Internasjonal sammenlikning av finansiering av næringsrettet forskning og utvikling

In this context, funding of industry-oriented research means either direct funding of r&d in private enterprises themselves or funding of projects where the content is controlled by the enterprises.
The principle of ´user-driven´ funding has been given much emphasis in the development of industry-oriented r&d in Norway in the recent decades. The principle implies that collaborative r&d projects between research institutions and industry are directed towards problems or research questions defined by the industrial participants in the project.