The CaRES Centre of Applied Research and Innovation (Care Rehabilitation, Education & Sport) combines the forces of the professorships of Applied Health Care Provision, Rehabilitation, Integral Youth Policy, Sports Sciences and Nursing Innovation & Positioning. For the professional field this means the development of demand-driven multidisciplinary research and innovation projects on the cutting edge of the professorships involved. This will be done through intensive co-operation with external partners in the professional field as well as lecturers and students of Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen.