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INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

China - Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy in a Norwegian and Chinese Population

Diabetes is now a major threat to global public health that is rapidly progressing, with the biggest impact on adults of working age in developing countries. At least 171 million people worldwide have diabetes. This figure is likely to more than double by 2030 to reach 366 million. Recent WHO ca...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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China - bilateral cooperation in heart failure research

We hereby apply for project establishment support for bilateral research cooperation with groups in Beijing, China.The planned bilateral research cooperation is an integral part of the international strategy of our institute and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo (UoO). Our instit...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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China - cooperation with Norway in SEA level observation -Evaluation of Chinese Tide Gauge Network based on ESEAS quality control standards

Cooperation in sea level observations between Norway and China will open a new area for research and cooperation. The importance of such cooperation lies in the common interests two countries have and are looking for. Although Norway is a small country co mpared to the size of China, it has a lon...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Buskerud

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China-Norway. Bilateral cooperation on pesticide residues in crops and environment

Extensive use of agrochemicals in China has led to severe environmental pollution and potential health problems to human and animals. The aim of the project is to establish collaboration between Jilin Academy of Agriculture Science, Bioforsk Lab and Biofo rsk, Division of Plant Health and Plant P...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

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China: Reforming social and political institutions through diversification and incremental change

This proposal is for funding to develop research collaboration between researchers at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography (ISS) and relevant Chinese counterparts. The application regards a strategic initiative at ISS directed at establishing a ctive and lasting research collaboration ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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Russland - Devonian - Carboniferous faunas, depositional environment and carbonate sedimentology of selected areas of Novaya Zemlya, Russia

Novaya Zemlya is surrounded by some of the most important proven and potential hydrocarbon provinces in the Arctic. Exposures of Precambrian through Early Triassic strata on Novaya Zemlya provide vital information with which to constrain the geological ev olution of adjacent basins. However, owin...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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India: cooperation on studies of the Indian Ocean circulation and Ecosystem, including the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal

An Indo-Norwegian institutional co-operation programme is suggested within research, higher education, technology development and commercialization within numerical ocean research studies and ocean modelling as well as satellite Remote Sensing Research is proposed for joint implementation by six...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

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JAPAN - establishing research cooperation between NTNU-SINTEF and AIST

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, home to more than 2500 researchers and 5300 visiting scholars, is one of the most advanced research institutes in the world. They currently have a large forefront running acti vity within nanotechnology, and make a fo...

Awarded: NOK 35,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Japan - bilateral cooperation in Arctic Climate Studies

Prosjektet vil bygge relasjoner til mellom Japan og Norge innenfor geofysikk/klima studier i arktiske strøk med tanke på en fremtidig søknad til NFR. Prosjektet vil arrangere en workshop våren 2007 diskusjon av fremtidige problemstillinger/muligheter for søknader innen klimaendringer, slik som ...

Awarded: NOK 75,000

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Buskerud

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Russland -Vekstfaktorers påvirkning, og nedbrytning av dopaminerge systemer i ulike faser av Parkinsons sykdom

Professor Ugrumov ved Labatoratory of Hormonal Regulations, Institute of Developmental Biology ved det Russiske Vitenskapsakademiet, har ekspertise innen dopaminerge systemer (sentrale i Parkinsons sykdom) og lang erfaring med studier av sykdomsmekanismer . Hans gruppe har i en 20-årsperiode stud...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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Russland-Etablering av bilateralt forskningssamarbeid innen kliniske og epidemiologiske studier av flåttbårne agens og sykdommer

Utbredelsen av flått og alvorlige flåttbårne sykdommer er økende i Norge. I Norge opplever man nå at utbredelsen også omfatter nordområdene og slike sykdommer er et stort problem i sentrale og nordområder i Russland. Man vil med dette utarbeide hovedprosj ekt som tar sikte på å kartlegge utbredel...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Agder

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USA - Solution structure of large proteins and protein-ligand complexes by high-field NMR

The acquisition of high-resolution conformational, dynamical and ligand binding data in solution requires the application of state-of-the-art NMR, which complements information from X-ray crystallography. This structural information is necessary for the u nderstanding of the function and regulati...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

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USA - bilateral cooperation: Designing human-centered innovation and creative product/service architecture in entrepreneurial enterprises

This US bilateral cooperation will lead to new and long term institutional/scientific research collaboration between USA and Norway. The bilateral cooperation aims at establishing a research project that focuses on extending business and technological in novating with a broader basis including h...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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USA and Canada: International Raymond Carver Network; Launching of an International Society and Scholarly Review

Given Raymond Carver's status as one of the most important short story writers of the 20th century (he is translated into over 20 languages, taught in schools in America and abroad that include courses in the liberal arts, social sciences and medical huma nities) critical studies of his life and ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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USA, Electrodeposition of silicon

The electrochemical processing group at National Institute of Standards and Technology has a lot of experience in electroplating for the electronics industry. The group worked a lot with electrochemistry in ionic liquids and molten salts. They are also hi ghly skilled in nano technology. Nano cr...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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USA-joint initiative in food safety: The development of a project proposal on LC-MS/MS for the determination of low levels of food allergens

I en normal populasjon lider 2-5% av befolkningen av matallergi, og blant barn er frekvensen enda høyere (5-7%). En matallergiker må unngå all mat med allergene proteiner og er helt avhengig av at innholdsdeklarasjonen til ferdigfabrikert mat er korrekt. Regelverket for deklarasjon av matallergen...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

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USA: Worldwide Heritage Media: Linking Scholars and the Public in the Search for Roots - establishing a seminar to explore collaboration

As the escalating pace of technological innovation and globalization continues to transform and disrupt peoples lives and communities around the planet, so do their yearnings for a sense of stability and rootedness. This dilemma is powerfully illustrated by a photograph in Thomas Friedmans book T...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

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Russia - bilateral cooperation in innovative aspects of biological control of weeds.

Gjennom dette prosjektet skal vi legge grunnlag for langvarig samarbeid mellom All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Protection, i St. Petersburg og Bioforsk Plantehelse om å utvikle biologisk bekjempelse av ugras ved hjelp av plantepatogene sopper. De t er mest aktuelt å utvikle såkalte mykoh...

Awarded: NOK 15,300

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

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Japan - Network for investigations of radiation and light soaking stability of Si based materials, solar cells and related devices

The overall motivation for the microelectronic and in particular for the photovoltaic industry is to produce devices, which can be stable for several years against radiation (electron, proton, neutron, light exposure). This goal can be reached using a cos t effective modification of already exist...

Awarded: NOK 50,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

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North America, Bilateral cooperation in Fusarium Genomics to reduce mycotoxin contamination

In Bioforsk Genetics and Biotechnology is defined as an area of strategic priority. At Bioforsk research on mycotoxin producing fungi has high priority and is regarded to be important in order to improve food safety. During the last 20 years, Bioforsk has been very active in research on epidemio...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

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RUSSIA - BILATERAL COOPERATION WITHIN SALMON VALUE CHAIN CREATION

The Norwegian salmon farming industry showed superior R&D capabilities during the eighties and nineties. The R&D efforts within the primary part of the value chain have not, however, been sufficient to secure the survival and profit of the industry. Earli er studies of the marine farming sector h...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

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RUSSLAND -Etablering av ny teknologi innen intervensjonsbronkoskopi

Republican Tuberculosis (TB) Dispensory, Petrozavodsk er ledet av Dr. Anna Belozarova, som har tidligere har hatt kontakt med Det Norske Radiumhospital og Russlandsenteret gjennom et langvarig samarbeid i radiologi. Lederne for Intervensjonssenteret og Ru sslandsenteret besøkte henne på TB Dispen...

Awarded: NOK 50,713

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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Russia - Establishment of a cooperation on pollution levels and transport in the Arctic monitored at the Tiksi Observatory, Siberia

The Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) applies for support in order to establish a long-term cooperation with the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg, Russia, on pollution level and transport studies in the Arctic. NILU intends to contribute to the instrumenta...

Awarded: NOK 40,483

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

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Russland - bilateralt prosjektsamarbeid om arbeid i kaldt klima i Barentsregionen.

Arbeid i kaldt klima er en viktig dimensjon ved livsvilkårene og en betydelig parameter ved utvikling av helseplager i nordområdene. I dette prosjektet ønsker vi å etablere et bilateralt norsk-russisk forskningsprosjekt, for slik å øke kunnskapen på dette området, og kunne utvikle bedre forebygg...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Russia - Network on research on HIV/AIDS prevention and social inclusion in North-West Russia

The aids epidemic in Russia has spread dramatically. HIV/AIDS is still mainly considered a medical problem in Russia. We therefore want to establish a research network in the field of social sciences related to HIV/AIDS. The main activity will be to orga nise a joint seminar on research on HIV/A...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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CHINA, bilateral cooperation in mycotoxin research to improve safe food production

China has become a strategically important partner of Norway. This has also been recognized by Bioforsk, which has attempted to establish a co-operation platform with Jilin Academy of Agricultural Science (JAAS). An agreement of collaboration was last yea r signed between Bioforsk and JAAS, and t...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

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Canada - bilateral collaboration on infant feeding policy and infant feeding practices

The Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, and the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada will initiate research collaboration on infant feeding policy and infant feeding practices. Infant feeding has become a key public health i ssue, nationally as well as international...

Awarded: NOK 75,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

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USA - Starting a bilateral collaboration on coordinated experimental studies of wave heating in space relevant plasmas.

Vi søker om midler til å sette sammen et forskernettverk som vil danne basis for en Forskerprosjekt-søknad til Norges Forskningsråd under Frie Prosjekter (NATVIT) våren 2007. Forskerprosjektet vil omfatte koordinerte laboratorie-studier av bølger og insta biliteter og påfølgende oppvarming i magn...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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USA - bilateral cooperation for interdisciplinary research and methodology development in food safety

The Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology, founded in 1998, has been an international leader in interdisciplinary food safety research, with particular emphasis on biosafety of genetically modified organisms. The establishment of a research cooperation in t he USA fits into our international strate...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Japan-bilateralt forskningssamarbeid innenfor ren mat / mattrygghet. Hurtigmåling av kvalitet på fersk fisk basert på spektroskopi.

I Japan og Norge er det etablert forskergrupper som arbeider med metodeutvikling innen kvalitetsmåling på fisk basert på spektroskopi. Vi ønsker gjennom dette prosjektet å etablere kontakt med en japansk forskningsgruppe og utarbeide felles prosjektsøknad med fokus på kvalitetsmåling på fisk. Me...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa