Sixteen years of subsidy grants, made explorable in your browser
The Dutch government publishes every subsidy grant it awards: to whom, how much, in which sector, in which year. It is genuinely open data, no request needed, and almost nobody reads it, because raw open data is not the same as usable data. A business that wants to know who in its sector has been funded, or how a subsidy programme has moved over time, faces a spreadsheet of government grant records with none of the structure a normal person needs to make sense of it.
What it answers
One dense public dataset, made instantly filterable.
Who in my sector has been funded, and how much?
Sixteen years of awarded grants, filterable by sector, year, or recipient in a few clicks, instead of a spreadsheet with no structure a normal person can use.
How has a subsidy programme moved over time?
The full history is in the browser at once, so moving from "sixteen years of grants" to "grants in my sector, this year" takes a filter, not a research afternoon.
Where the data comes from
One well-structured public dataset, made explorable.
RVO grant records
The Dutch government's own published subsidy award data, spanning sixteen years of grants: recipient, amount, sector, and year. This case is deliberately a single, well-structured public dataset rather than a join across multiple sources, since the point of the showcase is what becomes possible once one dense public dataset is actually made explorable, not a combined signal. See the full awarded grants product, also sliced by sector and region.
Method, in plain language
No backend, on purpose.
The browser queries the public dataset directly
The dashboard runs entirely client-side: the browser queries the public dataset directly, with no backend server processing the request in between. That keeps it simple, fast, and transparent about what it is, a direct window onto the published records, not a black box performing hidden calculations. Filtering by sector, year, or recipient happens instantly in the browser, so a user can move from "sixteen years of grants" to "grants in my sector, this year" in a few clicks.
What this doesn't show
Honest limits, stated plainly.
Awarded grants, not open calls
These are awarded grants, a record of who received funding and how much, not a list of open or upcoming subsidy calls. Anyone looking for "what can I apply for right now" needs a different source; this shows what has already been decided.
RVO's own categorisation, unedited
A sector or recipient name in the data reflects how RVO itself categorised the award. Where that categorisation is broad or inconsistent across years, the dashboard reflects that as published; it does not re-classify or clean up the underlying sector labels.
The fact of an award, not the reasoning
The dataset shows the fact of an award, not the reasoning behind it: why one applicant was funded and another was not is not part of the public record, and the dashboard makes no claim about it.
A published register, not a live feed
This is a showcase built on a public register as RVO has published it; it is not a live feed of brand-new decisions the moment they happen.