The Netherlands in ITEA

The Netherlands has been a very strong and stable partner since the very start of ITEA in 1998, including a strong relationship with the Public Authorities and Board member for 25 years now. Dutch projects focus mainly on Smart engineering and Smart Health, which are often awarded with an ITEA Award of Excellence because of their high level of innovation and exploitation. Dutch partners see the value of international collaboration in ITEA and experience strong economic advantages from their participation.

On this webpage, you will find an overview of activities and publications of the Netherlands in ITEA. It provides valuable insights into the potential benefits of participating in an ITEA project and whether ITEA could be a fit for your organisation. You can also find information regarding the funding opportunities and the national funding contact details.

Impact stories

Project partners

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Funding information

Impact stories with Dutch participation

Impact is one of the main ambitions in ITEA. Impact on business, on the market, on society. This is a key value in ITEA, and impact and potential impact are central during the project lifecycle: in project evaluation, monitoring, closure and in communication of the results. With the (financial) support of national Public Authorities, many ITEA projects have achieved incredible results, which are gathered in ITEA Impact stories.

IMPACT

IMPACT Impact story

15 December 2025

Healthcare faces many challenges, including improving patient outcome and working more cost-effectively, while the demand is growing, staff capacity is declining, and new clinical and technological developments succeed each other quickly. The ITEA project IMPACT has addressed several challenges by leveraging the power of data to move towards intelligence-based healthcare. Data analysis for clinical business intelligence has been accelerated, reducing the time needed for data analysis to less than five minutes, compared to the days or weeks it previously took. IMPACT will continue to impact society and further enhance patient experience, improve population health, reduce costs and improve the work life of healthcare providers.

PARTNER

PARTNER Impact story

04 December 2023

During a patient’s journey through the health system, his or her medical information is often stored in multiple databases focusing on specific elements of the needed care and the patient’s condition – even within one hospital. These databases generally cannot interact, which makes it impossible to draw up all information belonging to one patient. In addition, information coming from self-monitoring solutions can also be very valuable when integrated with hospital’s data. The PARTNER project has developed an architecture that makes it possible to let different systems, offered by multiple vendors, communicate with each other.

STARLIT

STARLIT Impact story

01 December 2023

The global incidence rate of cancer is expected to grow by 70% over the next two decades, with Radiation Therapy (RT) treatment currently recommended for 52% of new patients. Although radiation oncology has caused a drop in mortality for several cancers, the need remains to reduce side effects. The solution lies in ‘first-time-right’ treatment in which the right dose is given to the tumour while keeping the dose to healthy tissue as low as possible. STARLIT - a follow-up to the award-winning ITEA project SoRTS developed technology to improve treatment accuracy and minimise the unintended dose in image-guided radiation therapy.

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Industry statements from The Netherlands

ITEA provides a unique trusted Community in which it is easy for small and for big companies to find partners and to set up successful R&D&l cooperations; ITEA is consistently focusing on ground-breaking innovations with maximum impact for economy and society. Moreover, in ITEA, project evaluation, monitoring and coaching is done by experienced industry experts and it provides a unique flexibility for industry to stay tuned with market developments. ITEA helps us to develop our international collaborative management capabilities.

- Philips

After the MoSHCA project, SME Evalan has experienced a growth rate of 100% each year, in 2016, 2017 and 2018. This growth is reflected in all metrics – employees, turn-over, profitability etc. During that period Evalan has added 40 FTEs to its payroll.

- Evalan