Interviews: In conversation with the builders of a future-proof Netherlands
The KIN network is bursting with people who are working hard all year round to make the Netherlands climate-proof for the future. This summer, we are pressing pause for a moment and letting 10 of them tell their stories.
Brand new Knowledge-in-Action Grant aims to bring science and practice together for Collective Water Management
Starting today, applications can be submitted for the brand-new KIN Knowledge-in-Action grant, this time for proposals in the field of Collective Water Management in East Brabant. KIN has developed this new grant to bring science and practice together to promote fair climate transitions. The starting point is: learning by doing and doing while learning. With this Knowledge-in-Action Grant, we challenge knowledge institutions and social organisations to submit joint proposals for transformative, experimental projects in the field of Collective Water Management in East Brabant: which solution directions, research questions and transition learning objectives can accelerate the desired transition in this region? And which intervention will make that possible?
Coming soon: launch of new Knowledge in Action Subsidy for Collective Water Management by KIN
KIN will soon be launching a new funding instrument: the Knowledge in Action subsidy. The Knowledge in Action subsidy mobilises science and practice for just climate transitions through learning by doing and doing while learning.
Knowledge institutions and civil society organisations can jointly apply for a maximum of €50,000 for transformative, experimental intervention projects to explore how collective water management in East Brabant could look: what solutions, research questions and transition learning objectives could accelerate the desired transition?
Stefan Kuks leaves KIN Pact Strategy and Advisory Council (SAR)
As of 18 July, Stefan Kuks has left the Strategy and Advisory Council (SAR) of the KIN Pact, the community of the Climate Research Initiative Netherlands (KIN). As water board member for Vechtstromen, chair of the Delta Programme on Spatial Adaptation and professor of Innovation and Implementation of Water Policy at the University of Twente, Stefan has been closely involved in many projects since February 2024 (year). Now that KIN has entered its next phase and new programmes have been launched, he sees a new role for himsel
Vacancy | KIN Artist in residence
Are you an artist, designer, maker and/or creative thinker with a keen view of the world, a strong affinity for social transitions and the drive to help shape systemic change from inside-out? The Dutch Climate Research Initiative (KIN) is looking for an artist to join our team.
Warning: This is not a typical open call!
This call is closed. It is no longer possible to submit an application. We will announce which ideas have been selected in September.
Are you a climate ‘researcher’ in the broadest sense, and do you have experience with public funding and its limitations? Share your ideas for your “Impossible Project” with us in a 3 minute audio pitch. Five ideas will be selected and will each receive a small development budget of €500 to further shape the idea into a plan. This is an invitation to think boldly, explore uncertainty. By sharing your “Impossible Project” idea, you contribute to KIN’s “New ways of funding” workgroup, an experimental initiative that aims to accelerate transformative and transdisciplinary research collaborations by taking away current limitations and thresholds.
Webinar on the potential of rapid evidence synthesis for climate action on June 26
On 26 June, Science Europe and partners, including KIN, are organising a webinar for researchers, research institutions and decision-makers to explore the potential of rapid evidence synthesis (RES) as a tool for accelerating the uptake of innovations in policy and practice. The aim is to enable scientifically based solutions to flow more quickly to policymakers and other stakeholders involved in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Not a typical open call! “Impossible Projects” (coming soon)
Do you have a promising idea for research that you feel or have been told is unfundable? Have you tried many times to get a collaboration off the ground, only to realise current constraints make it impossible? We will not fund your research, instead, you can apply for funding the process of turning your “promising but impossible-to-fund ideas” into proposals that can challenge how we fund and organise climate research and action.
9 new networks strengthen the KIN Pact community
Last month, the second round of applications for the KIN Pact Network grant was completed. This time, nine transdisciplinary networks – networks representing both knowledge institutions and civil society organisations – were awarded grants. The KIN Pact community has thus been further strengthened with a series of networks, which we are very pleased about.
Closure of KIN Pact Network Subsidy
Following successful first and second collection periods, the third collection period for the KIN Pact Network Subsidy has been cancelled. The reason for this is that, after the two previous collection periods, it is highly unlikely that sufficient budget will remain to open a successful third collection period