Awarded grants
Amsterdam UMC researchers who were awarded with a grant (2022 – 2025)
Amsterdam UMC Postdoc Career Bridging Grant
This postdoc position gives Amsterdam UMC Principal Investigators the opportunity to attract talented early career researchers from outside the Amsterdam UMC. The position gives candidates the opportunity to strengthen their academic profile by generating scientific and societal impact with a view of improving chances of obtaining future EU (MSCA-PF, ERC StG) or national (NWO Veni) personal grants.
| YEAR | NAME | DEPARTMENT |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dr. M. (Marte) Molenaars | Laboratory Medicine, location AMC |
| 2025 | Dr. Ju Young Lee | Obstetrics and Gynecology, location VUmc |
| 2025 | Dr. Hanna de Jong | Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, location AMC |
| 2024 | Dr. F. (Fayette) Klaassen | Global Health, location AMC |
| 2024 | Dr. T.E. (Tim) Moors | Anatomy and Neurosciences, location VUmc |
| 2024 | Dr. J.M.E. (Josephine) Tan | Physiology / Cardiothoracic Surgery, location VUmc |
| 2023 | Dr. A. (Antonio) Astorga | Medical Microbiology, location AMC |
| 2023 | Dr. M. (Miranda) Houtman | Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology and Experimental Immunology, location AMC |
| 2023 | Dr. G. (Gabriela) Lunansky | Epidemiology & Data Science, location VUmc |
| 2023 | Dr. J.A. (Joëlle) Pasman | Psychiatry, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. T.P.N. (Nam) Bui | Experimental Vascular Medicine, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. R. (Robin) van Dalen | Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. M. (Michal) Korenar | Neurology, location VUmc |
| 2022 | Dr. M. (Molly) O'Reilly | Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, location AMC |
Dutch Research Council (NWO) grants
Veni
The Veni grants are part of the NWO Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. Veni grants are awarded to talented, creative researchers with innovative ideas, who have recently obtained their PhD. The funding enables applicants to develop their own line of research.
| YEAR | NAME | DEPARTMENT & LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dr. T.F.S. (Thomaz) Bastiaanssen | Psychiatry, location VUmc |
| 2023 | Dr. F.F. (Fons) van den Berg | Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, location AMC |
| 2023 | Dr. N. (Nick) van Es | Vascular Medicine, location AMC |
| 2023 | Dr. H. (Helga) Haberfehlner | Rehabilitation Medicine, location VUmc |
| 2023 | Dr. P.A. (Patrick) de Jonge | Vascular Medicine, location AMC |
| 2023 | Dr. A.S. (Stijn) Meijnikman | Vascular Medicine, location AMC |
| 2023 | Dr. M.R. (Marry) Smit | Intensive Care Medicine, location AMC |
| 2023 | Dr. A.L. (Anna) Pees | Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, location VUmc |
| 2023 | Dr. V.I. (Vera) Wiersma | Location VUmc / VU University |
| 2023 | Dr. J. (Josjan) Zijlmans | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry & Psychosocial Care, location VUmc |
| 2022 | Dr. A.E. (Annette) Neele | Medical Biochemistry, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. A.X. (Alvin) Han | Medical Microbiology and Infection, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. E. (Emma) Birnie | Center of Experimental and Molecular Medicine, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. T.P.N. (Nam) Bui | Experimental Vascular Medicine, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. A.W.G. (Arthur) Buijink | Neurology, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. N. (Najim) Lahrouchi | Experimental Cardiology, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. R.H.G. (Rik) Olde Engberink | Nephrology, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. C.J. (Nienke) Alberts | Epidemiology & Data Science, location VUmc |
| 2022 | Dr. L.K.M. (Laura) Han | Psychiatry, location VUmc |
| 2022 | Dr. L. (Lisa) Vermunt | Laboratory Medicine, location VUmc |
| 2022 | Dr. V.A. (Vincent) van Vugt | Family Medicine, location VUmc |
Vidi
The Vidi grants are part of the NWO Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. Vidi grants are personal grants, for excellent researchers who have gained several years of research experience after their PhD to further consolidate their research line.
| YEAR | NAME | DEPARTMENT & LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dr. J.H.J. (Jochem) Bernink | Experimental Immunology, location AMC |
| 2023 | Dr. A. (Amélie) Fréal | Functional Genomics / Human Genetics, location VUmc |
| 2023 | Dr. J.C.M. (Janneke) Heijne | Infectious Diseases, location AMC / GGD Amsterdam |
| 2023 | Dr. J. (Jeffrey) Kroon | Experimental Vascular Medicine, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. L.D.J. (Lieuwe) Bos | Intensive Care, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. S. (Sarah) Derks | Medical Oncology, location VUmc |
| 2022 | Dr. J. (Joep) Grootjans | Tytgat Institute, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. O.J. (Oliver) Gurney-Champion | Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. N.M.J. (Nordin) Hanssen | Vascular Medicine, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. M.A. (Marij) Hillen | Medical Psychology, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. J.D. (Joreintje) Mackenbach | Clinical Epidemiology, location VUmc |
| 2022 | Dr. E. (Elena) Rampanelli | Experimental Vascular Medicine, location AMC |
Vici
The Vici grants are part of the NWO Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. The Vici grants are targeted at outstanding senior researchers who have successfully demonstrated the ability to develop their own innovative lines of research, and to act as coaches for young researchers.
| YEAR | NAME | DEPARTMENT & LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Prof. dr. O.A. (Odile) van den Heuvel | Psychiatry, location AMC |
| 2024 | Prof. dr. W.J. (Joost) Wiersinga | Infectious Diseases, location AMC |
| 2024 | Dr. C. (Chun-Xia) Yi | Endocrinology, location AMC |
| 2023 | Dr. S. (Stephan) Huveneers | Medical Biochemistry, location AMC |
| 2023 | Prof. dr. F.S. (Frances) de Man | Pulmonary Medicine, location VUmc |
| 2022 | Dr. I. (Ingo) Willuhn | Psychiatry, location AMC/NIN |
| 2021 | Dr. K.P.J.M. (Klaas) van Gisbergen | Immunology, location AMC/Sanquin |
EU Coordinatorships
EU FP7, EU Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe are the European Funding Programs for Research and Innovation.
| YEAR | NAME | DEPARTMENT & LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| tba | tba | tba |
European Research Council (ERC) grants
European Research Council (ERC) grants support individual researchers with pioneering ideas that address new and emerging fields and applications that introduce unconventional, innovative approaches.
ERC Starting Grant
The ERC Starting grants aim to support up-and-coming research leaders who are about to establish a proper research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe.
| YEAR | NAME | DEPARTMENT & LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dr. Harsha Devalla | Medical Biology, location AMC |
| 2023 | Dr. Amélie Freal | Human Genetics, location VUmc |
| 2023 | Dr. Rachel Thijssen | Clinical Haematology, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. M.A. (Marten) Hoeksema | Medical Biochemistry, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. J. (Jeffrey) Kroon | Experimental Vascular Medicine, location AMC |
| 2022 | Dr. K.B. (Babu) Kurakula | Physiology, location VUmc |
| 2022 | Dr. S.L. (Stéphanie) van der Pas | Epidemiology and Data Science, location VUmc |
| 2022 | Dr. J.L. (Jorien) Treur | Psychiatry, location AMC |
ERC Consolidator Grant
The ERC Consolidator grants are designed to support researchers at the stage at which they are consolidating their own independent research team or programme.
| YEAR | NAME | DEPARTMENT & LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dr. B.M. (Betty) Tijms | Neurology |
| 2022 | Dr. J.W. (Wessel) Ganzevoort | Obstetrics and Gynecology, location AMC |
ERC Advanced Grant
The ERC Advanced grants targets established independent research leaders with ideas for new directions in their respective research fields or other domains.
| YEAR | NAME | DEPARTMENT & LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Prof. dr. M. (Max) Nieuwdorp | Vascular Medicine |
| 2022 | Prof. dr. H.E. (Elga) de Vries | Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, location VUmc |
ERC Synergy Grant
ERC Synergy projects should enable substantial advances at the frontiers of knowledge, stemming, for example, from the cross-fertilization of scientific fields, from new productive lines of enquiry, or new methods and techniques, including unconventional approaches and investigations at the interface between established disciplines.
| YEAR | NAME | DEPARTMENT & LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Prof. dr. A.D. (Bert) Windhorst | Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, location VUmc |