Grants

My grants

• NWO Complexity 2009. 443.6 k€. 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship (3 years) and 1 PhD Studentship (4 years), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Stability and rewiring in adaptive neuronal networks (project acronym: STARNET). (Only 14 out of 200 applications were awarded.)

• Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam 2009. 40 k€. VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. An integrated software environment for the analysis of neuronal morphology.

• Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam 2009. 32.5 k€. VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Computational model of neuronal morphogenesis.

• NWO TopTalent 2008. 180 k€. PhD Studentship (4 years) for Martine Groen, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Origin of synaptic democracy: the role of neuronal morphology in synaptic scaling.

• NWO-EW Computational Life Sciences 2007. 460 k€. 3 Postdoctoral Fellowships (3, 2.5 and 2 years), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Neuronal network formation through reciprocal interactions between activity and structure (project acronym: NETFORM). (The project proposal was ranked first among all 40 applications.)

• 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7) 2007, Bio-ICT convergence, Theme ICT-1-8.3, Self-constructing computing systems (project acronym: SECO). Participating in this consortium for 557.6 k€, with 3 Postdoctoral Fellowships (3, 2 and 2 years), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• NWO-EW Open Competition 2006. 189.6 k€. Postdoctoral Fellowship (3 years), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Attention-gated reinforcement learning (project acronym: AGREL).

• 6th Research Framework Programme (FP6) 2004, FP6-2004-Mobility-1, Marie Curie Actions, Research Training Network (RTN), Neuro-cognitive science and information technology virtual university (project acronym: NEURoVERS-it). Participating in this consortium for 231 k€, with a PhD Studentship (2 years) and a Postdoctoral Fellowship (1 year), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• NWO-EW Computational Life Sciences 2003 (635.100.005). 500.7 k€. 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships (each 3 years) and a PhD Studentship (4 years), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Computational analysis of spatiotemporal patterns of activity in neuronal networks (project acronym: CASPAN).

• NWO Cognitie & Gedrag 2003 (NWOCOG/03-15). Preparatory Grant to organize workshop. Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam. New models of reinforcement learning.

• EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Research Council) 2002 (together with B. Graham). PhD Studentship (for Gregor A. Kiddie), Stirling University, UK. Compartmental models of growing neurites.

• Nuffic Huygens Fellowship 2002. Fellowship (1 year, for Albertas Janulevicius), Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam. Microtubule dynamics and neurite outgrowth.

• NWO “Technische Wetenschappen: Programma Wiskunde Toegepast” 2000 (PI: J. Verwer). PhD Studentship (for Johannes K. Krottje), Centre for Mathematics and Informatics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Numerical modelling of the formation of neuronal connections in the nervous system.

• NWO-British Council Joint Scientific Research Programme 1999 (together with B. Graham). Travel Grant between Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, and Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, University of Edinburgh, UK. Formation of branching structures in developing neurites.

• NATO Collaborative Research Grant 1997/1998 (together with H. G. E. Hentschel). Travel Grant between Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, and Emory University, Department of Physics, Rollins Research Centre, USA. Modelling calcium-dependent morphogenesis of neuronal cells.

• Travelling Research Fellowship of the Wellcome Trust, Centre of Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh, UK, 1 November 1997 – 30 June 1998. Analysis of competition amongst neurons for neurotrophins.

• Training and Mobility of Researchers (TMR) Fellowship of the European Commission, Centre of Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh, UK, 29 March 1996 – 29 March 1997. Interactions between neurotrophic factors and neuronal activity in brain development.

• INSERM-NWO, B3E INSERM U263 (with K. Pakdaman). Travel Grants between Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, and Faculte de Medecine Saint-Antoine, Paris, France. Modelling activity-dependent neurite outgrowth.