The main applicant and funding for 2022 in italics.

New projects 2022

• Improving riding schools’ knowledge base to enhance horse welfare and human-horse communication (Elke Hartmann, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)) 711 000 SEK
• Riding Schools as Future Learning Centers for an Environmentally Just Equine Sector and Broader Society (Susanna Hedenborg, Malmö University och Aage Radmann, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences) 985 000 SEK, 1 000 000 NOK
• Does the energy we are fuelling the horses actually break the engine? (Malin Connysson, Wången AB) 422 000 SEK
• Optimize canagliflozin doses – decrease hyperinsuliemiae and prevent laminitis (Carl Ekstrand, SLU och Cathrine Fjordbakk (Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)) 916 000 SEK, 429 000 NOK
• Genomic Characterization as a Tool Towards Sustainable Breeding of Nordic Native Horse Breeds (Susanne Eriksson, SLU och Peer Berg, NMBU) 976 000 SEK, 339 000 NOK

Ongoing projects

• Having a voice in the stable – a conditional right for young riders? (Karin Redelius, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences) 965 000 SEK
• Able to Ride – experiences of equine related sports and leisure activities among persons with intellectual disabilities (Marie Gustavsson, Linköping University) 910 000 SEK
• Cannabinoids – Safe feed, clean sport and future potential in horses (Matilda Lampinen Salomonsson, SVA) 264 000 SEK
• Diagnosis of parasitic diseases in horses using microfluidics and cell-phone based microscopy (Jonas Tegenfeldt, Lund University) 939 000 SEK
• From negative to positive – New diagnostic to determine the aetiology of unknown viral infections in horses (Anne-Lie Blomström, SLU) 751 000 SEK
• Drug Resistant Equine Roundworms   – novel methods for monitoring and control of resistant parasites (Eva Tydén, SLU) 948 300 SEK
• Measuring rein tension in Standardbred trotters: are we driving with a faulty brake? (Elke Hartmann, SLU) 533 000 SEK
• Possible formulation of a vaccine against Strongylus vulgaris (Caroline Fossum, SLU) 949 000 SEK
• Anatomical description of the neuro-central synchondrosis: the structure that can explain cervical vertebral myelopathy (”wobbler”) in young horses (Kristin Olstad, NMBU och Bjørnar Ytrehus, SLU) 1 299 000 NOK, 146 000 SEK
• In depth understanding and visualization of socio-economic effects of the horse industry: Extending the BI-horse model for Sweden and Norway (Tobias Heldt, Dalarna University och Grete Stokstad, The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research) 930 000 SEK, 670 000 NOK
• It’s all about the timing – teaching equestrian feel in practice (Anna Byström, SLU och Sigrid Lykkjen, NMBU) 596 000 SEK, 223 000 NOK

Ongoing projects – Special directed call

• FeNomen: Fertility in national Norwegian horse breeds (Ingrid H. Holmøy, NMBU) 1 156 000 NOK
• Implementation of horse-assisted interventions in Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (Elisabeth Haug, Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology) 990 000 NOK 
• Forages for horses from a feeding perspective (Cecilia Müller, SLU) 300 000 SEK