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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Netherlands Offices of Science and Technology (NOST) in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou

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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

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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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Thank you for your attention!

Netherlands Office for Science and

Technology in Beijing:

Email: beijing@nost.org.cn

Source: Nuon / Jorrit Lousberg