2,599 projects

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Forecasting Wave impact as Arctic sea ice declines

Arctic sea ice has been declining dramatically in the last decades, and the Arctic Ocean is expected to be ice-free in summer by the end of the century. This decline has exposed large ocean areas to winds, resulting in large waves forming more frequently in the Arctic Ocean. These waves can propa...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestland

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Kongsfjorden System Flagship: Working together to understand an Arctic sentinel fjord

Kongsfjorden, on the western coast of Svalbard, is a sentinel of climate change in the Arctic, with warming occurring faster than most places on the globe. Researchers have studied parts of the ecosystem for decades, including sea temperature, water chemistry, sea ice, plant and animal plankton, ...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP - Boosting seaweed farming through better utilisation of genetic resources

Blue Bio Boost aims for sustainable economic development of the macroalgae industry by improving the efficiency of propagation and selection of suitable genotypes (Objective 1), by better exploiting genetic variation, while at the same time minimizing the potential for genetic pollution of natura...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Digital Twin of the Ocean: Animal Tracking (DTO-Track)

Marine life is facing severe threats from human activities such as habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change. These pressures are driving declines in fish populations and altering their distribution, which in turn reduces catches and weakens the ocean’s ability to perform vital functions...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP - Aquafeed Upgraded: Enhancing Immune Function of Fish with Seaweed-modified Functional Compounds

As the demand for seafood continues to grow, it is crucial that we identify regional and sustainable feed sources that not only enhance the nutritional value of aquafeed, but also increase the growth and health of fish while reducing the ecological impact of aquaculture. One promising solution li...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

SBEP - Innovative design and operation for REE reduction and optimized lifetime for next generation offshore wind-based hydrogen production

Did you know that the future of renewable energy lies in utilizing the power of offshore wind to produce hydrogen, known as green hydrogen? This innovative approach holds great promise for achieving the goal of a carbon-neutral future. However, there are some challenges which need to be overcome ...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP - FOODIMAR, sustainable climate-Friendly quality fOOD Ingredients from Marine side-stReams

Today’s food systems face numerous challenges, with climate change being a major one. Seafood plays a key role in transitioning towards sustainable and nutritious food systems. The seafood processing industry results in considerable side-streams, often discarded and underused, rich in bioactive c...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP - Sustainable, Reliable and Socially Acceptable Modular Floating IslAnds for Multi-use Offshore Spaces

The rapid growth of the global population has created an increasing demand for the sustainable use of ocean space. Urban, infrastructural, and industrial activities must coexist in harmony. The FAMOS project seeks to advance the sustainable blue economy by developing innovative multi-use marine s...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Agder

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

4876 - Tidlig weaning av flatfisk på microfôr: forbedret kvalitet, overlevelse på larver og yngel

Farming halibut is a long process with complex biology. One of the biggest challenges is the long live feed period. it can be up to 50-60 days, and requires large quantities of the prey Artemia. Artemia is a small crustacean that is hatched, enriched and fed to the halibut larvae. Making this fee...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Rogaland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Boosting the resilience of European shellfish production against climate change related challenges through genetic selection

Bivalve aquaculture has become increasingly important sector of global blue bioeconomy in recent years due to its numerous environmental, economic, and social benefits. Bivalve aquaculture is considered sustainable and environmentally friendly compared with other aquaculture as it is low trophic,...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

NFRF- Co-developing Decision Support System for Coastal Mangrove-based Socio-ecological Systems in Eastern and Western Africa (CoastMan)

This project is funded through the International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation from The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF). Mangroves provide a wealth of benefits, including a wide range of ecosystem services, fostering biodiversity and carbon storag...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP-BlueEcho, From science to policy: assessing impacts and developing solutions for ship traffic and offshore wind through soundmaps

The ocean is important for many purposes, such as food, transport, tourism and energy utilization. Noise pollution from these activities may affect marine animals both in the short and long term. One of the major contributions are ship noise; from recreational to cargo vessels. This has increased...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP - SEAFOODTURE, Integral valorisation of seaweed biomass for the development of sustainable, high nutritional quality food products

The global food system is facing significant challenges due to climate change, rapid population growth, and a range of environmental and health-related factors. The resources available for food production are not being used efficiently enough, and current dietary habits have contributed to a rise...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Sustainable cultivation of polychaetes as feed in aquaculture

Increasing access to sustainable raw materials for feed is the bottleneck that must be solved, if we are to achieve the ambitious goals set by the Norwegian government (Hurdal platform, 2021 and Mission in Sustainable feed, 2022) and meet the demand for sustainable feed ingredients from the aquac...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

From waste to taste: exploring innovative food applications of postharvest fish losses

WASTE2TASTE: From fish waste to valuable products – a sustainable solution for the future WASTE2TASTE is a collaborative network of eight European partners, including universities, research centers, and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). Together, they aim to tackle the challenge of postharvest...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP-A low CO2 smart autonomous multiplatform system to monitor and forecast Calanus stock -a new sustainable climate-neutral blue fish feed

The aquaculture industry is expected to grow, necessitating the production of fish feed from sustainable resources to support the production of farmed fish. One promising approach involves harvesting zooplankton, a natural resource abundant in the oceans, renowned for its richness in marine fat a...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Industrial production of Gammaridaes as fishfeed

In 2017, the European Commission sought advice from high-level scientific advisors on increasing food and biomass from the ocean without harming future generations. The report emphasizes sustainable practices at lower trophic levels as the solution. The EU consider circular food and feed producti...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Verification of the FORDETECT Technology for fast Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria

FORDETECT is a new microfluid-based method for rapid, on-site, automatic detection of selected pathogens in a liquid sample. The method makes use of single-use recyclable cartridges with precise control over liquid flows and parallel detection of multiple pathogens in one sample. The application ...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Vestfold

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

GRC pilot: Knowledge Transfer & Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Agro-Aqua Systems

This project supports the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through interdisciplinary research to ensure access to safe water and food. It promotes entrepreneurship and sustainable management of bio-integrated agro-aquaculture systems across micro, medium, and small scales. ...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

4602 Lobster welfare tracking in highly intensive automated farming

The goal is to revamp the whole crustacean industry, replacing wild caught by reared animals. This project will first approach the European Lobster with the aim to adapt the results to any benthic crustacean. Land-based aquaculture uses seawater recirculation or flow-through to control the water ...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Rogaland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Sesonguavhengig produksjon av regnbueørret

In Norway there has been a growing inclination towards farming species as rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) due to its rapid growth and tolerance to a wide range of environmental conditions. Nowadays, rainbow trout accounts for 5% of the total salmonids produced per year in Norway and productio...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestland

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

NorMoSTFun: Monitoring Strategies and Tools to address knowledge gaps on aquatic Fungal biodiversity in Norway

Aquatic fungi (AF) are a significant part the of biodiversity in freshwater and marine ecosystems. They are crucial components of aquatic ecosystems and have important ecosystem functions as decomposers of dead organic material, mutualistic symbionts, parasites and pathogens that control animal a...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP-IMPROVED VALORIZATION OF MARINE SOURCES &PROCESSING WASTE FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENT BLUE FOOD/FEED &ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE MAT. DEV.

Impact-oriented utilization pathways for new sustainable, unexploited low trophic marine resources and fish/aquaculture wastes are one of the key pillars of sustainable transformation of EU blue economy. SEAREFINERY aims to establish a novel bio-based blue food/feed and blue food packaging materi...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP - AQUABALANCE: Balancing economic, environmental, and social sustainability in the European aquaculture industry

Sustainable development of aquaculture is one of the main objectives of the common fisheries policy. Despite rather high profitability, the industry has been confronted with several environmental and ethical issues such as escape of fish, use of alien species, diseases and use of veterinary medic...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Welfare conscious capture and slaughter of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.) in the Norwegian rod and line fishery.

Fangst- og håndteringstress påvirker fiskens kjøttkvalitet eller overlevelsesevne dersom den blir sluppet fri. I WelTuna er målet vårt å minimere disse stressorene i for å forbedre velferd, bærekraft og produktkvalitet av makrellstørje i det norske stangfisket. Kystnært stangfiske etter makrellst...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Sustainable aquaculture industry waste valorization through recycling

Aquaculture is currently the fastest growing food production sector globally, but it also has the potential to leave a significant environmental impact due to inadequate waste management practices within its production systems. To ensure a sustainable expansion of this industry, it is crucial to ...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Akershus

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

SBEP - Digital Twin of the Ocean for Arctic Fisheries

The ARCFISH project is developing a pilot Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO) to support sustainable fisheries in the Arctic, a region where marine resources are vital to both local economies and ecosystems. As climate change reshapes ocean conditions and expands access to Arctic waters, there is an ...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestland

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Weddell Sea Observatory of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Change

Global warming is transforming Antarctica; melting the cryosphere (the ice caps, the glaciers and the sea ice); affecting the Southern Ocean physical dynamics and elemental cycles; and impacting the marine ecosystems and their capacity to absorb the atmospheric CO2 emitted by men. The Southern Oc...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

SBEP - Functional processing of cultivated seaweeds for novel food products

The present global food system causes major environmental problems and is not sustainable to meet the growing world population and climate changes. Seaweed is a promising food resource as it can be produced in a sustainable manner, requiring only seawater, sunlight and CO2 to grow, and does not ...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

GRC pilot: Small fish for food and nutrition security in Africa

Achieving the SDGs requires technical, institutional, and socio-cultural transitions. The SmallFish4Food project address SDG2 (achieve food security and sustainable agriculture), SDG3 (reduce maternal and infant mortality), and SDG14 (promoting sustainable use of marine resources). However, Fish ...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestland