Subsidies and schemes

Clean Energy Transition Partnership subsidy (CETPartnership)

Subsidy or grant

Do you work together with foreign partners on an energy-innovation project? You can apply for the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) subsidy. With this subsidy you can showcase your...

Creative Europe Programme

Subsidy or grant

Are you active in the audio-visual or creative sector? You can apply for a subsidy via the Creative Europe Programme. The Creative Europe Programme contains 2 sub-programmes: the Culture strand and...

Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Are you an SME in the Netherlands and interested in investing in an upcoming market or a developing country? And do you need financing for this? You can apply for the Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF)....

Dutch Trade and Investment Fund (DTIF)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Is your company interested in doing business abroad? But do you have trouble arranging the necessary financing? You could be eligible for funding by the Dutch Trade and Investment Fund. DTIF offers...

Export insurance

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Do you export capital goods or services? You run a huge risk if a foreign buyer fails to pay, for example, due to political events such as war or expropriation. In cases like these, business owners...

Flemish-Dutch Journalists Bursary

Competition

Are you a Flemish or Dutch journalist? You can apply for a bursary to take part in a Flemish-Dutch exchange programme. This gives you the opportunity to live and work across the border for up to 2...

Growth Facility Scheme

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Do you have an SME in the Netherlands? And do you need financing, for instance to expand your business, for a takeover, to reorganise or restructure? You may be eligible for the Growth Facility Scheme...

Horizon Europe

Subsidy or grant

If your company or knowledge institute collaborates internationally in the areas of research, technological development and innovation, you can participate in the Horizon Europe programme. This...

Innowwide programme

Subsidy or grant

Is your SME working on an innovative product or service that you want to bring to market outside the European Union? You can apply for the Innowwide programme. Innowwide helps you to conduct market...

Interreg subsidy programme

Subsidy or grant

Do you work together with businesses or organisations from other European countries to improve sustainability in Europe? Or are you looking for international partners to carry out your innovation? You...

Partners for International Business (PIB)

Cooperation programme

Do you want to enter a foreign market together with a group of companies and knowledge institutions? The Partners for International Business (PIB) programme helps you access opportunities in foreign...

Performing arts subsidy schemes

Subsidy or grant

Do you work in the field of music, theatre, musical theatre, or dance in the Netherlands? You can apply for subsidies from the Performing Arts Fund (Fonds Podiumkunsten). The fund offers subsidies for...

Subsidies for designers and cultural institutions

Subsidy or grant

Are you a designer, do you work in the field of digital culture, or do you run a cultural institution? You may be eligible for a subsidy from the Creative Industries Fund NL (Stimuleringsfonds...

Subsidies for literary publishers

Subsidy or grant

As a publisher of literary works, you may be eligible for a subsidy from the Dutch Foundation for Literature (Nederlands Letterenfonds). They offer subsidies for: production costs for special...

Subsidies for writers and translators

Subsidy or grant

Are you a writer or translator of literary works? You can apply for a subsidy from the Dutch Foundation for Literature (Nederlands Letterenfonds). Among others there are subsidies for: project...

Subsidy Programme for Responsible Business (SPVO)

Subsidy or grant

Do you want to improve the social sustainability of your company by countering risks in your international value chain? If so, you can apply for a subsidy from the Subsidy Programme for Responsible...

Subsidy scheme for demonstration projects, feasibility studies, and investment preparation projects (DHI)

Subsidy or grant

Are you an SME company in the Netherlands interested in investing in an upcoming market or a developing country? Then you can apply for the subsidy scheme for demonstration projects, feasibility...

Subsidy Single Market Programme (SMP)

Subsidy or grant

The Single Market Programme is aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). One of the goals of the programme is to stimulate SMEs’ competitiveness. The Single Market Programme (SMP) is an EU...

Support International Business (SIB)

Subsidy or grant

Do you want to export your products or services? With the Support International Business (SIB) programme, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs helps companies that are aiming to move into foreign markets....

Sustainability and innovation subsidies in southern Netherlands (OPZUID)

Subsidy or grant

Is your business located in the provinces of Limburg, Noord-Brabant or Zeeland? Do you contribute to innovation and sustainability in the region? You may apply for a subsidy from the OPZUID 2021-2027...

European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM)

Subsidy or grant

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Do you have an idea for a project to improve conditions for miners of tin, tantalum, tungsten, lithium, natural graphite, cobalt, copper, or nickel in conflict area’s? The European Partnership for...

Eurostars subsidy scheme

Subsidy or grant

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Are you a small and medium-sized (SME) entrepreneur in the high tech research and development sector? And do you work with partners in other countries? You may be eligible for a subsidy for a...

GlobalStars subsidy scheme

Subsidy or grant

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Do you own an innovative company or do you develop new technologies for products, processes or services? And do you work together with one or more partners outside of Europe? Then you may be eligible...

MKB Lounge subsidy programme

Subsidy or grant

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Sector organisations for small and medium-sized entreprises (SME or MKB in Dutch) may be eligible for the MKB Lounge subsidy programme. This subsidy enables sector organisations to set up Holland...

Orange Trade Mission Fund (OHMF)

Competition

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Are you an SME business owner and do you want to expand to the international market? Or are you already active in the international market but do you need support? You can participate in the Orange...

Partners for Water subsidy: Innovations for Water Safety and Water Security (PVW-IVWW)

Subsidy or grant

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Are you an international entrepreneur active in the water industry? And do you want to carry out a feasibility study or a pilot project that has to do with water safety and water security abroad? Then...

SDG Partnership facility (SDGP)

Subsidy or grant

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Is your organisation a company, public institution, NGO, or knowledge institution? And are you interested in forming a public-private partnership (PPP) to contribute to sustainable development goals...

Subsidy Scheme Sectoral Partnerships ICSR

Subsidy or grant

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Are you a company in the Netherlands interested in focussing more on international corporate social responsibility (ICSR)? If so, the Sectoral Partnerships ICSR subsidy scheme helps you identify and...

Young Expert Programmes Energy Subsidy (YEP)

Subsidy or grant

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Does your company work on renewable energy in developing countries? And would you like to hire a young professional to support this work? You may be eligible for a Young Expert Programmes (YEP) Energy...