The PPS subsidy, a Dutch government tool aimed at stimulating companies to invest in public-private research, will be continued in 2020—despite doubts about its effectiveness.
Companies that are involved in public-private R&D partnerships can apply for a subsidy of €0.30 from the ministry of economic affairs and climate policy for every euro they invest in R&D. To ensure that it is not used simply to lower costs for the company, the subsidy must be reinvested in research and innovation within the partnership.
In a letter to parliament last month, economic affairs secretary Mona Keijzer announced that the PPS subsidy would be continued in its present form in 2020 and that its budget would be expanded from around €125m in 2018 to €175m in 2020.
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