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  • 07 September 2017

    Did you know that tap water can contain other people’s medication?

    Czech researchers found 45 different types of medicines in samples from a river that will be turned into drinking water for the Prague region. Together with Norwegian scientists, they now search for methods to keep the drugs out of your drinking water.

    Programme: CZ09: The Czech – Norwegian Research Programme
    Project: CZ09-0013: Assessing water quality improvement options concerning nutrient and pharmaceutical contaminants in rural watersheds
    Project status: Completed
    Funded by : Norway Grants
    Sector: Research and Scholarship
    Programme areas: Research
  • 10 August 2017

    Rolling into the Czech labour market

    The message to Czech employers is quite obvious: It’s not your head that’s not working if you’re sitting in a wheelchair, it’s your legs.

    Programme: CZ07: EEA Scholarship Programme; Bilateral Scholarship Programme
    Project: CZ07-0027: The transition of physically handicapped graduates to the labour market
    Project status: Completed
    Funded by : Norway Grants
    Sector: Research and Scholarship
    Programme areas: Scholarships
  • Latvia flag Latvia 25 January 2017

    Can your healthy breakfast get even healthier?

    Latvian and Norwegian researchers are working together to explore the health benefits of hull-less cereals.

    Programme: LV05: Research and scholarships
    Project: LV05-0002: Innovative approach to hull-less spring cereals and triticale use from human health perspective
    Project status: Completed
    Funded by : Norway Grants
    Sector: Research and Scholarship
    Programme areas: Research
  • Romania flag Romania 21 November 2016

    Studying the past to benefit the future

    Together, the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) are building the first historical population database of Transylvania. 

    Programme: RO14: Research within priority sectors
    Project: RO14-0023: Historical Population Database of Transylvania 1850-1914
    Project status: Completed
    Funded by : EEA Grants
    Sector: Research and Scholarship
    Programme areas: Research
  • Poland flag Poland 07 October 2016

    Research reduces noise pollution

    With support from Norway, Gdansk Technical University in Poland and the Norwegian Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF) have worked together to reduce noise pollution from older vehicles.  

    Programme: PL12: Bilateral Research Cooperation
    Project: PL12-0110: Low Emission Optimised tyres and road surfaces for electric and hybrid vehicles (LEO)
    Project status: Completed
    Funded by : Norway Grants
    Sector: Research and Scholarship
    Programme areas: Research
  • Romania flag Romania 20 September 2016

    Telling the stories of Roma

    In Romania, a project funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the Romanian ‘Research Cooperation’ programme, aims to raise awareness of cultural identities by documenting the oral history of Roma.

    Programme: RO14: Research within priority sectors
    Project: RO14-0021: The Untold Story. An Oral History of the Roma People in Romania
    Project status: Completed
    Funded by : EEA Grants
    Sector: Research and Scholarship
    Programme areas: Research
  • Romania flag Romania 12 July 2016

    Technology for better health

    Levelling up and unlocking missions – a project supported through the Research programme in Romania seeks an alternative approach to fighting depression.

    Programme: RO14: Research within priority sectors
    Project: RO14-0025: Dcombat: A Computerized Preventative and Therapeutic Intervention for Depression
    Project status: Completed
    Funded by : EEA Grants
    Sector: Research and Scholarship
    Programme areas: Research
  • Spain flag Spain 10 June 2016

    Cheaper solar cells with nanotechnology

    A joint Spanish-Norwegian research project aiming to use nanotechnology in developing cost-effective materials for use in solar cells and batteries has laid the foundation for future cooperation between Spanish and Norwegian researchers.

    Programme: ES07: EEA Scholarship Programme
    Project: ES07-0018: Sustainable oxide materials and nano-structuresfor energy related applications (SUSOX)
    Project status: Completed
    Funded by : EEA Grants
    Sector: Research and Scholarship
    Programme areas: Scholarships
  • Poland flag Poland 28 October 2015

    Exploring climate change and the Arctic

    What effect does climate change have on the Arctic ecosystem? With support from Norway, Polish and Norwegian researchers have joined forces to develop a better understanding of the implications of ocean warming.

    Programme: PL12: Bilateral Research Cooperation
    Project: PL12-0089: POLNOR - The Changing Ocean of the Polar North
    Project status: Completed
    Funded by : Norway Grants
    Sector: Research and Scholarship
    Programme areas: Research
  • Poland flag Poland 20 August 2015

    Better quality of life for wheelchair users

    What does your gym do to adapt their facilities to help wheelchair users to take part in activities? Physiotherapy student Łukasz Kozłowski from Poland and Ásta Jónsdóttir from Iceland tried to move around in wheelchairs one day to better understand the challenges.

    Programme: PL10: EEA Scholarship Programme; Norwegian-Polish Scholarship Programme
    Project: PL10-0011: Adapted Physical Activity - theory and practice
    Project status: Completed
    Funded by : EEA Grants
    Sector: Research and Scholarship
    Programme areas: Scholarships