€180 million boost for Limburg Chemelot Campus

The intensified public and private partnership takes the shapeof a consortium (Chemelot Campus), a venture capital fund, andnew master courses in the field of bio-based materials and systemsbiology. As a next step in their
“Thus far around 20% of all Maastricht students remain in theregion after getting their degree”, UM President
Appeal to start-ups
Chemelot will be home to the new ‘Enabling Technologies Project’that will offer high end microscopes to make visible micro- andnanostructures in materials. DSM, Maastricht University andthe Province of Limburg each invest €2.3 million in this project.Small and medium size enterprises can make use of the state of theart materials through a voucher system.
In the course of this project, a venture capital fund (‘LimburgVentures II’) will appeal to start-ups in the area. In total therevolving fund now comprises €50 million. DSM Netherlands directorAtzo Nicolaï has no doubt that the Economics Ministry will offer anadditional €30 million to support this initiative. “Our cooperationfits neatly in the innovation and R&D priority areas of thenational government.”
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