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05.04.13	Færre toppår for smågnagere De senere årene har smågnagersyklusen forsvunnet blant annet i Skandinavia.
05.04.13	Flåtten til fjells En ny rapport i viser at flåtten trekker 600 meter opp i fjellet.
06.02.13	Generating knowledge about how escaped salmon coexist with wild fish How do escaped farmed salmon affect their wild cousins? Four major research institutions are now applying their respective expertise to building a common, fact-based knowledge platform on this vital topic.
10.01.13	Pilotutlysning for JPI Kulturarv JPI Kulturarv har sin første utlysning og 15 land deltar. Norge bidrar med totalt 150 000 av totalt ut 3 mill. euro. Maksgrensen per prosjekt er 50 000 euro for norsk deltakelse i nettverksprosjekter. Søknadsfristen er 5. april.
07.01.13	Bugs reveal the richness of species on Earth An international team of researchers has carried out a survey of the biological diversity in a tropical rainforest. Their efforts have helped them find the key to one of the existential questions to which people have long sought an answer: how many species exist on Earth?
29.10.12	Funding for Norwegian-Indian environmental research Under the bilateral research cooperation between Norway and India, grants have now been awarded to two new environmental research projects.
15.08.12	Finding the nano-needle in the haystack Norwegian researchers are among the first in the world to use radioactivity to trace nanoparticles in experimental animals and soil. Their findings have made it easier to identify any negative environmental impact of nanoparticles, which are found in an increasing number of products.
30.03.12	Research Assistant and/or Research Scholar IIASA’s Ecosystem Services and Management (ESM) Program is recruiting a Research Assistant and/or Research Scholar
09.01.12	Norway strengthens international polar research The Norwegian Government will set aside NOK 13 million annually over the next three years to strengthen cooperation on international polar research. The funding will be administered by the Research Council of Norway in conjunction with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
06.01.12	The RCN grant application process: step by step A simple video is now available which explains the Research Council of Norway’s grant application system and how applications are processed.
30.11.11	National marine research strategy underway A report proposing a collective strategy for future Norwegian marine research will be completed by the end of 2012. A strategy committee has begun the process of drawing up the strategy report, which has been dubbed Hav21.
17.11.11	Norway – an international leader in many areas of earth science The quality of Norwegian earth sciences research is generally good, and Norwegian research groups are international leaders in several fields. It is strategically important in a national context to maintain these strengths.
11.11.11	BiodivERsA Pan-European call for international research proposals on biodiversity dynamics ERA-nettet BiodivERsA lyser ut forskningsmidler med søknadsfrist 16.2.2012
22.11.10	Adapting to climate change via research A new government report documents Norway’s vulnerability to climate change and discusses adaptation measures. The committee behind the report emphasises that research must be a prioritised means of addressing climate challenges.
13.09.10	China and Norway join forces to help the climate A seminar hosted by the Research Council of Norway on climate, environmental and polar research in Shanghai recently gave Chinese and Norwegian researchers within these fields an important opportunity for expanding their cooperation.
30.06.10	Call for proposals for Sino-Norwegian research cooperation on climate and the environment A joint call for proposals has been drawn up between the Research Council of Norway, via the NORKLIMA and MILJO2015 programmes, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for research on climate and the environment. Up to NOK 45 million is available for allocation from the Research Council, with a corresponding amount of support available from the CAS.
31.05.10	Fires spread environmental toxins over the Arctic Forest fires and straw and stubble burning in North America and Eastern Europe are leading to record-high concentrations of the environmental toxin PCB over Svalbard. As a result of climate change, airborne pollution is thus becoming an increasing problem in the Arctic.
20.04.10	Fashion conscious with an environmental twist How can clothing consumption in western countries be made more environment-friendly? Researchers in Norway are seeking ways to use fewer resources while keeping people well-dressed.
01.03.10	New knowledge about the Norwegian landscape In its final report the research programme Changing Landscapes (the LANDSKAP programme) presents findings from 60 research projects spanning a wide range of fields.
19.02.10	Knowledge-based management produces global results Norwegian research has played an important role in the efforts to achieve international regulation of the environmental toxin group PBDEs. "A small country like Norway can achieve a lot in international negotiations if it has sound knowledge to rely on," the researchers emphasise.
18.12.09	Strategic role in global environmental research The newly-established Global Change Committee will be a link between Norwegian and international research on global environmental change. It will also act as strategic adviser to the Research Council within the field.
15.10.09	New cooperation programme with China launched From the outset, the Research Council's China research programme will give priority to research on climate, climate technology, the environment and welfare.
06.10.09	Norway - India: New research cooperation programme Research plays a key role in the Norwegian Government's new strategy for relations with India. The Research Council is now following up on this by establishing a new programme to promote research collaboration between the two countries.
23.06.09	Global challenges high on the agenda Players in the Norwegian research community have been sent a clear message: Norway has a major task ahead of it in helping to solve the challenges presented by globalisation. Internationalisation of research is highlighted as a main priority of Norwegian research policy.
11.06.09	Focus on China Norway and the Research Council are increasing their efforts to promote research collaboration with China. A separate cooperation programme, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has now been established.
22.04.08	Revised Work Programme Revised Work Programme - Environment 2015 The work programme is the document that establishes the guiding principles for the call for proposals. Download the Work Programme.
07.03.08	"Best practice in the Science into Policy process" We have now launched our second SKEP pilot joint call. As this call is using the true common pot method, we aren't restricted on which countries apply. The call has been advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).