5,400 projects

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Pulsed plasma surface treatment for wear and corrosion protection of superalloys and stainless steel valves, pumps and pipes

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Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

eControl, drilling simulation and control for extreme conditions

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Awarded: NOK 11.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Agder

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Design and Production of Planar SOFCs from Nanoparticles with Emphasis on Support and Sealing

NANOSOFC will aim to manufacture and test a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) from nanoparticles, which were developed in an earlier project: MSOFC. Two urgent SOFC technology issues will also be addressed: support and sealing for planar cells. Two new nanopar ticle products were developed in MSOFC, b...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestland

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

FESIL Solar Grade Silicon

The photo-voltaic (PV) industry has an growth rate of about 30% - a situation that many other industries can only dream about. Today, the majority of solar cells are made of silicon, and experts believe that it will take at least a decade before other PV technology based on other materials can ho...

Awarded: NOK 20.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MILGENHEL-Miljø, gener og helse

Nano-sized versus larger particles: Does extremely small size introduce unique mechanisms for particle-induced toxicity?

Nanoparticles (NP) have been suggested to be important factors in inducing lung and heart disease of particulate air pollution (PM), and are also increasingly used in industry and medicine. Thus, there is an increasing concern for both public and occupati onal exposure. Generally, inflammation is...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Nanomaterialer for Mikro Energihøsting

I de senere år har det vært svært mye forskning på nettverk av autonome sensorer, det vil si sensorer som har sin egen energiforsyning, er intelligente og kommuniserer (ofte trådløst) med omverden. En spesielt stor utfordring i den sammenheng er knyttet t il energiforsyning av sensorene. Spesielt...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestfold

SUP-NHD-Strategiske UoH-progr.fin.NHD

Materials for sensor and imaging applications

The objective of the SUP is to establish UiO as an internationally leading institution with respect to research and development of sensor and imaging materials for selected applications. The project aims at integrating strong experimental and theoretical activities in chemistry, physics, material...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Wireless biomedical sensors

FoU prosjektet vil utvikle neste generasjons biomedisinske sensorplattform basert på mikro/nano teknologi kombinert med en miniatyrisert, biokompatibel sensorløsning. Sensorplattformen skal utvikles for ulike biomedisinske anvendelser, og åpne opp for ava nserte medisinske anvendelser ifbm operas...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestfold

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

NEURONES FORMING FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS IN THE MOTH BRAIN

We are searching to uncover the neuronal network involved in chemosensory coding and appetitive learning in insects, using moths of the subfamily Heliothinae as model organisms. The focus in the present project is to characterise physiologically and morph ologically neurones in the primary and th...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Immunmodulatorer brukt som hjelpestoff ved immunterapeutisk behandling

Prosjektet bygger på omfattende studier i de siste 15 år av den sykdomsforebyggende virkning av immunstimulerende beta-glukaner. Grunnleggende forskning har klarlagt sammenhenger mellom kjemisk struktur og immunologisk virkning av denne stoffgruppen. Tekn ologisk utviklingsarbeid har gjort det mu...

Awarded: NOK 12.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Modulation of a PKA-Csk-Lck inhibitory pathway in T cell lipid rafts by CD28-mediated recruitment of a b-arrestin/phosphodiesterase complex

The goal of this project is to understand the molecular mechanisms for cAMP inhibition of lymphocyte proliferation and immune functions. Specifically, we want to understand the molecular interactions and spatio-temporal regulation of the newly mapped PKA- type I-Csk inhibitory pathway regulating ...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Molecular Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Heart Failure - Dissecting GRK Function in The Heart

Heart failure, the final outcome of many cardiovascular disorders, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western Hemisphere. Indeed, the incidence and prevalence of heart failure in the Western Hemisphere are increasing due to altered demogra phics with increased proportion of elderl...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Cellular Mechanisms Templating Complex Extracellular Structures via Cellulose Scaffolds: the Oikopleura House

Extracellular matrices are a fundamental interface through which cells and organisms interact with their external environment. In some cases very complex 3-dimensional structures are formed and the extracellular matrix of plants is crucial in effecting de velopmental pattern formation. Cellulose ...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

KLINISK-Klinisk forskning

MOLECULAR MR IMAGING OF BREAST CANCER Treatment monitoring and prognostic evaluation

Successful cancer treatment and recovery depends upon early diagnosis, but also important is the decision on which type of treatment each cancer patient should receive. Through a combination of new contrast agents and improved technology, MR is making adv ances in identifying the functional and m...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILGENHEL-Miljø, gener og helse

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediated responses to environmental toxicants

A group of environmental pollutants, which may pose a potential health risk to humans, is the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). PAHs are found in urban air and occupational environments, and a very large part of the population is exposed to these c ompounds. An important source of PAH expo...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi, nanovitenskap, mikroteknologi og avanserte materialer

Høykvalitets nanokarbon fra naturgass

Carbontech Holding AS har utviklet, patentert og verifisert en ny metode for fremstilling av hydrogen og høykvalitets nanokarbon fra naturgass. I prosjektets første fase ble det bygget og gjort vellykkede forsøk i CTH sitt pilotanlegg ved Høgskolen i Haug esund. Under pilotforsøkene ble 40% av na...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2014

Location: Vestland

SUP-NHD-Strategiske UoH-progr.fin.NHD

Oxide nanomaterials - phenomena and applications; focus on basic understanding of semiconductor components for hydrogen production by PEC

Center for materials science and nanotechnology (SMN) at the UiO aims to establish a genuinely interdisciplinary program within the general field of oxide nanomaterials, having focus on understanding of materials and phenomena required to develop photoele ctrochemical (PEC) water splitting cells ...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Novel strategies for immunisation against intracellular pathogens of Atlantic salmon

The aim of this project is to develop improved formulations and optimised antigen delivery strategies to elicit protective immune responses against intracellular pathogens of Atlantic salmon. The introduction of adjuvanted vaccines in the salmon industry over the last decade has been a key fact...

Awarded: NOK 6.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Utnytting av molekylære metoder i miljøvennlig bekjempelse av sjukdommer i gulrot

Prosjektet omfatter optimal utnyttelse av bioteknologiske metoder (PCR) for å bekjempe plantesjukdommer i gulrot, som er en av de viktigste grønnsakvekstene i Norge med førstehåndsverdien på ca 150 mill. kr. årlig. Soppsjukdommer er årsak til store tap b åde under produksjon og omsetning av gulr...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Health promoting compounds in barley and oat

The project will focus on barley and oat, both cereals with substantial fibre, antioxidant and oligosaccharide levels. Milling and related processing will be performed under industrial or pilot-plant conditions using state-of-the-art technology with the p urpose of achieving fractions rich in ant...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Interconnected Physical Phenomena as manifested in Nano - Layered Silicates (Clays).

Members of a nationally Coordinated Research Team (CRT) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the University of Oslo (UiO) and the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) proposes to continue and to enhance further a research activ ity for the study of Nanostructured Soft ...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Studies of the electronic structure of materials at the nanoscale

We plan to study the electronic structure of materials at the nanoscale with unsurpassed level of sensitivity and precision, first and foremost by further improving existing and developing new experimental quantitative electron diffraction techniques. Qua ntitative electron diffraction, electron ...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

The role of regulatory T cells in allergy

A dramatic increase in prevalence of allergy observed within the last two decades has been associated with better hygiene, increased use of antibiotics and improved vaccination. Infections are important for the induction of regulatory elements within the immune system, and it has been suggested t...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Degradation of insoluble carbohydrate polymers: how do microbial chitinolytic machineries work?

Enzymatic degradation of abundant insoluble carbohydrate polymers such as cellulose and chitin is of tremendous biological and biotechnological importance. Microbes produce numerous enzymes to hydrolyze these polymers, but the question of how they manage to disrupt the crystalline structure of th...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Nitric oxide regulation of development in fish: emphasis on the light-brain-pituitary axis and gill during salmon smoltification

Development of organs and tissues occur during critical periods throughout life. Specific systems develop at specific stages, e.g. early development (organogenesis) and smoltification (light-brain-pituitary axis (LBP) and gill). Our research has shown the LBP and gill undergo morphological, mole...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Dissecting the process of plastid division in higher plants using functional genomics approaches

Plant cells contain plastids, vital organelles representing the ultimate source of all food production. Plastids are not created de novo but arise by division from pre-existing cytosolic plastids but despite recent progress in the field new approaches are needed to unravel this fundamental biolo...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Rogaland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Genesis of B lymphomas studied by functional genomics

Background: Idiotypes (Id) are antigenic determinants in the variable regions of immunoglobulins (Ig). We have previously demonstrated that B lymphocytes partially degrade their endogenous Ig and present Id-peptides on their Major Histocompatibility Compl ex (MHC) class II molecules to CD4+ T cel...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Bruk av skruekompressor i hybrid varmepumpe med NH3/H2O som arbeidsmedium

Hybrid Energy AS ble stiftet i mai 2004 for å avdekke muligheter og bygge systemer for redusert energibruk i industri og større varmesystemer. Det installerte produktet vil være den hybride varmepumpen som er utviklet ved IFE de siste 9 år. Hybrid Energy AS har avdekket flere prosjekter med god n...

Awarded: NOK 0.91 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Effect of environmental DNA exposure on bacterial adaptation rates

The increasing amount of DNA sequence data available reveals that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events have been frequent in most bacterial species. This observation identifies HGT as a major driving force in bacterial evolution. Whereas many studies hav e addressed the dynamics and mechanisms o...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Opioidergic signaling mechanisms in pain and dependence: PET opioid receptor binding. I. animal studies.

We are all naturally dependent on opioids for our emotional health. The opioid system is activated during the experience of pain, and opioids are used as analgesia and for abuse. Intentionally, opioid analgesia in pain and opioid drug abuse are contrary t o each other, but there are several commo...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke