Project

Small Innovative Projects

Small innovation projects (SIPs) are projects in which new innovative ideas that do not fit within ongoing research are tested. Thereare by definition short projects (< 1 year).

There are 2 types of SIPs:

  • WR-SIP (Wageningen Research-SIP);
  • dedicated SIP (cooperation between WR-units)

For 2024, 6 WR-SIPs have been initiated along with 1 dedicated SIP. The focus of the SIPs in 2024 is on generative AI.

The following SIPs are being executed:

WR-SIPs

  1. Wageningen Economic Research WEcR):Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Social Economic domain
  2. Wageningen Environmental Research (WEnR:Gen AI-Supported Chatbots for the Digital Agri Hub as a public good
  3. Wageningen Food & Biobasef Research (WFBR): Generative modelling to predict microbial behavior
  4. Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR):MS2table: Generative AI for extracting tandem mass spectra from literature findings
  5. Wageningen Live stock Research (WLR):Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI for Animal Health: Overcoming Data Challenges in Livestock by Synthetic Data Generation
  6. Wageningen Plant Research (WPR):Enhancing Large Language Models with Domain-Specific Knowledge via Crop Growth Models

Dedicated SIPs

WR units: WFSR, WPR, WEnR: Remedying Representativity Gaps and Improving AI model generalizability using Generative AI