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Our partners

HFML-FELIX is part of a large national consortium, consisting of NWO and seven Dutch universities. With these national partners we shape our research program. We also have a lot of experience working with industrial partners. Read more about the different opportunities we offer here.

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Incentive Fund

To kick start the national partnership and to strengthen the scientific collaboration on a national level, HFML-FELIX has introduced its own Incentive Fund. Eight partner projects have been granted funding in 2025 and 2026.

The accepted proposals cover a broad range of research topics and will create new PhD positions, as well as enable the development of new scientific instrumentation.

More information about the projects will follow soon.

Industrial partners

The combination of our laboratory’s infrastructure with our experience and expertise also makes HFML-FELIX a valuable partner for industrial users interested in any of the following:

  • Optimizing your products
  • Creating new innovations and applications
  • Achieve a better understanding of scientific processes
  • Exploring new research directions

Work with us

We are keen to work with your company. When we join efforts, exchange knowledge and stimulate innovation together, the odds of finding solutions for societal challenges increase significantly. Partnering up with HFML-FELIX can be done through:

  • Collaboration on a research project and applying for a joint (European) grant.
  • The use of our equipment and expertise, either free of charge or in exchange for a feeUse can be free of charge when combined with a research proposal of which the results will be published open-access. In other cases, we provide the possibility to directly buy experimental time with our equipment. .
  • Supplying your expertise for the development of cutting-edge technology. As we always aspire to advance the instrumentation used in our ground-breaking research, we work together with companies to develop new technologies and equipment.

Contact us

Our facility is well-suited to assist companies in the advancement of their R&D program across a range of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and engineering. A well-known company, like Janssen Pharmaceutical, already makes use of this opportunity.

Interested in joining them and working with HFML-FELIX? Contact our business liaison officer for more information.

Do you want to work with HFML-FELIX?

Interested in joining our consortium or collaborating with us? Feel free to get in touch. If you are a scientist, institute or company interested in using our instruments for your research, you can find the relevant information on the 'use our facilities' page.