33,037 projects

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Dressing the Saints: Gendering and Othering in Netherlandish Art at the Dawn of a Globalised World

How would you dress a saint in art? Royal saints, bishop saints and saints from religious orders had their prescribed clothing. But the many Early Christian martyrs did not, meaning that the artist depicting them had choices to make departing from the Bible’s sole guideline positing that “the fin...

Awarded: NOK 11.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Integer Factorization and Related Cryptographical Problems

In a world increasingly reliant on digital communication, the security of our data hinges on mathematical problems that are surprisingly hard to solve. One of the most important is integer factorization—the task of breaking large numbers into their prime divisors. Factorization is the process of...

Awarded: NOK 9.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Submerged-arc furnaces: Improved electrical conditions for increased energy efficiency and decarbonization

SAPPHIRE aims to contribute to cleaner and more energy-efficient metal production. We will deepen the understanding of how the electric energy that drives the smelting processes interacts with the process chemistry. This knowledge will be used to improve the stability of smelting furnaces, there...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Agder

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Demonstration of Anti-obesogenic properties of brown Macroalgae-derived compounds Incorporated into food Products

The DAMIP project (Demonstration of Anti-obesogenic properties of brown Macroalgae-derived compounds Incorporated into food Products) explores an exciting and sustainable response to one of the greatest health challenges of our time: obesity. The project is based on research showing that brown al...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Virtual AI Corp Organization Simulation

VirtualCorp AI is an interactive simulation tool that brings organisational learning to life through artificial intelligence. Instead of only reading about workplace challenges, students and employees can “step inside” a virtual organisation and interact with AI-driven characters in realistic sce...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Akershus

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Mechanisms of Persistent Fatigue

Persistent fatigue (PF) is a highly prevalent transdiagnostic symptom. Acute infection is a common trigger of PF, as exemplified by ‘Long COVID’ . PF is an under-researched field, with scarce knowledge of disease mechanisms as well as treatment and preventive measures. Existing knowledge on PF s...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Frost Cleaning of Sea Lice 2

Sea lice are tiny parasites that cause big problems in fish farming. Traditional methods to remove them, like using chemicals, are becoming less effective due to resistance. Plus, these methods can harm the fish and the environment. Mechanical removal, which involves flushing the fish with seawat...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Exploring novel therapies for celiac disease centered around the autoantigen transglutaminase 2

Celiac disease is affecting 1-2% of the population. Today the only existing treatment for the widespread disorder is a lifelong gluten-free diet. There is a need to develop alternative treatments. Recent research has revealed that the enzyme transglutaminase 2 plays a central role in the developm...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

NORA-HS: Norwegian Graduate School for how AI impacts humanities and society

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world – from how we communicate, to how we work, learn, and govern society. As the technology evolves rapidly, it is essential to understand how AI affects people, values, and societal structures. The research school NORA-HS: Norwegian Graduate Sch...

Awarded: NOK 15.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2033

Location: Oslo

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

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Evidence-based policy innovation for household energy investments

How can more households be encouraged to invest in energy-smart solutions? Ennovate is a research project that aims to identify how public support schemes and information can be better designed to make it easier and more attractive for households to invest in energy efficiency and local energy pr...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

The impacts of land use conflicts on society and citizens: how local arguments shape democratic participation and lived experience

In recent years, Norwegian communities have seen a rise in contentious land use disputes. The green transition’s demand for land has triggered conflicts over mining, wind power, solar parks, and power lines — a development expected to intensify as society moves toward a low-emission future. Thes...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Bio energy with Carbon capture and storage through the adsorption process with metal organic frameworks.

Carbon capture and storage is a technique that aims to capture the CO2 that is emitted from different sources such as burning of fossil fuels. Biomass generated from plant and animal-based sources such as wood, sewage waste animal manure etc., are excellent substitutes for non-renewable fossil f...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KULTURTEMA-KULTURTEMA

The powers of visual representations in shaping and mediating land-use conflicts in Norway (VISUALS)

VISUALS investigates how visual representations, such as images, photos, maps, media reports, and artworks, influence conflicts related to land-use and management of natural resources in Norway. If municipalities continue to favour roads, cabin villages, wind power development, and green industri...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Environmental impacts and mitigation measures for pumped storage hydropower in Norwegian reservoirs

Norway has several large hydropower reservoirs at different elevation separated by few km. This makes it not so complicated or costly to install pumped storage hydropower between such pairs of reservoirs. The future power system will be more dependent on weather conditions, impacting both generat...

Awarded: NOK 13.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Acoustic power transfer for wireless sensors

Measurement and monitoring of the natural or human-made environment has become a necessity in order to increase safety and improve the standard of living. This project aims to establish acoustic power-transfer technologies that enable sensors and systems for monitoring and control at previously i...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestfold

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Prediction and mitigation of Wind Turbine noise and its impact on humans

Wind power is an important part of Norway’s energy mix. But noise from the turbines raises some questions: where and when will it be annoying and affecting daily life, and how can operators stay within noise limitations while delivering electricity? Norway’s terrain and weather, with mountains, ...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Cloud and Precipitation Observations, Modeling, And Prediction in Svalbard

The Arctic climate is changing rapidly with Svalbard experiencing some of the fastest warming globally. This means increasing precipitation and more frequent extreme events, causing severe consequences for ecosystems, infrastructure and society. Despite the risks, significant knowledge gaps remai...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Blue-green infrastructures for stormwater management in the cold regions: nature-based approaches

Can Nature Help Us Adapt to Climate Change in the Arctic? As climate change intensifies, small Arctic municipalities face growing challenges: heavier rainfall, rapid snowmelt, and degrading permafrost threaten homes, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Traditional stormwater systems struggle to cope ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

p95HER2 Antibody–drug conjugates (ADC) targeting metastatic cancer

ImmunoQuest Therapeutics (ImmunoQuest), a Norwegian biotech startup, is developing a new cancer drug that targets a dangerous protein called p95HER2. This protein doesn’t just appear in hard-to-treat tumors — it causes the cancer to become more aggressive and resistant to existing therapies. Toda...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

AKIGAI - EGFR inhibitors against NeuP (1st gen)

Neuropathic pain (NeuP) affects between 7-10% of adults worldwide, making it one of the most widespread and difficult-to-treat chronic conditions. Unlike normal pain, which is triggered by injury or inflammation, neuropathic pain is caused by damage to the nerves themselves. For most people livin...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo

FORSKNINGSINFRA-FORSKNINGSINFRA

ATMP Norway. A multi-nodal infrastructure for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products in Norway.

ATMP Norway: A National Infrastructure for Advanced Therapies Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) offer curative potential by targeting the underlying biology of diseases such as cancer, autoimmunity, and genetic disorders. CAR-T cell therapy has demonstrated clinical success in B cell ma...

Awarded: NOK 50.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2035

Location: Oslo

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Urgency and pressures in critical mineral extraction - Potentials and pitfalls for just mining in Norway

The demand for critical minerals is increasing rapidly. These metals are used in green technologies such as electric vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels, and play a key role in the transition to a low-emission society. At the same time, the growing pressure for faster extraction creates new ...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Route to Zero Emission public transport

The transport sector accounts for approximately 30 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions. Public transport is the main source of greenhouse gas emissions related to regional governments' service provision. Hence, the central government has introduced zero-emission requirements in public pr...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Sustainable Norwegian Data Center Industry

In our increasingly digitalised society, data centers are fundamental service providers for key sectors such as health care, energy and transport. Norway needs a robust digital infrastructure to function effectively and is well positioned for data center establishments due to cold climate and ava...

Awarded: NOK 13.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KULTURTEMA-KULTURTEMA

Explosive legacy: Examining, preserving and communicating the contested industrial heritage of ammunition production in Raufoss

How should a society relate to an industry that manufactures weapons – products made for war? This is the starting point for the EXLEGACY research project, a collaboration between NTNU, Mjøsmuseet and Vestre Toten municipality. Raufoss has long been a centre for the Norwegian arms industry, and ...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Inertial stabilization of robotic mechanism end-effector subject to coupling effects with the base dynamics.

Imagine you’re trying to hold the light beam of a large spotlight perfectly still while standing on the roof of a moving bus. Even if your hands are rock-steady, every jolt of the bus will shake the light beam. To keep the beam perfectly still you have to counteract the jolts of the bus. If you a...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Buskerud

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Hvordan kommunen gjennom bruk av sin eierrådighet kan øke takten i omstillingen til et lavutslippssamfunn.

The project is about how municipalities can use their right to control their own assets, also known as "ownership authority," to cut greenhouse gas emissions and protect nature. The project will explore the possibility of setting requirements and enforcing them. Clarifying where the boundaries li...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Rogaland

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

ES753200 TeamLearn Postdoctoral Researcher Mobility-Rogers Kaliisa

This Postdoctoral Research stay project will be undertaken by Rogers Kaliisa (a postdoctoral researcher on the TEAMLEARN Project) for 9 months at The Open University (UK). Prof Bart Rienties, a leading expert in learning analytics research, will host the fellow. The goal of the stay is to advance...

Awarded: NOK 0.41 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Rescue of Factor VII deficiency through liver organoid transplantation – in vivo proof of concept

Hereditary Factor (F) VII deficiency is a rare condition that affects how well our blood can clot. It is caused by changes in the F7 gene and is particularly common in Norway. People with this condition can experience bleeding that ranges from mild to severe, and sometimes these bleeding episodes...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo