Care And Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI)

What Care And Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI) does

CAPHRI (Care and Public Health Research Institute) is an academic research institute embedded within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. It is organised along six thematic-oriented research lines spanning 11 departments and brings together approximately 300 researchers and more than 450 PhD candidates to conduct multidisciplinary research on care and public health. Its core outputs are scientific publications (~1,000 refereed papers per year), PhD training (a doctoral programme producing ~60 theses annually and conferring the Maastricht University PhD credential), and applied case studies that translate research into healthcare practice. CAPHRI's primary collaborators are the Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+) and local care organisations in the Limburg province, with a flagship Living Lab Rehabilitation programme.

The institute operates as a non-commercial, publicly funded research organisation. Its revenue stream is institutional and grant-based — a stated annual budget of approximately 30 million euros, drawn from university budgets, research grants, and collaborative funding from healthcare partners — rather than commercial sales of products or services. Customer-facing segments are academic: PhD candidates seeking doctoral training under expert supervision, healthcare organisations in Limburg receiving research support, and the broader public health sector. Distribution occurs through academic channels — peer-reviewed publications, dissertations, case studies, newsletters, and the institute's social media presence (LinkedIn, Instagram, Bluesky) — rather than through a commercial sales motion.

Governance places CAPHRI under the umbrella of Maastricht University, a Dutch public university. The institute is directed by Professor Silvia Evers and operates with no listed subsidiaries, no equity funding rounds, and no third-party ownership. Operating geographies listed are the Netherlands (Limburg province) within Europe, with global reach through international PhD recruitment and collaborative research partnerships aligned to its 'from global to local' principle.

Name

Care And Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI)

Legal name

Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI)

Website

https://caphri.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CAPHRI is an academic public-health research institute within Maastricht University, running six thematic research lines, supporting more than 450 PhD candidates, and partnering with MUMC+ and Limburg care organisations to translate care and public-health research into practice.

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Product category

Academic Public Health Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAGAA

Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

SECONDARYEDAHAGAI

Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

SECONDARYEDAHAAAC

Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Public Research Universities

Keywords

• Public health research
• Healthcare innovation research
• PhD training programmes
• Clinical research collaboration
• Rehabilitation research

Headquarters

HQ city

Maastricht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Funding and Grants: CAPHRI operates as an academic research institute within a university structure, generating revenue through research grants, institutional funding from Maastricht University, and potentially government/healthcare sector collaborations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CAPHRI conducts multidisciplinary public health and healthcare innovation research organised across six thematic research lines, employing 300 researchers across 11 departments and producing approximately 1,000 refereed publications and 60 PhD theses per year. The institute also delivers a PhD training programme supporting more than 450 doctoral candidates from around the world, with applied research translation through MUMC+ and regional care partners in Limburg.

Product overview

CAPHRI is a public health research institute organized as a unified portfolio of interconnected research and training services. The core offerings include multidisciplinary research across six thematic lines (delivering approximately 1,000 scientific publications annually) and a PhD programme supporting over 450 doctoral candidates. The product ecosystem comprises: CAPHRI Research (primary research output), CAPHRI PhD Programme (doctoral training), CAPHRI Case Studies (applied solutions), CAPHRI Quality Assurance (research support), and CAPHRI Publications/Dissertations (research dissemination). These offerings are unified by the institute's mission to bridge research and society through collaboration with MUMC+ and local care organisations, with 30 million euros annual budget and output of 60 PhD theses annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CAPHRI PhD Programme A doctoral training programme facilitating talented graduates from around the world to conduct independent research projects under expert guidance, resulting in a thesis and PhD degree from Maastricht University.
• CAPHRI Research Multidisciplinary public health and healthcare innovation research conducted across six thematic-oriented research lines, organised with 300 researchers in 11 departments.
• CAPHRI Case Studies Real-world case studies demonstrating research impact and solutions developed through collaboration with MUMC+ and local care organisations in Limburg.
• CAPHRI Quality Assurance Support services for achieving trustworthy research, offering guidance throughout the research process to ensure quality in how research results are achieved.
• CAPHRI PhD Dissertations Doctoral project publications spanning the institute's research lines, showcasing collaborative and innovative approaches to improving healthcare and public health.
• CAPHRI Publications Scientific publications covering all research from the six thematic-oriented research lines where researchers from different disciplines work in multidisciplinary teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000 refereed scientific publications annually
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose ties with MUMC+ enable CAPHRI to bring solutions for real-life problems in care and public health through collaborative research and clinical applications.
• Local Care Organisations in LimburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with local care organisations in the province of Limburg enables research translation and practical healthcare innovation at the regional level.
• Living Lab RehabilitationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLiving Lab Rehabilitation celebrating its tenth anniversary, focusing on building rehabilitation care of tomorrow and making rehabilitation an integral part of the healthcare landscape.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Radboudumc: Dutch university medical centre combining patient care, research, and education — directly comparable to CAPHRI's academic medical research context within the Netherlands.
• Karolinska Institutet: Swedish medical university with a large multidisciplinary public health and clinical research portfolio organised around research themes — directly comparable to CAPHRI's structure and mission.
• Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC): Dutch university medical centre affiliated with Leiden University conducting biomedical and public health research — directly comparable as a peer Netherlands-based academic research entity.
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Leading US school of public health with a multidisciplinary research model and large PhD population — directly comparable to CAPHRI's public health research and doctoral training mission.
• University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences: Danish university faculty focused on health, medical, and public health research with PhD programmes — directly comparable European academic health research institution.
• UMC Utrecht: Dutch university medical centre with research focus on care innovation and public health — directly comparable as a peer Dutch academic medical research institute.
• Imperial College London School of Public Health: UK-based school of public health conducting multidisciplinary research and doctoral training — directly comparable in structure and mission to CAPHRI.
• Erasmus MC: Dutch university medical centre in Rotterdam with strong public health and healthcare innovation research — directly comparable as a Netherlands-based academic medical research institute.
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: UK-based public health and tropical medicine research and graduate institution — directly comparable as a focused public health research institute with strong PhD training programmes.

Broad incumbents

• National Institutes of Health (NIH): US government agency conducting large-scale biomedical and public health research — broadly comparable as a much larger public-sector health research incumbent operating at a national scale.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/care-and-public-health-research-institute
• Instagraminstagram.com/um.fhml

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Funding overview

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