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: 6
Reservelist: 1
Rejected this year: 10
Total: 21

Successes

Grants: 24
Collaborations: 19
Total: 43

In preparation [ ^ ]

Horizon Europe: LIFETRAIN (LUMC): xxK EUR (x PhD candidates).
HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-02. Advancing innovative interventions for mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders. Medical LifeStyle Training for Severe Mental Illnesses. Remark: Two-stage call. grant total: xxM EUR. Deadline: 18/09/2025. url
Horizon Europe: EMOTYPER (LUMC): xxK EUR (x PhD candidates).
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. Remark: Two-stage call. grant total: xxM EUR. Deadline: 18/09/2025. url
Horizon Europe: SYNTECH (LIACS): xxK EUR (x PhD candidates).
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-13. Fostering Innovative and Compliant Data Ecosystems (IA) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership). Remark: grant total: 9M EUR. Deadline: 25/11/2025. url
Horizon Europe: TRAIDS (LUMC): xxK EUR (x PhD candidates).
HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-CARE-01: End user-driven application of Generative Artificial Intelligence models in healthcare (GenAI4EU). Remark: AS COORDINATOR; Grant total: 20M EUR. Deadline: 18/09/2025. url

Under review [ ^ ]

Health~Holland: TRIAS (LUMC): 630K EUR.
Health~Holland: Vooraanmelding PPS-Programma 2026. TRIAS: Triage Innovatie met AI in Spoedzorg. Voorbij interne voorselectie LUMC. Deadline: 02/07/2025. Grant total: 1M EUR. AS COORDINATOR. url
Horizon Europe: PROMETHEUS (LIACS).
ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PI-FORWARD-DIGITAL-SC, Topic 6: Digital education: Assessment of digital skills and competences. Pioneering a Robust, Open Methodology for Evaluating Technology-enhanced Human and Entrepreneurial Universal Skills. Deadline: 27/05/2025. url
ZonMW: SMART-COPP (LIACS).
Infectieziektebestrijding 4, eerste ronde. Surveillance, text Mining And Real-Time COmPutational analysis in Pediatric infections (SMART-COPP). Deadline: 6/05/2025. Grant total: 500K EUR. url
NWO/Open Science NL: [SharedGovInfra] (LUMC): 240K EUR (0.7 postdoc).
Open Science Infrastructure Call, 2024 1st round. Full-proposal phase: Improving availability, access, and usage of socio-medical data through unified governance - for researchers, health professionals, policymakers, and citizens. Remark: grant total: 1.5M EUR. Deadline: 22 April 2025. url
Horizon Europe: NeuroCoE (LUMC).
Teaming for Excellence (HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage): Neuroscience Centre of Excellence. Remark: grant total: 15M EUR.Pre-proposal phase. Deadline: 10/04/2025. 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. Remark: total grant total: 400K EUR; 24 months Deadline: 03/03/2025. url

On reserve list [ ^ ]

AINed: Spraak4Zorg, EUR 1.1M (LUMC).
AiNed Innovation Labs 2024. Plug & Play Orchestration for Dutch Speech2Text Services Integration to Reduce the Administrative Burden in Healthcare. Remark: grant total: 5.9M EUR. Researcher(s): 1 PhD student, 1 postdoc/program manager, project office.

Rejected in 2025 [ ^ ]

NWA: Babydoctors (LUMC).
NWA Wetenschapscommunicatie 2025: De Babydoctors: Van wetenschap naar ouders – co-creatie en directe dialoog op social media. Remark: Total grant total: 150K EUR. Deadline: 25/02/2025. url
NWO: Inclusieve AI om gezondheidsverschillen te verkleinen (LUMC): 10K EUR.
KIEM HighTech. Partners: Hogeschool Utrecht (lectoraat innovatie van beweegzorg), Pharos, Ancora Health. Remark: grant total: 40K EUR. Deadline: n/a. url
ZonMW: L'IMPACT (LUMC).
Goed Gebruik Geneesmiddelen, Onderzoek met Bestaande Data Ronde 2, Pre-proposal: Longitudinal Insights for management and personalised approach in cystitis treatment. Remark: Total grant total: 344K EUR. Deadline: 25/02/2025. url
Health~Holland: TRIAS (LUMC): 177K EUR.
TKI LSH Programme WorkTech Call for public-private partnerships 2025. Triage Innovation with AI Support in Emergency Care. Deadline: 30/04/2025. Grant total: 250K EUR. AS COORDINATOR. url
ULEI/KIEM: GALA (LIACS).
Geriatric Assessments with LAnguage Technologies. LUMC and LIACS. Deadline: 15/05/2025. url
COST Action: SystOHm (LIACS/LUMC)
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) open space on Systems Thinking in One Health. Remark: 245 proposers at the time of submission, connecting 50 countries (35 in Europe) and 4 international organizations. Score: 42/50. url
LUF: SHAP (LIACS/LUMC).
LUF Impulse KIEM preproposal. Self-harm and suicide in autistic people: the SHAP study. Deadline: 18/04/2025. url
NWO/Open Mind: Healing the World with Frequency Healing (LUMC): 50K EUR (0.8 postdoc, 4 months).
Remark: grant total: 50K EUR. Submitted: 10/03/2025. url
Horizon Europe: MODUL-REHAB: Transform patient rehabilitation through innovative modular robotics and AI (LIACS): 310K EUR (2 PhD candidates).
HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01-01, Industrial Doctoral Networks (DN-ID). Remark: total call total: 609M EUR. Deadline: 20 November 2024. Score: 87.4/100. url
Horizon Europe: EXPLAIN (LUMC): 417K EUR (1 PhD)
HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-02 (Explainable and Robust AI). Remark: grant total: 6.5M EUR. Deadline: 18 September 2024. ESR Score: 12/15. url

For my impressive list of less recent failures, be sure to visit my impressive Rejections page...