and Fermentation Dynamics of Multi-Strain Kveik Yeasts: A Genetic, Proteomic, and Metabolic Study Over 5000 Generations.

Norway boasts rich bioresources, including forests, marine ecosystems, agricultural products, and diverse microorganisms. Among these, traditional Norwegian Kveik yeasts stand out as a unique and valuable microbial resource. These multi-strain yeast cultures have gained growing attention, especia...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Innlandet

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

PEAK: Plasmid Evolution and Antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to human health which is predicted to increase in the future. One of the most common ways that bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics is by acquiring resistance genes; these are often carried on pieces of DNA called plasmids. Plasmids carrying...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FFLJA-FFLJA

Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Horticulture with LED Flash Lighting Systems (FLASH-LED)

Strawberry is one of the most important small fruit crops in Nordic countries including Norway. The annual production volume of Norwegian strawberries was 7,052 metric tons in 2022, which can cover only about 30% of the market demand (Statistic Sentralbyrå). There is an increasing demand for loca...

Awarded: NOK 0.17 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

SkyPlanter™ – commercial exploitation route for ultra-light planting mechanism in aerial reforestation

SkyPlanter™ is a novel patented ultralight tree planting mechanism for use on aerial vehicles. Current tree planting operations are typically performed manually, and where automation solutions exictes they use large land-based vehicles or excavators that cause significant site damage and operate ...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 AGROSOIL Agro-Ecological Soil Optimization for Integrated Weed Management

In European cropping systems, most weed management practices rely on herbicides and/or intensive tillage. However, these practices have great environmental impacts and may negatively affect soil quality and the soil microbiome. AGROSOIL project uses a Living Lab approach to co-create and co-imple...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

INNO-NAERING-Inno-naering brukerstyrte prosjekter

EcosatX2.0 - Fremtidens laminat basert på resirkulerte råvarer.

Is it possible to increase the content of recycled materials in high-quality products to the furniture- and building industry? This is the main challenge to be solved in EcosatX2.0. Ranheim Paper & Board AS has developed a paper quality, based on 100% recycled fiber, suitable for production of ...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 AllEcoSys Agroecology living labs fostering prosperous and sustainable agri-food systems

AllEcoSys aims to promote sustainable and resilient agricultural systems by implementing a network of living labs across Europe, that will facilitate the adoption of agroecological practices that enhance soil health, increase biodiversity, and foster natural pest and disease control. Hereby, AllE...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 LIFT Levende laboratorier for agroøkologisk endring av gårdsbruk, matsystemer og landskap

Modern food production, distribution and consumption have adverse effects on soil, environment and human health. Many of these are due to neglect of ecological principles such as diversity and circulation of organic matter and nutrients. Insufficient knowledge among consumers about environmentall...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 DisCoverCrop Diversification with cover crops - Sustainability in potato production

DisCoverCrop: Diversification with cover crops - Sustainability in potato production Potatoes are a staple food in Europe but growing them sustainably while protecting the environment can be a challenge. The "DisCoverCrop" project aims to help solve this problem by promoting crop diversification—...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Møre og Romsdal

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Resilient North: The Interplay Between Food Production, Food Security and Public Health in Northern Norway (ResNor)

Experiences with global pandemic followed by war in Europe have highlighted the need to strengthen resilience and preparedness; as stated in The Total Preparedness Commission's report 'Now it's serious – Prepared for an uncertain future'. The Resilient North project seeks to deepen our understand...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Developing inclusive business model (BM) concepts for solar food drying in the Himalaya region

Recent global crises related to both climate change and human conflict have illustrated an acute vulnerability of the global food system to food shocks. Most evident are the effects where poverty and food insecurity already are prevalent. While challenges with preserving and storing food after ha...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Integrating climate, environment, and public health in the Norwegian food system to assess efficient, safe, and acceptable policy options

Norway's food system faces significant challenges. Agriculture must reduce greenhouse gas emissions, halt nature loss, restore biodiversity. New dietary recommendations and other trends toward less meat consumption may shift dietary patterns. However, policies designed to address these issues oft...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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