National and International Collaboration

Utrecht Sustainability Institute

The Utrecht Sustainability Institute (USI) is a partnership between Utrecht University, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Deltares, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) and the KWR Watercycle Research Institute; other participants are the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). The Province of Utrecht and the Municipality of Utrecht, too, have close links with USI.

USI aims to bring together existing fundamental and applied knowledge held by stakeholders in the broad field of ‘earth and sustainability’, thus forming collaborations that are of the highest European and international standing. Another key aim of USI is to bring knowledge to market in collaboration with private (industrial) partners and governments at the regional, national and international levels. In this way, it will be ensured that knowledge will be of more use to society. Read more about USI.

Utrecht Life Sciences

Utrecht Life Sciences facilitates strategic partnerships between academic, public and commercial organisations to stimulate scientific innovation in healthcare for humans and animals. Read more about Utrecht Life Sciences.

Utrecht Science Park

Utrecht Science Park (USP), based in De Uithof, is a hub of education, research and knowledge-intensive business activity. The Park creates a climate that values and fosters knowledge exchange, knowledge transfer and a high-quality local economy. Utrecht Science Park is on its way to become the beating heart of a regional network of high-quality businesses and projects aimed at knowledge-intensive businesses in the province of Utrecht. Both the network and the Park attract innovative enterprise and are a hotbed of knowledge-intensive activity.

Climate KIC

Climate KIC encourages interactions between European research, education, government and business innovation in the field of climate change, with a special focus on four themes: the monitoring of climate change; the transition to lower CO2 emissions in cities; water management; and CO2-free production systems. The Dutch business of Climate KIC is a collaboration of Utrecht University, Delft University of Technology, Wageningen University, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO and Deltares. Other partners in the collaboration are the Rotterdam City Ports, the Province of Utrecht and the Dutch companies Shell, DSM and Schiphol. Read more in this news release and on the English-language website of Climate-KIC.