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Apply for subsidy advanced shared research equipment, open call till the end of 2024
Equipment for research is often expensive, yet it is hardly ever used to its full capacity. To address this challenge, Wageningen University & Research – Shared Research Facilities (SRF) provides companies and institutes the possibility to invest in shared advanced research equipment, based on a subsidy scheme provided by Region Deal Foodvalley. Equipment can be housed by Wageningen University & Research as well as external parties, ensuring its presence at the preferred location.
Benefits of sharing
Sharing facilities is a proven method to make advanced research equipment available and cost-effective for organisations (working in the field of healthy food and living environments), in order to maximise capacity and accelerate innovation. Due to investments made in recent years, the total number of devices open for sharing via SRF has increased to 97 devices, both housed by WUR as well as small and large companies. As much as 63 external parties make use of SRF-equipment, in this way expanding their own lab.
Conditions for applying for a shared subsidy
- The investment concerns innovative advanced research equipment in the protein transition, food & health and/or circular agrifood domains and is shared via open access.
- The investment benefits organisations in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Utrecht and will be realised in collaboration with Wageningen University & Research.
- The investment enables organisations to shorten time to market and optimise efficiency during the innovation process.
- The facility will also be made accessible to other organisations at a market price.
- Open call till the end 2024.
Contact the Shared Research Facilities team within WUR
Wageningen University & Research - Shared Research Facilities make state-of-the-art research facilities accessible to researchers from universities, research institutes and businesses on or off Wageningen Campus. If you want to know more about how Shared Research Facilities could benefit your organisation or if you intend to apply for a subsidy, please contact us.
Shared Research Facilities is supported by the Province of Gelderland and the Region Deal Foodvalley. The subsidy scheme from Region Deal Foodvalley stimulates companies and institutes to realise research equipment in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Utrecht.