The Norwegian Research Council has awarded 400 million Norwegian kroner (€52.5m) to 45 innovation projects.
The money is allocated through the Programme for User-Driven Research Based Innovation (BIA), the Research Council of Norway’s key competitive arena for industry.
In total 45 projects will receive funding over the next four years. The projects extend across many different fields, ranging from the building and construction sector to wholesale and retail, and to ICT and biomedicine.