Abstract: Since its foundation in 1997 the Dutch government health research funder ZonMw has been committed to commissioning high quality research and promoting its use in policy and practice. We stand for scientific quality and societal impact. During 20 years we have developed an extensive implementation policy consisting of 5 components. Requirements and criteria in granting and reporting, specific funding schemes for dissemination and implementation, investment in implementation infrastructure, communications and implementation by ZonMw itself and contributing to the body of knowledge on implementation will be discussed in this session. ZonMw’s ambitions and challenges for the coming years will be laid out and will serve as a kick off for the discussion with seminar participants.

Biography: Barbara van der Linden is staff member Implementation and Innovation at The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, ZonMw. Barbara was trained in medicine and wrote her PhD on Integrated care in 2001. She has been implementation officer and programme coordinator at ZonMw before joining the staff for implementation and innovation policy in 2008. She is responsible for R & D of ZonMw implementation policies. She has worked on cost and labor saving innovations, de-implementation, Choosing Wisely, innovation in research and impact. She is currently co-convener of the Ensuring Value in Research Funders Forum, an international collaboration of funders working together on reducing waste in research: sites.google.com/view/evir-funders-forum