Current Proposals

This section provides actual insight into my near future research plans, by listing my current pipeline of research proposals under review, currently in preparation, already canceled, or which have been rejected this calendar year. For less recent failures, visit my impressive Rejections page.

Proposals pipeline

Stage

In preparation: 4
Under review: 4
Reservelist: 0
Rejected in 2026: 9
Total: 17

Successes

Grants: 26
Collaborations: 21
Total: 47

In preparation [ ^ ]

Horizon Europe: ENVHLTH (LUMC).
HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-ENVHLTH-04. Towards climate resilient, prepared and carbon neutral populations and healthcare systems. Hospital-at-Home. Remark: grant total: 8M EUR. Deadline: 16/04/2026. url
ZonMW: LUCC2 (LUMC).
A regional transmural forecasting application that predicts disruption in chronic care. Programme: Doorgang Reguliere Zorg Pandemische Paraatheid. Call: Regionale data-oplossingen voor medisch-specialistische zorg. 18 months. Remark: Two-stage call. grant total: 3.4M EUR. Deadline: 7/04/2026. url
Horizon Europe: LIFETRAIN (LUMC): 390K EUR (1 PhD candidate).
HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-02. Advancing innovative interventions for mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders. HORIZON-HLTH-2025-03-two-stage. First round: 190 proposals submitted. Personalised Pharmaco-Lifestyle Interventions for Severe Mental Illnesses (SMI) enhanced by Digital Health and Immersive Technologies. Remark: Two-stage call. grant total: 8M EUR. Deadline: 16/09/2025. url
Horizon Europe: EMOTYPER (LUMC): ~400K EUR (1 PhD candidate).
HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-02. Advancing innovative interventions for mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders. EMOtional disorders bio-TYPing and AI-driven strategies for Enhanced long-term Recovery. With Erik G. HORIZON-HLTH-2025-03-two-stage. First round: 190 proposals submitted. Remark: Two-stage call. Project: #101286615. grant total: 8M EUR. Deadline: 16/09/2025. url

Under review [ ^ ]

NWO: FAIR-Control (LIACS): 535K EUR (2 postdocs).
FAIR-Control: A Platform for Access and Usage of Data in Federated Health Data Spaces. Research Infrastructure (RI): national consortia. Remark: grant total: ~3M EUR. 25% in-kind. Deadline: 24/03/2026. url
CSC: ACRE (LIACS).
Auditable Clinical Reasoning in Emergency Care From Implicit Narratives to Structured, Inspectable Reasoning Artifacts. Remark: grant total: ~300K EUR. Deadline: 27/02/2026. url
CSC: Seeing Decisions (LIACS).
Seeing Decisions: Visualizing Multi-Agent Reasoning Under Dynamic Environments. With Mike P. Remark: grant total: ~300K EUR. Deadline: 27/02/2026. url
NWO: SUNRISE HEALTH (LUMC): 430K EUR (1 data scientist).
SUstainable National Research InfraStructure for Equity in Health. Research Infrastructure (RI): national consortia, round 2025-2026. Remark: grant total: 4.2M EUR. Deadline: 24/03/2026. url

On reserve list [ ^ ]

None.

Rejected in 2026 [ Before 2026 | ^ ]

Horizon Europe: MARIANA: ModulAR AssIstive RehAbilitation techNologies for Doctoral PAthway (LIACS): 310K EUR (2 PhD candidates).
HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01, Industrial Doctoral Networks (DN-ID). Remark: total call total: 598M EUR. Deadline: 25 November 2025. Score: 88.80/100. url
ZonMW: FEDA (LUMC): 350K EUR.
FEDA: a federated data platform for scalable health data accessibility with privacy-by-design. Research readiness for pandemic preparedness SA 2025. Expanding the SCIP-COVID-19 consortium. Deadline: 28/10/2025. Grant total: 650K EUR. AS COORDINATOR. url
MinVWS: Dementie in Kaart (LUMC): 1 PhD candidate.
Rijksinkoopsamenwerking: Europese aanbesteding Openbare procedure Dementie in Kaart voor het ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport, Directie Langdurige Zorg. With Miriam H. Deadline: 12/02/2026. Tender total: 2.0M EUR. url
ZonMW MEDZo: INTEGRATE-MACE (LIACS/LUMC): 350K EUR (1 PhD candidate).
ZonMW MEDischspecialistische Zorg en Onderzoek (MedZo) 2025. Development of an integrated prediction model for secondary MACE. Pre-proposal phase. Remark: total call total: 1.5M EUR. Deadline 1st stage: 2 Dec 2025. url
Erasmus+: EFCAI-PLATO (LIACS): 75K EUR.
KA220-HED - Cooperation partnerships in higher education (KA220-HED). Empowering Future Careers: AI-Driven Learning Spaces and Innovative Teaching Strategies for Digital Competencies. Score: [87/100]. Remark: total grant total: 400K EUR; 24 months Deadline: 03/03/2025. url
Horizon Europe: Care2Connect (LUMC): 3M EUR (4 PhD candidates, 2 postdocs, 1 technician).
HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-CARE-01: End user-driven application of Generative Artificial Intelligence models in healthcare (GenAI4EU). Care2Connect: Trustworthy Generative AI for Connected, Patient-Centered Care. With Simon M. Success rate: 1.7%! Remark: AS COORDINATOR; Grant total: 20M EUR. Deadline: 16/09/2025. url
Horizon Europe: SynTech (LIACS): 700K EUR (1 PhD candidate, 1 postdoc).
Synthetic Data and Technologies for European data spaces and compliance hub. HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-13. Fostering Innovative and Compliant Data Ecosystems (IA) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership). 76 proposals submitted. Remark: grant total: 9M EUR. Deadline: 25/11/2025. url
Horizon Europe: DMP-MFFF (LUMC): 1.0M EUR (3 PhD candidates).
HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-12: Nutrition and Mental Health. Raising citizen awareness on alternative proteins derived from biotechnology. DMP-MFFF: The Digital Modeling Platform for Mind-Functional Food Formulations. Mind therapy modelling by exploitation of precision functional foods With Erik G. 41 proposals submitted. 2 granted. Remark: grant total: 4.95M EUR. Deadline: 16/09/2025. url
Healthy Society: Een praatje met KATO (LUMC).
LDE Opschalingsproject, Thema: Duurzame zorg voor gezondheidsbevordering met geavanceerde datatechnologie. KATO: een Klinisch Assessment door Technologie voor Ouderen. Remark: grant total: 50K EUR. PI: Bram van Dijk. url

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