Sport Innovation

We are firm believers in collaboration and co-creation. Operating as a neutral, coordinating party, we bring together all those needed to deliver these innovations.
For this we have developed a successful innovation formula based on a model in which close cooperation takes place in innovation projects between sports innovation centres, municipalities, companies, sports providers and researchers. The participating parties are brought together in consortia. Within all these partnerships, Sportinnovator has a multiple and stimulating role: (co)financier, connector, coach and promoter

Sportinnovator has established a nationwide network of Sportinnovator centres where researchers, companies, sports institutions and local authorities collaborate to create innovations that benefit both elite and grassroots sport and address societal challenges in the area of playing sport and taking exercise. Every Sportinnovator centre has its own area of expertise. Following an assessment, these centres are now Certified Partners for Sportinnovator. That guarantees the quality and uniqueness of the centres in the network. The centres all cooperate with one another, acting as drivers of innovation in the Netherlands and elsewhere. 

Through proven collaboration, Sportinnovator aims to maximise the impact of sports innovation, to help the Netherlands achieve international prominence. Since 2015, Sportinnovator has assessed well over 1250 innovative concepts and has provided more than 500 promising initiatives with financial support and advice. The main objective is to accelerate innovations and to ensure that innovations are successfully brought to market and actually applied in practical settings. More than 100 innovations supported by Sportinnovator have now been launched on the market.