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HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Paleoecological reconstructions of marine soft-bottom Ecologic Status and in situ reference conditions

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that assessments of aquatic ecological status are based on comparison with reference (background) conditions. Soft-bottom invertebrates represent one of the biological quality elements on which the ass essments will be based. To date, no monit...

Tildelt: kr 6,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Social networks, labour transactions and outcomes: A theoretical and empirical study of migrant workers, and their employers, in South-Asia.

We study motives and explanations for network use in labour transactions in low income countries and the implications for employers, and in particular for the segment of poor unskilled workers. One explanation favoured among economists is that networks ar e vehicles for effective information tran...

Tildelt: kr 1,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2017

Sted: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

The Role of Seeds in a Changing Climate - Linking Germination Ecophysiology to Population and Community Ecology

Rekruttering fra frø (frøspiring og frøplantenes overlevelse) er en nøkkelprosess i plantenes livshistorie med konsekvenser for artenes utbredelse, evolusjon, og overlevelse. Både frøenes økologiske rolle og deres klimarespons best forstås ved å sette dette livshistoriestadiet inn i en større sam...

Tildelt: kr 6,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Increasing basic knowledge on muscle abnormalities in intensive production systems

Abnormalities in fish muscle represent not only an ethical and welfare issue, but may also have a negative impact on economy and market acceptance due to growth impairment in affected fish, elevated mortality and reduced fillet quality. Alertness and know ledge on this field is also important for...

Tildelt: kr 4,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Prioritization in the Health Care Sector

This project investigates prioritization in the Norwegian health care sector. The objective is to see how actual prioritization is affected by regulation and finance systems of the specialist health care sector, and to establish systems for surveillance o f prioritization of patients over geograp...

Tildelt: kr 5,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Norwegian bread wheat with high baking quality and sustainable disease resistance through marker-assisted selection (188291).

Norway has in recent years become almost self-sufficient in wheat thanks to better and more adapted varieties. While nearly all high quality wheat for bread making was imported a couple of decades ago, the milling and baking industry now depend on quality wheat produced in Norway. To achieve bre...

Tildelt: kr 3,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Akershus

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Sunne arbeidsplasser - Organisatoriske faktorer som fremmer og hemmer langtidsfriske arbeidstakere i et globalisert arbeidsliv

Prosjektet har som viktig ambisjon å frambringe kunnskap om de utfordringer som ligger til globale selskapers innsats med å utvikle helsefremmende arbeidsplasser. Det har sin innretning mot organisatoriske faktorer knyttet til produksjon og verdikjede, ma rkedsforhold og intern organisering av ar...

Tildelt: kr 5,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

NORTRASHIP - Norwegian Transformations in Shipping: The dynamics and competitiveness of the Norwegian maritime cluster

Norway is one of the world's leading maritime nations, with a role in the maritime industries that far exceeds what one would expect based on shares of world population or trade. The project analyses the factors that have enabled the country to attain thi s position, with particular emphasis on t...

Tildelt: kr 2,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Tracing viral disease dissemination in aquaculture: an interdiciplinary approach between molecular virology and dispersal modelling

Viral diseases are a large problem in Norwegian salmon farming imposing economic as well as welfare-related challenges to the industry. In order to control viral disease dispersal, knowledge on the dispersal pathways of the disease agents and key factors affecting the interaction between the dise...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

The effect of dietary carbohydrates on muscle metabolism, connective tissue composition and fillet quality in cod (Gadus morhua L).

Post mortem softening of fish muscle and occurrence of gaping are major problems for the fish industry. Muscular connective tissue provides mechanical integrity, rigidity, and elasticity to skeletal muscles. Extracellular matrix (ECM) represents an import ant part of the connective tissue, and ch...

Tildelt: kr 4,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

STACK TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMIC PROTON CONDUCTORS

High temperature ceramic proton conductors (HTPC) are in principle superior to PEM and standard SOFC conductors for use in steam electrolysers and hydrogen fuel cells because of the water-free transport of protons; the steam used or formed is associated w ith the oxygen/air side, and thus, dry hy...

Tildelt: kr 16,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Multiple instruments and the design and implementation of effective energy and climate policy

This project analyses the economic consequences of using multiple instruments towards energy and climate policy targets. The project studies the main political causes for deviating from the simple cost efficient recommendations. A key objective of the pro ject is to identify effective policy meas...

Tildelt: kr 5,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Detailed studies on biomass gasification in a TGA coupled with advanced gas analysis

Conversion of biomass to a producer gas has many advantages. A gas is easier to handle and transport, it can be cleaned before combustion (i.e. compact cleaning), and it can then be used directly in e.g. engines, gas turbines and fuel cells for electricit y generation. Alternatively, it can be pr...

Tildelt: kr 3,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Velferdsforum i Bergen

Velferdsforum i Bergen ble etablert våren 2000 som et nettverk for velferdsforskere i Bergen. Det samler forskere og studenter fra ulike institutter og fakulteter ved universitetetet, Rokkansenteret og Norges Handelshøyskole/SNF. Interesserte fra Høgsko len i Bergen, og fra kommunen deltar også...

Tildelt: kr 49 999

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Vestland

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

GUNVOR - Godstransport og usikkerhet - Valuation of transport time and reliability in freight transport

Transport time variability and information are both related to the reliability of transport. None of them are standard components of cost benefit analysis, the well-established ex ante evaluation method in the transport sector. Recognising that transport policy measures for improved reliability (...

Tildelt: kr 1,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Advanced MOFs for Hydrogen Storage in Cryo-adsorption Tanks

The following work tasks have been defined in the Norwegian part of the project: 1. Measurement and development of models for predicting the basic material quantities. Of particular interest to the Norwegian group are the thermophysical and flow related properties (e.g effective thermal conducti...

Tildelt: kr 2,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

The nature, design and feasibility of robust climate agreements

This project aims to contribute internationally to the knowledge and understanding of the current climate regime, the climate negotiations, international environmental agreements more generally, and those aspects having to do with compliance, enforcement, participation, and regime design in part...

Tildelt: kr 7,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Twelve Step based self-help groups for substance related disorders

Substance dependency deeply influences peoples lives in complex ways. There is typically a need for treatment and rehabilitation in a long-term perspective. The public treatment systems have deficient capacity to give follow ups. This is particularly true for patients undergoing detoxification, ...

Tildelt: kr 4,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Agder

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Pilot study: prevalence of alcohol and drugs at the workplace

Alcohol and drug abuse affects society in many ways, e.g., health, social relations, safety, and productivity at the workplace. Alcohol is more significant in this respect than drugs because the use of alcohol is common and accepted by society. Testing of oral fluid (saliva) may be used to dete...

Tildelt: kr 1,00 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Oslo

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Hearing loss and tinnitus: genetic and environmental effects

Depending on the criteria used 1/3 - 1/6 of the population experience hearing impairment. Tinnitus is defined as the sensation of sound without any outer sound stimulus present. Environmental risk factors such as noise exposure are frequently described fo r both the diseases. A genetic component ...

Tildelt: kr 2,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2015

Sted: Oslo

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

A new method for handling of free water in cold gas pipelines

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Tildelt: kr 1,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Oil spill containment by use of air bubbles

The proposed project will evaluate the use of air bubbles to improve oil spill recovery operations. When a large number of bubbles is released in water, the rising bubble plume induces an upward transport of water (upwelling), which consequently spreads o ut at the surface (outwelling). The outwe...

Tildelt: kr 4,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Water Weakening of Chalk - Physical and Chemical Processes

Chalk is an important reservoir rock, e.g., Ekofisk and Valhall fields. In the 90s, a dramatic increase in subsidence rate at Ekofisk was experienced after seawater injection. A similar effect is also observed in the laboratory. When chalk cores experienc e stress higher than yield, they tend to ...

Tildelt: kr 6,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Rogaland

SKATT-Skatteøkonomi

Corporate and Capital Taxation

The aim of this project is to undertake theoretical and empirical research on capital taxation. The research group wants to undertake studies along two dimensions. A set of theoretical studies aims at solving some puzzles in international capital taxati on that are not in line with the tax comp...

Tildelt: kr 2,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Vestland

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Verification project. Increasing fatty acid content in plants for more efficient biofuel production

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Tildelt: kr 1,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Rogaland

SKATT-Skatteøkonomi

Cross-national comparisons of redistributional effects: tax progressivity in Norway in an international perspective

The implications of using different measures of tax progressivity have, however, not been sufficiently addressed. In this project we intend to explore the implications of using different measures of tax progressivity by ranking various countries in terms of redistributive effects. Lambert and Tho...

Tildelt: kr 0,75 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Oslo

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Wireless Gas Detection System, Verification Study

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Tildelt: kr 1,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Improved filtration and compacting of Si powder for solar grade silicon production, IFSi

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Tildelt: kr 1,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Agder

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Vegbelysning - strategi og teknologi for behovstilpasset styring

Prosjektet vil omfatte både teoretiske utredninger, fysiske forsøk med utprøving av ny teknologi som grunnlag for senere industriell videreutvikling av måleutstyr for funksjonsstyrt belysning. De teoretiske utredningene vil være knyttet til synlighet av o bjekter i og nær vegbanen, og nyere forsk...

Tildelt: kr 1,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Akershus

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Energiegffektiv avvanning og tørking av slam, vått avfall og faste biobrensler. Norsk deltakelse i IEA-annex.

Prosjektet består i norsk deltakelse i et IEA Annex under IETS; ?Energy Efficient Drying and Dewatering Technologies? og ledelse av Subtask B. Proposal for dette Annexet er vedlagt. Endelig beslutning om Annexet igangsettes skal avgjøres i ExCo-møte 8-9/1 1 i Amsterdam. Annexet er planlagt å løpe...

Tildelt: kr 0,12 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage