b'In POC1 for example we had 15 RI and 30 companies who jointly applied. By POC4 we received 61 applications from 31 different research institutions involving 69 companies. There was also wider sectorial spread and an improved balance of interventional themes (Prevent, Detect, Manage and Engineer) from POC1 to POC4.This fourth group of projects continues to address a wide range of sectors and challenges across health, hygiene, industrial processing, food, water, oral care, personal care, anaerobic digestion, waste and wastewater and biotechnology. Our total portfolio of funded projects is now 81 across diverse companies, sectors and research institutions. As our first two groups of awarded projects come to completion and mature, we are now looking to see their further progress and how NBIC can help. In the current Covid-19 affected science landscape we continue working with holders of active projects to understand how NBIC can be flexible and help them ensure their projects successfully complete.POC4 APPLICATIONSWATER IN THE ENVIRONMENT BUILDING 1%WATER IN THE ENVIRONMENT NATURE 1%DETECT 15% WASTE & WATER 4% BIOTECHNOLOGY 9%PREVENT 27% TECHNOLOGY 8% CHEMICAL, LAB REAGENTS & DEVICES 3%REGULATION 0% CLEAN GROWTH 3%ENGINEER 10% RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL 0%PERSONAL CARE 5% CLEANING 7%ORAL 0%OIL & GAS 1% COMPUTATION, MODELLINGMARINE 1% & BIOINFORMATICS 1%INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING 2%IMAGING 0%DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN& TESTING 10%MANAGE 48%HYGIENE 12%ENERGY & ANAEROBICDIGESTION 2%POC4 Applications byHERITAGE & CONSERVATION 1% ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION,Interventional theme DESIGN & FIXTURES 4%DETECT 12% FOOD & AGRICULTURE 4%PREVENT 32% HEALTH 19%ENGINEER 12%MANAGE 44%POC4 Awarded by Interventional theme44'