National Grants

INNOVATIONAL RESEARCH INCENTIVES SCHEME

In 2000, the Netherlands organization for Scientific Research, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Dutch universities established the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme (IRIS). The aim of the program is to give an extra boost to innovative research. The IRIS is a personal grant, offering talented, creative researchers the opportunity to perform their chosen research and to give them a better chance of advancement in academic research institutions. 

3 PARTS: vENI, VIDI AND VICI

  • Veni: open to applications from recent PhD holders, enabling them to further develop their ideas over a three-year period
  • Vidi: for researchers to develop their own innovative research line and appoint one or more researchers
  • Vici: for senior researchers to create their own research group
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Hamdi Joudeh

Vidi - October 2025

Hamdi Joudeh will reimagine wireless sensing from the ground up, using tools from a mathematical field called information theory to make it more resilient and secure. Read more

The goal is to build smarter sensing systems that can better withstand real-world challenges and help keep critical services reliable and safe.

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Alessandra Galli

Veni - July 2025

Alessandra Galli will develop new methods to non-invasively monitor fetal brain health using signals acquired from the mother's abdomen. Read more

My research will push the boundaries of non-invasive fetal brain monitoring and help pave the way for continuous fetal brain monitoring.

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Tom Huiskamp

Vidi - October 2024

Tom Huiskamp will significantly boost the performance of pulsed power applications, thereby making commercialization a step closer to reality so that the entire world can benefit. Read more

This Vidi project will greatly impact pulsed power science and its applications as it will unlock only dreamed-of possibilities.

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Debby Klooster

Veni - July 2024

Debby Klooster will use electric brain signals measured by electroencephalography (EEG) to develop a method to validate target engagement. In addition, an EEG-synchronized TUS setup will be realized to enhance responses to TUS by steering stimulation to optimally responsive brain states. Read more

I am using brain signals to assist ultrasound waves in the battle against brain disorders.

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Ruud van Sloun

Vidi - June 2023

Ruud van Sloun aims to aims to push ultrasound quality towards that of MRI through the development of a unique neuroscience-inspired approach to imaging. Read more

Ultrasound systems should become intelligent active perceivers, just like our brain.

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Fons van der Sommen

Veni - April 2022

Fons van der Sommen aims to develop live methods for quantitively measuring endoscopic imaging quality, thereby reducing the odds of missing early-onset cancer. Read more

You won鈥檛 find what you can鈥檛 see: exposing blind spots in endoscopic cancer screening.