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Preventing pollution in the northern areas
The environmental movement calls extracting oil from the Barents Sea a crime against life itself. Researchers will now lay the groundwork for cleaner oil production in the north.
Published: 21.12.2007 -
A question of morality
What is morally right, and what motivates people to act morally? How can our desire to act in the morally right way override egotistically motivated actions? The Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature will examine our normative commitments, and try to understand the human mind with its normative concerns as a natural phenomenon.
Published: 21.12.2007 -
Midway evaluation of the Large-scale Programme initiative
The Research Council's Large-scale Programme initiative has a special function and focus. The initiative will reach the halfway mark in 2008, and an evaluation is planned of the results achieved thus far and of ways in which the relevant programmes have benefited trade and industry as well as society at large.
Published: 20.12.2007 -
Focus on environmental research and the Large-scale Programme initiative
Renewable energy, environmental technology and climate change are among the obvious topics named by the Research Council when recommending which research areas Norway should prioritise in the future. The final issue of Forskning magazine for 2007 presents research from the Council's seven large-scale research programmes, several of which focus on environmental challenges as key research topics.
Published: 20.12.2007 -
Chemical research sans chemicals
Professor Kenneth Ruud can perform chemical research without using a single chemical. Instead, he builds mathematical models of chemical compounds and lets the computer calculate how they will react with each other. The pharmaceutical industry, climate researchers and many others are following along eagerly as this research opens up entirely new possibilities.
Published: 19.12.2007 -
Upgraded news subscription service
In connection with the redesign of the rcn.no website, an upgraded news subscription service has been introduced. All you need to do is register your e-mail address and the types of information you wish to receive.
Published: 13.12.2007 -
Research seeks to understand the basis for peace
The reasons that conflict develops into war in one region and not in another are highly complex. Legal, economic and cultural factors play a role in peace processes. These were two key points that emerged when the Research Council's Programme for Poverty and Peace Research (POVPEACE) held its annual conference in November.
Published: 12.12.2007 -
New ICT solutions will benefit modern health care
Patients will soon be able to communicate with their doctor and update their own medical records from a home computer or mobile phone. Meanwhile, doctors, from wherever they may be, can access flexible electronic patient records, independent of terminal. VERDIKT, the Research Council's large-scale ICT programme, directs 8.8 per cent of its project funding toward applications in the health care sector.
Published: 06.12.2007 -
Counteracting the stagnation in research funding
Tora Aasland has taken over the helm of Norwegian research - and inherited her predecessor's much-criticised budget proposal for 2008 as well as a sector full of angry, frustrated researchers. Nevertheless, Norway's new Minister of Research feels it's a dream job.
Published: 30.11.2007 -
Research Council proposes three major priority areas
The Research Council has identified three fields of research in need of special attention. These are described in the document Strategic Priorities for 2009, recently completed by the Research Council.
Published: 27.11.2007 -
Seeking to simplify
The Research Council has redesigned its website (forskningsradet.no), making it easier and more intuitive to use. The site will employ a new architecture and more efficient search technology.
Published: 27.11.2007 -
GLOBVAC: Major focus on vaccination research
Norway is helping to establish the second centre in the world that can administer large-scale clinical testing of vaccines against tuberculosis. At the same time, Norwegian researchers are developing a therapeutic vaccine that boosts the immune system of patients with HIV. These are among the projects that receive funding through the Global Health and Vaccination Research Programme (GLOBVAC).
Published: 02.11.2007 -
Learn more about the Research Council!
An updated brochure in English about the Research Council of Norway's organisation, goals and tasks is now available.
Published: 02.11.2007 -
New award for gender equality in science
The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research has established a new gender equality award worth NOK 2 million. The award will go to the institution that has done the most to promote women in science.
Published: 30.10.2007 -
Norway and North America to strengthen research collaboration
Norway's newly appointed Minister of Research, Ms Tora Aasland, opened Norwegian Science Week on 22 October in Washington. The programme focused on achieving closer collaboration between Norway and the USA on climate research - with industry in a key supporting role.
Published: 29.10.2007 -
New medical and health science research policy
The Research Council's new policy for medical and health science research summarises the state of the art, identifies challenges and sets out clear priorities. The policy proposes that funding channelled through the Research Council is concentrated in areas that offer optimal added value.
Published: 26.10.2007 -
Ethical, legal and social aspects of new technologies
In 2008 the Research Council will launch a new programme for research into ethical, legal and social aspects of new technologies. With its focus on biotechnology, nanotechnology and cognitive science, the programme represents an exciting avenue of study, with some highly significant challenges.
Published: 25.10.2007 -
New Research Minister met with high expectations
On 12 October, Ms Tora Aasland was appointed Minister of Research and Higher Education, signalling the division of the Ministry's sphere of responsibility between two ministers.
Published: 23.10.2007 -
Oslo conference on research cooperation between South Africa and Norway
The Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF), are joint organisers of the conference on research cooperation between Norway and South Africa in Oslo 31 October - 2 November.
Published: 18.10.2007 -
The Research Council's project database is now accessible
From 1997 to the present, the Research Council of Norway has granted funding to more than 20 000 R&D projects. A database containing information on these projects is now accessible to the public on the Research Council website. Users can search the database to find information about projects within a specific subject field, learn where a project was carried out, and more.
Published: 17.10.2007 -
Government's research budget met with disappointment
The proposed allocations to research in 2008 fall short of the Research Council's expectations. "We are disappointed with this budget," said Arvid Hallén, Director General of the Research Council of Norway, when the Norwegian Government presented its combined R&D budget of NOK 17.8 billion on 5 October.
Published: 16.10.2007 -
European Molecular Biology Laboratory reaches north
A new Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine designated to advancing the understanding of molecular mechanisms underpinning disease was launched on 3 October. Partners to the agreement are the European Molecular Laboratory (EMBL), the University of Oslo, Norway, the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Umeå University, Sweden.
Published: 04.10.2007 -
Against all odds: the Nordic welfare states
Low income disparity, high taxes and generous welfare benefits are the perfect recipe for economic disaster - in theory. But the Nordic welfare states are prospering with exactly that formula. Now, 55 top-notch researchers at the ESOP research centre, one of Norway's eight new Centres of Excellence, will investigate why.
Published: 03.10.2007 -
Understanding the dynamics of blood and respiration
The Center for Biomedical Computing is one of Norway's eight new Centres of Excellence. With the aid of mathematics, physics and computer technology, the centre performs modelling and analysis of bodily tissues and organs. Its long-term objective is to develop improved methods and new tools for medical diagnostics.
Published: 01.10.2007 -
Fascinating insight into advanced petroleum research
The PETROMAKS programme is the umbrella for most of the petroleum related research supported by the Research Council of Norway. In its new brochure, PETROMAKS presents eight fascinating examples of the highly advanced research being conducted under the auspices of the programme.
Published: 01.10.2007 -
Get to know Norway's eight new Centres of Excellence
In December 2006, eight newcomers achieved status as Centres of Excellence (CoE) in Norway, bringing the total number of CoEs up to 21. The most recent edition of the Research Council's official magazine "Forskning" gives a general presentation of the eight new CoEs as well as an overview of the first 13 established in 2002.
Published: 01.10.2007 -
Mathematician and physicist honoured
The Research Council of Norway's Møbius Prize for Outstanding Research 2007 has been awarded to Professor Idun Reiten. Reiten is a Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Professor Egil Lillestøl, of the Department of Physics and Technology at the University of Bergen, received this year's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science.
Published: 28.09.2007 -
Norwegian development research under examination
An international committee has just completed an evaluation of Norwegian development research. The most dramatic piece of advice in the report is that researchers should maintain a cautious distance from the users of research.
Published: 25.09.2007 -
Get to know the Nysgjerrigper science magazine for children
The Nysgjerrigper Science Knowledge Project for children has published the latest issue of its magazine in English, expanding its range to include foreign readers. In addition to a special supplement on polar research and the International Polar Year, the English issue of the magazine highlights topics such as oceanography, jokes, riddles and folklore, and the annual National Science Week in Norway, which opens this week.
Published: 20.09.2007 -
National research festival puts the spotlight on International Polar Year
Friday, 21 September, marks the kick off of National Science Week in Norway 2007 (Forskningsdagene). Throughout the country, Norwegian researchers will take to the streets, libraries, movie theatres and other public venues to talk about what they do and how they do it. During a ten-day period, over 1,000 events will give the general public a glimpse into the fascinating world of research.
Published: 20.09.2007
