17 projects

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FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Norwegian Research School for Early Childhood Education (NORCHILD)

In response to the challenge of improving quality and fostering continuous professional development in the kindergarten sector, NORBARN offers a PhD-level training program relevant to Early Childhood Education research and work-life settings. NORBARN thus contributes to enhancing the quality of b...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2030

Location: Vestland

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

HySchool - Norwegian research school on hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels

Norwegian Research School on Hydrogen and Hydrogen-based Fuels (HySchool) is a joint initiative from seven Norwegian universities: University of Bergen (UiB), University of Oslo (UiO), University of Tromsø (UiT), University of Stavanger (UiS), University of South-East Norway (USN), Norwegian Univ...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2030

Location: Vestland

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

PROFRES 2.0: The Interdisciplinary, Interprofessional and Practice-Near Research School - Shaping Future Welfare

PROFRES is a national research school for PhD candidates conducting research on practice and professional work within three key areas of the welfare state: health, welfare, and education. We recruit up to 60 candidates from a network of eight higher education institutions across Norway. The resea...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2030

Location: Rogaland

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Research School for Training the Next Generation of Micro- and Nanotechnology Researchers in Norway (TNNN)

We propose a “Research School for Training the Next Generation of Micro- and Nanotechnology Researchers in Norway (TNNN)” that will address current gaps in PhD-level micro- and nanoscience and technology (MNST) education in Norway. TNNN will contribute both to raising the quality of Norwegian mic...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Norwegian Graduate School in Mathematics and Science Education

The Norwegian Graduate School in Mathematics and Science Education School, MaScE (Mathematics and Science Education) focus on research in and on teacher education in mathematics and science. A main reason for establishing MaScE is to bring together expertise across Norway in hosting a graduate sc...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2030

Location: Agder

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Building design for At-risk groups

BUILDER improves fire safety for at-risk groups such as elderly and people with physical and psychological disabilities or addictions. BUILDER improves our understanding of the different challenges these groups have, suggests safety-solutions for building design, and implement new knowledge from ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2026

Location: Vestland

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Rock anchoring for stabilization of infrastructures with focus on the arching effect and rock-grout bond

High-capacity rock anchors are used to stabilize rock slopes, retaining walls and foundations of large-scale infrastructures. Failure of the rock anchors would jeopardize the infrastructures and lead to serious economic and social consequences. A rock anchor is composed of a solid steel bar or a ...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PROFESJON-Forskningskompetanse for utvalgte profesjonsutdanninger

Multiparameter Active Antenna Sensor

With the expansion of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) in various sectors, the number of connected devices is expected to reach 75 billion by 2025. One of the main use-cases of such devices is to sense one or more physical parameters for monitoring and/or actuation purposes. The rapid expansion and m...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

TRANSFORMATIVE CAPABILITIES OF THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION: STUDY OF NORWEGIAN SMALL AND MEDIUM ACCOUNTING PRACTICES (TRANSACT)

The TRANSACT project has addressed how small- and medium-sized accounting/auditing practices (AASMPs) in Norway can develop transformative capabilities to adapt proactively to a rapidly changing society. This adaptation is crucial for servicing the community of SMEs with updated, relevant, and ti...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Mass balance and energy optimisation in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), with focus on diurnal variations in water quality

Mass Balances and Energy Optimization in RAS with Focus on Diurnal Water Quality Variations Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) are increasingly adopted, driven by rapid technological development. To ensure environmentally sound, welfare-oriented, and sustainable operations, it is important ...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2026

Location: Vestland

PROFESJON-Forskningskompetanse for utvalgte profesjonsutdanninger

Improving trust-based management in Nordic urban governance and management education

The ideas of trust-based management originate from reforms in Denmark from 2011 and particularly from experiments in the City of Copenhagen and have since spread to the public sector in Norway and Sweden. These ideas are perceived by some as an innovation, and often as different from traditional ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PROFESJON-Forskningskompetanse for utvalgte profesjonsutdanninger

Patient-Centric Engineering in Rehabilitation (PACER)

Gait function and balance in humans is a complex topic, and movement for patients with prostheses is challenging. In this project, we have investigated physiological changes, especially cerebral cortex activities, in patients with impaired gait function. The project was divided into four differen...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2021

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PROFESJON-Forskningskompetanse for utvalgte profesjonsutdanninger

Digital Audit

The research project Digital Audit focuses on the digital transformation process in the audit industry. Currently the audit firms intensively focus on digitalization of the audit. However, the extent and speed of the audit profession's digital transformation is an open question. The purpose of t...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Vestland

PROFESJON-Forskningskompetanse for utvalgte profesjonsutdanninger

Incentives, access to capital, and innovation

Firms rely on external capital to fund innovation and growth. This project improves our understanding of key corporate governance mechanisms, firms’ leverage and securities issuance decisions, and their innovation activities. We first study the effects of shareholder voting and board compositio...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Vestland

PROFESJON-Forskningskompetanse for utvalgte profesjonsutdanninger

INTERNATIONALIZATION OF FINANCIAL REPORTING AND AUDITING

The aim of Internationalization of Financial Reporting and Auditing (IFRA) project is to advance our understanding of the changes in global and Norwegian accounting and auditing. A unique feature of our research is the integrated approach which recognizes that changes in accounting standards not...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Agder

PROFESJON-Forskningskompetanse for utvalgte profesjonsutdanninger

Advanced Piezoelectric Devices

Piezoelectricity is the phenomenon that some materials can respond electrically to a mechanical influence, or alternatively, respond mechanically to an electrical influence. For example, a slab of a piezoelectric material may deform when you apply a voltage across it. This coupling between the el...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Buskerud

PROFESJON-Forskningskompetanse for utvalgte profesjonsutdanninger

More Efficient and Environmental friendly Road Construction

Update for 2022 MEERC is now in its final stage. The project is continued through several new initiatives, and it is sometimes difficult to differentiate where MEERC ends from where the new initiatives start. The support from NFR to MEERC is funded through the program Profesjon. The main object...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Agder