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1. Funding opportunities in BIA –
RCN’s Support Scheme for User-
driven Research based Innovation
Trond Knudsen, R&I for Service Digitalisation,
Division for Innovation, RCN

2. Agenda
2
1
On BIA Research Based
Innovation
2
Innovation Project Calls
for Industry in BIA
3
BIA’s Portfolio and
Branch Distribution 2016
How does Innovation
Projects come alive?
4
5
Results of the BIA 2017
Call
6
Project Types / Schemes
and Upcoming Calls
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3. 1. On BIA Research Based Innovation
Open scope and open competition
No thematic priorities with pre-allocated budgets, but thematic complementary towards
other programmes
– Emphasis on value creation and cooperation
◦ Based on the business strategies of the companies
– Companies and research institutions cooperate
– International cooperation
◦ > 80 % of projects
– Triggers R&D investments in industry
◦ own funding and investors
– Strong SME involvement
◦ 60% of participating companies are SME
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4. BIA Selects the Best R&D Projects in the Business Sectors…
Research Level of innovation Strategically aligned
Commercial focus Value creationInternational
cooperation
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5. Health, care
and welfare
22 %
Sustainable
development
of society
17 %
Sustainable
industrial
development
25 %
Competitive
Norwegian
industry
36 %
2. BIA’s Portfolio and Branch Distribution 2016
594 mill. NOK
236 Innovation projects, 33 Knowledge-building projects
7 Ekspro-projects, 13 Restructuring projects, networks and other
Business Sectors Societal Challenges
Fisheries tech
4 %
Other services
6 %
Pharma,
medicine,
biotech
18 %
KIBS and ICT
18 %
Manufaturing
26 % Process industry
19 %
Construction
9 %
More than 60 % of
funds to companies
with 100 and less
employees
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6. New innovation projects 2018
6
• 46 new projects
–13 startups 0-4 years
–18 with companies w/ < 10 employees
–12 with companies w/ > 100 employees
–24 with companies new to R&D projects
• Two proposals on waiting list
35%
11%
9%
19%
4%
13%
9%
Branch distribution
Vareproduksjon
Tjenester
Prosess
IKT
Fiskeriteknologi
BIOMED
BAE
Goods
Services
Process industry
ICT
Fishery technology
BIOMED
Construction
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7. Phase 1
Expert evaluation
Phase 2
Administrative evaluation
Expert panel evaluation of 6
main criteria expert panel
Pre-assessment
Expert panel summary
• Rejected applications
• Applications not approved
before expert evaluation
Internal evaluation of 4
main criteria
Main evaluation
Phase 3
Selection criteria avaluation
Prioritizing
Eligibility check
Final evaluation
Not approved
Application
Programme
board meeting Approved
3. How does Innovation Projects come live?
The Evaluation Process
Internal evaluation of
selection criteria
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8. Expert Panel for assessing applications
• Combination of experts:
–R&D competence
–Innovation and business models
–Business experience and market knowledge
• Assessing the applications on site as a team
• Have to reach consensus in panel meeting
• More than 50% from industry
–Conflict of interest/bias is an important question
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9. Main assessment criteria
• Level of innovation
• Potential for value creation
for industrial partners
• Realization of the
innovation
• Level of research
• R&D project quality
• Implementation capacity
• Relevance of the research for innovation
• Other socio-economic benefits
• Additionality
• Quality of the application documents
• R&D-related risk
• International cooperation
• Dissemination and communication of results
• Relevance relative to the call for proposals
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10. 4. Results of the 2017 BIA Call
• 116 project outlines received
- half of them were developed into full proposals
• 178 proposals received
18 of these where rejected or transferred to other calls
• The BIA Programme Board decided on 160
proposals applying for 1 613 mill. NOK
• 46 proposals are invited to contract
negotiations, going on now
–Additional 2 proposals placed on a waiting list
• Total budget available: 483 mill. NOK
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11. 5. Snapshots from the BIA portfolio
Novelda XeThru Radar Technology
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12. Software for profiling tumor neo-antigens to empower cancer
immunotherapy
Company: OncoImmunity is a Norwegian bioinformatics company developing machine-learning methods for
interpreting genomics data from cancer biopsies
Project objective: To develop software which can profile a patient’s tumor and identify patients that are likely to
respond to immunotherapy. The software will be used by pharmaceutical companies and cancer hospitals to
select patients for clinical trials and will help empower and fast-track the unfolding immunotherapy revolution
Expected results: The company is collaborating with the Oslo University Hospital and Merck to demonstrate that
the the software can identify sarcoma patients who respond to the immunotherapy pembrolizumab
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13. Madshus ønsker å tilby bedre skiopplevelser til alle sine kunder.
Prosjektet skal med sensorer og moderne teknologi utvikle elektronisk teknikktrening, basert
på den enkeltes biomekaniske forutsetninger og ambisjonsnivå.
Gjennom forskningsbasert kunnskap og utvikling av nye teknologier vil prosjektet kunne bidra til
å skape unike kundeopplevelser basert på produkter og tjenester.
Madshus – Unike skiopplevelser basert på
intelligente ski og smart fabrikk
Dette skal bli et godt
eksempel på hvordan norsk
vareproduserende industri
kan utvikle og tilpasse seg i
et mer globalt og
konkurransedrevet marked.
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14. 6. Project Types / Schemes and Upcomming calls:
BIA Special Thematic Calls: A 2016-17 Example
 BIA’s main calls are open for near to all
industrial branches
 BIA also publishes Special Thematic Calls
 Example: 45 mill. NOK for R&D within
production technology in health
 Two Stage Application Process
 Deadline 21. Nov. 2016:
 11 Pre-projects funded
 Deadline 1. Sept. 16
 3 projects were granted funding of 41,5
mill. NOK in Nov. 2017
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15. Knowledge Building Projects for Industry
100 mill. NOK is targeted by BIA for 2019 to contribute to long-
term industry-oriented researcher training and competence
building in research communities in areas of high industrial
potential
 Applicant and contract holder is a research institute or a
university
 Cash contribution from companies min 20%
 70-80% support from RCN
 Project period 4-5 years
 Biannual calls
 Call for mandatory outline: Deadline 27th April 2018
 A planned call is published with deadline 12th Sept. 2018
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16. Innovation Projects for Industry
A total of 1 120 mill. NOK was targeted for 2018 throughout 9
different programmes towards innovation and sustainable value
creation in industry to stimulate R&D activity.
• A commercial company is required as applicant and contract
partner
• Cooperation with R&D partner(s) is mandatory
• Normal RCN support level is 35-40%
• Project period: 3 to 4 years
• A planned BIA call for proposals with deadline 10th Oct. 2018 is
now published with a tentative budget of 350 mill. NOK
• This call will be published in final version beginning of May
• Deadline for submitting voluntary, and highly recommended
Project Outlines for feedback is expected in august
Innovation
R&D project
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17. Research is profitable!
1 + 2 = 7
 BIA-projects yield significant
profits on R&D investments
 3 out of 4 businesses are or
will be commercialising their
results within 2 – 10 years
after ending their project
 The projects are significant
to the businesses’ ability to
compete, to grow, survival
and productivity
Møreforskning, 2017
The
Research
Council
The
Company
Value
Creation
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18. Thank You!
– as the architects of future value creation for a better society!
Trond Knudsen
Service digitalisation - BIA, IKTPLUSS
Division of Innovation
The Research Council of Norway
www.rcn.no
Tel. +47 917 03 728
tk@rcn.no
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