1. Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek NWO & the Biobased Economy Tanja Kulkens May 28, 2013

2. NWO-thematic policy  Top sectors Both PPP and fundamental research Collaboration with top teams Financial resources: 2012/13: M€ 225, 2015: M€ 275 9 top sectors, incl. cross-cutting themes: BBE  top sector Chemistry 2012/13: M€ 27 PPS, M€ 10 non-PPS (actually more) NWO and Top sectors

3. Ambitions 2050: NL worlds’ no.1 in green chemistry 2050: NL in top-3 production of smart materials High quality, groundbreaking research to open up new areas of science & innovation and to nourish existing areas Society & Market-driven – PPP TKI Smart Polymeric Materials (SPM) TKI Process Technology (ISPT) TKI BioBased Economy (BBE) TKI New Chemical Innovations (NCI) International Agenda Human Capital Agenda Investment NWO, TNO, industry, ‘TKI-toeslag’ government Top sector Chemistry

4. Clustering of existing, large PPP’s in three TKI’s (SPM, BBE & ISPT) Innovation contract: Natural link between fundamental scientific research existing and future PPP’s Small, to-the-point programmes: Tailor-made solutions High-quality scientific research on topics relevant to industry TKI New Chemical Innovations focuses on new developments in existing PPP’s and on new fields in chemistry Exploring new fields Top sector Chemistry

5. TKI’s in Top sector Chemistry curiosity driven science development & valorisation TKI SPM TKI Sector plan Scientific questions

6. Foundation TKI NCI (sep 2012) Goals: Reinforcement of society-driven research & innovation Stimulating PPP’s focused on new scientific challenges Board: Bert Weckhuysen (UU, Topteam) Marcel Wubbolts (DSM) Bert-Jan Lommerts (Latexfalt, Topteam) Programme Committee (chair Han de Winde) Peer review based quality check Advisory Board to safeguard coherence with all TKI’s Topics: various, open character e.g. materials, process technology, biobased economy, material scarcity, safety, catalysis, analytical science, molecular life sciences, etc……………. TKI NCI

7. Continuous access, from 1 November, 2012 www.nwo.nl/fonds-nci Total budget: –M€ 16 NWO –~ M€ 10 industry Portfolio of projects and programmes that: have potential to develop into larger partnerships have potential to generate scientific breakthroughs have high strategic relevance Industrial partners contribute in cash NWO Fund NCI ~ M€ 26 for new programs, projects and program management

8. Three modes of action CHIPP:CHemical Industrial Partnership Programmes (+ FOM IPP, STW Partnership) TA:Technology Area’s KIEM:Knowledge Innovation Mapping (SME) NWO Fund NCI

9. NWO-budget 2012/13: ~M€ 7 National or international collaboration With or without Open Call Each industrial partner euro is matched by one NWO euro Cash project costs: 50% company - 50% NWO CHIPP 1 company + ≥ 2 knowledge institutes NWO Fund NCI

10. CHIPP 1 company + ≥ 2 knowledge institutes CompanyNWO*Total SMEMin80 160 Max250 500 InternationalMin250 500 Max500 1.000 Non-SMEMin750 1.500 * = via CW. FOM IPP or STW Partnerships are slightly different NWO Fund NCI

11. NWO-budget 2012/13: ~M€ 8 Analogous to TASC-programma ACTS Focused on consortium formation, e.g. COAST With or without Open Call Each industrial consortium euro is matched by two NWO euro’s Cash project costs: 33% company - 67% NWO Technology Area’s ≥ 2 companies + ≥ 2 knowledge institutes NWO Fund NCI

12. TA ≥ 2 companies + ≥ 2 knowledge institutes CompanyNWOTotal TAMin250500750 Max5001.0001.500 (other variants in mind? Please contact TKI NCI office) NWO Fund NCI

13. NWO-budget 2012/13: ~M€ 1 Focused on specific problem, improvement of product, process or service, knowledge transport Each SME partner euro is matched by four NWO euro’s Cash project costs: 20% company - 80% NWO KIEM 1 SME/start-up + 1 university or 1 SME/start-up + 1 university and 1 HBO NWO Fund NCI

14. KIEM 1 SME/start-up + 1 university or 1 SME/start-up + 1 university + 1 HBO SMENWOTotal KIEMfixed3,7515,018,75 NWO Fund NCI

15. Program “Less is more” Topic: Sustainable and safe production in agriculture and horticulture NWO divisions: Earth and Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, FOM Budget: M€ 2 Themes Yield from agricultural and horticultural products Resilience of the production system Optimal utilisation of raw materials for food and non-food products Sustainable protein production Status 48 proposals -> decisions on granting expected July 2013 BBE @ NWO

16. Program “TA Biomass” Topic: Eco-efficient Use of Biomass for Bulk and Fine Chemicals NWO division: Chemical Sciences Budget: M€ 3 Collaboration: PPP (€: 67% government / 33% industry) Enabling conditions for SME’s (can contribute largely in kind) Themes Making biomass based biocatalytic, chemocatalytic and thermochemical processes compatible Produce existing chemical intermediates in an eco-efficient way from biomass Develop process for the conversion of recalcitrant biomass fractions Status 5 projects granted BBE @ NWO

17. Program in cooperation with Brazil Aim: Collaboration in biobased economy NL-Brazil NWO divisions: Chemical Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences Budget: M€ 2 Themes Crop improvement: more and better agricultural, horticultural and aquaculture products Sustainable agriculture: resilience of the production system; Biorefinery Chemocatalytical, biocatalytical and thermochemical conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals. Status 19 proposals -> decisions on granting expected November 2013 BBE @ NWO

18. Partnership program with Paques Topic: A Novel Platform Technology for the Conversion of Waste Biomass to Renewable Bioproducts NWO divisions: STW, Chemical Sciences Budget: M€ 3 Collaboration: PPP (€: 50% government / 50% Paques) Focus Develop an in-depth understanding of the fermentation of organic material to VFA (volatile fatty acids) under non-sterile conditions Develop efficient methods to recover VFA from fermentation broths Develop novel processes for the efficient conversion of VFA to renewable biobased products Status 5 projects granted BBE @ NWO

19. Pipeline For 2012/2013 up till now NWO invested ~M€ 10 in BBE under the top sector policy. Investments in BBE will further increase, since: Numbers on curiosity driven research (talent schemes and response-mode research) will appear by the end of 2013. The Fund New Chemical Innovations is still open. Next ‘deadline’ for submitting projects: 24 September 2013 BBE @ NWO

20. Why join TKI NCI?  company perspective Involved in tomorrow’s science Getting to know tomorrow’s scientists Sharing investments in knowledge creation Generating TKI-toeslag in relevant area’s

21. Why join TKI NCI?  institute perspective Connecting your own research with today‘s (and tomorrow’s) industrial and societal interests Getting to know today’s and tomorrow’s entrepreneurs Alternative funds for your research ideas Valorisation potential 21

22. BBE Mark Schmets, m.schmets@nwo.nlm.schmets@nwo.nl T 070 3440 537, M 06 14182971 Fund NCI : www.nwo.nl/fonds-nciwww.nwo.nl/fonds-nci Mark Kas: m.kas@nwo.nlm.kas@nwo.nl T 070 3440 811, M 06 20593207 Maarten de Zwart, m.dezwart@nwo.nlm.dezwart@nwo.nl T 070 3440 697 Contact