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Research News from Norway - December
Research News from Norway - December Norway and the U.S. Sign Agreement for Research Cooperation "We believe we will benefit greatly from this agreement, as will the Americans," said Norway's Minister of Education and Research Øystein Djupedal. On December 9 he signed a new agreement for science
Published: 22.12.2005 -
New Sami Leader makes Research a Priority
"A grant from the Research Council's programme for Sami research enabled me to finish my master's degree before I dived into politics," newly elected president of the Sami parliament, Aili Keskitalo, says.
Published: 22.12.2005 -
Norwegian Computer Scientist Ranked as Number One
Every year the prestigious Journal of Systems and Software presents a ranking of researchers and institutions in the field of software engineering, based on results of research published over the last five years. A newcomer to the list and this year's number one in Europe is Professor Magne Jørgensen at the Simula Research Laboratory at IT Fornebu, Oslo.
Published: 22.12.2005 -
Communication Prize to Terje Tvedt
Professor Terje Tvedt was awarded the Prize for Outstanding Communication of Research by the Research Council of Norway, honouring "his long-lasting, original and professional communication from a very important field of knowledge," the jury stated.
Published: 21.12.2005 -
Coordinating Research in the Northern Areas
The Norwegian Government is focusing on the environmental challenges, the industrial opportunities and the sovereignty issues of the northern areas. Now the Research Council of Norway has decided to make a plan for the northern areas. The goal is to integrate quality research from Norway in a more comprehensive and overall research strategy for the north.
Published: 21.12.2005 -
Norway and U.S. Sign Agreement for Research Cooperation
"We believe we will benefit greatly from this agreement, as will the Americans," said Norway's Minister of Education and Research Øystein Djupedal. On December 9 he signed a new agreement for science and technology cooperation with the United States, which will facilitate the establishment of collaborative projects involving Norwegian and American research.
Published: 21.12.2005 -
New design for the Research Council's website
The Research Council website forskningsradet.no is currently undergoing redesign to enhance performance and stability. This process will affect both the open and the restricted access pages of the website. The updated website is scheduled to be launched in February 2006.
Published: 21.12.2005 -
Updates in the R&D contracts for 2006
The most important updates are: The General Terms of Contract now contains a greater number of defined key terms and some of the content has been restructured and further clarified. The Agreement Document has been further refined, and now contains an unambiguous reference to the project
Published: 19.12.2005 -
Norway signs bilateral agreement with the United States
Norway will enter into a bilateral agreement on science and technology with the United States.
Published: 09.12.2005 -
Research News from Norway November 2005
Research News from Norway - November Wave Energy - Rising from the Trough? For a long time now there has been little focus on wave energy in Norway. However, a conference on industrial development through new energy technologies, which took place on November 24-25, puts wave energy on the agenda.
Published: 28.11.2005 -
Better School Buildings in Poland
Better School Buildings in Poland Poland is a country which appears to be developing at high speed. In Warsaw and the other main cities, the private affluence is becoming more and more visible. In other places, though, unemployment is still high and the public economy poor. The local budgets have
Published: 28.11.2005 -
Frescos, Runes and Email
Frescos, Runes and Email Terje Spurkland fully agrees that an interest in frescos should not impede an interest in runes, seeing as they both date from the same period. When the artist Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290-1348) painted his famous frescos on the wall of the Siena Town Hall in the 14th century,
Published: 28.11.2005 -
Norway's first PET/CT inaugurated
Norway's first PET/CT inaugurated As one of the last countries in Europe, Norway now finally has its first PET scanner, and there is great joy within the scientific community. PET is a three dimensional imaging technique where the signals come from radioactive material which emits positrons. In
Published: 28.11.2005 -
Materials Technology Will Sustain Our Standard of Living
Materials Technology Will Sustain Our Standard of Living "More than 80 representatives from research, trade and industry, different organisations and from the authorities participated in a foresight project called Advanced Materials Technology in Norway towards 2020. The idea was to provide the
Published: 28.11.2005 -
New Centre for Environmental and Social Research
New Centre for Environmental and Social Research Eight research departments will move in to CIENS, employing 550 people in the fields of science, technology, social sciences and economy. CIENS aims to be an international pivotal point for environmental and social research. The new centre will
Published: 28.11.2005 -
Wave Energy - Rising from the Trough?
Wave Energy - Rising from the Trough? Manager of WaveEnergy AS, Espen Osaland, thinks wave energy is beginning to rise from the trough, at least in southern Europe. During the 70's Norway and the UK were world-leading on wave energy research. Professor Emeritus at the University of Science and
Published: 28.11.2005 -
New mechanisms for research cooperation
The Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Council for Higher Education opened a cooperation programme with the new "candidate countries" to the EU in 2002. This year the programme wraps up and will be substituted by other financing mechanisms under the EEA-agreement and within the The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) within the EU.
Published: 27.11.2005 -
Strengthening cooperation in aquaculture research
Norway is now establishing a framework for closer cooperation with the US and Canada on selected topics in aquaculture research. Plans to undertake and organise concrete research cooperation were discussed November 1 - 3 at a meeting in Washington DC.
Published: 17.11.2005 -
Workshops in Washington D.C.
The Norwegian Embassy in Washington D.C. hosted its Forth Annual Forum Advisory Board Meeting from October 31 - November 3. The forum included several seminars and workshops.
Published: 16.11.2005 -
Research News from Norway - October 2005
Research News from Norway - October 2005 New Polish-Norwegian Research Fund Norway and Poland are establishing a fund to support collaborative research projects between the two countries. Read more Increased Knowledge of Elder Care in the Nordic Countries Unlike in many other countries, families in
Published: 01.11.2005 -
More Project Cooperation Needed
Several research communities in Nordic languages and literature are characterized by fragmentation and individual research. A recent evaluation report recommends a strategic balance of individual research and larger research projects.
Published: 01.11.2005 -
Pressing for Marine Research in the EU
A recent European Parliament hearing indicates that hard work is needed to keep marine and maritime research a priority in the EU.
Published: 01.11.2005 -
Increased Knowledge of Elder Care in the Nordic Countries
Unlike in many other countries, families in the Nordic countries have no legal obligation to take care of their elders. However, it turns out that most elderly people prefer good public services to family care, private services or non-profit organisations.
Published: 01.11.2005 -
New Polish-Norwegian Research Fund
Norway and Poland are establishing a fund to support collaborative research prosjects between the two countries.
Published: 01.11.2005 -
Conference on Global Health
The Research Council of Norway is holding a conference on global health issues in Bergen. The conference will take place on October 27th, and will bring together a number of researchers and policy makers involved in health research.
Published: 07.10.2005 -
New cooperation programme with the West-Balkans
A new programme for cooperation with the West Balkans is now established for the periode 2006-2009. Call for proposals will be published shortly, with application deadline 1st December 2005. The programme includes research cooperation as well as cooperation in higher education. Information about the call and the working document can be downloaded from the programme homepage.
Published: 04.10.2005 -
Research News from Norway - September 2005
Research News from Norway - September 2005 Electronic Device Reduces Wrong Use of Prescriptions Soon patients will stand a lesser change of receiving wrong, or even harmful, doses of medicines as a result of poor communication between the home care nurse and the patient`s physician. Read more
Published: 28.09.2005 -
Better in Science than Suspected
Representative samples of the population of 32 participating countries were given 12 questions on their knowledge in science and technology. Only the Swedes got more correct answers than the Norwegians did.
Published: 28.09.2005 -
Helping Researchers Go Abroad
The Research Council of Norway has launched the Researcher's Gateway to Norway.
Published: 28.09.2005 -
Excelling in Gender Equality as well
Excelling in Gender Equality as well The research institutions are required to include gender equality perspectives in the planning of new centres. They are expected to propose women as directors and senior researchers and to state the number of female researchers and fellows recruited to the
Published: 27.09.2005
