Big Science

Big Science means groundbreaking fundamental research that is carried out in large international collaborations. This research requires expensive and technologically advanced research infrastructures.

This website is a portal to show the opportunities for Dutch industry to participate in Big Science, through collaborations with scientific institutes or to respond on tenders of the Big Science Facilities.

EU survey for industry connecting with research and technology infrastructures

The European Commission will develop a Charter of Access for industrial users to research and technology infrastructures, including for startups and scaleups - complementing the Charter for Access to Research Infrastructures.

FME supports new Innovation fund

FME welcomes the new innovation fund for companies active in the domain of the 10 key-enabling technologies listed in the National Technoloy Strategy. The fund is aimed at those projects that have the potential to create products that will be exported. The fund should help innovative companies to cover investment risks to scale up to the point of stimulate the potential for the export.

Read the FME news item here

Dutch Fusion Day 2025: engage, explore and innovate

On Friday 9 May 2025, the second edition of the Dutch Fusion Day will take place in Eindhoven, organized by DIFFER, EIRES (TU/e) and ILO-net.

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ET Industry Computing Workshop 2026

The workshop will explore how emerging information technologies can support the scientific ambitions of the Einstein Telescope, while also exploring potential collaborations with industry. 
One theme of the workshop will be sustainability, looking at upcoming trends in computing technologies, both for hardware and data centre infrastructure. A second theme will be the evolving role of AI in large-scale scientific and research software, looking both at algorithms and at AI-assisted code development.

 

Einstein Telescope Vacuum and Cryogenics Industrial Workshop: opportunities and challenges

CERN, Geneva, CH

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together the leading institutes that are designing the vacuum and cryogenic systems of the Einstein Telescope and European Big Science industries specialised in vacuum and cryogenic technologies, to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead. The event will be held in CERN, where the ET vacuum pilot sector is housed.

 

 

Dutch Fusion Day 2026

Mark your calendars for 8 May 2026, as DIFFER in Eindhoven hosts the third edition of the Dutch Fusion Day! Building on the success of the previous editions, this year’s edition is about exploring new opportunities in fusion for your business. Throughout the day, industry, start-ups and research partners get together to focus on key areas vital to the development of fusion energy.

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Research organisations

A few research organisations are highlighted below.
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ESO

LOFAR

CERN

CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research