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INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - Energy Conservation in Buildings - Chinese/Norwegian Cooperation

NTNU has established "Energy and Petroleum/Resources and Environment" as a principal strategic multidisciplinary R&D activity (see Project Description Attachment). International cooperation is a major part of this effort, with main focus on Japan, USA an d China. NTNU's university rector and a l...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Japan - Use of new, less corrosive steel in shipping and offshore industry

Steel manufacturers have always been looking into ways of producing ship-grade steels with improved corrosion resistance properties and a competitive price. After studying publications and patent applications that have been published in the last years in this area we have to conclude, that it is ...

Awarded: NOK 83,668

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Akershus

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Kina - Chinese-Norwegian Network for Industrial Design

Research and education activities between NTNU and XUAT were established already in 1989. The initiator was the Department of Architectural Design, History and Technology, which has carried out several projects in Xian (a.o. financed by NORAD), and who gr adually involved other departments at NTN...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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NA - Algorithms and Software Libraries for Large-scale Computational Science

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Awarded: NOK 35,000

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

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USA - Phosphoproteomics in Bergen and Stanford applied on acute myeloid leukemia

The major cause of fatalities in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is disease relapse, resulting in no more than 50% five-year survival even when the most intensive chemotherapy is used. These relapses reflect de novo or developed chemoresistance of the cancer cells. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cell...

Awarded: NOK 75,000

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

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NA - Agricultural plants and production systems for sustainable energy supply

The objective of this pilot project is to establish cooperation with research institutes in the United States and Canada and to develop concrete project applications that can qualify for funding. The application from the Norwegian Crop Research Institute (NRCI) concerns cooperation with The Unive...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

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USA - Validering av norskutviklet metodikk for biomasse- og skoginventring basert på fjernmåling med bruk av laser for N-A forhold.

Prevista er i dag Nordens ledende leverandør av skogrelaterte geografiske data og planprodukter til skogbruket. Dagens produksjon baserer seg i stor grad på manuell arbeidsinnsats - feltarbeid og fysisk håndtering av data. Det er gjennomført flere vellykk ede leversanser i Norge og metoden er vit...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Buskerud

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NA - Norwegian Plant Science Centre - establisment of bilateral research cooperation

The idea of development of a Norwegian Plant Science Centre was initiated about one year ago. On a global scale plants have never been as important to people as at the beginning of the 21th century. We are facing lack of food security, lack of land suita ble for agriculture, demands for alternat...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

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NA - Effects of fish oils/proteins and contaminants on obesity-linked insulin resistance

Insulin resistance (i.e. where a given concentration of insulin does not show the expected magnitude of effects on target cells) is a hallmark of Type 2 diabetes and obesity, two metabolic diseases reaching today epidemic proportions. Both the amount and type of nutrients (fat, carbohydrate or ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

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Kina - Doing Business in China - a Study of Norwegian SME's in China

The short term objective (2006) is to plan and conduct an empirical study of the experiences of Norwegian SME's which are trying to do business in China. In 2005, preliminary contacts were established between Sogn og Fjordane Unversity College and Beiji ng Normal University. Professor Songbai L...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

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NA - NTNU/UW collaboration on regional climate change and built infrastructure sustainability

Sustainability is a general concept that relates to the ability of humankind to continue to grow and thrive on a planet with limited resources. Focusing on built infrastructure can narrow the scope of sustainability research to a degree, but it is still a formidably broad theme. No single resear...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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NA - Utvikling av computer-baserte prosedyrer for å effektivisere regional kartlegging av biomasse i skog med flybåren LiDAR

Flybåren LiDAR (LIght Detection and Ranging) er den mest lovende fjernmålingsbaserte teknikken for kartlegging av biomasse i skog fordi den er i stand til å beskrive den 3-dimensjonale strukturen av trær og vegetasjon. Som første land i verden, er teknikk en nå tatt i operasjonell bruk i Norge ve...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

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NA - Establishment of joint research projects between Norway and USA/Canada in the field of turfgrass science

The rapid increase in the number of golf courses in Scandinavia is parallelled with an increase in the demand for turfgrass research. The Scandinavian Turfgrass Research Foundation (SFG) was established in 2002 by the national golf unions in the Scandinav ian countries. SFG supports high-quality...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

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NA - Ny teknologi for å redusere utslipp fra ildsteder

Prosjektet tar utgangspunkt i et av de største miljømessige problemer på verdensbasis; utslipp til luft fra mindre ildsteder. Utslippene er størst i de mange utviklingsland som baserer mest av sin energiforfyning på biomasse, men i mange industrialiserte land er dette også opphav til store utslip...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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USA - Oxygen saturation in preterm infants: high or low?

Oxygen is one of the most common therapies for extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs) 24-28 weeks of gestational age. Yet, ELGANs are vulnerable to toxic effects. Oxygen related morbidities include severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a leadi ng cause to blindness and visual disabili...

Awarded: NOK 48,000

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

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Kina - Logistics challenges in China

China's economy is growing very fast. A major need in this growth, particularly since the economy is so export oriented, is knowledge about logistics. The competence in Chinese universities in logistics is very limited. Molde University College, which off ers education in transportation and logis...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Møre og Romsdal

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India - Pilot studies in Geohazard prevention and migration - 2005/08082-1

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

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USA - Megacity Impacts on Regional and Global Environments

MIRAGE-Mex is an extensive observational mission in the outflow of the world's second largest metropolitan area, Mexico City (MC), coordinated by the National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The project aims to characterize the extent, persistence, and potential impacts of the MC urban pl...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Akershus

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Frankrike - Biochemistry and distribution of lipids in the Arctic Plankton Community:

Three objectives will be at the base of the project : * Evaluate the relationship between the seasonal changes in taxonomic as well as biochemical composition of primary producers/protozoans and food availability both in absolute terms (chlorophyll and ca rbon concentrations) and in terms of bioc...

Awarded: NOK 0.47 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Canada - The effect of Climate Change on Food Quality and transfer of Energy and Pollutants in Polar Ecosystems

The overall idea is to make integrated Pan-Arctic reseach programmes involving US, Canadian and Russian partners in the ARCTOS network. This will be done through a workshop and to make an integrated research plan. Specific tasks will include: Task 1: Pos t. doc, PhD and master student integratio...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Canada - Intensive rearing conditions: effects on health and welfare

Development of the aquaculture industry requires a compromise between intensive production and a growing need for healthy, high-quality seafood. Both in Norway and Canada, there has been increasing focus on fish welfare. However, there are few established methods to define or measure fish welfar...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Kina - Develop research projects with academics in China:Business Ethics and Corporate Accountability in China

Develop a research project: Business Ethics and Corporate Accountability (see attachment) Research hypothesis: The pressure to initiate CSR driven management tools in China according to models known in the US and Europe may be futile or even counterpro ductive. There is another danger too: nam...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

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Kina - Bilateralt FoU samarbeid om styrking av engelskundervisningen i Putuo, Kina, med spesiell vekt på muntlige ferdigheter

Våre partnere i Putuo, Kina, har uttrykt ønske om kurs/opplæring/workshops spesielt i muntlig engelsk i regi av engelsklærere ved Avdeling for lærerutdanning, Høgskolen i Oslo. Kunnskapsnivået, særlig i engelsk muntlig, er meget lavt selv når det gjelder engelsklærere i de videregående skolene. D...

Awarded: NOK 93,603

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

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USA - Accidental oil spill in the Norwegian Arctic

Off-shore oil exploration and production is moving towards Arctic regions, where knowledge about the environmental impact of such activities is extremely limited. As a result, petroleum operations in the "Barents Sea area", have strict environmental regul ations, i.e. a "zero discharge framework"...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Frankrike - Multibeam acoustics in quantitative ecosystem studies

This project will formalize and structure a connection in technology development between IFREMER, France and IMR, Norway. The overriding goal is to develop a project for innovative use of new acoustic technology within fisheries research solving challenge s in marine ecosystem assessment and mana...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Vestland

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Frankrike - Optimisation of industrial processes for meat/fish by the use of micro-biospectroscopy

It is generally accepted that the quality of connective tissue and myofiber proteins in the raw fish/meat material is together with the process determining the quality of the final product. Nevertheless, the biophysical relationship between the raw meat/f ish quality and the final product is far ...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Akershus

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Kina - TeleConnect - Analyses of climate teleconnections in two coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean models

Deeper understanding of the intrinsic variability and stability properties of the main variability modes of the climate system is needed to assess confidence in the detection, attribution and prediction of global and regional climate variability and clima te change, to improve seasonal prediction...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Vestland

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USA - Research Collaboration on Carbon Nanostructures between IFE and University of Hawaii at Manoa

The project aims at establishing a long term a collaboration on the theoretical and experimental research of carbon nanostructures between the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) and the University of Hawaii at Manoa in USA .This follows our recent suc cessful work on carbon cones. At IFE, t...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Akershus

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USA - Understanding and prevention of unexplained stillbirths - collaboration in the Femina study and the Norw. Mother & Child Cohort Study

The background: Unexplained stillbirths have been the largest contributor to our perinatal mortality for decades. Women perceiving reduced fetal movements (FM) are at high risk of adverse outcomes, and are frequent and difficult challenges in obstetric c are. There are no evidence-based protocol...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

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Canada - Dynamics of exploited anadromous salmonid communities across a latitudinal and cultural gradient

The pre-proposal consists of two work-packages: I. Establishment of a collaboration with the Canadian pre-proposal ?Dynamics of exploited anadromous salmonid communities across a latitudinal and cultural gradient? being considered for Canadian activities in the International Polar Year 2007-200...

Awarded: NOK 96,343

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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