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Netherlands Office for Science and Technology,
Embassy of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands in Beijing
October 2013
Research and Innovation
in the Netherlands
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Introducing Holland
• Constitutional monarchy (new King Willem-Alexander)
• Netherlands or Holland, names of two provinces, North/South Holland
• Located in Western Europe (bordering Germany, Belgium and UK)
• Over 33% of GDP derived from activities beyond its borders.
• Gateway to Europe: strategic location (160 mln consumers in 300 miles)
• The highest point is 321 metres and lowest
6.7 metres below sea level
Capital: Amsterdam 16.7 million people Currency: Euro (€) North-South 300 km West-East 200 km Total area: 33,800
km²
荷兰王国
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Introducing Holland
Did you know…
• That the official language is Dutch and approximately 75% of Dutch people speak English?
• That the Netherlands is a founding member of the EU, NATO and the OECD? City of The Hague: home to over 80 international organisations working in the fields of peace, justice and security.
• That Dutch people are the tallest people in the world. The average Dutchman: 1.82 metres, women: 1.69 metres?
• That the Netherlands already had 646,925 bicycles in 1912? Today: 16 million.
• That the Netherlands almost has 1,000 museums; the highest museum
density in the world?
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Research in Holland
• 14 research-oriented universities and 39 universities of applied science
• 666,859 higher education students and 100,563 R&D personnel
• Scientific output : 2.5% of world total publications (33,000 in 2011)
• Academic impact score: 1.44, 3rd position worldwide (1 is global average)
• High scoring fields of study:
- physics and material science: 1.79 - literature: 1.74 - information and communication sciences: 1.68 - basic life sciences: 1.57 - chemistry/chemical technology: 1.56 (source: www.wti2.nl)
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Research in Holland
Main research bodies: 1. higher education institutes (universities, university hospitals and
universities of applied sciences); 2. research institutes, including private non-profit institutes; 3. companies
Main funding sources: companies (48%) and government (40%)
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Main funding organisations
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
• Learned society of over 200 members (natural and social sciences) • 17 Research Institutes and 1,300 employees • Main focus on basic and strategic research
Source: KNAW
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
• National research council (equivalent to NFSC) • Main provider of competitive research funding in the Netherlands • Covering all scientific disciplines • 8 Research Institutes
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Sino-Dutch Framework
MoUs on Sino-Dutch Scientific Cooperation: The Netherlands: • The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) • The Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZ) • The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) • The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) China: • The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) • The Ministry of Education (MoE) • The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) • The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
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Sino-Dutch Cooperation
Inventory of current Sino-Dutch Scientific Co-operation
• Inventory commissioned by Dutch Ministry of Science, created by NWO
• Information about Dutch-Chinese research co-operation, listed by
scientific area, partner institution or type of co-operation
• 296 cooperation projects with China
• 214 MoUs between Dutch and Chinese scientific partners
• Main disciplines: Earth and Life Sciences, Social and Medical Sciences
http://dcc.nwo.nl
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Funding Opportunities
Main Sino-Dutch joint research programmes:
1. China Exchange Programme (CEP) (MoE, CAS, CASS, OCW, KNAW)
2. Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme (JSTP) (MoST, MoE,
CAS, CASS, OCW, KNAW, NWO)
3. NSFC-NWO Joint Research Projects (NSFC, NWO)
4. Science-Industry Co-operation (MoST, NWO)
5. Programme Scientific Strategic Alliances (PSA) (MoST, OCW, KNAW)
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Funding opportunities
China Exchange Programme (CEP)
• Modalities 1. Individual visits
• NL researcher to China: travel costs max. 1200 euro/visit • Chinese researcher to NL: daily allowance 1600 euro per month
2. Joint research project: funding up to 35.000,- euro/year
• Senior researchers affiliated with CAS, CASS, MoE (universities, institutes) • Annual deadline for applications: 15 September • Apply directly to the relevant Chinese counterpart organisation, i.e. CAS,
CASS, MoE
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Funding opportunities
Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme (JSTP)
• Budget: 1.6 mln euro annually, matched by Chinese counterparts
1. Dialogue Seminars (workshops)
2. Joint Research Projects:
2009: Integrated Water Management
2010: Energy – Biomass
2011: Health – Medical Devices for an Ageing Society
2012: Agriculture & Food: How to Feed the World?
• Procedure: Expressions of Interest (optional), Workshop and
Full Proposals
• 2014 call: Smart Energy for Smart Cities
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Funding opportunities
NSFC-NWO Joint Research Projects
• Budget: 1.6 – 2 mln euro annually, matched by NSFC
• 5 – 8 Joint Research Projects
• Joint Research Projects:
2010: Water Ways, Harbours, Estuaries and Coastal Engineering
2011: Plant Developmental Biology
2012: Operations Research in Urban Transport
2013 Call: Green Economy and/or Understanding Populations
multi-lateral Programme ANR-DFG-ESRC-NWO with NSFC
• Procedure: Workshop and Full Proposals
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Funding opportunities
Programme of Innovation Co-operation (PoIC)
• Aim: strengthen ties between four parties: MoST, NWO, the NL branch of a company, and the CN branch of a company
• Platform for a Sino-Dutch Partnership in Research and Innovation:
1. Brings together academic and industrial parties and identify common goals;
2. Define and select Joint Research Projects of mutual interest; 3. Perform excellent research within these projects.
• Focus on science-industry co-operation
• Priorities: LED, Semiconductors, Sustainable New Materials, Quality of
Health Care, Production and Safety of Food
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Funding opportunities
Programme of Innovation Co-operation (PoIC)
• The Joint Research Projects will be jointly funded by the four parties (each ¼ in cash)
• Budget: estimated to be 5 mln euro (42 mln RMB) per round plus in-kind contributions academic institutions and companies
Source: NWO
More information?
FURTHER INFORMATION ON SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION:
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands:
http://english.minocw.nl/english/science/index.html
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation:
http://www.government.nl/issues/enterpreneurship-and-innovation
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW):
http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/27/257.bGFuZz1FTkc.html
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO):
http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOA_7Q3RJS_Eng
Associations of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU):
http://www.vsnu.nl/Home-english.htm
Inventory of Dutch-Chinese Scientific Cooperation:
http://dcc.nwo.nl/
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