228 projects

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Antibacterial biocides in the water cycle – an integrated approach to assess and manage risks for antibiotic resistance development

We use different antibacterial biocides in day-to-day life in products like disinfectants, cosmetics, mouth washes as well antifouling paints. These biocides end up in wastewater and eventually in the aquatic environments like rivers, lakes and sea. Antibacterial biocides may promote antibiotic r...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Vestland

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Sustainable Electrochemical Reduction of contaminants of emerging concern and Pathogens in WWTP effluent for Irrigation of Crops

The SERPIC project develops a solution to respond to the risk of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in effluents of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with focus on reuse of reclaimed water for irrigation purposes. The project aims to develop technology, b...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Oslo

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

PROBING ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES AND RESISTANCE TRANSFER IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS

Aquatic ecosystems are constantly subjected to intense pressure from human activities, agriculture and aquaculture. A plethora of pernicious substances can persist in the environment for long periods and several of these, such as antibiotic residues, can contribute to the development and spread o...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Nanoenabled strategies to reduce the presence of contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic environment

Contaminants of emerging concern such as antibiotics, pathogens and antimicrobial resistant bacteria in water bodies associated to intensive fish and inland animal farming, represent a great threat to the environment and human health. The aim of the AMROCE project was to reduce antibiotic pollut...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner 2

MarTERA MARINAL, Safe use of aluminium in marine multi-material constructions

The main objective of MARINAL has been to increase the use of aluminum alloys in marine constructions. An important obstacle to the extended use of aluminium in marine applications is uncertainty about the corrosion properties. Marine and offshore design codes and standards focus on steel and usu...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

FOSC Thermophilic break-down of keratin-laden biomass waste

Keratin is a fibrous and recalcitrant structural protein and is the third most abundant polymer in nature after cellulose and chitin. Animals and birds have developed a diversity of keratins used as structural parts of their outer protection which make up major components of feathers, hair, horns...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

MarTERA <UNDINA, Underwater robotics with multi-modal communication and network-aided positioning system>

UNDINA aims at providing a reliable, compact, plug-and-play communication, networking, and positioning system specifically designed for resource constrained AUVs, having easy maneuverability, low weight, small dimensions, and low associated operational costs. Three AUV prototypes with optimized i...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Vestland

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

FOSC BLUE-CYCLING - Integrated aquaculture and agriculture for resource-efficient food production

One of the greatest challenges imposed by climate change is the ability to provide sustainable management of land and water resources to secure food for a growing population. Integrated aquaculture-agriculture (e.g., aquaponics) is an exemplary resource-efficient technology that allows for nutrie...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

FOSC Establishing an innovative and transnational feed production approach for reduced climate impact of the aquaculture sector food supply

CLIMAQUA aims to develop a sustainable aquaculture based on the total utilization of locally produced feed raw materials of high quality. In collaboration with Sintef, researchers in Germany (DIL, ILU) have developed and established a pilot process for the transformation and recycling of aquacult...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Establishing an innovative and transnational feed production approach for reduced climate impact of the aquaculture sector and food supply

The main objective of CLIMAQUA is to develop a flexible system for the production of Galdieria sulphuraria biomass that can be used in a decentralized manner in the areas of aquaculture and fish processing, thus contributing to regional development and the reduction of greenhouse gases. CLIMAQUA ...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Spinocerebellar ataxias: Advanced imaging with ultra-high field MRI

The spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a genetically heterogeneous group of autosomal dominantly inherited disorders that are clinically characterized by progressive loss of balance and coordination. Brain pathology of SCAs centers around the cerebellum and brainstem. New treatments that aim at s...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Co-creating cultural narratives for sustainable rural development

CULTIVATE seeks to understand the role of cultural heritage in shaping sustainable landscapes and communities in rural areas in relation to societal challenges such as the climate crisis and biodiversity crisis, as well as the transformation required to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals, ...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Vestland

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

FOSC BICEPS Biochar Integration in Small-Holder Cropping Systems–Economy Food Product Value Chains Climate Change Resilience Soil Fertility

Biochar in small-scale agriculture can improve yields with climate benefits due to carbon storage in the soil. This project aimed to measure biochar’s contribution as a climate measure, improving food security, and profitability. We studied the overall environmental impact of biochar using life c...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Oslo

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Developing BBB-ASL as non-invasive early biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer?s Disease (AD) causes the majority of dementia cases. One of its earliest signs is the loss of the Blood-Brain-Barrier (BBB) integrity, which can be imaged with positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and may be related to disease progression. Arterial sp...

Awarded: NOK 6.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Oslo

TRANSPORT-Transport 2025

EASIER

The EASIER project has established a knowledge base to support the development of active and sustainable personal transport. The project has examined how transport modes such as walking, cycling, and public transport can be integrated into travel chains. It has considered the entire door-to-door ...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Inequalities in informal caregiving over the adult life course in Europe: social participation, health and the influence of Covid-19

EUROCARE is a European research project that studies the causes, consequences, and inequalities of informal care from a life-course perspective. With population aging, the pressure on families to provide care is expected to increase. Providing care can cause reduced working hours, lower wages, sm...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Oslo

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

PREVNUT - FORTIPHY, Preventing the risk of undernutrition by fostering meal fortification and physical activity in older adults

During the project period, a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has been developed and launched in Great Britain. This course, which is available in English, includes simple, physical exercises and simplified recipes that are enriched with protein and energy. The recipes are based on those develop...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

PREVNUT - EAT4HEALTH, Palatable, nutritious and digestible foods for prevention of undernutrition in active aging

Undernutrition among older adults is a complex challenge influenced by physiological changes, oral and digestive health, and sensory perception. The EAT4AGE project aimed to address these challenges by developing culturally relevant, protein-rich food prototypes tailored to older adults, with a f...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

MarTERA BIOGLIDER, BIOGLIDER : Autonomous Exploration and Monitoring of Marine Ecosystems

BIOGLIDER is a MarTERA ERA-NET Cofund project with the main goal of developing and demonstrating a smart solution for measurement and monitoring of marine environmental status, marine ecosystems and ecosystem processes. BIOGLIDER combines acoustic and optical sensors for characterization of biolo...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Vestland

MARITIMFORSK-MARITIMFORSK

MarTERA ADRIATIC, cooperAtion unDerwater foR effIcient operATions vehICles

A distributed, integrated and coordinated vendor-neutral software framework that enables UWVs, from different manufactures, to share (integrate) functionalities (robot features) in a transparent way. - A distributed set of intelligent components for perception, decision-making and environment ...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TRANSPORT-Transport 2025

Inclusive Transition towards Electric Mobility

The transition to electric mobility (EM) is seen as one of the most important measures to combat climate change and air pollution in the transport sector. The project Inclusive Transition to Electric Mobility (ITEM) maps out the transition to EM from a perspective of social inclusion. The resear...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Oslo

JPICULTURE-JPI Cultural Heritage

Polyvocal Interpretations of Contested Colonial Heritage

OsloMet participated in the project Polyvocal Interpretations of Contested Colonial Heritage (PICCH) with the professors Pia Borlund (PI), Nils Pharo, and senior researcher Ying-Hsang Liu. The project was funded under the call Cultural Heritage, Identities & Perspectives: Responding to Changing ...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2023

Location: Oslo

TRANSPORT-Transport 2025

Individual Mobility Bugdets as a Foundation for Social and Ethical Carbon Reduction

The climate goals require the implementation of new and effective measures to reduce emissions from transport. At the same time, it is crucial that these measures achieve sufficient public acceptance. Mobility budgets are a new tool for reducing emissions, which has so far been little studied. In...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Oslo

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

PREVNUT-Combining vitamin E-functionalized CHOcolate with physical exercise to reduce the risK Of protein-energy malnutrition in AGEd people

CHOCKO-AGE - Combining vitamin E-functionalized CHOcolate with physical exercise to reduce the risK Of proteinenergy malnutrition in AGEd people. Background: The world's population is getting older and becoming more physically inactive. Thus, the need for health care is dramatically increasing. ...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Møre og Romsdal

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Responsive Organising for Low Emission Societies - ROLES

ROLES (https://jpi-climate.eu/project/roles/) aimed to identify how European city-regions can accelerate decarbonisation of energy systems through digitalisation of energy infrastructure in ways that create societal benefits. Despite citizen aspirations to decarbonise society, actions that decarb...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

An approach for innovative Climate Learning, Evaluation and Action in Neighbourhoods - CLEAN Cultures

Bottom-up initiatives by individuals and communities are essential to increase acceptance of, and engagement in climate related actions. Yet, conventional strategies addressing these groups often fail to provoke a change in perspectives and actions. CLEANcultures investigated how broadening the p...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Socially Just and Politically Robust Decarbonisation: A Knowledge Base and Toolkit for Policymakers - JUSTDECARB

Climate change mitigation needs urgently to be scaled up, yet attempts to introduce even modest climate policies in many European countries are accused of having unjust distributional effects, prompting aggrieved groups to mobilize politically to block or weaken those policies. Greater knowledge ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Oslo

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Overcoming Obstacles and Disincentives to Climate Change Mitigation: A cross-cutting approach by human and social sciences - 202CM

Researchers at UiB are collaborating with colleagues at L'Université catholique de Louvain i Belgia and L'Université Clermont Auvergne in France, on the project Overcoming Obstacles and Disincentives to Climate Change Mitigation: A cross-cutting approach by human and social sciences. Through the ...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Downscaling Climate and Ocean Change to Services: Thresholds and Opportunities

The project CE2COAST aims to generate and analyse regional observational datasets and downscaled ocean simulations and deliver advanced understanding of the state, variability and trends of ocean and coastal service pressures. Ocean downscaling relies on outputs of global scale Earth system model...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Downscaling Climate and Ocean Change to Services: Thresholds and Opportunities

Global change from anthropogenic forcing will have significant impacts at regional and coastal scales on marine systems and dependent socioeconomic systems and ecosystem services. To understand and predict these impacts on regional seas and coasts is essential for developing robust strategies for...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Oslo