TNO in Europe
Innovation is collaboration, not least at European level. In the context of European programs, TNO develops knowledge together with its European partners. We then bring this knowledge back to the Netherlands. This way, we bridge the gap between the European knowledge infrastructure and its Dutch equivalent.
As an applied knowledge organisation, TNO is very active in the European knowledge field and in the associated programs. Together with the Dutch business community, we are actively participating in the Horizon 2020 Framework Program for European research. The program’s objective is closely related to our own mission: to contribute to excellence in research, to boost the competitiveness of the business community and to address societal challenges. TNO is active in the Societal Challenges and Industrial Leadership pillars. We are also participating in various European tenders, studies in support of European policies at European institutions and agencies.
Knowledge and Innovation Communities
TNO is a partner in the various Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs). These KICs encourage and facilitate cooperation between universities, research institutes and the business community. TNO participates in: Climate KIC, EIT Digital, KIC InnoEnergy, Raw materials, Innovation for healthy living and active ageing. TNO also participates in the preparation of new KICs: Food4Future (2016), Added Value Manufacturing (2016) and Urban Mobility (2018).
Contractual Public Private Partnerships
TNO is also active within the European Contractual PPPs (cPPP), in particular: Factories of the Future, Energy Efficient Buildings (EeB), 5G Internet, Big Data, SPIRE Sustainable Process Industry and Resource Efficiency, Photonics, Robotics (in preparation, cPPP is focused on Cyber Security). TNO is active in various contexts, including the following: Joint Technology Initiatives, KETs High Level Expert Group, European Energy Research Alliance (EERA), European Technology Platforms, Joint Programming Initiatives.
TNO’s points of contact
We have established points of contact both in the Netherlands and in Brussels, to provide support. TNO is a member of the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) and of Neth-ER (Netherlands House of Education and Research). In Brussels, TNO’s EU Office is housed at Neth-ER. Karlijn Jans is an EU policy advisor and coordinator who operates from TNO’s base in Brussels.
In addition, we have six contacts at TNO in the Netherlands who focus specifically on our relationships and projects in Europe.
Please contact Albert van der Steen if you have any specific questions about TNO’s EU Office, or about TNO’s general policy.
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Collaboration with TNO
- Expertise
- Earth, Life and Social Sciences
- Advisory Group for Economic Affairs
- Applied Environmental Chemistry
- Child Health
- Climate, Air and Sustainability
- DINO, Data and Information of the Dutch Subsurface
- Functional Ingredients
- Geomodelling
- Human Behaviour and Organisational Innovation
- Metabolic Health Research
- Microbiology & Systems Biology
- Military Operations
- Modelling, Simulation and Gaming
- Networked Organisations
- Perceptual and Cognitive Systems
- Petroleum Geosciences
- Risk Analysis for Products In Development (RAPID)
- Safe and Healthy Business
- Smart Mobility
- Strategic Business Analysis
- Strategy & Policy
- Sustainable Geo Energy
- Sustainable Productivity and Employability
- Sustainable Transport and Logistics
- Training and Performance Innovations
- Water Treatment
- Work Health Technology
- Geoscience
- Human & Operational Modelling
- Urban Mobility & Environment
- Life
- Technical Sciences
- Networks
- Acoustics and Sonar
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection
- Data Science
- Distributed Sensor Systems
- Electronic Defence
- Energetic Materials
- Equipment for Additive Manufacturing (EFAM)
- Explosions, Ballistics and Protection
- Gas Treatment
- Heat Transfer & Fluid Dynamics
- Holst Centre
- ICT Security
- Instrument manufacturing
- Intelligent Imaging
- Materials for Integrated Products
- Media & Network Services
- Nano-instrumentation
- Optics
- Optomechatronics
- Performance of Network and Systems
- Research on integrated vehicle safety
- TNO research on powertrains
- Sustainable Process & Energy Systems
- Responsive Materials & Coatings
- Service Enabling & Management
- Structural Dynamics
- Structural Reliability
- Thin Film Technology
- Weapon Systems
- ICT
- Observation, Weapon & Protection Systems
- Solid & Fluid Mechanics
- Nano Technology
- Embedded Systems Innovation (ESI)
- Early Research Programme
- Find a TNO employee
- Partners of TNO
- Patents and Licenses
- Overview patents
- Licensing opportunities
- Process for the production of biogas
- Method for drying finely divided substances
- Edible barriers for food
- Process for the production and recovery of hydrocarbons
- New process for producing sugar from sugar beet
- Exhaust-gas recirculation system for internal combustion
- E-safety tag
- On-demand-TV in a High Speed Bundled Access Network
- New method for making functional textiles and fibers
- French fries with reduced fat content
- Biodegradable thermoplastic material
- Alerting occurrence of wetness in incontinence products
- Regenerative Air-conditioner
- Car sickness control unit
- 3D-perception endoscope for minimally invasive surgery
- Reuteran, a dietary fibre as bread improver
- Camera Motion Stabilization
- Inverse multiplexing to control data transfer
- Method for Extracting a Semantic Parameter
- Motion of a Multiple Camera System
- Improved resolution for a moving object
- Prevention, treatment and monitoring of sepsis
- Method of processing a sequence of color images
- Detecting Moving Objects from a Moving Camera
- Amplifier With Compensated Gate Bias
- Detecting Concealed Objects Using Electromagnetic Waves
- Image Processing Apparatus And Contrast Correction
- Refrigerated Trailer For Hybrid Distribution Vehicles
- Electric Variable Transmission
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