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
