The objective of the scheme for Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) is to establish time-limited research centres which conduct concentrated, focused and long-term research of high international calibre in order to solve specific challenges in the field.
The Research Council will be introducing a stronger social science component into research on environment-friendly energy. To this end, three new FME Centres for Social Science-related Energy Research (FME Samfunn) will now be established.
Leading Chinese and Norwegian researchers in the field of climate and energy technology spent two days during the World Exhibition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai identifying areas for future research cooperation.
In the general world of research, men are far more likely than women to occupy senior positions. But at the Norwegian Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) the tables are being turned: three of the eight research centres are headed by women.