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NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Timberbased element systems for improving the energy efficiency of the building envelope

Biological building materials, especially timber could gain great importance if it would succeed to offer appropriate construction systems that achieve the vital potential of the material, i.e. prefabrication and ecological value. The challenge lies in th e implementation of consistent sustainabl...

Tildelt: kr 1,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Impact of meteor showers on mesospheric smoke particles

We propose to carry out a rocket campaign in 2008, in collaboration with Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik (IAP), Germany, to study smoke particles in the middle atmosphere. The rockets will be launched from Andøya Rocket Range during and shortly af ter a meteor shower. The primary goal is...

Tildelt: kr 0,40 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Akershus

PETROSAM-Samfunnsvitenskapelig petroleumsforskning

Petroleum industry research in economics and economic management (217329)

Project abstract The project will focus on topical issues in the petroleum industry, drawing theories and methods of economics, finance, accounting and management. We will provide input to topical strategic issues in the industry, but also to detailed dec isions pertaining to regulation, taxation...

Tildelt: kr 22,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Rogaland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

PERMASOM - Organic matter in permafrost: molecular composition and associated response to increasing temperature

The release of CO2 to the atmosphere from the mineralization of soil organic matter (SOM) in thawing permafrost is one of the largest potential feedback mechanisms on the climate system. This positive feedback, i.e. it will aggravate climate changes, is d ue to the fact that SOM decomposes faster...

Tildelt: kr 3,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

MAritime REsources of the BArents SEa: Satellite data driven monitoring in the context of increase of commercial efficiency of the fishery

The main objective of the four-year project is to advance our capability to monitor the Barents Sea maritime resources focusing on the increase of the commercial efficiency of the fishery. It is anticipated that implementation of the developed monitoring system will result in significant reductio...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Vestland

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

The role of protected nature in sustainable local development in North-West Russia and Northern Norway - a comparative analyses

The research project intends to increase understanding and knowledge in the field of interconnection of nature conservation process and development of local communities. The study will be carried out on the base of comparison of different protected areas management systems and institutional frame...

Tildelt: kr 2,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Nordland - Nordlánnda

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Atmosphere-Space Interaction Monitor (ASIM) and the Modular X-ray and Gamma Sensor (MXGS)

The discovery of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs - Red Sprite, Blue Jet and Elves) in the late 80s have brought a renewed focus on electrical processes in the Earth´s atmosphere. A different type of flashes, the X- and gamma-bursts (TGFs) from the atmosp here above thunderstorms, were discovered...

Tildelt: kr 2,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Vestland

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Samspill mellom transport, mobilitet og informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi

Utviklingen og spredningen av informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi (IKT) har endret betingelsene for vareproduksjon, tjenesteyting, arbeids- og hverdagsliv i dagens samfunn. Denne utviklingen har stor betydning for transportsektoren, både fordi spredn ingen av teknologi påvirker organisering ...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Use of furfurylated wood for the production of high- performance windows made of European timber

The present research proposal is a collaboration of three international research institutes with substantial experiences in wood modification and research-intensive SMEs intending to adapt the process of furfurylation to potential frame timbers. Furfuryla tion is an innovative technology in wood ...

Tildelt: kr 0,68 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Quantitative determination of early wood decay

Wood decay caused by fungi continues to be a major problem for wood in service. The use off CCA is restricted and the ongoing development of new wood protecting systems is hampered by the long-term field tests currently in use. The actual mode of action o f the new generation of wood modification...

Tildelt: kr 1,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Akershus

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

Randomized trial for evaluation of mortality and morbidity of coronary revascularization with drug-eluting stent versus bare metal stent

NorStent er forskerinitiert, industriuavhengig, randomisert, norsk multisenterstudie som inkluderer 9013 pasienter med hjertesykdom. Hensikten er å sammenlikne langtidsresultat etter utblokking av hjertets kranspulsårer med to forskjellige metoder. Avleiringer i hjertets kranspulsårer fører ti...

Tildelt: kr 18,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2016

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Designing a Collaborative Approach to Reduce Conflicting Interests in the Management of Contaminated Marine Sediments (SEDCONFLICT)

In Norway, serious contamination of marine sediments has been found in more than 120 areas which has resulted in restrictions on the consumption of fish and fishery products in 24 fjords and harbours. Thus restoration of contaminated marine sediments is a national environmental policy priority a...

Tildelt: kr 2,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Oslo

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Public health without public trust? Governance of HIV/AIDS prevention in North-West Russia

The project examines the extent to which HIV/AIDS prevention in North West Russia is perceived and treated as a public health issue, requiring a broad, multi-sectoral response. Using multi-level analysis, the project studies processes and perspectives amo ng four types of actors: i) authorities (...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Salmon Market Analysis Modules (SMAM)

SMAM will be an integrated empirical modeling framework to estimate and simulate the effects of policy, economic and resource factors on the supply, demand, price and global trade of salmon. Based on this, we will also be able to predict future profitabil ity levels of the salmon farming industry...

Tildelt: kr 1,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Improved control of Colletotrichum acutatum in strawberry and sweet cherry

Colletotrichum acutatum is an important fungal pathogen in many crops worldwide. In the Nordic countries it is of particular importance in strawberry and cherry where it causes blackspot and bitter rot, respectively. The disease usually appears very late in the season in sweet cherry, even after ...

Tildelt: kr 4,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Structure-property relations of wood fibres: 3D characterisation and modelling

Traditional manufacturing of pulp for paper products in a process of moving to countries with plantations of fast growing trees located close to the mills. Hence, in the long term perspective, the Nordic pulp and paper industry needs to maintain the advan tages offered by its worldwide technologi...

Tildelt: kr 4,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

7 - The World Ocean in Globalization: Challenges for marine regions - international conference

Following on the adoption of the UN Law of the Sea Convention in December 1982, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) co-organized in 1983 a conference with the Law of the Sea Institute, held in Oslo. A decade later, in November 1994 the Law of the Sea Conv ention entered into force. To discuss ear...

Tildelt: kr 0,20 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Potential of the European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) for cultivation and industrial exploitation in Norway.

To day there are no industrial exploitation of the European blueberry (EB) in Norway, in contradiction to the highly exploited lowbush blueberry of Canada. However, the EB have a much higher content of biological compounds important for human health (ant ioxidants etc.). In addition it is regard...

Tildelt: kr 7,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Lifestyle Choices and Health: Participation in the Norwegian Monitor Survey 2007

The average Norwegian weighs 5.0-5.8 kilos more now than fifteen years ago. More than fifty percent of us are now either overweight or obese. The trend is negative also for related chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and certain cancer types. This ha s been linked to unhealthier diets and mo...

Tildelt: kr 0,30 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Biogas residue - a safety risk in organic farming?

The Norwegian government aims to increase the organic food production and consumption to 15 % of the total within year 2015. To reach this ambiguous goal, it is estimated that of the total Norwegian agricultural area for each crop, approx. 18 % of the mea dow, 20 % of the pasture, 7,5 % of cereal...

Tildelt: kr 4,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Factors of importance for bioaccumulation and effects of new and old POPs in a seabird top predator, the great skua

Despite declining levels of many persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as PCB and DDT, new emerging pollutants, notably brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have increased in northern ecosystems, including the Arctic, in the last two decades. The knowledge a...

Tildelt: kr 8,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

From plants to human - plant accumulation and transfer of organic foreign compounds in primary food chain

The transfer of contaminants from soil through the food chain -from farm to fork- is a major issue of the agenda of the European Commission and also a thematic priority area within The Food Research Programme's Call for 2008. To achieve the goal of food s afety, knowledge and tools for estimating...

Tildelt: kr 3,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Neighbourly Asymmetry: Norway and Russia 1814-2014

The purpose of "Neighbourly Asymmetry: Norway and Russia 1814-2014" is to research the historical relations between Norway and Russia / the Soviet Union in the period 1814-2014. It will result in two richly illustrated volumes, which will be an important contribution to the 200th anniversary of...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Differential neuroendocrine regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in Atlantic cod and GFP-transgenic medaka.

This project investigates how pituitary gonadotrope cells develop and mature during puberty, and how the two gonadotropins, FSH and LH, are differentially regulated. Puberty is regulated by the brain-pituitary-gonad axis. Forebrain GnRH binds to specific receptors on pituitary gonadotropes, there...

Tildelt: kr 8,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Subsidizing R&D and installment of carbon abatement in open economies

The European Union and Norway have both proposed tougher unilateral emission reduction targets than what is required by the Kyoto protocol. According to some setting tough unilateral targets will lead to faster technological development, which again will influence other countries willingness to p...

Tildelt: kr 4,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Terminert Optical and electrical properties of nanostructured materials for energy conversion

The project is aimed at acquiring the fundamental knowledge on formation, optical, electrical, and thermal properties of nano-structured solar cells by combination of fabrication, characterization, and modeling methods. We will investigate possibilities o f enhancing efficiency of different inorg...

Tildelt: kr 3,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Nettverk - en modell for innovasjon i kommunene?

Overordnet er formålet for dette prosjektet å bidra til innovasjon i kommunene i Innlandet gjennom kunnskapsutvikling og aktiv medvirkning. Vi ønsker spesielt å få anledning til å utnytte erfaringene våre fra å bistå utviklings- og læringsnettverk i både offentlig og privat sektor med sikte på å ...

Tildelt: kr 1,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Innlandet

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Marine omega-3 fatty acids and health - use of systems biology in controlled dietary intervention studies

Intake of fatty fish and cod liver oil has been part of a healthy diet in Norway for many years due to the high availability of fish. Omega-3 fatty acids from cod liver oil are used by the Norwegian food industry to develop new healthy food for the consum ers. To understand the beneficial health ...

Tildelt: kr 3,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

7 - 2nd Norwegian Environmental Toxicology symposium: Joining forces for an Integrated search for Environmental solutions

Sustainable development within environmental carrying capacity and minimal human health risk consequences is a central issue toxicological and environmental studies and research. Within the concept of environmental carrying capacity and minimal human heal th risk, the evaluation and development r...

Tildelt: kr 99 999

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Formation of flavour components from PUFA and how these are influenced by the presence of molecular pro- and antioxidants and mitochondria

The project is a joint effort within The Food Alliance at Ås and within the coming NOFIMA Research group plus the participation of two food industries: NORTURA and TINE. The project focuses on generating more knowledge in the area of flavour formation in formulated food products containing differ...

Tildelt: kr 6,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Akershus