Innovation NTNU startup receives 24 million NOK from the Research Council of Norway Towards the end of an exchange year at MIT, Lars Erik Fagernæs and two fellow students had an idea. Now the company is valued at nearly 100 million NOK. New funding from the Research Council allows them to continue growing. Research Communicator of the year: Inga Strümke! Our own Inga Strümke is awarded the Research Council’s Award for Excellence in Communication of Science 2023 for her work in communicating about artificial intelligence. This is the first time a researcher from NTNU has received this prestigious award.