NTNU and the strategic area of marine og maritime research are currently in the process of positioning and building consortiums for making research proposals towards EU's 7th framework programme.
EU's sixth framework programme
Ambitions NTNU's ambitions concerning participation in the European research arena through the Framework Programmes are
Within each of The Strategic Areas NTNU aims to participate in at least one Integrated Project (IP) or Network of Excellence (NoE). Furthermore, NTNU will seek to increase the overall participation in the Sixth Framework Programme compared to the Fifth.
Fifth Framework Programme Marine and Maritime Technology had 17 projects in the Fifth Framework Programme, of which four Marie Curie Training Sites. These projects received totally 3,8 million €.
Sixth Framework Programme Marine research at NTNU so far has three projects in the Sixth Framework Programme (acronyms and project names):
- MARSTRUCT – NoE, Network of Excellence on Marine Structures
- DSS_DC – STREP, Decision Support System for Ships in Degraded Condition
- SEAFOODplus - IP, Health promoting, safe seafood of high eating quality in a consumer driven fork-to-farm concept.
Pillar 4: "Fish Lipid Oxidation"
