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Research in Norway- Research Strategy for North America
Hans M Borchgrevink MD MHASenior adviserThe Research Council of Norway
Increased internationalization – a main priority in Norwegian R&D
Europe – participation in the EU framework programs (FP) since 1988, full member since 1994
Participation in several large facility programs and organizations (CERN, EISCAT, EMBL, EISCAT etc)
Long traditions in Nordic R&D-cooperation
Increased focus on bilateral R&D-cooperation with selected countries: USA, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and China
International R&D-cooperation
Between scientistsBetween institutionsBetween research programmes and directed internationalisation measuresBetween countries
Europe the main route North-America the strongest R&D-region Asia – the coming economic region
Norway’s new”Strategy for Scientific and Technological Cooperation with North America”launched Oct 2004 by the GovernmentTrans-atlantic R&D cooperation has long
traditionsThe strategy intends to
contribute to long-term escalation of R&D collaboration increase researcher mobility between Norway and the USA and Canadahelp enhance the quality of research and improve entrepreneurship and stimulate knowledge-based economic development in Norway
Which areas of R&D should be addressed?Potential R&D areas
includeEnergy, including hydrogen, CO2-sequestration, and new forms of energyOil & gasICTMaterials and nanotechMaritime technologyBiologi and biotechnology, including genomics, epidemiology and healthFood quality and safetyMarine technology, seafood
Climate researchPolar research Sustainable development and environmental impactSocial sciences including migration and multi-cultural societiesHumanities and cultureInternational politics, conflicts and peace processesDefense and terrorismSpace, including satelite and telecomunications
What’s in it for the USA and Canada?
Norway offers high-quality research frontline infrastructure
in several of these fields that might be of potential interest to US and Canadian researchers
Norway offers outstanding registries and databases
Areas focused in Norwegian R&D
Basic scienceR&D for Innovation
ICTMarin scienceMedicine and healthEnvironment and energyBiotechnologyMaterialsPetroleum
13 Norwegian centres of Excellence
Geohazards
Physics of geological processes
Study of Civil wars
Ships and ocean structures
Mathematics for applications
Biology of memory
Molecular biology and neuroscience
Centre and perifery in medieval Europe
Theoretical Linguistics
Integrated petroleum research
Aquaculture protein
Quality of Service in Communication Systems
Climate Research
RCN large-scale programmes
100 mill. NOK or more per year for a 10-year periodComprise basic and applied research and stimulate to innovation, value creation and commercialisationLong-term; a ten-year perspectiveSupport the national research policy – including the thematic prioritiesPromote multi- and interdisciplinarity, involve the divisions and be embedded in several sectors of societyA strong international approach
RCN large-scale programmes
Functional genomic research (FUGE) Nanotechnology and materials
(NANOMAT) Oil/gas- increased recovery and
efficient exploration (PETROMAX) Clean energy technology of the future
(RENERGI) ICT (VERDIKT) Aquaculture (HAVBRUK) Climate change and impacts in Norway
(NORKLIMA)
FUGEFunctional
Genomics in Norway
2002-2011
http:\\www.fuge.no
Foundation
Medical research
Marine research
Basic biologicalresearch (incl. bioinformatics)
Through regional, national and international efforts
High quality functional genomics research
Biobanks for health (2 plattforms)Bioinformatics (CBU)SNP technology (CIGENE) Microarrays (NMC)Proteomics (PROBE) Structural analysis (NORSTRUCT) Molecular imaging (MIC)Model organisms: o Transgene mice o Microbiology (CAMST)o Arabidopsis (NARC)o Zebrafish
Genomics (Salmon, Cod & Bovine)
FUGE: 13 Technology platforms
Which areas of R&D should be addressed? Norway is a small country with limited R&D resources. To get substantial impact, targeted funding should therefore operate in close cooperation with large programmes, CoEs and other established funding instrumentsScientific quality should be an essential criterion
The Research Council of Norway looks forward to increased R&D cooperation with USA and Canada