Valorisation and industry

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IPP benefits

Benefits of participating in an Industrial Partnership Programme.

The benefits for companies are:

you become a knowledge leader;
you have the opportunity to acquire important patents;
you help train young experts in a research field that is interesting for you;
you come into close contact with potential new employees;
you carry out excellent research;
you pay significantly less than you would if you did the research yourself;
via a single contact point you gain access to an active network of physicists who are some of the best in the world;
you conclude a single contract with FOM and there is no further bureaucracy;
you increase your profile in society;
you can count on practical advice and support from FOM in formulating your proposal and throughout the programme;
you can submit a proposal at any moment in time via a simple submission procedure.

The benefits for scientists are:

you carry out research that is important for society;
you increase your budget for fundamental research;
you come into contact with challenging scientific problems faced by industry;
you can experiment in an industrial environment with an infrastructure that is often more advanced and of a higher quality than that in a university;
you enrich the education of your PhDs and students;
due to the resources available there is a high chance of the proposal being awarded and you can submit at any time - there is no deadline;
FOM will provide you with advice and organisational and administrative support for setting up and maintaining the industrial collaboration;
you will obtain access to the network of your industrial partner(s);
you will lay the foundation for more applied research, for which many government grants are available.