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INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Partnership for Research and Education in Resources, the Environment, and Strategic Cooperation between Norway, USA and Japan

The Resourceful collaboration establishes a network between the University of Oslo and top Universities in the United States and Japan to cooperate on research and teaching in environmental and resource economics and policy. Our partners are located at the University of California at Berkeley, Co...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Material Appearance Network for Education and Research

A typical human with a normal vision easily identifies materials and effortlessly characterizes their look. However, little is known about the visual mechanisms and the underlying processes giving us this remarkable ability. The visual appearance of a material is generally classified into four ap...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

From hydrothermal systems to mud volcanoes: Planet-scale impacts of piercements in sedimentary basins

The main objectives of HOTMUD are to strengthen and broaden long-term cooperation between the University of Oslo and world-leading institutes. The main focus was to conduct multidisciplinary research to unravel the mechanisms that control the fluid migration in volcanic and sedimentary basins and...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

Innovating the clinical pathway for home-dwelling people with dementia and their families. A mixed-method randomized controlled trial

The provision of economically viable and proper care for the growing group of home-dwelling persons with dementia (PWD) is one of the most pressing issues in our society. While a cure for dementia is not yet available, professionals and policy-makers highly prioritize the support of caregivers wh...

Awarded: NOK 16.4 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Vestland

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

International Partnerships for RITMO Centre of Excellence

RITPART is a partnership project between the RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion at the University of Oslo and three world-leading research groups at the University of California, Berkeley (USA), McGill University (Canada), and Toyohashi University of Technology ...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Surface protonics for oxide-based electrochemical energy devices

In the transition to a low-emission society based on renewable energy, new knowledge and innovative solutions are required that promote long-term development of the energy system. This development involves more use of renewable energy resources (wind, solar and hydropower), more energy efficient ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The Terrestrial Ecology Flagship in Ny-Ålesund: reinforcement and further development - activities for 2018-2019.

The Ny-Ålesund Terrestrial Ecology Flagship program is one of the four NySMAC flagship programs and aimed at coordinating and integrating research activities on tundra, lake and soil ecosystems in Ny-Ålesund. This proposal will reinforce the Terrestrial Ecology Flagship by establishing a core tea...

Awarded: NOK 0.28 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Global Component Separation Network

During the last two decades, new high-precision cosmological observations have revolutionized our understanding of the early universe, to the point at which we are today able to pin-point the age and the composition of the universe to percent accuracy. However, as the precision of each experiment...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Japan And Norway United in Brain, Education and Therapeutics

The aim of the project was to educate young neuroscientists in Norway and Japan, while actively carrying out research projects in either of the participating institutes. Our cutting-edge, international research collaboration among the three internationally high-ranking research groups secured a r...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Intelligent Circular Manufacturing research and educational collaboration with India and Japan

The motivation for this project is to strengthen the quality of our research and education by creating long-lasting international links with key research institutions in Japan and in India. The project will enable us to broaden and deepen these strategic collaboration links and help us to develop...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Innlandet

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Role of scavenger endothelial cells in elimination of virus

We are continuously exposed to contact with various types of viruses. Some of these penetrate our natural defense barriers and enter the bloodstream. Most types of viruses we encounter do not cause disease but must still be removed quickly and effectively from the blood. Much of this virus uptake...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

TOPOGRAPHIC BARRIERS CONTROLLING WARM WATER INFLOW AND ANTARCTIC ICE SHELF MELTING

The floating ice shelves fringing Antarctica are melting at an accelerating rate, mainly due to relatively warm (above freezing) water carried to the ice base by ocean currents. The "warm" water is found in the deep ocean, north of the relatively shallow continental shelves surrounding the contin...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2023

Location: Vestland

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Transnational Partnership for Excellent Research and Education in Big Data and Emergency Management

Emergencies are typically complex problems with serious consequences that must be solved in a limited amount of time to reduce any possible damage. Big data technology leads to more assured decision making and better decisions can mean greater operational efficiencies, cost reductions and reduced...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2021

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

ALGAE TO FUTURE From Fundamental Algae Research to Applied Industrial Practice

The main goal of the ALGAE TO FUTURE (A2F) project has been to contribute to laying the foundation for industrial microalgae production in Norway, utilizing Norwegian natural resources. The project has explored the algae's potential to produce high quality proteins, omega-3-fatty acids and carboh...

Awarded: NOK 40.2 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2022

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Exploring leucines role in feed intake and growth under stress: from sensing to action

The LeuSENSE project explored possible effects of L-leucine-enriched diets on Atlantic salmon robustness, welfare and growth reared under normal and stressed conditions. Based on pilot studies, it was hypothesized that the essential branched chain amino acid leucine, when added above recommended ...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2021

Location: Vestland

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Collaboration on Intelligent Machines

Technology is transforming society and the way we work and interact. We are surrounded by computer technology and robots that gradually become more intelligent and are able to adapt to our needs and preferences. The success of these would be highly dependent on their behaviour capabilities that d...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2022

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

International partnership on membrane processes in water treatment for research and educational excellence

Membranes can be used to separate particles and/or ions from solutions, such as the production of drinking water from seawater. Recent technological developments have improved technological and economic feasibility of the application of this concept in many other areas in water and wastewater tr...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2020

Location: Akershus

FRIMED2-FRIPRO forskerprosjekt, medisin og helse

Optimized activation of tumor-associated macrophages as a novel strategy for cancer immunotherapy

Development of novel immunotherapy for cancer by activating immune cells in tumors The basic principle of immunotherapy is to enhance the natural immune defenses of the patient against cancer in order to tip the balance and achieve a cure. A major breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy took pla...

Awarded: NOK 10.3 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2020

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRINATEK-Fri prosjektstøtte for matematikk, naturvitenskap og teknologi

Unifying Perspectives on Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions during Cyclone Development

Extratropical cyclones are a key feature of the mid-latitude climate and weather, where air-sea interactions play a crucial role in their genesis and intensification, yielding model uncertainties and forecast challenges. Understanding these interactions between ocean sea surface temperature front...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2021

Location: Vestland

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Increasing profitability from sand producing fields

Hydrocarbon reservoirs are typically porous rocks where oil and gas are filling the pores, like a sponge. To produce the hydrocarbons, operators drill wells to penetrate the reservoirs much like water wells are used to produce water from aquifers. However, the reservoir rocks lie often at depths ...

Awarded: NOK 11.4 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2021

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Norway-Japan Partnership for Excellent Education and Research in Aquaculture

During the project period, ExcelAQUA has been established as an institutionalized collaboration platform for education and research between two Norwegian and seven Japanese institutions in the field of sustainable aquaculture and integrative fisheries biology. In the partnership, arrangements hav...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2020

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Solar effects on natural climate variability in the North Atlantic and Arctic

While there is strong evidence that global climate change is related to man-made increasing greenhouse gases, there remains uncertainties regarding the actual contribution of natural climate variability. The latter includes the 11-year solar cycle, which can have an influence on regional rather t...

Awarded: NOK 9.5 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2022

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Centre for an Energy Efficient and Competitive Industry for the Future (HighEFF)

FME HighEFF - Centre for an Energy Efficient and Competitive Industry for the Future - has defined ambitious goals for development and demonstration of technologies that may improve the energy efficiency and reduce emissions from the industry. Energy efficiency measures are necessary and enabling...

Awarded: NOK 200.2 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

The potential of seasonal-to-decadal-scale inter-regional linkages to advance climate predictions

Global warming is enhanced in the Arctic, where surface air temperature has increased at twice the rate of the global average in recent decades - a feature called Arctic amplification. The rapid reduction in Arctic sea ice is the most visible indicator of global warming. In contrast to global war...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2020

Location: Vestland

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Ecosystem footprints: Land Use Impacts and their Socioeconomic Determinants

Environmental footprints allow consumers, governments and business to understand the pressure they put on the environment through their supply chain. Current models calculate footprints by following resource from primary producers to final consumers through billions of global supply chains. The ...

Awarded: NOK 6.5 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2019

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPRO-Fri prosjektstøtte

Measuring and Understanding Visual Appearance

Humans have the amazing capability to identify which material an object is made of, just by looking at it (for instance metal, plastic, rubber, wood, glass, or textile). In addition, also based only on its visual appearance, we can often evaluate key properties of the material, such as if it is f...

Awarded: NOK 12.3 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2024

Location: Innlandet

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Legal frameworks for bioprospecting and bioinnovation in Polar Regions.

It is an increasing interest in exploring and exploiting marine genetic resources, particularly in the Arctic and Antarctica. Marine natural resources have always been important for Norway. Therefore, the collection of marine genetic material from polar waters is of great significance to promote ...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Partnership between Norway and Japan for excellent Education and Research in Weather and Climate Dynamics

The Partnership between Norway and Japan for excellent education and research (NORPAN) entails most of the major institutions in the vicinity of Tokyo that educate PhD students in climate sciences. In total, more than 25 PhD and master students and around 46 scientists are involved. The main Japa...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2019

Location: Vestland

CLIMIT-Program for CO2-håndtering

Distributed seismic monitoring for geological carbon sequestration

DEMODAS seeks to develop DAS as a standalone technology or in combination with other technologies to serve as an Early Warning System for identifying risks during geological CO2 injection and storage. The project has developed an experimental prototype of a standalone DAS unit that has shown the...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2019

Location: Vestland

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

KIFEE 2016-2018

The Kyoto International Forum for Energy and Environment (KIFEE) is a Japan-Norway research network developed on the basis of the Kyoto Protocol and the Japan-Norway Bilateral Agreement on Technological Cooperation (2004). KIFEE specifically addresses the sustainability issue through four targete...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2019

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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