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POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

PEA-Puccinellia in the European Arctic -Who is who, who is where, and why?

Arctic plants are rather recent (Late Tertiary-Pleistocene) immigrants or recently evolved. Two major processes in this evolution seem to have been hybridization and polyploidization, leading to complex relation patterns, and range of intermediate variant s between species. Thus, to untangle the ...

Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Svalbard

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

36th Annual Larval Fish Conference

The early life stages of fishes are a principal focus of many ecological studies and have been a focus of Norwegian marine science for over 100 years. Their distributions and densities are indicative of spawning and nursery areas, spawning seasons, larval behaviour, and year-class strength. Even...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Workshop on survey methods for estimating catch, effort and economic value of widely dispersed marine recreational fisheries

The goal of this multidisciplinary workshop is to develop collaborative research on cost-effective methods that can be used to monitor catch and effort and to quantify the economic effects in diffuse marine recreational fisheries in Europe. The importanc e of quantifying catches in marine recrea...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Bilat - Relating laboratory and field bioaccumulation; importance of abiotic and biotic parameters, and use of trophic magnification factors

The Bioaccumulation Advisory Group (BSAG) of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is in the process of organizing a workshop to be held in New Orleans 2 days prior to SETAC NA, 2009 (i.e., 18-19 November). The workshop will focus on the low, or non-existing, translation of...

Awarded: NOK 99,419

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

Consortium of international market research, annual conference, May 26-29, 2010

The project is principally to organize the CIMaR 2010 conference, with participants from about 25-30 countries. Invitations will be sent early Fall 2009, with subsequent follow-up rounds, paper submissions/reviews and carry out the conference in late May 2010. An integral part of the project i...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Oslo

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Middle Eastern Connectivities. The 8th Nordic Conference of the Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies Bergen, September 2010

The 8th Nordic conference of Middle Eastern studies will host approximately 100 delegates from all the Nordic countries and from members affiliated to institutions in the Middle East. The event will take place over three days and consist of four keynote s peeches and parallel panels. The title of...

Awarded: NOK 0.24 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Vestland

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

Transnational /Global Feminism: Issues, Contestations, Challenges

In this seminar 25-26 May 2010 at the University of Bergen, four leading international feminist scholars working from within different disciplines and different geographical areas will discuss the current grounds for global/transnational feminist thought: Valentine Moghadam, Breny Mendoza, Chand...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Bergen Summer Research School on Global Development Challenges -BSRS

I samarbeid med NHH, CMI, HiB og Uni Research arrangeres sommerskole med tema Global Healthh in bio-Medical, Social and Cultural perspectives fra 21. juni - 2. juli 2010. Prosjektet støtter følgende tema: - Right to health in resource constraining setti ngs: Right, litigation and social justic ...

Awarded: NOK 0.45 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Vestland

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Støtte til gjennomføring seminar om Participatory Design ved HiAK

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Awarded: NOK 50,000

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Viken

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Arctic in Rapid Transition -ART initiation workshop

We apply for funding of the Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) Initiation workshop. The ART initiation workshop will develop a full science and implementation plan to fulfil the task given the ICARP II Marine Roundtable on integrating, updating and developi ng priorities for Arctic marine science f...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku - Tromssa ja Finmarkku

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Measuring levels of oil and gas toxins in human populations and individual perceptions of health and security in the Komi republic

With this application, the intention is to seek to plan a study which aims to strengthen the emphirical basis for debates on assessments of threats and security strategies in local communities in the Arctic. An important aim is to test how the Security-co ncept can fruitfully be included in the r...

Awarded: NOK 0.22 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku - Tromssa ja Finmarkku

FORINFRA-Nasj.sats. forskn.infrastrukt

Biobank Norway - at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health

All diseases develop as a result of the interplay between genes and environment. The aim of medical research is to discover causes of disease, and disentangle disease mechanisms. Internationally, a number of large scale projects to study genes, environmen t and health have been initiated in the w...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Network on employment of migrant workers in China

As China continues to develop its economy in a global context of financial crises and reduced international demand for Chinese goods, the role of migrant workers continues to be crucial. Their livelihoods, rights and social security are important issues f or researches and policy makers alike. Th...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

FRITEK-Teknologi

Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory

The Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen has been chosen to host SWAT 2010. The Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory (SWAT) was first organized in 1988 which makes it one of the oldest and in this way most reputable international con ferences in the field of algorithms, SWAT...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Vestland

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Studies on the implementation of treaties on economic, social and cultural rights in China and Norway (ESCR Network)

The primary aim of the project is to establish a network for research on the implementation of treaties on economic, social and cultural rights in China and Norway. The network will be based at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. Invited partner s in China are the Chinese Academy of Soc...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Energieffektivisering for bygninger og infrastruktur i nordområdene (Energy efficiency for buildings and infrastructure in the high north)

'Energieffektivisering for bygninger og infrastruktur i nordområdene' vil være temaet for en workshop i regi av Høgskolen i Narvik (HIN), arrangert ved Arkhangelsk Stats Tekniske Universitet (ASTU) i 2010. Hensikten med workshopen er å etablere et permane nt forskningssamarbeid innenfor nevnte te...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

STAMCELLER-Stamcelleforskning

Produksjon av en animasjonsfilm om stamceller. Internasjonale konkurranser for Unge Forskere.

Abstract This project deals with the comparative study of neural tissues obtained from two different lines of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells (MESC). MESC are cells which can differentiate into each cell of the mouse body. Even if they are very promising for m edicine (e.g. they could be used to cure ...

Awarded: NOK 20,000

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Research and education for development and production of ice abrasion resistant offshore concrete structures for oil and gas production

The proposed cooperation within research and education will strengthen further development of structural solutions for exploitation of the vast oil and gas fields of the North. At present this concerns the ongoing Sakhalin 2 and Sakhalin 1 projects in the Sea of Okhotsk, in addition the the fort...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Workshop i forbindelse med opprettelse av forskningskonsortium innen nordområdeforskning

SINTEF Byggforsk er i utredningsfase vedrørende oppbygging av forskningskonsortium knyttet til nordområdeforskning, med oppstartseminar/workshop, i løpet av sommeren 2009. Forskningen vil i stor grad omfatte geotekniske og havnemessige problemstillinger k nyttet til kystnære områder i Arktis der ...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

25th Nordic and 1st British-Nordic congress of Mathematicians

Since the congress in Odense in 2000, the Nordic congress has been arranged with joint participation of a mathematical society belonging to some non-Nordic country. The congress in 2000 was arranged together with the American Mathematical Society and th e congress in Reykjavik in 2005 was a joi...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Forskerkongress European Assosiastion for Animal Production - EAAP 2011

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Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Innlandet

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Norwegian-Russian Cooperation on estimating the cost structure of the Northeast Arctic cod fishery in the Barents Sea

The beneficial management of the Northeast Arctic cod stock needs to take the productivity and costs of both the Norwegian and the Russian fishing fleets into account. In order to achieve this, Russian data must be collected, analyzed and be made commensu rable with data on the Norwegian cod fish...

Awarded: NOK 14,097

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Bi-Establishing an international collaboration to investigate the impacts of drill cuttings and waterbased drilling fluids on marine sponges

Currently, three sponge experts work in Norway, they include: Dr Hans Tore Rapp (University of Bergen), Dr Raymond Bannister (SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture), and Dr Friederike Hoffmann (Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology). Collectiv ely, they have experience in sponge culti...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Third European Permafrost Conference 2010 in Svalbard

We aim to be able to host the Third European Conference on Permafrost, EUCOP III in 2010 in Svalbard at UNIS. EUCOP have been held twice before in Europe outside the Arctic, but we want to focus on the European permafrost in the Arctic, by arranging this conference in Svalbard, where during the I...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Svalbard

FRITEK-Teknologi

GROW 2009 - Graph Classes, Optimization, and Width Parameters

The University of Bergen has been given the honor of organizing a conference for mathematicians and computer scientists engaged in cutting-edge research in the area of discrete optimization algorithms on graphs: GROW 2009 - 4th International Workshop on G raph Classes, Optimization, and Width Par...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Vestland

EVITA-eVitenskap

Conference support: 2nd International Conference on Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision

SSVM09 is the second conference in what is expected to be a biannual conference series that will alternate among various countries. This conference series is a merger of the Scale Space conferences and the Variational Level Set Methods conference. The aim is to bring together two different commu...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Oslo

RBGRUNTEKN-Res.bas.grunnbev.tekn-ind.inst

Grunnbevilgning Norsar

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Awarded: NOK 93.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2022

Location: Viken

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

The Symposium on democracy, research engagement and sustainable development

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Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

International workshop Indicator based methods to assess and map biological pollution in the coastal waters of Norway

The introduction of alien species in marine environments is a growing factor of disturbance that can be viewed as a pollution agent. Often the impact of alien species is interpreted as decline in ecological quality resulting from changes in biological, ch emical and physical properties of aquatic...

Awarded: NOK 75,000

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Vestland

FRITEK-Teknologi

The 18th International Conference on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods, Oslo 2009

The TABLEAUX conference is the natural annual meeting point for researchers with an interest in deduction methods based on systems of tableaux. Research in this area spans a wide range of themes in computer science, mathematics, and philosophy, including both theoretical works, use of logical met...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Oslo