PPP-i call for resilient supply chains with Ministry of Defence now open!

The Netherlands is currently in a grey zone between peace and conflict. Logistics is crucial for a secure Netherlands. The Ministry of Defence and TKI Dinalog are working together in the multi-year public-private innovation programme 'Innovation for Resilient Military Supply Chains and Society'. The programme makes an important contribution to fulfilling the most prominent knowledge and innovation needs to increase the resilience of military supply chains within the broader societal context.

Public-private partnership innovation projects (PPP-i)

Multidisciplinary (both from military and civil expertise, science and practice) consortia are invited to submit research proposals within this call for public-private partnership projects on the three main themes of the programme:

1. Military Readiness: Increasing and effectively scaling up and down the readiness of military readiness and production chains of materials and materiel.  

2. Civil-Military Cooperation: The establishment of robust ecosystems for the purpose of societal resilience (civilian), military readiness and scaling up.

3. Supply Chain Network Orchestration: The organisation of supply chains across disciplines and organisations for end-to-end supply chain planning and realisation.

This call contributes to the implementation of the Defence Strategy for Industry and Innovation 2025-2029 (including Defence Basic Area Logistics), and the Strategic Action Agenda on Industry, Innovation and Knowledge - Defence (including NLD area 'Intelligent Systems'). In addition, it fulfils the innovation needs as identified in the KIA Security, within the Mission-Driven Innovation Policy and the National Knowledge Agenda Logistics 2024-2027 (theme 'Resilience and Disruption').

This call for proposals is valid until the closing date Friday 17 April 2026 (11.59pm). For more information, see the call information.