The province has been participating in the Interreg project MOMAr with project partners from five European countries.  The aim was to learn from each other how best to approach restoring, preserving and developing heritage, spatial quality and landscape. For Groningen, the focus was on restoring the terp Op Maarhuizen.

In connection with the [Industry 2030]project, a grant application was accepted from the University of Groningen to set up an international centre of expertise on supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) (https://campus.groningen.nl/nieuws/superkritische-co2). The EU has provided EUR 3.35 million to help businesses – in sectors ranging from horticulture to manufacturing and food, and engineering – to [green]their production processes.

The [Vonk Traineeship]set-up (https://vonktraineeship.nl/) seeks to establish links between young graduates and SMEs in northern Netherlands through traineeships and a personal education programme in order to retain top academic talent for the region. A number of firms, civil society organisations and the University of Groningen are involved in the programme, which received EUR 439 000 [by way of a European grant]between 2021 and 2023 (https://kohesio.ec.europa.eu/en/projects/Q3988883). 

Groningen is regarded as the knowledge city in northern Netherlands (and indeed Europe) when it comes to healthy and active ageing. For example, through Lifelines NEXT University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) is involved in INITIALISE, an international research project on the development of the human immune system that has received almost EUR 7 million in an EU grant under the Horizon Europe programme.