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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Traceable Abrasion of Snow Vehicle Belts in Svalbard

The project TRACES will focus on abrasive particles from snow vehicle belts in snow and soil samples collected in Ny-Ålesund and Longyearbyen. The collection will take place in high-trafficked areas and in locations where less or no snow vehicle utilization is considered. Moreover, samples will b...

Awarded: NOK 81,877

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Re-surveying historical vegetation records in Svalbard

The Arctic belongs to the areas most affected by climate change. Following the overall warming of their environment, tundra plant species have been shown to track their suitable climatic niche by shifting their ranges towards cooler places, specifically upward or poleward. With accelerating rates...

Awarded: NOK 98,291

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Linking metagenomics and microscopy to investigate the formation of aggregates of glacial materials on Svalbard. RiS ID 12117

Little is known about the formation of cryoconite – aggregates of mineral particles and microbes held together by exopolymeric substances (EPS) - on glaciers. This project will investigate the different microbial communities found in different sedimental structures throughout a polar year on Foxf...

Awarded: NOK 63,999

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Goose herbivory and strong winter rainfall limit plant uptake of permafrost N, RiS 11069

Plant roots are often associated with mycorrhizal fungi. i.e. mushrooms that colonize plant roots belowground, and play a crucial role in plant uptake of nitrogen (N) which is essential for plant growth. During this fieldwork we will take soil cores at the peak of the growing season to examine th...

Awarded: NOK 37,724

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Tracing warm Atlantic Water in Tempelfjorden, Svalbard - RiS ID 12116

This project uses a combination of high-resolution modelling and observations in Tempelfjorden, a side fjord of Isfjorden with 2 marine-terminating glaciers (MTGs), to investigate under which conditions Atlantic Water (AW) enters the fjord, how it affects MTGs and how it will change with an enhan...

Awarded: NOK 98,482

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Early-Holocene coastal and environmental evolution Isfjorden, Svalbard: lithological and foraminiferal evidence RiS ID: 12101

The aim of this project is to identify and study raised marine deposits from the Early Holocene from two sites in Isfjorden, West Spitsbergen (Bogebekken/Hollendarbukta, Erdmannflya). The study will focus on marine sedimentary processes and environmental changes during the Early Holocene. The stu...

Awarded: NOK 49,512

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Smarte løsninger i epledyrking sikrer kvalitetsepler til forbruker

Kun hvert sjette eple som selges i norske butikker er dyrket i Norge. Det er et landbrukspolitisk mål om å øke norsk produksjon, og med egnede sorter vil det bli mulig å utvide produksjonen og dermed sørge for bedre norskdekning i det som tradisjonelt har vært norsk sesong, fra august til desembe...

Awarded: NOK 0.82 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

RiS ID 12111: Hydrobatic AUVs for Polar Ocean Sensing (HAPOS)

The term hydrobatics stems from aerobatics and refers to the agile maneuvering of underwater robots. Small and agile underwater robots can revolutionise sensing in polar regions, reducing risks and costs while enabling access to previously inaccessible areas. When coupled with new planning and co...

Awarded: NOK 96,999

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

EUROSTARS-EUROSTARS

Accurate biomass estimation of salmon from cage to harvest

Måling av biomasse er en utfordring i lakseoppdrett. Mer nøyaktig informasjon om både stående biomasse og forventet fremtidig biomasse vil hjelpe lakseoppdrettere å redusere driftskostnader og øke salgsinntekter. Mer nøyaktige tall på stående og fremtidig biomasse er kritisk for å optimalisere fo...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Rogaland

SIRKULÆRØKONOMI-Sirkulær økonomi

DISCo: Digital infrastructures for sustainable consumption: Redirecting, reorganizing, reducing and reimaging consumption

Det overordnede målet med DISCo er å produsere både teoretisk informert og anvendt orientert kunnskap om hvordan bærekraftig forbruk – det vil si forbruk som er mindre ressurs- og karbonintensivt og/eller mindre miljøskadelig – kan muliggjøres gjennom digitale teknologier. Tidligere forskning har...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Understanding the effect of cover crops on soil health, soilborne pathogens, yield and quality of potatoes and root vegetables

En sunn jord opprettholder de fire hovedfunksjonene karbon- og næringsomsetning, jordstruktur og kontroll av planteskadegjørere. Disse jordfunksjonene er truet i intensivt landbruk, og det er behov for en dyrkingspraksis som sikrer god jordhelse for å opprettholde og optimalisere produksjonskapas...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Inclusive Digital Application

IDA-prosjektet dreier seg om kostnad- / nytteberegninger og effektmålinger av tiltak for universell utforming i IT- og IKT-systemer. Forskning viser at universell utforming er en god strategi for å forbedre mulighetene til personer med nedsatt funksjonsevne for å delta i det digitale samfunn på l...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Developing methodology to measure the bioluminescence of key bioluminescent species (RiS ID: 12158)

Bioluminescence is one of the chief contributors to the light environment at depth in the sea and plays a key role in biological interactions and animal behaviour. There is a wide range of spectral compositions, the various wavelengths which combine to produce light of a particular colour, pre...

Awarded: NOK 35,431

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

EUI - 2. halvdel av 4. år - Embracing the Leper: Local collaboration with anti-system parties in Scandinavia

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Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Providing Adaptive knowledge for Ratcheting up the EU Biodiversity strategy for Sustainable landscapes and protected areas

PAREUS vil utvikle en nyskapende landskapstilnærming for å samordne politikk og arealbrukspraksisen for å sikre en rettferdig og bærekraftig arealbruk i nært samarbeid med interessenter fra flere sektorer for å sikre samproduksjon av kunnskap. Prosjektet vil utforske ulike måter å skape et sammen...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Movescapes, connectivity hotspots and eco-evolutionary dynamics: protecting the functional role of predatory coastal fishes

Store rovfisk, slik som torsk og lyr, kan spille en viktig rolle i økosystemene langs kysten og har også en stor samfunnsverdi. Ved at de befinner seg nær toppen av næringsnettet kan de ha en kontrollerende effekt på mange andre arter, og på den måten påvirke hvordan hele økosystemet fungerer. Ro...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigating spatial and seasonal patterns in settlement of benthic communities in Kongsfjorden

Early life history ecology, especially settlement of benthic invertebrates is a black box in marine ecology. Researching larval and settlement ecology in-situ is incredibly difficult and logistical constraints have further restricted studies in the Arctic. I will investigate early life history st...

Awarded: NOK 94,999

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Detecting reindeer cadavers with remote sensing tools in the Arctic tundra of Svalbard, RiS ID 11512

Carrion is recognized as an important resource in many ecosystems, yet there are still difficulties in estimating the impacts on landscapes. Complex interactions with a wide range of taxa are involved, making it challenging to predict to what extent carrion trigger ecological responses, as this i...

Awarded: NOK 58,780

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

A warmer future: how warming and increased herbivore pressure affect vegetation change in the High Arctic, RiS ID 10030

The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) aims to study changes in vegetation by artificially warming the tundra using open-top chambers. On Svalbard, one experiment within this network is the long-term monitoring site in Endalen, encompassing both experimentally warmed and unwarmed plots as wel...

Awarded: NOK 52,626

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Response of the microfossil community to the Permo-Triassic climate crisis (RiS ID 12072)

The Permo-Triassic climate crisis caused the most catastrophic extinction of marine life, with an estimated species loss of 81-95% [1]. Several environmental changes have been hypothesised as extinction drivers, but their direct role in extinction is heavily debated, and the link to the fossil re...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of ambient light on the protist community during Arctic polar night.

We are deeply interested in protist rhodopsin expression in various light treatments, and suspect that gene expression will vary greatly. Recent genomic analyses have revealed the presence of numerous rhodopsins in marine eukaryotes, and surprisingly, green and blue-light absorbing rhodopsins fr...

Awarded: NOK 79,374

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Identifying new marine productivity proxies, RiS ID: 12103

Marine productivity (MP) plays a crucial role in the Earth’s system by absorbing atmospheric CO2. In the Arctic, due to global warming and sea-ice reduction, MP has increased up to 50% over the last decades, suggesting that Arctic waters can become even more productive in the future, thus providi...

Awarded: NOK 93,577

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Magma-fault interactions in central Spitsberger. (RiS -ID:12138)

Investigating magma and fault interactions, mainly focusing on the Vinodden-Gipshuken areas. Main methods include field mapping, digital mapping, geochemistry and petrology on dolerites.

Awarded: NOK 60,513

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of river runoff in phytoplankton blooms in Adventfjorden (ERiPA)

This project will focus on the effect river runoff has on the seasonal plankton bloom of an arctic fjord, using Adventfjorden, Svalbard as a model system. Water column sampling will be conducted every two weeks in the timeperiod April 2023-September 2023 at two stations; one marine (IsA time seri...

Awarded: NOK 86,958

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigating the active layer ice content and resulting thaw dynamics in Adventdalen. RiS ID 12143.

This M.Sc. thesis project aims at quantifying how well remotely sensed ground deformation captures the ice/water content of the active layer in different landforms/ground conditions. It will further be investigated if assimilating the remotely sensed ground deformation into the permafrost model C...

Awarded: NOK 50,556

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Svalbard

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

Towards Personalised Clinical Management of Suicide Risk through Data-Driven Clinical Decision Support using Transnational Registry Data

Effektiv håndtering av selvmordsrisiko i klinisk praksis er en utfordrende oppgave på grunn av mangel på verktøy som kan hjelpe med nøyaktig vurdering av selvmordsrisikoen. Dette fører til ineffektiv klinisk beslutningstaking og et udekket behov for hensiktsmessig psykisk helsebehandling. Hovedfo...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

EUI - 2. halvdel av 4. år - The Political Power of European Case Law and the CJEU

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Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

NordForsk: Climate-smart resilience through diversified cropping systems – Identifying springboards in Nordic and Baltic agriculture

For å sikre matproduksjon, krever dyrkingssystemene i Norden og Baltikum bærekraftig tilpasning til en høyere forekomst av ekstremvær som for eksempel vårtørke. I denne sammenheng, fremmer EU og Nordisk Ministerråd et bærekraftig og klimasmart landbruk, og ber om løsninger for å sikre matproduksj...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Timing and origin of Miocene flood volcanism on Spitsbergen: the Seidfjellet Formation revisited (RiS ID 12088)

Mantle-derived volcanism accompanied the Cenozoic lithosphere evolution of the NE Greenland and NW Barents Sea shelves during final separation of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. It is unclear, however, to what extent continental breakup was influenced by deep-sourced mantle plume...

Awarded: NOK 99,899

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigating mechanisms behind thermoregulation in Svalbard reindeer, RiS ID 12119

The aim of this study is to investigate cellular mechanisms underlying Svalbard reindeer's ability to lower their body temperature in winter to save energy. To achieve this, we will collect muscle and heart tissue from culled reindeer in October as part of a larger field campaign. These samples w...

Awarded: NOK 97,646

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Akershus