The Board of the Research Fund has completed the allocation of grants for new research projects for the year 2020.
Three projects led by Matís received grants for the year 2020 from the Research Fund; two project grants and one doctoral student grant.
Science and Mathematics:
Project title: Distribution of arsenic species by seaweed components, in particular arsenic lipids
Project manager: Ásta Heiðrún Elísabet PétursdóttirConcentration (thous.): 19,745 ISK
Engineering and technology:
Project title: ThermoExplore - Bioengineering study of the potential of aerobic thermophilic microorganisms for the production of valuable substances from renewable biomass
Project manager: Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson, Steinn Guðmundsson
Concentration (thous.): 18,624 ISK
Doctoral student grant:
Project title: Survey of the underground ecosystem of the volcanic island of Surtsey
Project manager: Pauline Anna Charlotte Bergsten
Concentration (thous.): 6,630 ISK