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HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Increasing basic knowledge on muscle abnormalities in intensive production systems

...in fish muscle represent not only an ethical and welfare issue, but may also have a...this field is also important for the reputation of the aquaculture industry as the public will...abnormalities in the food, than for skeletal and internal organ malformations in intensive...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

P-SAMISK-Program for samisk forskning

Indigenous homemaking as survivance: Homemaking as cultural resilience to the effects of colonization and assimilation.

...this project, we will explore how Sámi and Inuit homemaking as an everyday life practice...after the effects of assimilation, colonization and post-war welfare policies such as housing...policies, much less attention has been given to often well-meaning welfare and housing policies...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FRIPRO-Fri prosjektstøtte

Gathering evidence for evidence-based health technology to support communication in homebased pediatric palliative care – CHIP homeTec

...care for children is the active total care of the child's body, mind and spirit, and also...illness, aged 0 to 18 years, regardless of diagnosis, and their family caregivers, often...environments, altered family dynamics and the lack of participation in kindergarten or...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Sonoactivable Nanotheragnostics for Cancer Treatment

...goal of the project is to develop a nanotechnology...targeted delivery and controlled cytotoxicity of sonosensitising agents; while monitoring the...19F MRI and/or ultrasound imaging. This nanotechnology will e mploy new biocompatible nano-sized...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Night work, circadian gene polymorphisms and breast cancer risk among female nurses. A nested case-control study

...than half of all breast cancers can be explained by known...a positive association between night work and increased risk of breast cancer in women. Th...cancer development. Results from animal studies have led to the hypothesis that genetic...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

PES2020-Prosj.etabl.støtte H2020

Whaling Heritage and its Uses in Contemporary European Societies

...will be the first project of its kind to look in detail at the different...histories, considering in particular some of the ways in which Europes twenty-first-century...are continuing to draw inspiration from and capitalize upon the continents whaling and...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Innlandet

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

Environmental support - Development of a national research center in physical activity and health research

...10 years there has been a growing recognition of the significance of physical activity as a...measure for a number of the major diseases and as a means of promoting mental health and...of lifestyle physical activity is significant and this potential is far from exploited. The...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Does ovarian fluid favour MHC-dissimilar sperm?

...males provide nothing but genes, female choice of mates is expected to favour individuals that...level, but also on the gamete level. Recent studies have i ndicated that the ova may select...candidates for such selection are genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Healthy brain and cognition from 0-100 years: Prognosis, preservation and plasticity

...aims to establish a solid foundation of knowledge for understanding how brain health...can be optimized in response to the enormous societal challenges with the ageing of the European...ide ntify and validate trends and determinants of cognitive decline by creating a large database...

Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Oslo

KULMEDIA-Kultur- og mediesektoren

Cultural Heritage Mediascapes: Innovation in knowledge and communication practices

...sector that can account for, anticipate and support future developments in communication...in digital cultural heritage. An interdisciplinary consortium of national and...learning sciences, science and technology studies), museums (architecture and art, natural...

Awarded: NOK 13.5 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2021

Location: Oslo

NOS-HS-Sekr. nord. sam.nemd. HumSam

NORDCORP. Critical Perspectives on New Media and Processes of Social Change in the Global South

...bringing together researchers from Denmark; Finland; Norway; Sweden and Kenya who draw on their...key questions: a.) What are the orientations and democratic implications of rapid alterations...fraught with socio-economic inequalities and political ambiguities? b.) How are ordinary...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FORFI-Kunnsk.gr.l.f.forskn.innov.pol

Developing University Innovation Capacity: How can innovation policy harness universities' capability to promote technology businesses?

...in public research institutions into economic and societal impact is a key concern for both...in stimulating the creation and developme nt of high-growth technology businesses. Policy...successfully fulfil led these new expectations of active engagement in research commercialization...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2014

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FRIPRO-Fri prosjektstøtte

Neurophysiological assessment of consciousness: methods and mechanisms

...nature of consciousness is one of the deepest unsolved...with wide-ranging theoretical, clinical and ethical implications. In particular, for...progress has yielded promising new methods and theoretical advances. The Global Neuronal...

Awarded: NOK 10.2 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2024

Location: Oslo

FORINFRA-Nasj.sats. forskn.infrastrukt

Norwegian Micro- and Nanofabrication Facility III

...Norwegian Infrastructure for Micro- and Nanofabrication (NorFab) has been established...Norwegian Technical University, The University of Oslo, The University of South-Eastern Norway...and innovation based on Micro- and Nanotechnology (MNT) in Norway. As one of the first...

Awarded: NOK 100.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

Reconceptualising Transitional Justice: The Latin American Experience

...aims to systematically explore the impacts of four so-called transitional justice (TJ)...prosecutions, truth commissions, amnes ties, and victims reparations are important aspects of...break with the past; establish the rule of law and respect for human rights; deter violence;...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Environmental mercury and human health in Arctic Norway

...that these contaminants accumulate in food webs and potentially cause severe physiological damages...to these pollutants due to their high intake of wild fish and animals. The project will conduct...group in Arctic Norway. Amo ng the wide range of contaminants found in food items of that...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

PES-HORISONT-EU-PES Horisont Europa

Exploiting side streams residual raw materials and underutilized species from ocean fisheries for increased human seafood consumption.

...from marine harvesting in general is now urgent and important from an economic, environmental and...to consumers world-wide, through a network of innovation hubs (ihubs) in...

Awarded: NOK 0.19 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Møre og Romsdal

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Being in field. The role of fieldwork in ecological and environmental science in Ny-Ålesund (RIS 6664)

...6664), this project explores the contribution of being in the field (landscape, organisms,...in daily work, learning practices and routines, assisting data-collection. Such...study can counter simplified understandings of scientific work as utilitarian 'data...

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2016-2017

Location: Oslo

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

China in the Arctic: External Influence on Regional Governance (ArcGov)

...understand how society can best adapt to the rapid...how the region is governed, i.e. the dynamics of Arctic governance institutions and mechanisms....have started expressing their interest in, and opinions on, how best to govern Arctic issues....

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FRIPRO-Fri prosjektstøtte

Urban Transformation in a Warming Arctic: The Continued Effects of Nordic Colonialism in Urban Development and Planning

...is an interdisciplinary project that builds on Science and...from 1950 to 2024. During this period of decolonisation, urban planning and development...Their expressed aim is to take advantage of the new economic prospects that have arisen in...

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Geological Evolution of the Barents- and Kara Seas hydrocarbon provinces

...project involves the synthesis of existing geological and geophysical data from...and their interpretation using an interdisciplinary approach. By combining potential field...calibr ated with deep wells, shallow boreholes and surrounding outcrops, we will provide a...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Back to the Sustainable Future: Visions of Sustainability in the History of Design

...will explore the historical conditions for, and development of, sustainable design. Today,...in all design practice, education, research and mediation. However, this 'green revolution' is...scholarly historicization. Historical understanding of and critical reflection on the rise of...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Oslo

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

SCANCOR - Towards a new era of organizational studies in Norway

...SCANCOR-NEWORG project will solidify and expand the long-term international partnership...education environments in organizational studies. The project will build on existing...stronger emphasis on the link between research and education with the aim to improve teaching of...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Studying knowledge dynamics and learning in higher education

...stay is devoted to the further development of a larger project I am preparing together with...group 'Higher Education: Institutional dynamics and knowledge cultures' at the University of Oslo,...Education. Th is project aims to conceptualize and empirically investigate current change...

Awarded: NOK 0.18 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Sino-Norwegian partnership on industry-applied micro and nanotechnology for water safety monitoring and welfare applications

...multiple travels to China for the realization of meetings with key Chinese R&D institutions...projects. The applicant Sensovann AS, a spin-off from the University College of Southeast...268481), which is devoted to the demonstration of a novel urine assay test for urinary...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2017-2019

Location: Vestfold

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Norway's Others: the representation of cultural difference in Norwegian Museums.

...are values, beliefs and assumptions about other cultures created and...How are objects embedded in specific narratives and how do these come to be validated and...UiO, will enable me to develop an analysis of the representation of cultural difference in...

Awarded: NOK 84,999

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PES2020-Prosj.etabl.støtte H2020

MIPdrug: Phelimin – a new drug to treat PKU, a severe disease: from lab to clinic.

...get irreversible brain damage. For >75% of PKU patients there is no treatment except a...rare but collectively numerous with high human and societal costs. In collaboration with Aarhus...have spent 10 years developing a new type of medicine to treat these diseases. The...

Awarded: NOK 69,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Oslo

KLINISK-Klinisk forskning

The Effect of Oxcarbazepine in the Treatment of Agitation / Aggression in Dementia

...for our health care system. Approximately 80% of nursing home residents in Norway are demented...to Norwegian Government Statistics), up to 90% of these patients will develop p sychiatric...behavioural difficulties (BPSD) and as a part of it agitation and aggression. It has been...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Innlandet

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

High Impact Weather Events in EurAsia Selected, Simulated and Storified

...between climate modelers, impact modelers and partners in different geographical regions...extreme events, simulated for present-day and future climate conditions. The story includes...linkages, its predictability, its societal impact and how climate change affects its...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2020

Location: Oslo

MSCA-TOPP-UT-Toppfinansiering av MSCA utgående kandidater

How Artifacts Acquire Agency Topfinancing

...aims to develop a new approach to the study of automation that challenges dominant conceptions...by the ER on the relation between automation and skill, this project will combine historical...philosophical analysis to reveal how ideals of autonomous technologies are sustained through...

Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2024

Location: Ukjent Fylke