The Divisions follows up and develops the following:

• NTNU’s Research Excellence initiative, including the Outstanding Academic Fellows Programme, Onsager Fellowship Programme and more
• Research administration and support for externally funded research (primarily the Research Council of Norway and Horizon Europe) and innovation
• Processes to maintain and further develop research infrastructure and e-infrastructure at NTNU
• Research and innovation related initiatives and instruments
• Institutional and strategic collaborative agreements
• International collaboration
• The university alliances’ ENHANCE and Nordic Five Tech
• Management of the NORHED II programme
• Processes that promote and develop quality in doctoral education
• The quality report for research
• Open science
• Research Ethics Committee
• The Art Forum at NTNU
• Analyses on the research and innovation activities
• Competence development programs within research and innovation
• Programmes and initiatives for commercialization of research results, such as NTNU Discovery and NTNU Technology Transfer

FIE closely collaborates with the faculties and the other units in the joint administration.