Rannsóknasjóður
22.12.2011
START fellowships (2012)
The Board of the Icelandic Research Fund has announced funding for eight START fellowships in 2012, cofunded by FP7 Marie Curie Actions.
A total of 48 MISK was awarded for the following projects:
| START fellow | Host institution | START grant type | Project | ISK |
| Filipa Isabel Pereira Samarra | Marine Research Institute | Incoming (co-funded) | Adaptability of foraging strategies of a top marine predator, the killer whale | 6.150 |
| Hanna Sisko Kaasalainen | University of Iceland | Without mobility | Speciation and bioavailability in geothermal waters | 6.236 |
| Hrefna Róbertsdóttir | National Archives | Outgoing (co-funded) | Communities and Settlement Culture in early modern Iceland | 6.490 |
| Kjartan Thor Wikfeldt | University of Iceland | Incoming (co-funded) | Molecular Modelling of Water | 5.390 |
| Margrét Helga Ögmundsdóttir | University of Iceland | Incoming (co-funded) | The Mechanism of TORC1 Activation in Melanoma: A Role of Proton-assisted Amino acid Transporter 1 (PAT1) and Microphthalmia associated transcription factor (MITF) | 6.390 |
| Snævarr Sigurðsson | deCODE Genetics | Incoming/Reintegration (co-funded) | Identification of risk factors of autoimmune diseases | 6.390 |
| Ute Schiffel | Reykjavik University | Incoming (co-funded) | Analyzing Software Encoding Techniques: ASET | 6.378 |
| Viðar Pálsson | The Arni Magnusson Institute | Incoming (co-funded) | Power and Political Violence in Medieval Iceland | 4.640 |
Principal Investigator Facilities Co-proposers Project ISK Filipa Isabel Pereira Samarra Marine Research Institute Incoming (co-funded) Adaptability of foraging strategies of a top marine predator, the killer whale 6.150 Hanna Sisko Kaasalainen University of Iceland Without mobility Speciation and bioavailability in geothermal waters 6.236 Hrefna Róbertsdóttir National Archives Outgoing (co-funded) Communities and Settlement Culture in early modern Iceland 6.490 Kjartan Thor Wikfeldt University of Iceland Incoming (co-funded) Molecular Modelling of Water 5.390 Margrét Helga Ögmundsdóttir University of Iceland Incoming (co-funded) The Mechanism of TORC1 Activation in Melanoma: A Role of Proton-assisted Amino acid Transporter 1 (PAT1) and Microphthalmia associated transcription factor (MITF) 6.390 Snævarr Sigurðsson deCODE Genetics Incoming/Reintegration (co-funded) Identification of risk factors of autoimmune diseases 6.390 Ute Schiffel Reykjavik University Incoming (co-funded) Analyzing Software Encoding Techniques: ASET 6.378 Viðar Pálsson The Arni Magnusson Institute Incoming (co-funded) Power and Political Violence in Medieval Iceland 4.640 Total (thousand ISK): 48.064


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