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NORWAY: SCIENCE POLICY and RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS

 

 

  Government & Institutes  1

 

  Universities & Institutes  3

 

  Polytechnics  6

 

..Centers of Excellence  8

 

  Centers of Innovation  8 

 

  Miscellaneous 9

 

 

The objective of this document/file is to allow research oriented parties a quick scan of the 'landscape of science policy and research organisations'  in Norway. Starting with the governmental organisations, the responsible Ministries, the organisational lines and links are followed until the individual research organisations in steps. Blue underlined text signifies direct www access by hyperlink. The inventory may not be considered to be conclusive.

 

All information is or was publicly available on the internet.

 

 

2007, May 28th.

 

Government & Institutes

Norges Forkningråd www.forskningsradet.no 

Senter for fremragende forskning   www.forskningsradet.no/sff   

·       BFD Barne- og familiedepartementet  Ministry of Children and Family Affairs http://odin.dep.no/bfd/

-       SIFO Statens Institutt for Forbruksforskning National Institute for Consumption Research  www.sifo.no/

·       FIN Finansdepartementet  Ministry of Finance http://odin.dep.no/fin

-       Statistisk Sentralbyrå Central Office for Statistics www.ssb.no

·       FID Fiskeridepartementet  Ministry of Fisheries http://odin.dep.no/fid

-       IMR Havforskningsinstituttet Marine Research Institute www.imr.no

·       KUF Kirke-, utdannings- og forskningsdepartementet Ministry of Church Affairs, Education and Research http://odin.dep.no/kuf/

-       DNMI Norske Meteorologiske Institutt Norwegian Meteorological Institute www.dnmi.no

-       NLS Nasjonalt Læremiddelsenter National Center for Educational Resources www.nls.no  

-       Norske Universitetsråd Norwegian Council of Universities www.sol.no/forskningsradet

-       NOVA Norsk Institutt for Forskning om Oppvekst, Velferd og Aldring  Norwegian Institute for Research on Youth, Welfare and Aging www.isaf.no/NOVA/

-       NUPI Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt  Norwegian Foreign Affairs Institute www.nupi.no

-       NVI Norsk voksenpedagogisk Forskningsinstitutt  Norwegian Adult Education Institute www.nvi.no

-       SOFF Sentralorganet for Fjernundervisning på Universitets- og høgskolenivå  Executive Board for Distance Education at University and College Level www.uit.no/soff/

-       SOR Samisk Utdanningsråd Sami Education Council www.sor.no

·       KD Kulturdepartementet Ministry of Culture http://odin.dep.no/kd/

-       NFI Norsk Filminstitutt Norwegian Film Institute www.nfi.no

-       Riksarkivet National Archive www.riksarkivet.no

·       MD Miljøverndepartementet  Ministry of Environment Protection http://odin.dep.no/md

-       NPOLAR Norsk Polarinstitutt Norwegian Polar Institute www.npolar.no

·       NHD Nærings- og handelsdepartementet Ministry of Industry and Trade http://odin.dep.no/nhd/

-       TI Teknologisk Institutt  Institute of Technology www.teknologisk.no

-       NGU Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse  Geological Survey of Norway www.ngu.no

·       KRD Kommunal- og regionaldepartementet  Ministry of Local and Regional Affairs http://odin.dep.no/krd

-       Statens Arbeidsmiljøinstitutt National Work Environment Institute http://www.stami.no/

·       SGD Sosial- og helsedepartementet  Ministry of Social Affairs and Health http://odin.dep.no/shd/

-       SIFA Statens Institutt for Alkohol- og narkotikaforskning  National Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research http://www.sifa.no

 

Universities & Institutes

·       Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitet - Norwegian University of Science and Technology www.ntnu.no

-       AL Aerodynamics Laboratory  www.ivt.ntnu.no/ept/Laboratories/Aerodynamic-lab.php

-       ENGAS Cleaning up CO2 - ENGAS Lab Facilities  www.ntnu.no/engas/labs/index.htm

-       Laboratory facilities www.iet.ntnu.no/en/lab

-       LALPL Language Acquisition and Language Processing Lab www.ntnu.no/portal/page/portal/eksternwebEN/aboutntnu/facultiesanddepartments/hf/isk?menuSectionId=5968

-       MCLAb Marine Cybernetics Laboratory www.itk.ntnu.no/marinkyb/MCLab/index.html

-       MIDGARD Midgard Media Lab  www.ntnu.no/midgard/

-       NTNU Sealab www.ntnu.no/ntnumarin/sealab

-       Supercomputing Project  http://notur.ntnu.no

-       Remotelab www.remotelab.ntnu.no

-       WT Wireless Trondheim  www.tradlosetrondheim.no/index.php?la=en

 

·       Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap - UMB - Norwegian University of Life Sciences  www.umb.no

Nat. alliances

-       Alliance between UMB and www.veths.no

-       Food Science Alliance: UMB, www.matforsk.no

-       NOVA  nova.umb.no/aqua  and www.nova-university.org

-       Strategic collaboration with cooperative farmer's organisations: UMB/NVH and the Norwegian Farmer's  Association (Norges bondelag), the Norwegian Farmer's and Small-holder Union (Norsk bonde- og småbrukarlag) and the Norwegian Agricultural Cooperative (Norsk landbrukssamvirke)

-       Triple alliance: UMB, NVH and University of Oslo (UiO) www.uio.no

International alliances

-       NORAD programme for Master Studies www.umb.no/?viewID=1164 

-       Noragric www.umb.no/noragric

-       NOVA (a 7 member alliance) www.nova-university.org

-       Quota Scheme www.umb.no/?viewID=1132 

-       UMB's North-South cooperation: www.umb.no/?viewID=20973

 

·                Universitetet i Bergen - University of Bergen www.uib.no

-       AKSIS  Aksis  (culture, language and information technology) www.aksis.uib.no/

-       BCCS Bergen Center for Computational Science  www.bccs.uib.no

-       BCPL Bergen Computational Physics Laboratory www.bccs.uib.no/bcpl

-       CBU  Computational Biology Unit www.bccs.uib.no/cbu

-       CMU  Computational Mathematics Unit www.bccs.uib.no/cmu

-       Parallab  High performance computing laboratory www.parallab.uib.no

-       ARC  Alpine Research Center - Finse  http://biologi.uio.no/fellesavdelinger/finse

-       BORA Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities https://bora.uib.no

-       BRL  Broegelmann Research Laboratory www.uib.no/Broegelmann

-       CHI Center for International Health  www.cih.uib.no

-       CROP Christian Michelsen Research  www.crop.org  

-       fMRI  Bergen fMRI Group http://fmri.uib.no

-       IER  International Migration and Ethnic Relations www.svf.uib.no/sfu/imer

-       IM InterMedia -  www.intermedia.uib.no/ 

-       JGOFS - Joint Global Ocean Flux Study www.wdc-mare.org/projects/jgofs/Home_Frame.html

-       NFG National geriatric dissemination centre www.uib.no/isf/nfg/nfgeng.htm

-       NERSC Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center www.nersc.no

-       NMA Nordic Marine Academy www.bio.uib.no/nma

-       ROKKAN  Rokkan Centre - Center for Interdisciplinary Social Studies www.rokkansenteret.uib.no

-       SARS Sars International Centre for Molecular Marine Biology  www.sars.no www.sars.no

-       SEK Centre for Cultural Research www.sek.uib.no

-       SELMER Selmer Center www.selmer.uib.no

-       SKOK Centre for Women and Gender Research http://skok.uib.no

-       SMI Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies  www.smi.uib.no

-       SMR Centre for Studies of Environment and Resources www.uib.no/smr

-       ST Research Group for Language Technology http://spraktek.aksis.uib.no

-       SVF - Centre for Development Studies www.svf.uib.no/sfu

-       TT Research Group for Text Technolog http://teksttek.aksis.uib.no

-       UNIFOB (partner for conducting externally funded research and development projects) www.unifob.uib.no

-       UniFob NS  Unifob Natural Sciences http://natvit.unifob.uib.no

-       VIRUS Centre of Virology www.uib.no/virus

-   Other

-       Bergen Museum     http://bergenmuseum.uib.no 

-       Bergen Technology Transfer AS http://bergento.no

-       Library University of Bergen   www.ub.uib.no 

-       Sarsia Innovation AS www.sarsia.com

·           Universitetet i Oslo - University of Oslo www.uio.no

-       CCB Centre for Cancer Biomedicine 

-       CIR Centre for Immune Regulation 

-       CMA Centre of Mathematics for Application  www.cma.uio.no

-       CMBN Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience  www.cmbn.no

-       CSMN  Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature   www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/forskning/forskningsprosjekter/csmn

-       PGP Centre for Physics of Geological Processes  www.fys.uio.no/pgp

 

·           Universitetet i Stavanger - University of Stavanger www.uis.no

-       IRIS International Research Institute of Stavanger www.irisresearch.no\

 

·           Universitetet i Tromsø - University of Tromsoe www.uit.no

-       CASTL - Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics  http://uit.no/castl/849

-       CIH Centre for International Health  http://uit.no/sih/918

-       CPS - Centre for Peace Studies   http://uit.no/cps/3285

-       CRET - Centre for Research in the Elderly in Tromsø  www.fm.uit.no/info/ikm/sat/center_for_research_in_the_elder.htm

-       CSS Centre for sámi studies  www.uit.no/ssweb/indexen.htm

-       Kvinnforsk - The Centre of Women's Studies  www.skk.uit.no/

-       NAFKAM: The National Research Center on Complementary and Alternative Medicine  http://uit.no/nafkam/omnafkam

-       NHDC Norwegian Historical Data Centre  www.rhd.uit.no/indexeng.html

-       NSBC  Norwegian Structural Biology Centre  http://uit.no/norstruct/home/2

-       RACAR The Roald Amundsen Centre for Arctic Research    http://uit.no/amundsen/438

-       SIH - Centre for International Health  http://uit.no/sih/918

-       SEMUT Centre for Environment and Development Studies www.uit.no/semut/index-eng.htm

-       Tromsø Geophysical Observatory  http://uit.no/tgo/instituttet/1

-   Other:

-       Tromsø University Museum  http://uit.no/tmu/152

-       University Library of Tromsø www.ub.uit.no/northernlights

 

Polytechnics

-       Agder College www.hia.no

-       Akershus College www.hiak.no

-       Alesund College www.hials.no

-       American College of Norway - American College of Norway www.americancollege.no

-       Bergen College www.hib.no

-       BodCollege www.hibo.no

-       Buskerud College www.hibu.no

-       Diakonhjemmets høgskolesenter - Diakonhjemmet Hospital and College, Osl www.diakonhjemmet.no

-       Dronning Mauds Minne Høgskole - Dronning Mauds Minne Høgskole for Førskolelærerutdanning - Queen Maud's College of Early Childhood Education www.dmmh.no

-       Finnmark College www.hifm.no

-       Gjovik College http://hig.no

-       Handelshøyskolen Bi - Norwegian School of Management Bi www.bi.no

-       Harstad College www.hih.no

-       Hærens Ingeniørhøgskole - Norwegian Army College of Engineering, www.hih.mil.noColleges

-       Hedmark College www.hihm.no

-       Kulturvernakademiet - Academy of Cultural Heritage http://home.sol.no/~toeggen

-       Lillehammer College www.hil.no

-       Luftkrigsskolen - Luftkrigsskolen www.lksk.mil.no

-       Mediehøgskolen Gimlekollen Mediesenter - Gimlekollen School of Journalism and Communication (GSJC) www.mediehogskolen.no

-       Misjonshøgskolen - Misjonshøgskolen Teologisk Fakultet www.misjonshs.no

-       Molde College www.hiMolde.no

-       Narvik College www.hin.no

-       Nesna College www.hinesna.no

-       Nord-Trondelag College www.hint.no

-       Norges Handelshøyskole - Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration www.nhh.no

-       Norges musikkhøgskole - Norwegian State Academy of Music www.nmh.no

-       Norges veterinærhøgskole - Veterinary College of Norway www.veths.no

-       Norsk Lærerakademi - Norwegian Teachers Akademy www.nla.no

-       OslMerkantile høyskole - OMH Business School www.omh.no

-       OslCollege www.hioslo.no

-       Ostfold College www.hiof.no

-       Polytekniske Høgskolen - Polytechnicum www.hs.nki.no

-       Rogaland Vernepleierhøgskole - Rogaland Vernepleierhøgskole www.rlvphs.no

-       Sámi allaskuvla - Samisk høgskole - Saami College www.samiskhs.no

-       Sogn and Fjordane College www.hisf.no

-       Sor-Trondelag College www.hist.no

-       Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole - National College of Art and Design http://samson.shks.no

-       Stord/Haugesund College www.hsh.no

-       Telemark College www.hit.no

-       Tromsoe College www.hitos.no

-       Vestfold College www.hive.no

-       Volda College www.hivolda.no

 

Centers of Excellence

There are 21 Norwegian Centers of Excellence.

1.    BCCR Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR)  www.bjerknes.uib.no

2.    CBM Centre for the Biology of Memory (CBM) www.ntnu.no/eksternwebEN/Ece2PortalUrl?sectionId=9866

3.    CeSOS Centre for Ships and Ocean Structure (CeSOS) www.cesos.ntnu.no

4.    CIPR Center for Integrated Petroleum Research  www.uib.no/cipr

5.    CMS Senter for middelalderstudier  www.uib.no/cms

6.    CQ2SCentre for Quantifiable Quality of Service (Q2S) www.q2s.ntnu.no

7.    CCB Centre for Cancer Biomedicine

8.    CEES Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis  www.cees.no coordinotor EcoClimate prg  www.cees.no/ecoclim

9.    CIR Centre for Immune Regulation

10.CSMN Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature   www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/forskning/forskningsprosjekter/csmn 

11.ESOP Equality, Social Organization and Performance - Confronting theory with the Nordic Lessons  www.esop.uio.no

The other CoE are among the centers listed at the universities. As it is not always clear if it is a local initiative Center of Excellence or a National Center of Excellence, this list ends here (for the time being).

Centers of Innovation

·       CIO Website for the Centre for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry (CIO) www.ntnu.no/iocenter

·       CMA Centre of Mathematics for Applications  www.cma.uio.no  

·       CMBN Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience  www.cmbn.no 

·       MILab Website for Medical Imaging Laboratory for Innovative Future Healthcare (MILab) www.ntnu.no/eksternweb/Ece2PortalUrl?sectionId=8217

·       SIMlab Website for Structural Impact Laboratory (SIMlab www.ntnu.no/simlab

·       PGP Centre for Physics of Geological Processes (PGP)  www.fys.uio.no/pgp

Miscellaneous

·       WIRD Research in Water Imbalanced Related Disorders (research on disorders such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, stroke, migraine, epilepsy, and cancer) www.cmbn.no/wired