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Smart solutions for the technological challenges surrounding the Einstein Telescope

COMET

The Einstein Telescope (ET) will be a highly sensitive underground observatory for detecting gravitational waves. New innovations are required to make this groundbreaking technology a reality.&nbsp;The Interreg VI project COMET (CoMaking the Einstein Telescope) brings together companies and research institutions from the Netherlands and Germany to develop these technologies, with applications for both the Einstein Telescope and beyond.&nbsp;<h2>Why get involved?</h2>&nbsp;1. Receive up to €75,000 in funding2. Explore opportunities for Dutch-German collaboration3. Strengthen your position within major European high-tech projects.4. Discover new market opportunities

Funding for SMEs and knowledge institutions in the German–Dutch border region

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Subsidy for innovation projects 

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Find your COMET project partner

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Workshops

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ET ecosystem

Accelerate innovations for the Einstein Telescope and seize market opportunities beyond

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Optics

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Laser Interferometry

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Active Noise Mitigation

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Vacuum & Cryogenics

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Advanced Data Processing

Discover the technology domains

Below, you will find the project map. Throughout the project, we will add all approved innovation projects to the map. Behind each icon, you will soon find an SME or knowledge institution from the Dutch–German border region working on groundbreaking solutions to the technological challenges of the Einstein Telescope.The map will continue to grow with new projects that make the Euregio smarter, more future-proof and economically stronger. Discover who came before you, find your collaboration partners and get inspired by the opportunities COMET has to offer.COMET runs from 2025 to 2028 and is supported by the Interreg VI Germany–Netherlands programme. The project is aligned with ET Netherlands, an initiative of the National Growth Fund.

Projectmap COMET

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COMET is being implemented within the framework of the <a href="https://deutschland-nederland.eu/nl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Interreg VI-program Deutschland-Nederland</a> and is co-financed with &nbsp;2.759.369,59 euro by the European Union, the MWIKE NRW, the Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and the provinces of Groningen, Fryslân, Drenthe, Flevoland, Overijssel, Gelderland, North Brabant and Limburg.