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Dutch funder expresses fears over lagging R&D spending

                    

TNO warns of National Growth Fund abolition, as R&D investment falls behind Germany and Belgium

The Dutch R&D landscape faces a major challenge, the applied research funder TNO has warned, with a looming shortfall in investment from the National Growth Fund after 2025.

The NGF finances long-term public-private innovation projects, and currently provides additional R&D funding equating to about 0.2 per cent of Dutch GDP, TNO said in a report published on 22 January.

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