The Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) creates societal and economic value from genomics via a network of large-scale Genomics Centres, working on state-of-the-art programmes. The four centres include consortia of universities, research institutes, industry and socio-cultural organisations and cover the complete chain from basic science to applied research and development.

The Kluyver Centre is a Dutch public-private partnership that employs microbial genomics to improve microorganisms for use in industrial fermentation processes. The institute has five research programmes: Yeast for chemicals, fuels and beverages, Filamentous fungi for proteins and peptides, Lactic acid bacteria for fermented foods and food ingredients, Systems biology of industrial microorganisms and Industrial genomics for society. The Kluyver Centre is one of the NGI Genomics Centres.

The Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC) is a Dutch partnership of bioinformatics groups collaborating in cutting-edge research, developing novel tools and support platforms, creating an e-science infrastructure and educating the next generation of bioinformatics experts. NBIC is also an NGI Genomics Centre.

Metabolomics focusses on unravelling the complex metabolic processes that take place in living organisms. The NMC brings together the knowledge and expertise of the Dutch genomics and life-sciences communities with the aim of developing a world-class metabolics knowledge infrastructure to improve health and quality of life. The NMC is an NGI Genomics Centre.

The Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology (NCSB) implements systems biology as a powerful scientific approach in three major Dutch biological research areas: biomedical research, agricultural biotechnology and microbial biotechnology. The consortium develops modelling and systems analysis tools and approaches. It implements systems biology in the genomics centres and top institutes by embedding 'systems biology units' in a number of their research groups. Via this strategy, NCSB creates a unique synergy between the strong, and economically important, Dutch biomedical and biotechnology research groups. NCSB is an NGI Genomics Centre.

The Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) promotes, co-ordinates and finances fundamental physics research in the Netherlands. It is an autonomous foundation responsible to the physics division of the national research council NWO. Its two main goals are to foster international top-level physics research in the Netherlands and to carry out basic physics research, together with industry, on subjects which promise economic innovation.

The Dutch Polymer Institute is a foundation, funded by Dutch industry, universities and the government, performing exploratory research in the area of polymer materials. The institute operates at the interface of higher education and industry, linking the scientific skills of university research groups to the industrial need for innovation. The DPI is an innovation cluster of the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter.

Food and Nutrition Delta (FND) brings together suppliers, food manufacturers and research organisations in food and nutrition with the aim of turning new learning into market-driven products, processes and services. Collaboration facilitates the innovation process and enables small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to participate in, and benefit from, research and innovation. Up to the end of 2011, TI Food and Nutrition and the FND were jointly responsible for the implementation of the Innovation Programme Food and Nutrition, an initiative supported by the Dutch government.

ETP Food for Life addresses innovation in the agrofood sector, the EU's largest manufacturing sector. ETP Food for Life has forged strong links with industry, academia and researchers in order to prioritise the major research needs for the EU food and drink industry. It is responsible for securing appropriate resources, indicating where these might be sourced and defining the non-research issues that must be addressed in order to ensure the European Research Area for the food sector becomes a reality.

Joint programming of research in the fields of nutrition, food and health will assist coordination of research on the impact of diet and lifestyles on health. It will contribute significantly to the construction of a fully operational European Research Area (on the prevention of diet-related diseases) and strengthen research leadership and competitiveness.

Horizon 2020 is a financial instrument of the EU that is implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness. Operational from 2014 to 2020, with an €80 billion budget, the EU’s new programme for research and innovation is part of the drive to create new growth and jobs in Europe. Horizon 2020 will bring together all the research and innovation funding currently provided through the Framework Programmes for Research and Technical Development, the innovation-related activities of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).