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BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

A gene expression signature for the early detection of Parkinson disease

The diagnosis of PD today relies on a physicians exam. Autopsy studies, however, have demonstrated that even experienced neurologists misdiagnose PD in about a quarter out of a hundred cases. Diagnostic accuracy at disease onset, when neuroprotective trea tment is anticipated to be most effective...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

VALIDAD Pilot - Development of a valid test battery for assessing driving ability when influenced by drugs

Road traffic safety is a significant issue for society. In the European Union there are approximately 45 000 traffic fatalities annually. The majority of these accidents are caused by human error, and the use of drugs (both prescribed and illegal compound s) is a significant contributor in this r...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Optisk ikke-invasiv vevsdiagnose

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Awarded: NOK 6.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Sustainable Rehabilitation of Civil and Building Structures

The Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have more than 50 000 major civil structures as bridges, tunnels and dams with an asset value of some 20 to 40 billion Euros. Many of these civil structures are 50 to 100 years old and in need of re novation to extend their service lives. T...

Awarded: NOK 0.81 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FMETEKN-FME - teknologi

FME-ZEB-The Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings

Da Forskningssenteret Zero Emission Buildings ble opprettet i 2009, var det blant de første initiativene til å se på utslipp av klimagasser fra bygninger i et livsløpsperspektiv. Hovedmålet for senteret var markedsgjennombrudd for bygninger med null utslipp av klimagasser knyttet til produksjon, ...

Awarded: NOK 120.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2017

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Utvikling av legemiddel og lyskilde til fotodynamisk behandling av forstadier til kreft på livmorhalsen

Prosjektet består i å forske frem en ny legemiddelformulering og lyskilde til fotodynamisk behandling (PDT) av celleforandringer og forstadier til livmorhalskreft. Behandlingen vil være en klar forbedring av dagens kirurgiske inngrep (konisering) og også et alternativ til kun oppfølging av pasie...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

A gut microbiota analytical platform service

The overall aim of this application is to establish a gut microbiota analytical pipeline serve both the pharmaceutical industry and governmental health authorities in epidemiological population screenings and clinical trials. In addition, the technology c an be used for early detection of undesir...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Sperm cell activators for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)

The principal goal of the present project is to identify and develop small chemical compounds that will increase the quality of sperm cells used in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). If successful, the project will generate both substantial commercia l value for Spermatech AS, and a huge ben...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Antibacterial agents with novel mode of action; challenging the global threat of antimicrobial resistance

The emergence of new human pathogens and increasing antimicrobial resistance in well-established pathogens are critical public health concerns. New classes of antimicrobials with novel mechanisms of action are urgently needed. We have developed a propri ety screening assay, SF53, to identify an...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Cardiac and respiratory monitoring utilizing UWB-IR technology

The main goal in this project is a cardiac and respiratory monitoring radar. The radar will be based upon Ultra Wide Band Impulse Radar (UWB-IR) technology. It will have reduced power consumption, be miniaturized, wireless, detached monitoring, robust det ection, and small in size compared to exi...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Radon Monitoring and Surveillance System for Dwellings and Workplaces

The objective of this project is a wireless continuous monitoring and surveillance system for concentrations of radon gases in dwellings and workplaces. The use of this novel system will reduce the hazards caused by exposure to concentration of radon gase s above the recommended action limit. Dwe...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Utvikling av diagnostikk for påvisning av latent og aktiv tuberkuloseinfeksjon

Tuberkulose (TB) er en av de store globale helseutfordringene og bekjempelse av sykdommen er omfattet av FN's tusenårsmål. Om lag 2 milliarder av verdens befolkning er i dag infisert med TB i latent eller aktiv form. Tall fra 2006 viser at 9,2 millioner m ennesker blir syke av TB årlig, hvorav 1,...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Technology for touchless ultrasonic human computer interfaces

Elliptic Laboratories AS has as business concept to develop and be an OEM supplier and licensor of technology and systems for touchless ultrasonic human computer interfaces. In short, the concept refers to using reflected ultrasound from a finger or a han d to detect and track hand and finger mov...

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

MagSeq - A method for DNA analysis using cheap equipment not based upon fluorescence microscopy

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Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

GOFER - Godstransportfremkommelighet på egnede ruter

Målet er å kunne operere godstrafikken i byområder på tilsvarende måte som flykontrollen opererer flytrafikken. Teknologisk er dette fullt mulig i dag, men det er mange hindringer i vegen før en kan lykkes. Utfordringene er knyttet til organisatoriske for hold, kompetanse, tillit, tradisjon og re...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

PROFIT - Prosjekt Fremtidens Intermodale Terminaler (Del 1) (212766)

PROFIT (Prosjekt Fremtidens Intermodale Terminaler) er et brukerstyrt innovasjonsprosjekt i SMARTRANS-programmet med CargoNet, Oslo Havn, Schenker, Jernbaneverket, Bring Logistics, LTL, ErgoGroup og SINTEF som partnere. Prosjektets visjon er å utvikle ter minalfunksjonen fra et opplevd kostnadsse...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Continuity and Discontinuity of Psychiatric Disorders in Young Children: Testing a Socio-ecological and Transactional Model - Part 1

The few studies conducted to date indicate that psychiatric disorders appear in young children at the same rate as in other age groups and that there is substantial continuity between preschool behavioral and emotional problems and later psychopathology. Nevertheless, not all children who have p...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

MIS - Maritimt Informasjonssenter

En rapport utarbeidet av DNV om nærsjøfart påpeker sier; Det største potensialet for å videreutvikle næringen (nærsjøfart) og gjøre den mer konkurransedyktig er å se på samarbeidet i de ulike leddene i transportkjeden. Samspillet mellom skip og havn er id entifisert som det leddet som kan ha mest...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

RBGRUNSAMF-Resultatbasert grunnbevilgning - Samf.vitensk.institutter

Grunnbevilgning - CMI. Videreføring av prosjekt 160025/V10.

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Awarded: NOK 219.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2022

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Back to the future? Policy responses to increasing food prices and climate change in the new millennium, dr.gr.stip og utenl.stip.

Prosjektet ?Tilbake til framtida? Landbrukspolitisk respons til stigande matprisar og klimakrise» tok sikte på å utvikle omgrep og kunnskap som trengst for å reformere landbrukets institusjonar og verkemiddel: Kva no med den norske landbruksmodellen? Kan ein oppnå den planlagde produksjonsvekste...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED NALTREXONE DEPOT FORMULATION

Naltrexone is a well known opioid antagonist with established properties but clinical usefulness in oral formulations is limited by high patient attrition. Research at Unit for Addiction Medicine points to implant formulations as promising, but implant p rocedures hamper clinical applicability a...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Dual diagnosis and compulsory treatment of alcohol and drug dependent patients in Health Region South, Norway.

Background: The Norwegian Social and Welfare Act of 1992 (LOST), opened for compulsory commitment of patients with serious alcohol and drug problems to inpatient care. Apart from one doctoral thesis, which dealt with the legal aspects, there are no Norweg ian studies in this field. Clinical resea...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Agder

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for children: A study of process and outcome.

This study seeks to examine whether Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) results in better outcomes for traumatized youth than the treatment that is commonly provided in regular clinical practice in Norwegian Child Guidance Clinics. The fo llowing research questions are posed: Is ...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Designing feasible and efficient climate policies

No policy can be implemented or sustained for any length of time without public support. Several important examples of failures to implement new Piougivan tax schemes bear testimony to this. In order to design Pigouvian taxes that are both efficient and f easible we need to understand why it is s...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Mobile decision support in emergency situations

Acute emergency situations are characterised by high levels of uncertainty combined with a need for fast and reliable action. Whether the emergency situation is a fire in an industrial plant, a road accident involving dangerous goods or a terrorist attack on an underground train, the operative r...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Vestfold

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Development of anti-cancer drug candidate using biosynthetic and chemical engineering

Leukemia is one of the major types of cancer with over 330.000 new incidences each year worldwide. Therapeutic options for treating leukemia are relatively limited, and there exists an unmet need in safe and efficient anti-leukemic drugs. The major goal o f the proposed project is to develop an a...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

MEDICAL SENSING, LOCALIZATION, AND COMMUNICATION USING ULTRA WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGY

The project will develop ultra wideband (UWB) technology for improved wireless health technology, for both improved network communication and improved and possibly novel medical applications. Three major research directions are pursued, namely short range sensing and imaging, improved sensitivit...

Awarded: NOK 28.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

PRINT - PRIority of urbaN commercial Traffic

Freight transport is important for the business and life of a city. However, the external conditions for commercial traffic (urban freight transport and service industries transport) are not satisfactory and cause significant costs both for the stakeholde rs and the surrounding society, due to tr...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Behandlingsmetode for osteoartritt

I henhold til revisjon pr sept 2011: Formålet med prosjektet er å utvikle en behandlingsmetode for osteoartritt (OA), basert på terapeutisk(e) regime(r) for å eliminere bakteriell provokasjon i ledd. Prosjektet er basert på hypotesen at bakteriell prov okasjon er sentral i patogenesen av OA. V...

Awarded: NOK 11.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Textiles and clothing for improved safety, performance, and comfort in the High North

The harsh environment in the High North is a threat to work performance, comfort and health. Reduced work performance and comfort represents an increased risk of human errors that may have fatal environmental and health impacts. Today, the latest developm ent in nanotechnology, information techno...

Awarded: NOK 13.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage