Money for collaborative projects between science and SMEs

Within the pilot KIEM-HTSM, the FOM Foundation has awarded funding to the first two proposals for public-private collaboration projects with SMEs. Commercial private partners within the projects are contributing twenty percent of the project budget of € 50,000. Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology submitted both of the projects awarded funding. In 2017 it is expected that NWO will organise new funding rounds for KIEM-HTSM.

The pilot instrument KIEM-HTSM is based on the existing KIEM instruments within NWO. The aim of KIEM-HTSM is to facilitate public-private partnerships, especially those with SMEs, in the Top Sector HTSM. The first funding round closed in September 2016. Based on the ranking of the evaluation committee two proposals were awarded funding:

Next-Generation simulations for OLEDs
In this project Reinder Coehoorn (Eindhoven University of Technology) will look for new simulation methods for the development of OLEDs (organic light-emitting). The new methods will be faster and require less calculation time than the existing models.

Combining micro-plasma printing and atomic layer deposition for patterned ultra-thin film preparation
In this project Adriana Creatore (Eindhoven University of Technology) will investigate how the micro-plasma printer of collaborating partner InnoPhysics can be combined with atomic layer deposition for the production of ultrathin layers with patterns. The combination of the two techniques should ensure highly controllable properties such as layer thickness, optoelectronic properties and pattern resolution.

More information about KIEM-HTSM
The funding instrument KIEM-HTSM has been set up as a pilot and is part of the FOM contribution to the HTSM proposition 2016-2017. In addition to KIEM-HTSM a LIFT-HTSM pilot has been set up.

Contact information
Jeroen van Houwelingen, +31 30 600 12 17