Climate change, cyber security, the ageing population: the Mission-Driven Top Sectors and Innovation Policy of the Dutch government puts major societal challenges on the agenda that require both technological and social innovation, with societal and economic impact as the starting point. This requires interdisciplinary collaboration (collaboration between researchers from different science domains: humanities, natural sciences and social sciences ) and multi-stakeholder collaboration (collaboration between governments, citizens, NGOs, knowledge institutions, financial institutions and industry; also referred to as the triple/quadruple helix approach).

The aim of this call is to develop knowledge and action perspectives that can be used to understand and successfully apply strategies for multi-stakeholder collaboration in complex societal challenges as formulated in the 25 missions of the Mission-Driven Top Sectors and Innovation policy . The following question is pivotal: How can collaborative forms and methods for mission-driven innovation systems, with the involvement of many different stakeholders, contribute to the missions and societal earning capacity?

Budget

Within the KIC 2020-2023, budget is available for research on cooperation in mission-driven innovation systems, in the context of the Knowledge and Innovation Agenda Social Earning Capacity. Interdisciplinary consortia including research institutes and public and private organisations can submit proposals with a total budget of at least € 750,000 and at most € 4,000,000.

Submit your project before June 21, 2022.

More information about this grant scheme can be found here.