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FORNY20-FORNY2020

Large scale Industrial Fluid Treatment (LIFT) using Micro and Nano refining technology.

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Tildelt: kr 3,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2015

Sted: Vestfold

EU-STRA-Strålevern

Innovative integrated tools and platforms for radioecological emergency preparedness and post-accident response in Europe

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Tildelt: kr 1,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2017

Sted: Akershus

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

CharrAdapt: Adaptation of Arctic charr to changing polar climate

The CharrAdapt project proposes to investigate the adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), to the extreme polar environment through the study of population biology, physiology and genetics. As the only Arctic polar freshwater fish species, Arctic charr serve as an important model in whi...

Tildelt: kr 1,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2016

Sted: Oslo

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Microorganisms in the arctic: major drivers of biogeochemical cycles and climate change

Arctic soils are currently the focus of intense research due to their recognized vulnerability to climate change, in particular with respect to the unknown consequences of warming on the enormous carbon reserves that are currently sequestered in permafros t. In order to understand how carbon proc...

Tildelt: kr 1,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2016

Sted: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

GPR survey of Botneheia, from outcrop to simulator, RiS ID 6048

I plan to conduct a 3D ground-penetrating radar survey at Botneheia in order to address critical issues regarding reservoir connectivity within the CO2 storage aquifer of the Kapp Toscana Group. The work involves a spring and short summer campaign for gro und truthing, and utilises equipment alre...

Tildelt: kr 39 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2013

Sted: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microbial biogeography around Svalbard MicroFUN project RiS: 6167 Umbrella project RiS: 6165

We will sample microbial eukaryotes from a diverse array of marine environments around Svalbard. The main sampling will be performed during the planned cruise south and east of Spitsbergen in July 2013 (RIS ID 6165) and during the AB202 field cruise west and north of Svalbard in August 2013. The...

Tildelt: kr 40 099

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Long-term recovery rates of grazed Svalbard flora. RiS ID 6190

A warming climate, changes in agricultural land use and conservation measures in North America and Europe has led to a significant increase in goose populations and presence of migratory geese in the circumpolar arctic in the past 50 years. The continued monitoring of these populations and their...

Tildelt: kr 49 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Ecological and evolutionary constraints of prokaryotic microbial biodiversity in terrestrial and lake ecosystems of Svalbard, RiS 6206

The diversity of polar (cyano)bacteria has not been well explored until now. In contrast to vascular plants and animals, little is known about the biodiversity, biogeography and evolutionary history of prokaryotic microbial organisms. The traditional vi ew is that historical factors are of litt...

Tildelt: kr 47 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of season length and temperature on date of senescence in various arctic plant species subject to changes in snow-depth RIS ID - 6208

I will be conducting long-term monitoring of the effects of temperature and season length on senescence in various arctic plants subjected to changes in snow-depth in Adventdalen, Svalbard.

Tildelt: kr 13 374

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Fleksibelt samspill mellom el-kraft og termiske energi i framtidens smarte energisystem (FLEXELTERM)

Europas energisystem er i rask endring, med utfasing av fossile kraftverk og en kraftig vekst i uregulerbar fornybar kraft. Norge står i en særstilling med sin store andel regulerbar vannkraft og med økt utvekslingsskapasitet til resten av Europa vil fleksibilitet bli viktigere og mer verdifullt ...

Tildelt: kr 4,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2017

Sted: Oslo

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

The Atlantic salmon genome sequence as a tool for precision breeding

Presisjonsavl har som mål (1) å betra presisjonen til avlsverdiprediksjonar og dermed avlsframgangen; (2) å unngå å innføra eller utvikla eigenskapar som øydelegg dyrevelferd, og betra genetisk resistens for fiskesjukdommar; og samstundes (3) å forvalta genetisk diversitet, som kan vera i fare ve...

Tildelt: kr 13,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2018

Sted: Akershus

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

RECONSTRUCTION OF LATE PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS USING FORAMINIFERA AT KAPP EKHOLM,SVALBARD (RiS ID 2562)

This project aims to reconstruct depositional environments and compare interglacial and interstadial sediments using foraminifera and sedimentary architecture (including GPR) at the beach cliff sections of Kapp Ekholm on Svalbard. A secondary aim is to tr y to connect lower level marine terraces ...

Tildelt: kr 21 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2013

Sted: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Arctic Sea Ice and HAlogen Deposition: investigation for a new paleoclimatic tool, RiS ID 6185

The project proposes to investigate the halogens into aerosol, seasonal snow and firn layers in order to better understand how the sea-ice area around Svalbard influences the bromine enrichment and iodine depositions. Moreover, the effect of post-depositi onal processes that can affect the haloge...

Tildelt: kr 47 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2013

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Can an increase in body temperature be used as a measure of stress in Kittiwakes (Rissa Tridactyla)?, RiS ID: 2919

The aim of the study is to investigate if there is a correlation between the short-term handling-induced stress response, that is registered by standard CORT-measurements, and the simultaneously increase in body temperature in black-legged kittiwakes. Thi s has not yet been studied in any captive...

Tildelt: kr 76 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Diversity of root-associated fungi connected to Salix polaris L. in newly colonized areas. RIS 6193

The project will investigate the biodiversity of fungi associated with the roots and rhizosphere of Salix polaris, an ecto-mycorrhizal dwarf shrub that is one of the first vascular plants that colonizes recently deglaciated areas in the High Arctic. We wi ll also attempt to identify possible biot...

Tildelt: kr 41 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2013

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Field validation of metal-induced co-selection for antibiotic resistance in bacterial communities from pristine environments

This project will investigate metal-induced co-selection of antibiotic resistance in soils with no exposure to human use of antibiotics. By analysing resistance patterns in soil samples exposed to a range of metals, it is wished to gain the ability to tel l if co-selection is a modern phenomenon....

Tildelt: kr 10 260

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Life history traits of copepods in a changing Arctic (RiS ID 6168)

Zooplankton communities of northern higher latitudes are dominated by large calanoid copepods of the genus Calanus spp. They are well adapted to the environment in which they live, making them indicators of factors that influence the health and productivi ty of marine ecosystems. Calanus spp. are...

Tildelt: kr 34 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2013

Sted: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Deglaciation history and postglacial paleo-oceanographic evolution of the eastern Svalbard RIS 6170

This project aims at investigating the changes in the flow of Atlantic and Arctic waters onto the shallow shelf of the Barents Sea during Late Weichselian and Holocene by multiproxy approach. Gravity cores will be collected from northern Storfjorden and e ast of Barentsøya area and analyzed for s...

Tildelt: kr 71 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2013

Sted: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Fate of COPePod secondarY production in a chancing Arctic

A warmer climate with less extensive ice cover will lead to higher total primary production in the Arctic, which has the potential to increase the overall secondary production. Altered climate conditions will also affect timing of primary production, with consequences for the grazers of marine e...

Tildelt: kr 0,90 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2016

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The interaction of periglacial and karst features as seen at a small lake system at Linnédalen, west central Spitsbergen

The purpose of this project is field work for a master's thesis dedicated to investigating the dynamics occurring due to the interaction and related development of permafrost, periglacial and karst features. This unique pairing is encountered at Linnédale n, west-central Spitsbergen. Here, a set ...

Tildelt: kr 29 419

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

The Oceanography of Grønnfjorden and Billefjorden (GrønnBille)

Under prosjektmøtet i Tromsø 23.04.2014, med UiT og Akvaplan-Niva som vertskap, ble relevante arbeid fra Isfjorden, Billefjorden og Grønnfjorden presentert med et fokus på framtidige og historiske hydrografiske data (temperatur-, salt- and tetthets profiler). Russiske og norske partnere gave en o...

Tildelt: kr 1,00 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2016

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Surface velocity and calving flux of Kronebreen RiS ID 6183

Kronebreen is among the 10 largest contributors to the total calving flux of the Svalbard archipelago. To estimate the calving flux detailed knowledge on the glacier velocity is needed which can be provided by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imag es. For the validation of those velocity ...

Tildelt: kr 65 197

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Fieldwork to determine genetic adaptation of Arctic charr to changing polar climate (RiS ID 6210)

The field grant for the FieldCharr project will be used to investigate the adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), to the extreme polar environment through the study of genetics. As the only Arctic polar freshwater fish species, Arctic charr serv e as an important model in which to inves...

Tildelt: kr 20 125

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2016

Sted: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigation of Crevasse Evolution, Calving Occurrence, and Links to Damage (ICECOLD), RiS ID 6155

Iceberg calving is an important component of glacier mass loss and indirectly contributes to sea level rise. A new iceberg calving law was recently proposed based on damage mechanics, a promising new theory that could greatly improve the ability of ice s heet models to predict the response of gl...

Tildelt: kr 20 059

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Svalbard

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

Invasive seaweeds in rising temperatures: impacts and risk assessments

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Tildelt: kr 1,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2017

Sted: Vestland

IS-NAD-Samarbeid med NORAD-land

REISESTØTTE:Planned research cooperation and joint PhD supervision within the topic of green communications in mobile communication networks

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Tildelt: kr 10 000

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Agder

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Mapping wintering areas and metal concentrations of Arctic seabirds

The main objective of my MSc thesis is to investigate whether migration strategies and wintering areas affect metal concentrations and compositions in Arctic seabirds, i.e. in common eiders, arctic skuas and long-tailed skuas. On the indivdual level, I wi ll also test whether migratory consistenc...

Tildelt: kr 68 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Estimating energy expenditure in free-living Kittiwakes using DLW and accelerometers, RIS ID 3828

Energy expenditure in free-living kittiwakes in Kongsfjorden , Svalbard, has been estimated by doubly labeled water method (DLW) during 9 years since 1998. This is the longest available dataset for any free-living bird species. Long-term datasets are espe cially important in rapidly changing envi...

Tildelt: kr 74 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2013

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Tephrochronology of the North Atlantic region during Early Holocene, RiS:5842(under project: Holocene environmental change of Svalbard

Tephra studies from Svalbard is so far sparse but tephra has been identified in both ice cores and in lake sediments reflecting the area's potential. I would like to add an additional site to my PhD project. My PhD project focuses to create an early Holo cene (11.700 to 8000 cal yr BP) tephrochr...

Tildelt: kr 31 226

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Population genetics of Silene acaulis in the High Arctic , RiS ID 6166

Although temperature seems to be the overriding driving factor of population genetics in the Arctic, local factors like edaphic conditions and competition, are also influencing. In addition, the stochasticity related to environmental variables is expected to affect several demographic traits of ...

Tildelt: kr 62 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2013

Sted: Oslo