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FORNY20-FORNY2020

Nonsutured Anastomosis Kit

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Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Rogaland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Role of North Sea power transmission in realizing the 2020 renewable energy targets

The project aims at describing and analyzing a plausible stadium 2020 situation for the role of the North Sea which respect to utilization of offshore wind resources and increased subsea power exchange for realization of the 2020 renewable targets. The ba se case of the stadium 2020 situation to ...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Experimental investigation of selected thermophysical properties of CO2 mixtures relevant for CCS

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Awarded: NOK 26.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Impact of Realistic Geologic Models on Simulation of CO2 Storage

This proposal addresses the need for realistic geological test labs for simulations of injected CO2 in subsurface geological formations. The vision is to provide a framework for realistic risk assessment for CO2 storage. Comprehensive risk assessment will be essential when evaluating CO2 capture...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Vestland

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

In-situ imaging of CO2 flow, storage and entrapment in subsurface aquifers and hydrocarbon reservoirs

Collaboration between 7 Universities in France, UK, USA, Canada and Norway and 5 research and oil companies will emphasize research aimed at Goal #3 for the Climit Program Objectives; to contribute to safe long term CO2 storage. Emphasis will be on experi mental verification of CO2 flow and CO2 s...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Pore-Scale Mechanism for CO2 Storage in a Fracture-Matrix System: Physical and Geometrical Effects

An important property of potential storage sites for CO2 is the ability of the cap rock to serve as a geologic seal for the CO2 phase. Generally, capillary trapping of CO2 below internal low-permeable formation layers is one of the most relevant mechanism s for CO2 storage. Storage sites may also...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Rogaland

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Sorption and Migration of CO2 in Porous Media

Absorpsjon og adsorpsjon av CO2 i leire-strukturer/leireoverflater er viktig for funksjonaliteten til takbergarter som er aktuelle i reservoar-sammenheng. I perioden har vi fortsatt studier av hvordan CO2 kan lagres i leire, og vi har eksperimentelt påvist dette ved røntgendiffraksjons studier u...

Awarded: NOK 18.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Virkninger av en aktivitetsorientert velferdspolitikk

Norsk Betydningen av økonomiske insentiver for varighet og resultat av arbeidsavklaring Med basis i en omlegging av beregningsreglene for rehabiliterings- og attføringspenger i januar 2002 undersøker vi i hvilken grad stønadsnivået påvirker varighet og utfall av rehabiliteringsforløp. Vi finner ...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Probing the sources of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays with a multi-messenger approach

Main aim of the present project is to test the longstanding suggestion that active galactic nuclei (AGN) are the acceleration sites of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECR). The solution to the question ``what are the sources of UHECRs and how are they accelerated?'' should become accessible ...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

TVERS: Drivers of change in circumpolar tundra ecosystems (TUNDRA)

ARKTISK ØKONOMI: Mange Arktisk samfunn er typiske ?ensidige industristeder?, basert på utvinning og eksport av råstoff. Industriaktiviteten er lite integrert i stedets øvrige økonomiske aktivitet. I tillegg er arbeidsstyrken på slike steder svært mobil. D ette demo-økonomiske systemet gjør at man...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

GLOBHELS-Global helse

IgA antibodies in saliva as a noninvasive readout for intestinal immune responses

Enterotoksigene Escherichia coli (ETEC) utgjør en vesentlig årsak til diare hos barn i land med lav og middel s inntekt. ETEC bindes til epitelet i tarmen ved hjelp av koloniseringsfaktorer og forårsaker diare ved å frigi enteretoksiner. Det er behov for et ikke-invasivt korrelat som mål for bes...

Awarded: NOK 0.81 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2016

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Norwegian and Russian Upper Atmosphere Co-operation On Svalbard part 2

The scientific objectives as stated by NORUSCA including multi-site* spectral observations of aurora and airglow, morphology and temporal dynamics in context of ionospheric convection, and real time exchange of data during radar and rocket campaigns are a ll items that will be addressed by this a...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Study of non-linear phenomena in the polar ionosphere induced by the SPEAR heating facility

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Awarded: NOK 0.72 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

The influence of climate change on distribution and deposition processes for persistent organic pollutants on Svalbard

Based upon an initiative of an already ongoing scientific exchange and research program (NorthPOP: 185104/S50) a research project is planned to foster and harmonize the scientific co-operation between the Russian and Norwegian research activities in envir onmental chemistry on Svalbard. As priori...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Target cell recognition by natural killer cells

NK-celler utgjør omlag 5% av hvite blodlegemer. I tillegg til å drepe kreftceller kan NK-celler oppdage og drepe celler som er infisert med intracellulære mikroorganismer, slik som virus og visse typer bakterier og parasitter. Intracellulære infeksjoner kan være vanskelige å forebygge ved vaksi...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2016

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Growth performance and detoxification of mussels cultured in a fjord enhanced by forced upwelling of nutrient rich deeper water

A previous study in the Lysefjord was the first full-scale experiment to use submerged brackish water discharged in a controlled manner to force upwelling in a fjord area providing enhanced phytoplankton concentration and production. In this project we hy pothesize that this enhanced phytoplankto...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Alcohol consumption and the risk of coronary heart disease

Many obervational cohort studies have found moderate alcohol consumption to be associated with reduced risk of coronary heart disease. The question is whether this is a true causal association. If it is true, what are the likely mechanisms, and can specif ic genes or other risk factors interact w...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Investigations of population structure in shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in the North Atlantic

The northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) is the most valuable shellfish resource in the North Atlantic and supports one of the world's largest fisheries. The need to establish stock boundaries and study the spatial organization of shrimp has been emphasi zed by the international shrimp milieu. P...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

ARCtic Ocean Mixing: Influence of changing ice cover on internal waves and mixing

The proposal is motivated by recent findings showing i) the sensitivity of Arctic Ocean circulation to background deep-ocean diapycnal mixing and ii) enhancement of near-inertial internal wave activity and induced mixing in the absence of sea ice. Mixi ng in the stratified ocean is related to ...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Terrestrial Invertebrate Fauna of Svalbard Workshop

? Build personal acquaintances between scientists working at disparate institutions. ? Coordinate future invertebrate research. ? Visit to the research facilities available at the Svalbard Science Centre and in Barentsburg. A briefing on the facilities in Ny-Ålesund will also be presented. ?...

Awarded: NOK 0.46 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: 3rd Norwegian Environmental Toxicology Symposium - Emerging solutions for emerging challenges

The 3rd Norwegian Environmental Toxicology Symposium is planned to be held in Bergen in April 14-16, 2010. It follows in the succesful path of the two previous meetings in Oslo (2004) and Trondheim (2008). The University of Bergen and the Norwegian Societ y for Pharmacology and Toxicology are joi...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Vestland

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Allee effects in Atlantic salmon caused by parasite infestation and interspecific hybridisation with brown trout

We propose to investigate the possibility that strong reduction of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) population sizes caused by infestation of the parasite Gyrodactylus salaris, coupled with increasing rates of interspecific hybridisation between Atlantic sal mon and brown trout (S. trutta), might le...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Biomarkers of mycobacterial infection and disease, and molecular characterization of mycobacteria from high TB-burden countries.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem throughout the world. Currently, there are 8 million new cases and 2-3 million deaths annually from TB. More than 95% of all cases and 98% of all deaths occur in developing countries, where few resources are available to ensure proper treatment....

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Making the most of fisheries information underpinning policy, management and science

In summary the conference will focus on the following topics: -Development and evaluation of policy and regulatory measures -Data requirements to support environmental, economic and social understanding of fisheries dynamics and management -Collection o f socio-economic data and fishers knowled...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Solar Atmospheric Modelling

This application is for additional funds to the project "Solar Atmospheric Modelling" that is funded for 2009-2011 (project 191814/V30). Solar magnetism lies at the root of most solar and heliospheric physics. The intricate structure of the solar field, the activity cycle and the influence of t...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Oslo

P-KVINN-Program for kvinne- og kjønnsf

Kjønn og endrete par-relasjoner Gender and partnership dynamics/Kjønn og endrete par-relasjoner

Shifts in partnership and family dynamics and gender roles have captured the attention of policymakers across Western countries. How such changes affect men's and women's well-being in partnerships is an important issue, which demands research on the inte rrelationship between new partnership beh...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

P-KVINN-Program for kvinne- og kjønnsf

Nye familiekulturer: kjønnede intimitetsformer og livsprosjekter i omforming

Prosjektet adresserer utfordringer og muligheter i møtet mellom den nordiske velferdsmodellens likestillingsprosjekt og nye, og mer kulturelt komplekse, familie- og samlivsformer i dagens Norge. Dette gjøres ved å undersøke hvordan kjønnede samlivsprosjek ter formes og omformes i to nye grupper s...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Novel sensor technology and automation for improved quality and process control

Dette prosjektet imøtekommer næringsmiddelindustriens behov for avanserte prosesstyringsverktøy som kan brukes til å optimalisere bruk av råstoffer, forbedre logistikk, øke lønnsomhet og redusere svinn. Prosjektet er meget tverrfaglig og innbefatter utvik ling av ny sensorteknologi, anvendt spekt...

Awarded: NOK 23.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

SAFE FEED, SAFE AND HEALTHY SEAFOOD Contaminants, nutrients and health challenges in the novel production of farmed Atlantic salmon

Atlantic salmon farming is traditionally associated with production of healthy food mainly due to the high content of marine omega-3 fatty acids. When new sustainable plant feed ingredients are used this will potentially affect fish health, performance an d fillet composition. These factors are a...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Vestland

KULVER-Kulturell verdsetting

Forhandlinger og strid. Kjønn og verdsetting i kunst, estetikk og kulturell offentlighet

"Forhandlinger og strid: kjønn og verdsetting i kunst, estetikk og kulturell offentlighet" er et tverrfaglig forskningsprosjekt som undersøker de mange og komplekse koplingene mellom kjønn og verdi i kunstfeltet. Det fokuserer på både verk, institusjon og estetisk teori, og ikke minst på hvordan...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo