| 26.11.12 |
The husband-and-wife team of Edvard and May-Britt Moser have put Norwegian neuroscience research on the international map. “We could never have achieved this without the Centres of Excellence scheme (SFF),” they assert.
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| 26.11.12 |
Norwegian researchers have been leading an international effort to make aquaculture more sustainable. In 10 years they have revolutionised fish feed.
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| 26.11.12 |
Applied mathematics is making its mark in more and more areas, thanks in great part to impressive new high-performance computers. Norway’s first and only Centre of Excellence (SFF) in mathematics so far is helping to realise the scientific opportunities of these powerful new tools.
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| 23.11.12 |
The idea ten years ago was to integrate four classical disciplines in order to enhance petroleum research. Today, this collaboration between mathematicians, geologists, physicists and chemists has laid the foundation for recovering more oil and gas.
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| 23.11.12 |
Where are the risks of landslide greatest? What makes a tsunami dangerous? Why are some people harder hit by earthquakes than others? Norway is home to an international research centre for geohazards that is providing the answers needed to better deal with these types of risks.
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| 23.11.12 |
For ten years, prominent researchers have combined their efforts to uncover key perspectives characterising the groups that are engaged in civil war and the causes behind the onset and development of these wars.
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| 22.11.12 |
Language did not evolve to facilitate human communication; it developed as a tool for humans to use in their thinking process. This has been confirmed by exciting research carried out by Norwegian linguists.
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| 22.11.12 |
Users should be the focal point when defining and assessing the quality of Internet services, believe top Norwegian researchers.
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| 22.11.12 |
Activities at the research centre Physics of Geological Processes (PGP) at the University of Oslo have been specifically set up for cooperation between physicists and geologists. Without this inter-disciplinary approach, the findings that are gaining the PGP international notice would not have been possible.
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| 22.11.12 |
Ten years after the Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience was established it now stands an innovative institution whose interdisciplinary research on DNA repair mechanisms in the brain is at the very forefront of the field.
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| 19.11.12 |
Generous, long-term financing of research centres has led to internationally cutting-edge results. The 13 initial Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF centres) have left a lasting footprint.
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| 19.11.12 |
As early as the Middle Ages, European influence was already shaping Norway in critical ways. Researchers are looking at how Christianity altered Norwegian policies, laws and culture and how the elite became part of a shared European culture.
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| 19.11.12 |
Originally, the focus at the Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures (CeSOS) was squarely directed on three industries critical to the Norwegian economy: aquaculture, petroleum and shipping. Over the past decade, however, the new industry of renewable energy has emerged in a strong position.
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| 19.11.12 |
When the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research was established, the aim was to become a world leader in its field. The list of publications and the high demand for the centre’s expertise make it clear that the goal has been achieved.
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| 09.11.12 |
The Research Council of Norway has granted 13 research groups status as Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF centres) starting in 2013. The new centres will receive a total of more than NOK 2 billion over a ten-year period to produce world-class research.
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| 18.05.12 |
The top research groups in Norway are competing for status as Centres of Excellence (SFF centres) beginning in 2013. Twenty-nine applicants have been invited to participate in the final selection round.
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| 02.05.12 |
The process of deciding which new centres will receive funding from the Research Council’s SFF scheme has unfortunately been somewhat delayed compared to the schedule that was originally published. The outcome of the prequalification round will be announced in the middle of May. Applicants who reach the second round will have until 22 August to submit their final proposals.
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| 06.01.12 |
A simple video is now available which explains the Research Council of Norway’s grant application system and how applications are processed.
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| 01.11.11 |
Change in the timeline for handling of applications (SFF-III) The Research Council of Norway (RCN) received 139 applications for the call for proposals with deadline 8 Juni 2011. This is far more than expected. Appointing experts for the peer review process is an extensive task, since the
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| 15.08.11 |
Norwegian research has revealed that the immune system of cod is very different from other fish and from mammals – a discovery that may shed light on the human immune system as well.
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| 26.07.11 |
All eight of the Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF) launched in 2007 will retain their SFF status and receive funding for an additional five years.
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| 30.06.11 |
A record-breaking 139 applications for SFF status were received under this spring’s funding round for the Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF) scheme.
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| 24.06.11 |
How do our brains process memory and sense of orientation? Scientists are gaining insight by studying rats with implanted genes that prompt neurons to fire on command.
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| 03.03.11 |
Over the past decade there have been tremendous advancements in neuroscientific research. This is due in no small part to the work of 11 Norwegian research groups. Eight years ago they joined forces to form a major interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence (SFF).
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| 02.03.11 |
The funding period for the first 13 Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF) is drawing to a close. Now the Research Council is calling for proposals for new SFF centres.
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| 14.09.10 |
The Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF) scheme has been successful and has yielded long-term positive effects, according to a recently published evaluation report.
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| 30.10.09 |
The cod genome has now been sequenced. And it is only fitting that the star subject was a genuine Norwegian cod.
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| 20.10.09 |
Good research opportunities and attractive working conditions are bringing talented researcher recruits to Tromsø. Pavel Caha from the Czech Republic is pleased to have started his research career so far north. "There are lots of opportunities for doctoral fellows here," he says.
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| 21.02.08 |
Scattering one's efforts broadly across many disciplines can be irrational in the current incentive structure of science. Yet that is exactly how the researchers at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) in Oslo intend to find answers to some of the hitherto unanswered mysteries of biology.
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| 19.02.08 |
Our immune system is a fantastic defence mechanism. It consists of huge number of 'soldiers' that guard against interlopers. But why do these soldiers occasionally run amok, waging war on the very body they are supposed to defend?
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