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NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Dr.stipendiat til 173911 Assessing wood properties of forest resources by airborne LiDAR

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Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Housing and environment in organic sheep farming, Postdoc

The principal objective of this project is to investigate how space allowance, flooring and access to outdoor yards affect the behaviour and welfare of sheep. Solid floor on the lying area is required for all existing organic sheep herds, whereas the dema nd for a total area of 1.5 m2 per ewe onl...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Dr.stip. til prosj.nr. 173860 Social motivation and social housing of farmed silver fox vixens in relation to group size,group compo...

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Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Improvement of the NorFor feed evaluation system for cattle with special emphasis on feed passage kinetics in the rumen (184240)

Feed evaluation systems are used for describing the nutritive value of feeds and the nutritional requirements of the animal. Therefore, they are vital for understanding of nutrition and for developing and implementing nutritional strategies in animal prod uction. The practical goal of feed evalua...

Awarded: NOK 10.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

EU7-STRA-Strålevern, EUs 7. rammeprog

Consolidation of European nuclear education, training and knowledge management.

The Coordination Action consolidates and expands the achievements of the ENEN, EURAC and the NEPTUNO projects attained by the European Nuclear Education Network Association in respectively the 5th and 6th framework programme. The project activities will b e mainly structured around the five commi...

Awarded: NOK 0.78 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Nutrition-based improvement of physical performance in horses.Dr.gr.stip

The use of area resources aimed at leisure and recreational needs offer opportunities for commercial and industrial development within horse keeping and sports activities. Competence build-up, financed in partnership by public organisations and partners r epresenting the industry will, through re...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

NJF Seminar 387 27-29 september 2006

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Awarded: NOK 36,273

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Prenatal stress in farmed salmon: Consequences for emotional and cognitive function in offspring

We have previously shown in farmed salmon that augmented levels of maternal cortisol exert detrimental impacts on the physiological and morphological development of offspring. Our results thus accentuate the importance of knowledge on how the maternal end ocrinological state during gametogenesis ...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Suarez Fernandez, I Spania STP 06/07

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Awarded: NOK 92,000

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Ito, Daisuke Japan STP 06/07

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Awarded: NOK 92,000

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

CIGENE resource and core project proposals for the GENOFISK call May 8th

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Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

PES-POS-Prosjektetablererstøtte EU

Posisjonering mot EUs 7. rammeprogram

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Awarded: NOK 0.48 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Akershus

NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Dr.stipendiat til prosjekt 173206 A genome expression profiling strategy towards better disease control and improved animal welfare

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Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Selection for reduced risk of early culling in dairy cattle: Comparison of alternative approaches to improve animal welfare

Both health and fertility problems increase the risk of early culling in dairy cattle, and are directly or indirectly connected to animal welfare. Hence, length of productive life may be used in selection for improved animal welfare through its relationsh ip with health and fertility of the anima...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

A genome expression profiling strategy towards better disease control and improved animal welfare

An immunogenetic approach to disease control strives to define genetic markers for susceptibility and/or resistance to diseases through identification of genes involved in immune function and immune regulation. Genetic factors regulating immune responses are essential for an animal?s ability to s...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

SKOGFOND-Utviklingsfondet for skogbruket

Studieopphold ved FPL i Madison i forbindelse med prosjekt 166451/I10 "Svertesopp på overflatebehandlet tre"

Dette oppholdet vil inngå som en del av stipendiatprosjektet ?Svertesopp på overflatebehandlet tre? (166451/I10). Ved tildeling av midler til prosjekt 166451/I10 ble det ikke innvilget midler til utenlandsopphold. Det ble under utarbeidelse av prosjekts øknaden ansett som spesielt hensiktsmessi...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

The Salmonid Genomic Sequencing Initiative: cGRASP (Consortium for Genomics Research on All Salmonids Programme)

The project "Consortium for Genomics Research on All Salmonids Programme" (cGRASP) was launched at an international workshop hosted by the Norwegian University of Life Sciences October 25-26, 2005. The ultimate aim of the project is to make a reference wh ole genome sequence of Atlantic salmon (6...

Awarded: NOK 0.28 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Functional genomics for optimized milk and meat quality

Summary: The present proposal is one of several coordinated projects intended to ensure a comprehensive genome-wide marker-description of the Norwegian cattle population and its diversity. The bovine genome sequence will be published in 2006. Norway has o ne of the world's best databases on the g...

Awarded: NOK 12.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

EU6RP-EUs 6. rammeprogram

ERA-MORE Norge - støtte til etablering av et informasjonssenter for forskermobilitet ved Universitetet i Ås

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Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Canada - COOPERATION NORWAY-CANADA - AIMING AT A JOINT RESEARCH PROPOSAL IN THE FIELD OF BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY/LIFE HISTORY STRATEGY

Robert B. Weladji, Geir Steinhem and Oystein Holand have been working as a team at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences since 1999, where both Robert and Geir obtained their PhD and did their post doc, Robert on reindeer and Geir on domestic sheep. R obert joined a new position in April 2005...

Awarded: NOK 90,000

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

SKOGFOND-Utviklingsfondet for skogbruket

Effekter av tynningsregime på virkesegenskapene i furu

Målet med prosjektet er å øke kunnskapen om hvordan ulike tynningsregimer påvirker virkesegenskapene til furu og derigjennom den verdiproduksjonen en vil oppnå gjennom ulik skogbehandling Eksisterende norsk modeller som beskriver ulike egenskaper i enkel ttrær er basert på materiale fra regulære...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Green care: Effects of animals and plants on the farm in a therapeutic process for people with psychiatric diseases, 2 dr.gr./1 postdr.

This research proposal aims to document effects of farm-based activities (farm animals and plants), called Green care, on adult mental health and various psychiatric diagnoses including eating disorders. Lack of qualitative scientific studies indicates an urgent need for such projects. A three m...

Awarded: NOK 8.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

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

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - Norway - China collaboration for better resistance against Powdery Mildew and Fusarium Head Blight in wheat

Powdery mildew (PM) and Fusarium head blight (FHB) are among the most devastating diseases on small-grained cereals in both Norway and China. PM has become a serious leaf disease in both countries due to the widespread use of race-specific resistance gene s that can easily be overcome by mutation...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

CHARACTERISATION OF PARTICLES FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS FALLOUT OVER NORWEGIAN TERRITORIES

A significant fraction of actinides released by nuclear weapons tests is associated with radioactive particles. For particle contaminated areas, radiological impact assessments will suffer from large uncertainties unless particle characteristics, weatheri ng and mobiisation of associated actinide...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Akershus

BIOFYS-Fysiologiske og anatomiske fag

Dissecting the physiological, sensory, cognitive, and social dynamic features of cellular aging in the honey bee worker brain

The honey bee is a key neurobiological model for understanding learning and memory formation. As a highly social invertebrate, moreover, the bee provides unique opportunities for cutting-edge research on aging and frailty because it opens up the interface between the individual and the social en...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - Norwegian Plant Science Centre - establisment of bilateral research cooperation

The idea of development of a Norwegian Plant Science Centre was initiated about one year ago. On a global scale plants have never been as important to people as at the beginning of the 21th century. We are facing lack of food security, lack of land suita ble for agriculture, demands for alternat...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - Utvikling av computer-baserte prosedyrer for å effektivisere regional kartlegging av biomasse i skog med flybåren LiDAR

Flybåren LiDAR (LIght Detection and Ranging) er den mest lovende fjernmålingsbaserte teknikken for kartlegging av biomasse i skog fordi den er i stand til å beskrive den 3-dimensjonale strukturen av trær og vegetasjon. Som første land i verden, er teknikk en nå tatt i operasjonell bruk i Norge ve...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - Collaboration China-Norway on denitrification - a process strongly linked to water quality protection and greenhouse gas emissions.

We here apply for financial support to establish a Chinese-Norwegian research consortium in microbial ecology/environmental biotechnology. As a first step we plan to involve researchers from two Chinese universites (Shanghai Jong Tong University and Yangz hou University) and Norwegian University ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - DEVELOPING JOINT USA - CANADA - NORWAY COLLABORATION ON ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS FOR FISH EXPOSED TO MULTIPLE STRESSORS

Assessment of ecotoxicological risks associated with biological responses in fish exposed to multiple stressors (contaminants, radiation or other stressors) is a key international research issue. The understanding of the underlying mechanisms for lethal/s ub-lethal effects in fish induced by a mi...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus