Approved grants 2022
In the call for applications of 2022 there were five new and thirteen ongoing projects that were granted funding.
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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