999 projects

WIDENING-Widening participation and spreading excellence

Hazards of microplastics to the marine ecosystem: A novel mesocosm approach to evaluate the dynamic and effects of microplastic on marine organisms' health

Microplastic debris pollution (MP), as a serious environmental problem worldwide, is responsible for most of the hidden marine plastic pollution, being found in organisms from algae to top predators. This innovative proposal (acronym: PlastHealth) will provide a comprehensive understanding of the...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

Hydrogen from Seawater Electrolysis

HySEas introduces an innovative approach to direct seawater electrolysis through the integration of a Bipolar Membrane (BPM), incorporating both a cation exchange layer akin to a proton exchange membrane (PEM) and an anion exchange layer similar to anion exchange membrane (AEM) as well as a water...

Awarded: NOK 11.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CL6-Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Sustainable Transformation Of Rural Communities via Technical, social and Organizational innovations

The sustainability challenges faced by rural communities in the European Union (EU) are multi-faceted, and empowering these communities to address them is crucial to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, since one-third of the EU population resides in rural areas and these areas house critical ecos...

Awarded: NOK 16.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Rogaland og 3 andre

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

dEvelopment of non-fluorinated COmponents for PEM fuel cells and water electrolysers

PEM water electrolysers (PEMWE) and PEM fuel cell (PEMFC) technologies currently rely on perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA)-based materials and components, which pose significant health and environmental risks due to the release of toxic fluorine groups during production and disposal. Moreover, ...

Awarded: NOK 9.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

WAterborne fedeRated systems and models for secuRe and resilieNt operations

The WARRaNT project will enhance the dependability, safety, security, and resilience of Waterborne Digital Systems (WDS) and Safe, Secure, and Resilient Operations of Digitalized Ships (SRODS). Leveraging advanced methodologies, the project integrates hazard and risk management with human factors...

Awarded: NOK 13.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage og 2 andre

MSCA-Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Building the nExT generaTion of marine Eco-friendly wind faRm

The demands on marine space in the EU and worldwide waters have never been greater, driven by the need to provide energy security, develop essential renewable energy infrastructure, create social and economic value and ensure the restoration and future resilience of marine biodiversity and ecosys...

Awarded: NOK 13.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo og 3 andre

MSCA-Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Developing climate-resilient and eco-sustainable railway earthwork by mitigating geohazards while balancing biodiversity

Developing climate-resilient and eco-sustainable railway earthwork by mitigating geohazards while balancing biodiversity

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

Direct seawater electrolysis technology for distributed hydrogen production

SWEETHY will develop an advanced technology for direct seawater electrolysis that will be able to produce H2 and O2 under intermittent conditions accounting for the coupling to renewable power sources (especially wind, PV). The electrolyser will be based on an anion exchange membrane (AEM) opera...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

TWINSHIP – INTEGRATED DIGITAL TWIN FRAMEWORK TO ENABLE GREEN SHIP OPERATIONS TOWARDS ZERO EMISSION VESSELS

The TwinShip consortium is spearheading an initiative to transform the maritime sector by creating an alliance of premier maritime technology, solution & service providers, ship design and shipping firms, classification societies, ports, software developers, and research and academic bodies. This...

Awarded: NOK 30.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage og 2 andre

MSCA-Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Upgrading geomaterials: from waste to resource

UPGRADE seeks to broaden the research scope of the involved teams, focusing on tackling key challenges in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. Specifically, it aims to pioneer innovative solutions for repurposing waste geomaterials generated by construction and mining industries worldwi...

Awarded: NOK 0.37 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

LinkIng and QUantifying the Impacts of climate change on inlanD ICE, snow cover, and permafrost on water resources and society in vulnerable regions

Recognising the central role played by snow, ice and permafrost in the global climate system, the LIQUIDICE project joins expert cryospheric observers and modellers to: i) comprehensively re-assess the past and future century-plus of climate-induced high impact changes to the Greenland ice sheet ...

Awarded: NOK 15.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo og 3 andre

EIC-The European Innovation Council (EIC)

ADAPTIVE OPTICAL METASURFACES FOR REAL-TIME, LABEL-FREE AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE 7D DIGITAL PATHOLOGY

Treatment decisions for many pathological conditions, including inflammatory, degenerative, autoimmune, infectious diseases, and cancer, are largely based on microscopy study of the surgically excised tissue specimens (histology). OPTIPATH provides a new paradigm for gathering objective optical t...

Awarded: NOK 14.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo og 2 andre

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

Efficient HV-electric modular battery and distribution systems for sustainable WAterborne VEssels

eWAVE brings together 18 research, technology and shipbuilding experts to mature High-Voltage (HV) technology for electric vessels for future uptake in European shipbuilding sector, using efficient HV electric modular battery and distribution systems. It will research, develop and demonstrate sol...

Awarded: NOK 10.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage og 2 andre

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

Scalable, Plug & Play and Modular DC Power Systems for low-emission Large Vessels

The use of fossil fuels and emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) from waterborne must be minimised as fast as possible to reach a climate-neutral society by 2050. A vital prerequisite of the decarbonisation is the rapid growth of low-carbon power sources and energy storage. To achieve this, the eff...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

WIDENING-Widening participation and spreading excellence

Centre of Excellence in Ocean Research and Engineering

The INESCTEC.OCEAN proposal will create a Centre of Excellence in Portugal's Ocean Research and Engineering fields, synergistically addressing Marine Structures, Marine Robotics, Ocean Energy and Ocean AI Digitalization domains. It is envisioned as an unprecedented space of science, technology, a...

Awarded: NOK 36.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CL1-Health

Fighting Addictions, improving Lives: COmprehensive drug rehabilitation with music

Objectives and ambition: Substance use disorder (SUD) is associated with a high global burden of disease, with 5.4% of all disability-adjusted life years lost due to alcohol and illicit drugs. Highly prevalent multimorbidity includes polysubstance use, mental health conditions, and other non-comm...

Awarded: NOK 48.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland og 3 andre

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

Advanced Sustainable Biofuels Production from Purified Microalgae and Oleaginous Yeasts via Integrated Solar Hydrothermal Liquefaction

SUNFUSION endeavors to comprehensively address a novel process of microalgae and oleaginous yeasts conversion into shipping and aviation biofuels, by advancing state-of-the-art core technologies: (i) innovative PBR and open raceway ponds for microalgae and yeasts cultivation and optimization; (ii...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CL6-Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Improving Monitoring for Better Integrated Climate and Biodiversity Approaches, Using Environmental and Earth Observations

The BioClima project, enhanced by EU-China collaboration, aims to revolutionise biodiversity and climate monitoring by merging advanced AI with ground and remote sensing data systems for deeper terrestrial ecosystem insights. It will develop harmonised monitoring systems across the EU and China, ...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage og 2 andre

CL6-Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Sustainable exploration and biodiscovery of novel products and processes from extreme aquatic microbiomes to expedite the circular bioeconomy

Microorganisms thriving in extreme environments are a largely untapped reservoir of enzymes, chemicals, and pharmaceutical compounds. Their unique metabolic pathways and regulatory mechanisms enable them to survive under harsh conditions and represent invaluable resources to produce innovative bi...

Awarded: NOK 20.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland og 3 andre

INFRA-Research infrastructures

URBAN simulation for AIr quality and heat Resilience strategies

The goal of UrbanAIR is to develop a new digital twin that supports decision-makers in urban areas to deal with urban design dilemmas in atmospheric heat and air quality to maximise the health and socio-economic well-being of its citizens affected by climate change. It will provide critical tools...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

Scientific insights into H2 combustion under elevated pressure conditions

InsigH2t aims to advance the current scientific understanding regarding the effect of pressure on the turbulent burning rate, thermoacoustic response, and emissions performance of premixed hydrogen flames under relevant gas-turbines operating conditions. Hydrogen, with its high diffusivity and re...

Awarded: NOK 15.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

Climate-resilient reGeneration and renaturing for, by and with vulnerable neighbourhoods, striving towards net-zero

ClimaGen will demonstrate how Climate-resilient regeneration and renaturing for, by and with vulnerable neighbourhoods, can help cities and regions in their transitions towards net-zero. 5 Demonstration cities (Belgrade, Gdansk, Tartu, Torino, and Trondheim), will implement 25% increased share of...

Awarded: NOK 39.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

Sustainable European sodium-ion batteries for stationary applications featuring improved PRocesses, Inherently safe and Non-Toxic materials

Sodium-ion batteries offer enhanced cost-effectiveness and sustainability, challenging the dominance of lithium batteries in the stationary energy storage sector. The SPRINT project will gather 8 industries, 2 SMEs and 8 academic partners (incl. one associated partner) for 46 months to optimise a...

Awarded: NOK 20.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestfold og 2 andre

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

LOWering underwater NOISE Radiation from waterborne transport

Underwater radiated noise (URN) by ships is one of main anthropogenic sources of noise in the marine environment. Transport by ship has been hailed as a green mean of transportation, at the same time, trapped under the water surface, the noise has been overlooked when considering the impact and t...

Awarded: NOK 32.1 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland og 5 andre

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

Beyond state of the art Efficiency by improving Balance of Plant components

The BeBoP project will achieve an overall increase in system efficiency and durability and a reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of fuel cell systems for heavy duty applications by providing for and incorporating improvements in key balance of plant (BoP) components - air compression and ...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

GUidelinEs for Safe and Sustainable-by-design systems based on reneWable Hydrogen

The transition to a hydrogen-based economy necessitates a paradigm shift in design approaches. Traditional engineering practices must be augmented with a holistic perspective that considers safety, environmental, social, and economic principles in the whole life cycle of the target system. The sa...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CL5-Climate, Energy and Mobility

RECYCLED METALS FOR ABOVEGROUND HYDROGEN STORAGE

The main objective of REMEDHYS is to advance the maturity of aboveground solid-state hydrogen storage solutions based on metal hydrides with hydrogen chemically bounded to the metals, and operation at ambient conditions. This is a compact and safe hydrogen storage method, and with significant adv...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

CL4-Digital, Industry and Space

Innovative electrochemical CO2 Conversion to Versatile Feedstock

ICO2NIC will couple developments in polymer membrane-based CO2 capture technology with a novel Gas Diffusion electrochemical cell for CO2 to formic acid conversion. Valorisation of formic acid via innovative biological processing routes will deliver high value products and materials. By making C...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CL6-Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Innovative solutions to reduce AQUAculture emissions and valorize sludge through PHOsphorus and NItrogen eXtraction

Aquaculture faces a dilemma. Population growth, food resource constraints and increasing recognition of environmental challenges related to food production position aquaculture as a key component of a healthy diet and sustainable food source. As a result, aquaculture is the fastest growing food i...

Awarded: NOK 88.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland og 7 andre

INFRA-Research infrastructures

Three Research Infrastructures together: Carbon Uptake Southern Ocean

The ocean is key in the global C cycle, taking up ca. 25% of the CO2 we emit, slowing climate change and giving us more time to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Ocean C Value Chain (VC) of observations, data QC & analysis delivers key information around this to decision makers such as th...

Awarded: NOK 14.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland