The Dutch Foundation for Auditing Research (FAR), announced earlier as ‘Accountancy Lab’, was launched in Amsterdam on October 20, 2015. The audit profession is undergoing significant changes in respect of expectations and demands. The new foundation focusses on enhancing the knowledge of what makes a good audit today and on improving audit practices sustainably. FAR pursues these objectives by conducting relevant and rigorous academic research on the drivers of audit quality, by collaborating with other research institutes internationally, and by sharing its findings through research conferences and masterclasses.