IPP conditions

The exact set-up of an Industrial Partnership Programme (IPP) is determined by the partners in consultation with FOM. There are seven basic conditions that all programmes satisfy.

These are:

• it concerns fundamental research by FOM employees in close cooperation with researchers from one or more companies;
• the programme covers a research area with good perspectives for innovations and challenging scientific questions;
• the partners jointly formulate the research goals;
• clear agreements are reached about intellectual property and disclosure;
• companies fund at least half of the programme budget¹ 'in cash';
• the total programme budget amounts to at least 1 million euro;
• the programme proposal is assessed by independent international referees.

 [1] This contribution includes 15% overhead costs (excluding Dutch VAT).

At the top right-hand corner of this page you can download the manual for submitting IPP proposals (in Dutch).