Twelve universities of applied sciences are receiving one or more RAAK public grants of up to €375,000. The grant will enable lecturers and other researchers at these universities to spend two years working on solutions to a wide range of societal issues. They will do so in collaboration with public partners, such as hospitals, local authorities, water boards and provincial authorities.
The parties involved, including the universities of applied sciences themselves, will contribute up to €325,000. This means that the total project funding could amount to €700,000.
For this round of the RAAK public funding scheme, universities of applied sciences submitted a total of 59 applications last November, 20 of which were successful. The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences secured the most grants.
For instance, three research groups at the AUAS will be conducting research, in collaboration with eight local authorities in the Netherlands and Belgium, into so-called microhubs: local hubs that contribute to more sustainable urban transport and a more efficient use of scarce space.
The SIA coordinating body aims to connect researchers, institutions and businesses. In addition to RAAK-publiek, it also funds research in collaboration with SMEs (RAAK-mkb) and long-term research (RAAK-PRO).
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