Every year the Norwegian Government, through the Norwegian Research Council (NRC), hand out grants of 1 million NOK each.

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Engage and NTNU School of Entrepreneurship announces this year's event the 29th of April. One lucky winner will also be invited to join Stage Two, the first pan-European competition for the best startups spinning out of leading European universities.

The biggest benefit of winning Stage two is not just the money and interests, although that is important for future growth, but it gives the project credibility and make us known in all of Europe, and the affirmation itself is what is most important for Aviant.

In the recent student start-up contest StageTwo in Berlin, start-ups from NTNU went all the way to the top in strong competition from other start-ups from all over Europe.

This autumn Engage has started the CHIC project which includes several work packages, including one that focuses on spreading Spark*.

When talking to the people who build and facilitate transportation in Norway, an overwhelming majority say that they need innovative and entrepreneurial competence in the industry, leader of Konnekt Basit Mohammad says.

- We believe that by incorporating real business problems in education it will better prepare the students for working life and give them a better understanding of how their field is used in business context

Legitimacy is not static, it is developed through a process. Startups can influence this process, which means that they can be strategic about how they build legitimacy.

On September 30th, Spark* hosted their annual Join a Startup Night (JASUN). This is an event for student startups to pitch their ideas to fellow peers, as well as being an event for students interested to join one of the attending startups.

To solve a problem, you must be able to really see the problems around you, that is the essence of design thinking. – I think the problems arounds circular economy and reusable products are often overlooked, but I feel it is very important to focus on.