KIEM GOCI AWARDS 19 PROJECTS

With the KIEM GoCI scheme, the Taskforce for Applied Research SIA is stimulating 1-year exploratory studies in which designers, makers and creative organisations collaborate with Dutch knowledge institutions within the context of social issues. All applications from the 3rd and final collection moment of the 2020-2021 submission round have recently been assessed. 19 projects have been awarded funding.

The role of the creative industries is growing

The current coalition agreement underlines the growing role of the creative industries in social issues. ‘The government plans to structurally invest €170 million in the creative and cultural sector and to involve the creative sector more in social issues. With the projects that have been awarded funding, the GoCI programme is already showing the potential of that involvement,’ says Wietske van den Heuvel, programme manager at Taskforce for Applied Research SIA. A logical next step is a new KIEM GoCI round: KIEM GoCI 2022-2023. It will open in April. The budget is made available by CLICKNL and SIA.

‘CLICKNL is happy to contribute to this new round again’, says Bart Ahsmann, director of CLICKNL. ‘The KIEM GoCI scheme offers creative professionals the opportunity to tackle knowledge questions with universities of applied sciences and universities. They can gain insights in practice, for example around influencing behaviour or participation, and research new methodologies. This knowledge is important for the creative industries, so that they can continue to respond to current and future challenges.’

The awarded projects

• Promoting sleep, comfort and privacy for very ill patients with the Maya: a pilot study into feasibility and experiences – Radboudumc
• Biomimicry in marketing – Avans University of Applied Sciences
• Towards a visual verdict – HAN University of Applied Sciences
• Neighbourhood Movement Map – Fontys University of Applied Sciences
• CK3: Circular Short Chain Greenhouse – Hanze University Groningen
• Identical Strangers – Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
• Wood without Trees – TU Delft
• Grip on recovery at the physio – Saxion
• Doughnut Architecture – Delft University of Technology
• Bubble Games Pocket Size: Reducing contradictions through the use of Virtual/Augmented Reality – Fontys Hogescholen
• CW.Code – Circular Wood Computational Design Tools – Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
• Amstelpark: the trees tell their story – Wageningen University & Research
• Sustainable clothing behaviour among consumers – Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
• Intelligent and participative greening: increasing biodiversity in your own living environment in a smart way – Fontys Hogescholen
• Hold your breath: Tracking the footprint of an invisible killer - air pollution in the port city of Rotterdam – TU Delft
• Performing Working – University of the Arts Utrecht
• Accelerating innovation in agriculture: More sustainable co-creation consortia thanks to BESSI – HAN University of Applied Sciences
• Collect Your Retrofits – TU Delft
• Design strategies for circular product design - Saxion

Read more about KIEM GoCI and what the scheme can mean for you (as an entrepreneur or knowledge institution) here.