Funding granted for 12 projects
The Programme Committee for Research Funding has granted a total of 8.2 MDKK for 12 research projects in 2023, of these five PhD projects. The PI gender balance is 5 male and 7 female.
The Research Council received 33 applications in total, applying for 30 MDKK, at the annual deadline in February.
The projects which have received grants from the Research Foundation in 2023 are:
Tórur Sjúrðarson: "Impact of statin withdrawal for exercise training adaptability in statin-dependent patients"
Project at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands - 875,000 DKK
Vár Honnudóttir: ”Social inequality in health in the Faroe Islands”
PhD Project at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands and the Public Health Agency – 585,000 DKK
Eina H. Eliasen: ”Predictors and consequences of aging: third wave of the Faroese Septuagenarians cohort”
Project at the National Hospital Research Unit – 650,000 DKK
Elsa Helmsdal: "Risk perception, awareness, and knowledge of contaminants in pilot whale: Lerning from 40 years of risk communication on the Faroe Islands”
PhD Project at the National Hospital Research Unit and the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands – 480,000 DKK
Arnfinnur Kallsberg: ”Pneumococcal serotypes in invasive disease and change in pneumococcal carriage and disease prevalence in the Faroe Islands”
PhD Project at Thetis and RUC – 650,000 DKK
Sonja Olsen: ”The transition from preschool to primary school, its requirements, and views on children’s learning on the Faroe Islands”
PhD Project at the Faculty of Education, University of the Faroe Islands – 500,000 DKK
Rob Thomas: ”Investigating the effects of light pollution and marine developments on nocturnal seabirds in the north-east Atlantic”
Project at Cardiff University and Eco-explore Community Interest Company in cooperation with the Envoronment Agency – 610,000 DKK
Debes H. Christiansen: “RASPOX – Rapid Amplicon Sequencing of Salmon Gill Poxvirus Genomes”
Project at the Faroese Food and Veterinary Authority – 630,000 DKK
Karin Margretha Húsgarð Larsen: ”The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the waters surrounding the Faroes”
PhD Project at Faroe Marine Research Institute, DMI and the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Faroe Islands – 860,000 DKK
Óluva R. Eidesgaard: Investigation of the groundwater potential in the Faroe Islands”
Project at Faroese Geological Survey – 735,000 DKK
Birgitta Andreasen: “Accessible deposition modelling tools for improved environmental planning”
Project at the Aquaculture Research Station – 800,000 DKK
Knud Simonsen: “Mapping of areas of intense wave-current interaction in Faroese waters”
Project at the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Faroe Islands – 855,000 DKK