An NWO—SenterNovem joint venture

Smart Mix

Key target : Cooperation
Secretariat : AgentschapNL
Participants : NWO
Apply : No, the subsidy is closed for applications

Objective

Smart Mix (www.senternovem.nl/smartmix/english/) has two related goals:

  • creating economic, social and cultural value (valorisation)
  • strengthening focus and critical mass in outstanding scientific research

Smart Mix promotes economic, social and cultural innovation that allows the Netherlands to excel (inter)nationally. To achieve this companies and/or social organisations work together with knowledge institutions on highly diverse subjects. The Smart Mix programme is aimed at creating value and at focus and critical mass in excellent scientific research. The whole knowledge chain is being used, from fundamental and applied research to precompetitive development.

Application

Who can apply

Consortia of researchers and knowledge users: scientific institutions; HBO institutions; R&D departments of small and large companies; MKB; cultural and social organisations.

Examples of consortia can be found at www.senternovem.nl/smartmix/english/.

What can be applied for

The programme accepted proposals. The best proposals were approved. The expected average programme costs vary between 3 and 10 million euro a year for the duration of 4-8 years. A maximum of 60% of the total fundable costs of a research proposal is eligible for subsidy through Smart Mix.

Selection

Additional information

Budget

The budget for 2006 was 98,800,000 euro. Seven excellent proposals were accepted.

Financiers

Ministries of OCW and EZ.

Contacts

Documentation

no documentation available