Eligible o unding
≠ inclusi e unding
Es he Plomp
21 No embe 2025
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Eligible = inclusi e?
Being eligible o unding will
au oma ically lead o unding ha is
dis ibu ed in a mo e inclusi e and
empowe ing manne
Funding hu dles
Hu dles
“La in Ame ican esea che s o en
expe ience lowe success a es in
in e na ional g an compe i ions,
iden i ying ba ie s such as complex
applica ion p ocedu es, limi ed
ins i u ional suppo , and he
misalignmen be ween dono
p io i ies and local challenges
(11,15).” – Fo moso e al. 2025
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“In isible” hu dles
•Cos s o ne wo king – limi ed unding = less con e ence a endance
and isibili y o he wo k + less connec ions o collabo a o s
•Cos o publishing & paywalled li e a u e
•Language/cul u e
•Visa equi emen s ( ime and money)
•Exchange a es/ ees and impo cos s
(p ices a e disp opo iona ely high)
•Limi ed/ agile esea ch in as uc u e/suppo
•Di e en ins i u ional cha ac e is ics (scale, scope, ask)
•Poli ical ins abili y/in luence
The Tu ing Way p ojec illus a ion by Sc ibe ia. Used unde
a CC-BY 4.0 licence. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13882307.
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Funding op ions
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G an op ions: EU p og ams
•EU commission O e seas Coun ies and Te i o ies (OCTs) op ions
•BESTLIFE2030 – Speci ically o OCTs, smalle budge (100k), ocusing on
En i onmen al Sus ainabili y, only 5% co inancing needed
•High le el o bu eauc acy
•Resilience, Sus ainable Ene gy and Ma ine Biodi e si y (RESEMBID)
p og am (now closed)
•Ho izon Eu ope – “Wha is he added alue o inancing his p ojec a
Eu opean le el?”+ needs a conso ium wi h EU pa ne s (Plu iden i ies)
•See EU Funding & Tende s Po al o mo e op ions
•Howe e - Eu opean p ojec s usually in ol e co- inancing;
mos all somewhe e be ween 50 - 80%
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G an op ions: Du ch Ca ibbean
•Kingdom o he Ne he lands unding
•Go e nmen subsidies/g an s
•ZonMw
•KNAW ( he Royal Ne he lands Academy o A s and Sciences)
•NWO (Du ch Resea ch Council)
•Biodi e sa+
•Open Science NL
•Du ch Ca ibbean Digi al Compe ence Ne wo k
•Open Science mee ings (Book Dash)
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Long e m e ec s ex e nal unding
“.... elying on unde s and dono s om la ge economies
cons ains he abili y o La in Ame ican esea che s and
ins i u ions o de ine hei own esea ch p io i ies (6,7).”
– Fo moso e al. 2025
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