4,347 projects

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

HAMET-DED: Hydro Additive Manufacturing of Extrusion Tools – Directed Energy Deposition

As the world accelerates towards a more sustainable future, the need for lightweight, recyclable and energy-efficient materials is increasing. Aluminuim – with its low weight, high versatility and infinite recyclability – has become a key material in this transformation. In particular, in the aut...

Awarded: NOK 14.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Dark Veins of Spitsbergen: Interplay Between Ancient Vegetation and Coastal Geomorphology Exposed in the High Arctic Mines of LYB, Svalbard.

The study focuses on how coastal environments control or are controlled by vegetation distribution; collectively, these are particularly sensitive to climate change, with the geomorphology and position of the shoreline being closely linked with local hydrology and associated vegetation distributi...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Cues for and synchrony of reproductive behaviour in an extreme long-distance migrant

Successful reproduction in migratory species, especially in species that breed in sites with strong seasonal reproductivity, is determined by three key aspects: (1) arrival timing at the breeding site, (2) synchrony in arrival timing, and (3) state of the environment at time of arrival. We aim to...

Awarded: NOK 29,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Glaciology Flagship Workshops

The workshops will explore in greater detail the many emerging technologies being applied in glaciological studies in Svalbard. While glaciologists still need field data, for calibration and validation of models and remote sensing data, and for specific process-oriented studies, traditional field...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Nestling diet variation in Arctic Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) through DNA-metabarcoding of fecal samples, RiS ID 2272

In my master’s thesis, I aim to elucidate the snow bunting nestling diet variation, both in regard to seasonal variation and between-year differences, based on nestling fecal samples. Comparing the diet composition with arthropod communities found in the field throughout the breeding season will ...

Awarded: NOK 98,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Svalbard

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

River Dialogues Across Sápmi

River Dialogues Across Sápmi move across and engage with the history of Sámi and Indigenous relations with rivers and their contemporary challenges in term of climate and biodiversity and management systems. Between the 23rd and 27th of June, the project offers in-depth studies and discussions ce...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Measuring and Collecting Above-Ground Vegetation to Investigate Insulative Properties (RiS ID 12331)

Permafrost thaw could release significant greenhouse gases, making it crucial to understand factors that influence this process. Vegetation impacts permafrost temperatures, but we lack a clear framework for how specific plant traits regulate their insulative capacity. This project, part of INSULA...

Awarded: NOK 92,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Svalbard

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Knowledge in Crisis: The Dynamics of Environmental Expertise amidst Rural Change

RURALEX addresses the cumulative crisis of environmental expertise across rural Europe and investigates how this relates to broader processes of societal disenfranchisement. In recent years, many rural parts of Europe have struggled with the local effects of large demographic and associated ecolo...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

EcosatX2.0 - Fremtidens laminat basert på resirkulerte råvarer.

Is it possible to increase the content of recycled materials in high-quality products to the furniture- and building industry? This is the main challenge to be solved in EcosatX2.0. Ranheim Paper & Board AS has developed a paper quality, based on 100% recycled fiber, suitable for production of ...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Klærne vi kaster – klesforbruk og miljøskadelig avfall

NIS Foundation og Forbruksforskningsinstituttet SIFO søker om støtte til å utvikle utstillingsinstallasjoner og undervisningsopplegg som formidler forskningsbasert kunnskap om tekstilavfall som en miljøutfordring til barn og unge (8-19 år). Temaområdet tekstilavfall vil bli en ny del av NIS’ eksi...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Oslofjordens fantastiske skapninger og hvorfor vi må passe på dem

Oslofjorden står overfor betydelig press fra omkringliggende industri, menneskelige aktiviteter langs kysten, klimaforandringer og utbyggingsprosjekter. Arbeidet beskrevet i søknaden vil bidra til å øke kunnskapen om dyrelivet i Oslofjorden samtidig som det vil fremhever hvor avgjørende bevaring ...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Deploying GLOB, a novel multiface solar irradiance instrument next to the irradiance instrument park in Ny-Ålesund

This project involves deploying the GLOB system in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, to validate its ability to measure solar radiation, including both beam and diffuse irradiance, in Arctic conditions. GLOB is a unique, stand-alone instrument consisting of 25 pyranometers that capture solar irradiance acros...

Awarded: NOK 71,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Arctic kelp production and fate (BlueArc Autumn field sampling) RIS 12373

Over 20% of the world’s kelp forests occur along Arctic coastlines, yet shifts in the structure and ecological function of these habitats as a result of climate change are poorly understood. Kelp forests are highly productive ecosystems and are expected to contribute significantly to global carbo...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Bye Bye Bryggen: En lydvandring i Bergens klimaframtid

I prosjektet Bye Bye Bryggen vil vi utvikle en interaktiv lydvandring som bygger på en forskningsbasert skildring om hvordan klimaendringer vil påvirke urbane miljøer frem mot 2100. Vi bruker havnivåstigning i Bryggen-området i Bergen som ramme og plasserer deltakeren i mulige klimafremtider i 21...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

BIOTEKNOLOGI-BIOTEKNOLOGI

Novel functional textiles from red and brown seaweed

Today's global textile and garment industry is characterized by overproduction and little reuse in so-called "fast fashion", accompanied by an increased use of synthetic materials that are non-renewable and contribute to 35% of microplastics pollution in the Oceans, along with toxic and non-degra...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Circumpolar Agricultural Conference - Arctic Agriculture in a changing world

Circumpolar Agricultural Association CAA er en ikke-statlig organisasjon som er opptatt av forskning, praksis og politikk knyttet til landbruk i nord. Organisasjonen har representasjon fra land i hele det sirkumpolare området. Ca hvert tredje år arrangerer CAA en konferanse som bringer folk samme...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Akershus

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Ottar Brox-seminaret 2025. Eit ope, eindags-seminar med fokus på inspirasjonen frå Ottar Brox og vegen fram mot lågutsleppssamfunnet.

Samfunnsforskaren Ottar Brox (1932-2024) kan inspirere oss når vi drøftar vegval i politikken. Brox viste gjennom si forsking korleis ein ekspertbasert statleg politikk kan slå dårleg ut for vanlege folk. Alternativet er at politikken skapast nedanfrå - eit reelt demokrati handlar om dette. På...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

PESORDNING-PESORDNING

PURE FOOD

The rising freshwater demand is driving the recovery and recycling of wastewater and water pollution arising from energy-intensive and high polluting industries (e.g. food, drink, textile, brewing and distilling, power, and drink industries). Such industries are facing stricter environmental regu...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Viking to Christian Landscapes across the Norwegian Sea: Agricultural Trajectories and Resilience using sedaDNA and Fecal Lipids

Over several centuries from about 1400 years ago to about 900 years ago, Norway and the Northern Isles of Britain went through a major cultural, social and economic transition. This was from Viking or Norse pagan to Christian societies. This did not just involve religious conversion but a new pow...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Sea-ice lead dynamics in the new Arctic and their impact on primary production

Global warming is changing the Arctic, especially the sea ice, which affects the marine ecosystems that depend on it. Sea ice algae and phytoplankton (primary producers that capture CO2 and transform it to organic carbon) are important microorganisms in the Arctic food web, initiating a spring bl...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

The hidden role of copepods in coastal macroalgae for marine ecosystem functioning

Coastal ecosystems harbor most of the marine life on the planet, but they are under increasing pressure from urbanization, industrialization, pollution, and overfishing. This, along with the effects of climate change, leads to the degradation and loss of coastal habitats, with dramatic declines i...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

REALUP - Novel route for removal of impurities and reuse of aluminium towards successful upcycling

The European Green Deal is setting ambitious goals for a carbon-neutral Europe by 2050. One of the key targets is for automakers to reduce CO2 emissions by 90%. To achieve this, the automotive industry is focusing on increasing the use of recycled materials. However, most recycled aluminum from o...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Møre og Romsdal

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Beyond Soil: exploring microbial dynamics and carbon cycling in Arctic Tundra soils

This project aims to investigate microbial dynamics and carbon cycling in Arctic tundra soils, with a focus on the role of soil microorganisms in carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas fluxes. Located in the Ny-Ålesund area of Svalbard, this study complements ongoing research on herbivore impact...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

Knowledge co-production for climate change transformation: Panacea or placebo?

COPP explores to what extent and how co-production, the collaborative production of science with stakeholders, is transforming the Norwegian climate research system and influencing two spheres of societal transformation: Climate services and adaptation; and energy transition. There is a push for ...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Reducing impacts of Wind energy on Nocturnal flyers to aid Green transition and Sustainability

Wind energy is an important tool for combating climate change. Unfortunately, it can have negative consequences for wildlife, in part due to the risk of collisions between flying animals and the rotor blades of the wind turbines. The Oslo-based startup Spoor is working to reduce this conflict by ...

Awarded: NOK 18.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Skagerrakseilasen - Kunnskap for Hav og Fjord

Sammen med partnere i Norge, Sverige og Danmark, vil vi fra Universitetet i Agder og Havforskningsinstituttet legge ut på en 14-dagers seilas med S/S Sørlandet 9.-2i. juni 2025 i Skagerrak og tilgrensende områder (se https://www.skagerrakseilasen.no/ ). Formålet med prosjektet er å skape oppmerks...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Agder

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Resilient North: The Interplay Between Food Production, Food Security and Public Health in Northern Norway (ResNor)

Experiences with global pandemic followed by war in Europe have highlighted the need to strengthen resilience and preparedness; as stated in The Total Preparedness Commission's report 'Now it's serious – Prepared for an uncertain future'. The Resilient North project seeks to deepen our understand...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Carbon sequestration in Norwegian spruce forest soils

Norway has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, and one of the strategies and ultimate goal is to increase the short and long-term sequestration of organic carbon in forest soil to enhance this major carbon stock. Generally, soil carbon makes up a large part of the carbon pool in borea...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Akershus

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Workshop: Impacts of climate change and mitigation in the Arctic region: response, feedback, and tipping elements

We will organize a 3-day international workshop under the theme ‘Impacts of climate change and mitigation in the Arctic region: response, feedback, and tipping elements’. The aim of this workshop is to synthesize the current scientific progress and discuss a potential joint project targeting the ...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Vestland

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

Navigating the uncharted territory of the Anthropocene climate

Warming and other climate change indicators continue to adversely impact the global society. In order to avoid dangerous and potentially irreversible climate catastrophes, the Paris Agreement was signed, with the aim of limiting climate warming at 2 degree and pursuing efforts toward 1.5 degree. ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland