Looking ahead: Artistic & Design Research for Immersive Experiences Grant Scheme
In 2025, the Creative Industries Fund NL launched the Artistic & Design Research for Immersive Experiences (ADRIE) Grant Scheme, part of the Creative Industries Immersive Impact Coalition (CIIIC). The scheme is aimed at consortiums of makers, producers, institutions and researchers working through artistic and design research on the development and application of immersive experiences, via a two-year activities programme. We look ahead to 2028 and 2029, and point to other grant schemes that may be of interest in the meantime.
15 June 2026
What has already happened?
In 2025 and 2026, new consortiums had the opportunity to apply for the Artistic & Design Research for Immersive Experiences (ADRIE) Grant Scheme. Five consortiums were already selected and are now implementing their two-year activities programmes.
Next phase
The next application opportunities for the ADRIE Grant Scheme are expected to follow in 2028 and 2029. Based on these rounds, we hope to once again support a maximum of ten consortiums in the realisation of two-year activities programmes, the implementation of which will take place in 2029–2030 or 2030–2031. This has not yet been finalised, as implementation depends on funding for the second phase of CIIIC by the National Growth Fund.
What is possible in the meantime?
In the meantime, another implementing partner within CIIIC offers opportunities for consortiums interested in applying to the ADRIE Grant Scheme in 2028 or 2029. In 2026 and 2027, Taskforce for Applied Research SIA is running three funding schemes with a focus on practice-based research by researchers at universities of applied sciences, universities and other research institutions, in collaboration with SMEs and/or public organisations.
These schemes may be of interest to consortiums wishing to submit an application for the ADRIE Grant Scheme and looking to carry out a preliminary study first. They may also be valuable for consortiums already receiving support, where the implementation of an activities programme under the ADRIE Grant Scheme has shown that further research is needed. View the schemes:
This scheme encourages short-term, exploratory research into the effectiveness and responsible application of IX and is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2026 and the second quarter of 2027.
CIIIC Kern is focused on demand-driven, practice-based research into the deployment or application of IX in SMEs and the public sector. The scheme is expected to open in the first quarter of 2027.
This scheme is intended for four-year research into the effects of IX and is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2026.
For current information about these schemes, visit the websites of CIIIC and Taskforce for Applied Research SIA.
About CIIIC
The Artistic & Design Research for Immersive Experiences (ADRIE) Grant Scheme is part of the National Growth Fund programme CIIIC, through which the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) is giving a powerful boost to the Dutch Immersive Experiences (IX) industry. The implementing partners of CIIIC are Taskforce for Applied Research SIA (NWO), RVO, TNO and the Creative Industries Fund NL.
We will keep you updated on ADRIE via our website and newsletter. See also the CIIIC website for more information. For questions about ADRIE, please contact us at ADRIE@stimuleringsfonds.nl.
