NetherlandsDeadline PassedPublic Institution, Private Business, Research Institution

KIEM-groen pilotregeling practoraten

KIEM-groen pilotregeling practoraten

Funding Amount

Up to €40K

Deadline

09/09/2025

Eligible Organization Types

Public Institution, Private Business, Research Institution

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What is the KIEM-groen pilotregeling practoraten Call?

Grant Description
This pilot call supports practice-oriented research by vocational education expertise platforms in the green domain. It fosters new partnerships between MBO practorates, universities of applied sciences, knowledge institutions and SMEs to solve practical issues and professionalise practorates. Funded projects deliver prototypes, tests, business models, demonstrators, processes and service concepts with impact on professional practice and education.
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

– Strengthened and professionalised MBO practorates through new or enhanced partnerships with lectorates, knowledge institutions and SMEs.
– Generation of applicable knowledge and practical solutions that improve green sector practice.
– Creation of tangible deliverables: prototypes, demonstrators, (business) models, research/work methods, processes, product and service concepts, and pilot test results.
– Expanded professional networks and collaboration frameworks linking MBOs, universities of applied sciences and SMEs.
– Positive impact on MBO educational programmes through integration of project results into curricula and teaching practice.
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

– Applicant must be a government-funded MBO institution; the practor must be part of the CIV-koepelplan and supervised by Stichting Ieder Mbo een Practoraat (SIMP).
– Consortium must include at least two practical partners (min. one SME established in the Netherlands) and a research group from a University of Applied Sciences affiliated with a Center of Expertise.
– Projects must fall within the green domain and focus on practice-oriented research/innovation.
– Maximum grant per project: €40,000.
– Minimum co-financing by practical partners: 25% of the subsidy (cash or in-kind).
– Project duration: up to 12 months; must start within 3 months of award.
– Applications accepted continuously until September 9, 2025 (14:00 hrs).
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

– Applications must be submitted via the ISAAC system, including: signed application form, project proposal, Excel budget (requested subsidy, co-financing, cost justification), project participants form, and if applicable, a mandate form.
– Eligibility check by Regieorgaan SIA within 65 working days; only eligible applications proceed to independent peer-review.
– Assessment on five criteria: thematic fit, demand articulation, networking, innovation (KIEM-groen framework), and feasibility; all criteria must be scored “adequate” for a positive decision.
– Funding decisions made on a first-come, first-served basis; outcomes communicated within 10 weeks of eligibility determination.
– Budget of the overall call: €500,000; finance type: Applied Science (KIEM 2021–2024 Groene practoraten).
Important dates

Deadline:09/09/2025

Application period has ended

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