1,967 projects

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

Eritrean diaspora engagement and its impact on European democracies

In early September 2023, violent clashes involving the Eritrean community in Bergen, Norway, caught the public's eye. These incidents highlighted the impact of events in Eritrea on Eritreans living in Norway. The events in Bergen weren't isolated - similar violent protests had taken place across ...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Vestland

SIKKERHET-SIKKERHET

Protesting Controversial Climate Policies: Avenues of Opposition

In recent years, we have seen a rise in protests both for and against stricter climate policies. The public can use different strategies to express dissatisfaction with existing or proposed policies, both within the framework of the representative political system (using the legal apparatus or th...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

INNO-OFF-INNO-OFF

Norsk barnehageforskningskonferanse 2025 - Sammen om og for kvalitet i barnehagen

Norsk barnehageforskningskonferanse er en årlig nasjonal konferanse som arrangeres av FILIORUM – Senter for barnehageforskning ved Universitetet i Stavanger, i samarbeid barnehageforskningssenteret BARNkunne ved Høyskolen på Vestlandet. Temaet for konferansen i 2025 er "Sammen om og for kvalitet ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Rogaland

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

ArcticCrypt 2025 - The World's Northernmost Cryptography Conference

ArcticCrypt, the world’s northernmost cryptography conference, will take place in Longyearbyen, Svalbard in the period 6th - 11th of July 2025. The conference provides a unique venue for cryptography experts to network, discuss, and disseminate the latest results in cryptography and cyber securit...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Vestland

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

RNDM 2025 - the 15th anniversary edition of International Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling

RNDM 2025 (the 15th anniversary edition of International Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling - http://rndm.pl), is to be to be held 09-11. June, 2025, at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. It is sponsored by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology...

Awarded: NOK 50,328

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

The Future of EUrope (TFoE) - Public and elite preferences for the relationship between EU and non-EU countries

Crises such as the war in Ukraine, the influx of refugee into Europe or climate change have put the spotlight on European cooperation beyond the internal relations of the European Union, involving a wider group of (European) countries. These and similar crises in the past have also highlighted th...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Multi-scale analysis of the health attributes of plastic recycling in India

Efforts to combat plastic pollution by increasing recycling rates are gaining prominence globally. Yet, the health impacts of plastic recycling in low- and middle-income countries remain poorly understood. To avoid shifting the burden of the “green transition” onto vulnerable populations, it is c...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

EUI - 1. og 2. halvdel av 4. år. Please mind the gender gap: A study of the women and men’s different attitudes toward green ideology

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Awarded: NOK 0.29 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Ukjent Fylke

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Biodiversity-energy nexus: Pressures, impacts and potential for hydropower development in protected watercourses

The energy transition required to address climate challenges will demand a major shift towards renewable energy. At the same time, Norway has committed to halting biodiversity loss through the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. These two goals are in conflict. Particularly sensitive ...

Awarded: NOK 11.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

CONTEST: How populist illiberal regimes shape gender norms in Europe

In 2020, the Varieties of Democracy Institute reported that, for the first time since 2001, the international system was dominated by autocracies. This is a phenomena that has an impact on gender norms globally. The CONTEST project examines how two illiberal populist regimes within Europe, Hungar...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Reducing societal risk in a changing climate using nature-based solutions in sustainable urban area development

A rapidly increasing proportion of the Norwegian population lives in urban areas, causing increased pressure on urban land use. Urban municipal policy places further pressure on land use in urban areas by favouring population densification and industrial development in existing areas rather than ...

Awarded: NOK 11.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

Automatic super agile small-satellite operations

In this project we will develop and test technology for the automatisation of operation of small satellites. Multiple satellites can be coordinated for carrying out a mission, but given constraints on both available time, energy, communication capacity and control of the attitude of the satellite...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIKKERHET-SIKKERHET

Beredt! - Scalable Services & Risk-Based Governance for Climate-Driven Natural Hazards in Norway

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of floods, landslides, and avalanches. This is placing increased strain on agencies responsible for preparedness and response in Norway. The Beredt! project will address this by developing solutions that enhance local preparedness and trans...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo

FORSKNINGSINFRA-FORSKNINGSINFRA

Research infrastructure for technology-supported crisis management

The pre-project will develop a concept for a national research infrastructure supporting joint research and innovation in technology-supported crisis management. Research in this area is currently conducted at different institutions, with limited coordination and sharing of information and experi...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Agder

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Tracing Health Impacts of the Plastic Value Chain on Vulnerable Populations in Kenya

Human health impacts associated with the plastics value chain are only beginning to be understood. Vulnerable groups—such as formal and informal workers across the plastic value chain including waste pickers, as well as women, children, and persons with disabilities—often bear the brunt of these ...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo

DEMOKRATI-DEMOKRATI

Nordforsk: Transformative environmental justice

Climate mitigation measures often fail to include small(er) countries, Indigenous people, and local citizens by not incorporating their social systems, values, and ways of knowing in policy development. Current power imbalances and unequal representation make a just energy transition extremely ch...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo

KULTURTEMA-KULTURTEMA

Citizen perceptions of AI in everyday media life (IMAGINE)

What do people think about artificial intelligence? IMAGINE examines perceptions of AI in the Norwegian population, as new technologies become part of everyday media experiences. The goal of the project is to understand what AI means to people in everyday life. Instead of studying technical or ...

Awarded: NOK 11.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

A Sustainable AIoT Based Nutritional Recommender for Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes among Adult Population

This SUSCARE project addresses the call for proposals on global health by proposing an international partnership between Norwegian and Colombian Universities, Research Institutes, and International Diabetes Federation, Colombia. The primary objective of SUSCARE is to establish a long-term partner...

Awarded: NOK 0.29 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

TacDe: Tackling Dengue in a Changing Climate: A Bangladesh Perspective

Climate change is having a significant global impact on dengue transmission, the most common mosquito-borne illness worldwide. Bangladesh is increasingly at risk due to the combined effects of climate change and the rising incidence of dengue. In 2023, the country reported the second-highest numb...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Early intervention for common mental disorders in conflict-affected of Ethiopia

Traumatic experiences can cause anxiety and distress, but no evidence-based preventive interventions are readily available to victims in the aftermath of crises, especially in low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs). In conflict-affected areas, prevalence rates of mental health problems a...

Awarded: NOK 0.26 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

An international collaboration on adolescent's health situation in Zambia, Tanzania and Norway.

The partners of the present pre-project want to enhance knowledge and build capacity in youth health across all three partner institutions. This will be done by a) disseminating of updated knowledge on adolescent's physical, mental, and social health through 2 PhD projects based on data collected...

Awarded: NOK 0.28 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Establishing sustainable partnerships for preventing childhood lead poisoning in Viet Nam

Lead exposure is a critical global health issue impacting about one-third of children globally, with Southeast Asia with Southeast Asia facing the greatest burden. Despite this, research in many low- and middle-income countries, including Vietnam, is sparse. In May 2024, UNICEF and the US Agency ...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Creating a sustainable partnership to effectively address primordial prevention of cardiovascular disease in adolescents in Nepal

This pre-project aims to create a sustainable alliance of partners, both inside and outside academia, to focus on primordial prevention of cardiovascular disease in adolescents in Nepal. According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of disability...

Awarded: NOK 0.26 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

New technologies and methodologies enabling optical self-calibration

Photonics is one of the six Key Enabling Technologies (KET) defined by the EU, which is experiencing a rapid and exciting technological development. Optical measurement technology is increasingly important in many sectors such as climate monitoring, space, defence, health, biotech, energy, electr...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Building Sustainable Partnerships for Community-based Mental Health Interventions in Ethiopia and South Africa

Mental disorders are among the leading public health challenges, with widespread impacts on individuals, families, and communities, especially in low-resource settings. Vulnerable populations, including internally displaced persons, returnee migrants, individuals living in poverty, and disadvanta...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Climate Change Impact on Mental Health: The Philippines Case

The Philippines is frequently facing many extreme weather events that seriously affect mental health. The Mind4Climate pre-project aims to address the growing mental health crisis in the country associated with climate change. This project seeks to establish a partnership among researchers, healt...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Equality in Health Access for Disabled Persons

The AfroAccessAbility project addresses critical health disparities experienced by disabled persons in Ghana and Tanzania, with the overarching goal of improving health outcomes for disabled persons in the Global South. Despite some advancements, disabled persons face significant barriers to heal...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Investments, Goals and Outcomes for Children Living with HIV (IGOHI)

Worldwide, nearly 2 million children are living with HIV, with 160,000 new infections annually. Untreated, HIV progresses to AIDS, which kills 100,000 children annually, mainly in African countries (UNAIDS 2022). These deaths are now largely preventable due to the widespread availability of free ...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Integrating Economics into One Health Governance in Zambia

Summary One Health is a collaborative approach that addresses health challenges affecting humans, animals, and the environment. Zambia's reliance on agriculture and natural resources, coupled with poverty and limited healthcare infrastructure, makes it particularly vulnerable to health threats. O...

Awarded: NOK 0.29 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Mitigating Health Risks of Climate Change through Sustainable Forest Restoration in Africa

The pre-project aims to foster equitable collaboration with new research partners from low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs) and local user partners. This involves forming a transdisciplinary consortium and further developing the proposal for the Collaborative and Knowledge-building Glo...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo