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• 2022

  ERC Starting Grant for Photonics researcher Matz Liebel
  Photonics researcher Matz Liebel has received a Starting Grant of 1.9 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC).               

  A navigation system with 10 centimeter accuracy
  Researchers have developed an alternative positioning system that is more robust and accurate than GPS, especially in urban settings.
  
  Andreas Freise appointed as project director Einstein Telescope
  Professor Andreas Freise (VU/ Nikhef) has been appointed as project director for the international Einstein Telescope (ET) organization.   

  Physicists make optical hydrogen sensor with record sensitivity Photo Conversion Materials
  A group of researchers, led by VU physicist Andrea Baldi, successfully developed a new, highly sensitive optical hydrogen sensor. 
  
  NWO grant award to Dr. David Dulin
  Dr. David Dulin from the research group Physics of Living Systems received a NWO grant in the Open Competition Domain Science-M programme.
  
  Juan Rojo new Professor of Theoretical Physics Astro Particle Physics  
  As of 1 September, physicist Juan Rojo has been appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics. His chair is embedded in the Physics and Astronomy department.     

  New Nature paper proves: the proton has some intrinsic charm Astro Particle Physics          
  Researchers have found the first evidence that not only up- and down quarks exist inside the proton, but also medium-heavy charm quarks.  

  NWO Open Competition Science-XL grants for VU physicists awarded up to 3 million euros per project   
  Two research consortia led by VU physicists David Dulin and Jeroen Koelemeij have been awarded a Open Competition Domain Science-XL grant.  

  New method: studying living cells with sound
  Scientists at Gijs Wuite and Erwin Peterman’s lab developed a method to move living cells with sound and learn a lot about them in the process.                                      
  
  NWO grant for research on deuteron-bearing molecules, 0,7 M
  The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a grant to Max Beyer and Jeroen Koelemeij of the Quantum Metrology and Laser Applications (QMLA) group.
  
  EUV light manipulation to unleash unprecedented capabilities
  A research team led by VU physicist Peter Kraus is the first one to demonstrate control over extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light pulses using nanostructures.
  
  David Dulin awarded with NIH grant 0,945 M each project
  NIH – National Institutes of Health - announced the nine centers that will be funded by the Antiviral Drug Discovery (AViDD) program.
  
  Roberta Croce and Catarina Dutilh Novaes elected member of KNAW 
  The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has elected 22 new members, including two of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

  DNA protected during cell division thanks to elastic chromosomes
  A research team led by VU physicists has developed a new method of studying human chromosomes – and thus DNA – with optical tweezers.

  Dutch government embraces plans for Einstein Telescope in Limburg
  The Dutch government intends to conditionally allocate 42 million euros from the Dutch National Growth Fund to the Einstein Telescope.        
  
  Studying Alzheimer's disease more directly with laser microscopy 
  Scientists conducted research using laser-microscopic methods into the composition of so-called 'plaques' in the brains of deceased Alzheimer's patients.
  
  NWO funding for a variable-wavelength laser, 0,775 M
  ARCNL and VU group leaders Oscar Versolato, Stefan Witte and Wim Ubachs have received NWO funding.
  
  Physicist Stefan Witte awarded Vici grant
  Stefan Witte, a physicist at VU Amsterdam and ARCNL, has been awarded a Vici grant worth 1.5 million euros.
  
  Marlous Blankesteijn receives BETA Innovation Prize 2021
  Marlous Blankesteijn BETA Innovation Prize and European Grant 125 K€ for Science education in field of entrepreneurship within VU and the UT collaboration.
  
  Contradictory role of light in photosynthesis unravelled
  Researchers at VU Amsterdam discovered, at molecular level, why cells are damaged by exposure to sunlight. 
  
  ERC Starting Grant for Peter Kraus
  Peter Kraus has received a ERC Starting Grant of 2 million euro, which includes an exceptional investment funding of 500.000 euro.
  

• 2020

  ERC Advanced Grant
  Gijs Wuite
  Mechanically mapped chromosomes (€ 2,5 million)

  ERC Proof of Concept Grant
  Wim Ubachs and Edcel Salumbides
  BREATHSENS: Breath analysis sensor for disease detection in the dairy industry (€ 150.000)

  NWO - GROOT
  Roberta Croce and John Kennis
  Nanoscale regulators of photosynthesis
  Plants depend on sunlight for their energy supply. With the use of an ingenious antenna system they use this light very efficiently but in bright sunlight the chances to induce photodamage increase substantially. Fortunately, plants can cope with these dangers with the use of a special protein called PsbS. However, it is completely unknown how this protein does its job. A broad consortium of plant biologists, chemists and physicists team up to investigate with advanced experimental and theoretical methods how PsbS can recognize the danger and set in motion a cascade of processes that lead to efficient photoprotection. (€ 2,8 million) 

  
  EU-Creative Europe program
  Raoul Frese
  (€ 2,8 million - A consortium of European art and science organisations)

  NWO-Veni
  Maximilian Beyer
  Weakly bound molecular ions to probe fundamental physics
  Laser light and electric fields are used to generate a molecular ion and to keep it fixed in space. The ion can be visualized as two spheres connected by a spring. A measurement of the vibrations of the spring is used to learn whether fundamental physical constants change over time. (€ 250.000)
  

• 2019

  ERC Consolidatior Grant
  Stefan Witte
  (€ 2,0 million)

  NWO High Tech Systems and Materials (HTSM) Grant
  Stefan Witte

  Joint initiative of NWO Social Sciences and Humanities and the Taskforce for Applied Research SIA
  Raoul Frese
  (€ 420.000) 

  NWA-program (Nationale Wetenschapsagenda) Ideeëngenerator
  Raoul Frese
  (€ 50.000)

  Bio Art & Design Award 2019 (BAD Award)
  Raoul Frese
  (€ 25.000) 

  NWO-Demonstrator Grant
  Imran Avci and Davide Iannuzzi

  NWO Minerva Prize
  Fedrica Burla
  (€ 5.000) 

  Amsterdam Impact Award
  Erwin Peterman and Gijs Wuite 

  NWO Perspectief program ‘Licht voor beter zicht op ziekten’
  Johannes de Boer
  (€ 5,4 million)

• 2018

  NWO Valorisatieprijs 2018
  Davide Iannuzzi
  (€ 250.000)

  ERC Advanced Grant
  Erwin Peterman
  (€ 2.500.000)

  European Commission, HORIZON 2020 program, Marie Curie Innovative Training Network – European Joint Doctorate

  Rene Williams: POLYTHEA: Design and photo-optimization of Photosensitizer for Human Health and Food security applications or “how light can save lives”
  k€ 2500 (UvA: k€ 255, 2 Joint PhD; 1 defense at UvA, 1 in Dublin)

  STW Perspectief project LINX
  Stefan Witte: Lensless soft-X-ray metrology with high-harmonic sources
  (€ 600.000)

  NWO TOP grant
  Roberta Croce: Engineering light-harvesting complexes for a better coverage of the solar spectrum.
  (€ 780.000)

  NWO ECHO grant
  Fred Brouwer and Daniel Bonn
  In touch with fluorescent probe molecules: microscopic visualization of contacts and friction
  The dynamics of the physical world are mostly determined by the forces between objects at their points of contact. In the granted project, such touching points are visualized at the nanoscale with the help of fluorescent molecules. With this technique the researchers aim to test the physical theory of friction.

  Physics2Market grant, IXA
  Wybren Jan Buma: Plant Molecular Heaters - proof of concept.
  (2018, 27.5 kEuro) 

  European 'Future and Emerging Technologies' program funding
  Wybren Jan Buma: Boostcrop.
  (2018, 4940 kEuro, 845 kEuro UvA)

  HTSM-PROJECT
  Ton van Leeuwen: AN INTEGRATED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL IMAGING AT 1300NM 

  CVON EURLY DIAGNOSIS PROJECT CINTICS
  Ton van Leeuwen: CIRCULATING NANO TRACES TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF STROKE

  TKI PROJECT
  Ton van Leeuwen: LIGHT-BASED NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD HEMATOCRIT

  TKI PROJECT M-Cath
  Ton van Leeuwen: MEMS-CATHETER BASED 3D OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY OF BLADDER LESIONS

  VU Amsterdam Start Contribution
  Imran Avci
  (€ 30.000)

  Marie Curie Individual Fellowship
  Wojciech Nawrocki: The Fate of Excitation in Photoinhibited Chloroplasts

  VENI

  Hacking Photosynthesis: a biosensor for environmental pollutants
  Dr. V.M. (Vincent) Friebe (m), VU, Biophysics
  In order to sustain our increasing food demand, novel herbicides are constantly being developed in order to improve crop yields. This research seeks to create an accessible biosensor which is specific and sensitive to herbicides residues found in our ecosystem, drinking water and food.

  The molecular strategy of plants against sunburn
  Dr. N. (Nicoletta) Liguori (f), VU - Physics and Astronomy
  By discarding the excess absorbed energy (photoprotection), plants avoid photodamage. Protein conformational switches trigger photoprotection. How these switches are regulated is poorly understood. The researcher will develop a novel ultrafast spectroscopy method and combine it with state-of-the-art molecular dynamics to determine it.

  Best student presentation award Mengqi Du bij de OSA Computational Sensing and Imaging conference (25-28 juni 2018, Orlando, US)

  Best student presentation award Anne de Beurs bij de European Optical Society Biannual Meeting (8-12 oktober, Delft, NL)

  Best poster award Mengqi Du bij de jaarlijkse NNV meeting voor Atoom-, Molecuul-, en Optische fysica (25-26 september, Lunteren, NL)

  Best poster award Antonio Carlos Costa from the 13th annual Physics of Living Matter symposium, Marseille. 

  Best student poster award for Laura Dreissen at the Precision Physics of Simple Atomic Systems (PSAS) conference 2018 Vienna, Austria

  Best BioPM Thesis Award 2018 Yusaku Hontani.

• 2017

  NWO Zwaartekrachtprogramma
  BaSyC (Building a Synthetic Cell) is een gezamenlijk project van TU Delft, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, VU Amsterdam, Wageningen University & Research, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen en AMOLF.
  (€19.000.000) 

  NWO Natuurkunde Projectruimte 3,5 M€

  Juan Rojo: Nuclear Parton Distributions from LHC Data
  Building upon extensive expertise in the determination of proton structure, this project uses machine learning methods to achieve a state-of-the-art determination of nuclear parton distribution functions from proton-lead collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The goal is to gain more insight into cold nuclear matter and provide essential input for the heavy ion program of the LHC.
  
  Wim Vassen: Probing new physics with ultracold helium atoms
  With atom interferometry, with Helium atoms cooled to Bose-Einstein condensation, this project aims to test the theory of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) at its limits in search for physics beyond the Standard Model. The experiments should yield a fivefold accuracy improvement of the dimensionless fine structure constant α, which is important or testing the Standard Model.
  
  Erwin Peterman and Gijs Wuite: Pump up the volume: unravelling intrinsically disordered regions of the protein BRCA2 with Acoustic Force Spectroscopy 
  The VU physicists, together with Claire Wyman (Erasmus Medical Centre), combine in this project state-of-the-art expertise in protein chemistry at Erasmus MC with Acoustic Force Spectroscopy developed at the VU, to unravel how (un)folding and conformational changes in the protein product of breast cancer gene BRCA2 affect its interaction with other proteins.

  NWO domain Applied and Engineering Sciences
  Marloes Groot: InstantPathology
  (€600.000)

  Vidi
  Physics in the freezer
  Dr ir. I. (Iddo) Heller (m) 2-10-1979, VU – Physics of Living Systems
  Many lifeforms can survive freezing conditions with the help of antifreeze proteins. The researchers will image individual antifreeze proteins in action to discover how they control ice growth. New insights can benefit applications like crop protection and cryopreservation.
  (€ 800.000)

  Veni

  Super quality pictures through a tiny endoscope
  Dr. L.V. (Liubov) Amitonova (f), VU - Biophotonics & Medical Imaging
  Optical microscopy is a basic tool for biological research, but light scattering restricts imaging deep inside living organisms. Researchers will use advanced technology of light control in combination with unique fiber probes to create new optical methods for deep-tissue imaging with an unparalleled quality. 

  Heating and cooling at the nanoscale
  Dr. S.C. (Simon) Boehme (m), VU – Department of Physics and Astronomy
  Tiny chunks of semiconductor material (semiconductor “nanocrystals”) may enable cheaper and more efficient devices. To enable commercialization of e.g. nanocrystal solar cells, LEDs, or thermoelectric devices, the applicant will study thermal processes at the nanoscale via laser spectroscopy. Thereby he contributes to the development of urgently needed thermal management strategies.

• 2016

  Technologiestichting STW
  Dr. Stefan Witte
  (€700.000, December 2015 / January 2016)

  NWO TOP Grant
  Prof. dr. Erwin Peterman and Prof. dr. Gijs Wuite
  (€ 780,000, 7 January 2016)

  Cottonwood Euro Technology Fund
  Dr. Jeroen Koelemeij
  (VU spin-off company OPNT BV)
  (€ 500,000, 17 Feburary 2016)

  EU Innovative training network grant
  Prof. dr. Roberta Croce, Dr. Jan Dekker and Dr. Ivo van Stokkum
  (12 April 2016)

• 2015

  ERC Advanced grant
  Prof. dr. Wim Ubachs
  (2.5 million euro, 20 April 2015)

  ERC Proof-of-Concept grant
  Prof. dr. Gijs Wuite
  (150.000 euro, 6 February 2015)

  EU-Grant: H2020 project ‘ASTERICS’
  Dr. Jeroen Koelemeij
  (900.000 euro, 7 May 2015)

  Netherlands Space Office
  Dr. Freek Ariese
  (260.000 euro, 28 June 2015)

  FOM-projectruimte
  Dr. Wouter Roos
  (400.000 euro, 25 March 2015)

  STW 'Open Technologieprogramma'
  Dr. Jeroen Koelemeij
  A joint project with TU Delft, in which we will demonstrate real-life 'SuperGPS' positioning on a Dutch highway, with support from TNO, KPN, VSL, Fugro and OPNT.
  (1.400.000 euro, February 2015) 

  Horizon2020
  Dr. Jeroen Koelemeij
  Work package in a 15 M€ Horizon2020 project, in which we collaborate with astronomers and Surfnet to provide timing via optical fiber for VLBI and LOFAR. Same technology, different application. 
  (800.000 euro, February 2015)

  STW onderzoeksprogramma Research Through Design
  Dr. Raoul Frese
  Biosolarcells to Mars. 
  (235.000 euro, 19 November) 

  KNAW
  Prof. dr. Wim Ubachs
  Collaboration with China, Wuhan.
  (24.690 euro, 7 December) 

   

• 2014

  STW Valorisation Grant
  Dr. Jeroen Koelemeij
  (15.000 euro) (May 2014)

  ERC Starting grant
  Dr. Stefan Witte: High-resolution imaging without lenses: a new generation of imaging technology
  (1.500.000 euro) (November 2014)

  STW Perspectief
  Prof.dr. Ton van Leeuwen and Dr. Wouter Roos
  (5.700.000 of which AMC 1.000.000 euro and VU 700.000 euro) (November 2014)

  STW
  Prof. Johannes de Boer, Femke Bouwman, Arjen Brussaard, Matthijs de Groot, Stevie Tan, Frank Verbraak: Alzheimers detection in the eye 
  750.000 (December 2014)

  Vrije FOM programma
  Dr. Greg Stephens and Prof.dr. Erwin Peterman: The signal is the noise: seeking physical origins of fluctuation in organism-scale behavior
  (2.400.000 euro) (November 2014)

  FOM projectruimte
  Dr. Stefan Witte: Beyond optical microscopy: phase-contrast imaging of cells with a table-top soft-X-ray microscope
  (400.000 euro) (January 2014)

  FOM valorisation grant
  Prof. Kjeld Eikema and Dr. Stefan Witte: Compact lensless microscopes for quantitative phase contrast imaging
  (50.000 euro) (Februari 2014)

  ISAO grant
  Prof. dr. Johannes de Boer: In vivo optical detection of Amyloid Beta plaques in the human retina
  (bedrag?) (November 2014)

  Three proposals of chemistry researchers from the Amsterdam Universities were selected for the final matching phase of the ‘Computational Sciences for Energy Research' public-private partnership, a multi-million euro research initiative of Shell, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM).
  Solar Energy Conversion – Breaking the 700 nm Absorption Barrier
  Koop Lammertsma, Wybren Jan Buma, Matthias Bickelhaupt
  (272 kEuro)

  NWO-NCI Programme (Fonds Nieuwe Chemische Innovaties)
  Molecular Photonics (Wybren Jan Buma, UvA), Theoretical Chemistry (Luuk Visscher, VU), Scientific Computing & Modelling N.V. (Nederland) and BioTools, Inc.(Verenigde Staten):Development of a Vibrational Optical Activity analysis toolbox from chiroptical spectra to molecular stereochemistry and conformation
  (1147 kEuro)

  VENI
  Dr. ir. F. (Frank) A.W. Coumans (m), UvA/AMC - Biomedical Engineering & Physics: ExoFlow: leren luisteren naar fluisterende cellen
  Cellen in ons lichaam kunnen met elkaar praten via kleine 'spraakbalonnen' in het bloed. In dit project wordt de techniek ontwikkeld om 'spraakbalonnen' te onderscheiden van het 'achtergrondlawaai'. Dit maakt het mogelijk om de 'spraakbalonnen' te lezen, waardoor ernstige ziekten eerder te voorspellen zullen worden.

  VENI
  Dr. ir. N. (Nienke) Bosschaart (v), UvA/AMC - Biomedical Engineering & Physics: Meten zonder prikken
  Zieke of te vroeg geboren baby's worden soms wel drie keer per dag geprikt om hun bloedwaarden te bepalen. Het doel van dit onderzoek is om deze bloedwaarden niet-invasief (zonder prikken) te meten met een nieuwe techniek: laag-coherente spectroscopie.)

  Mt. Changbai Friendship Award
  Prof.dr. Steven Stolte as Friendship Foreign Expert at the State University of Jilin, China.
  29 September 2014

• 2013

  ERC Consolidator grant
  Prof. Davide Iannuzzi
  (2.000.000 euro) (November 2013)

  VIDI
  Dr. Wouter Roos: Boarding cells by imaging viral nanopirates
  In spite of all the immune mechanisms of cells, viruses are highly successful in penetrating cells. Using advanced atomic force and light microscopes the physicists will study this process at the molecular scale. This will ultimately clarify how these viral nanopirates board cells so effectively. (800.000 euro) (May 2013)

  VENI
  Dr. Miroslav Kloz: Observing molecular core of life in action with a laser
  By designed ultra-short light pulses (bio-)molecules can be interrogated in a very exhausting way, recording not only their bonding and 3D-structure, but also how this structure changes during (bio)chemical reactions.  (250.000 euro) (July 2013)

  TA-COAST subsidy
  Dr. Freek Ariese: New analyse methods for micro particles
  Analysis of individual cells by Flow Cytometry (FC) is an established approach for medical diagnosis. So far, the technique has largely relied on the measurement of fluorescently labelled cells. The time has now come to bring particle flow analysis to a next level and a consortium was assembled of three academic partners with complementary expertise (1. medical flow analysis and sorting, 2. laser spectroscopic detection and 3. multidimensional data analysis) and six private partners that will benefit from innovation in particle analysis in 1. Medical, Food, 2. Environment, 3. Drinking water and sewage, 4. Food, 5. Paint, as well as 6. FC instrument manufacturing. The main goals are:
  1. To extend flow analysis to all single cells ranging from blood cells to algae in environmental samples. Even multicellular organisms composed of limited cell numbers can be analysed.
  2. To apply flow analysis to unlabelled man-made artificial particles, such as micro-plastics, by extending the detection arsenal with in-flow Raman spectra, UV induced scatter, as well as off-line identification after sorting.
  3. To analyse and visualise single particles in as many dimensions as can be measured by our new detection methodology, to detect emerging new properties of  cells and/or man-made particles.
  4. To apply FC to a broad range of microparticles in various matrices, and develop a mobile flow analyser for local analysis of e.g. microparticles in the environment or of blood at the bed-side.
  (770.000 euro) (September 2013)

  ERC Proof of Concept Grant
  Prof. Gijs Wuite, Prof. Erwin Peterman and Andrea Candelli
  (150.000 euro) (September 2013)

  FOM-funding

  Dr. Jeroen Koelemeij: Time will tell; leads to new physics from a molecular opticalclock
  The project proposes to build a novel and versatile molecular clock for which an ultrastable laser is locked to the vibrations of a single ion of molecular hydrogen, H2+. This ion is stored and cooled near absolute zero temperature in an ion trap. One of the goals of the project is to determine at extreme precision the value of the proton-to-electron mass ratio and to search for a possible variation of this fundamental constant of nature. The project targets physics beyond the Standard Model and General Relativity, while the new clock may be used as 'Einstein sensors' for relativistic geodesy. (400.000 euro) (April 2013)

  Dr. Wim Vassen: Ultracold helium elevator and interferometer for measuring alpha
  The project aims to measure one of the fundamental constants of nature, the fine structure constant alpha, via a measurement of the velocity change of a helium atom, when it absorbs one photon of light. To do this a beam of helium atoms, cooled to a temperature of 0.000001 degree above absolute zero, will be trapped by two counterpropagating laser beams. Quantum physics tells us that the atoms behave as waves at these temperatures and will show interference. From interference patterns a very accurate measurement of alpha is possible. Long-term goal is to use the measured value of alpha to perform the most accurate test of Quantum Electrodynamics. (550.000 euro) (April 2013)

  Prof. Kjeld Eikema: Exploring the boundaries of QED with He+"
  In this project we will precisely measure the energy structure (ground state) of helium+ ions for the first time, using a unique extreme-ultraviolet frequency comb laser system. The aim is to shed light on a recent and puzzling disagreement in the interpretation of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) for normal atomic hydrogen, and muonic hydrogen (where the electron in hydrogen is replaced with a 200 times heavier muon). QED is one of the most tested and successful theories in physics. However, if QED is used to explain the energy structure as measured by precision spectroscopy in hydrogen and muonic hydrogen, then this leads to the strange conclusion that the proton size is clearly different in both systems. Because helium+ resembles hydrogen, but with a different nucleus and energy scaling, it will provide vital new input for the QED and proton-size puzzle. (531.000 euro) (April 2013)

  NWO-grants

  Insitute QuantiVision
  (1.500.000 euro) (March 2013)

  Prof. Roberta Croce: Optimizing light-harvesting with directed evolution" in Meer met minder
  (250.000 euro) (September 2013)

  European Commission
  Biophysics group
  2 MEuro for PAPETS In the framework of the European program for Quantum Informatics (STREP) a consortium of 7 European (NL, Germany, UK, Portugal, Italy, Greece, France) research groups (including the VU-Biophysics group) was awarded a grant of 2 MEuro to study quantum effects in biology with a focus on the role of phonons/vibrations in driving fundamental biological processes: the transfer of electronic excitations, electrons, protons (PAPETS). (June 2013)

  STW

  Dr. Wouter Roos en Prof. Gijs Wuite:publiek-private samenwerking
  (750.00 euro) (Novmeber 2013)

  ECHO and STW grant for Prof. Marloes Groot
  NWO awarded biophysicist Marloes Groot on her spectroscopy and on the imaging research line: Elucidating the role of protein dynamics in the efficiency of biological signal transduction and Optical Bladder Anatomy Mapping and functional Analysis.

   Prof. Rienk van Grondelle:
  • Chinese Academy of Science Fellowships (2013-2014) (30 kEuro)
  • Humboldt Feodor Lynen fellowship (2013-2014) (30 kEuro)
  • EMBO fellowship for Michal Gwizdala (2013-2015) (130 kEuro) 

• 2012

  VICI
  Dr. John Kennis: Levensprocessen sturen met licht  (27 January 2012)
  Een van de grote uitdagingen in de biologie is om levensprocessen in cellen en organen te kunnen sturen met behulp van licht, teneinde diepe inzichten te verkrijgen in hun verloop en te kunnen ingrijpen waar gewenst. De onderzoekers gaan de moleculaire 'gereedschappen' die zulke sturende processen mogelijk maken ontwikkelen, bestuderen en verbeteren.
  
  VIDI
  Dr.  Jeroen Koelemeij: Super-GPS via glasvezel  (3 July 2012)
  Dit onderzoek richt zich op nieuwe methodes voor het versturen van nauwkeurige tijd en frequentie via glasvezel. Hiermee kan in de toekomst een 'Super-GPS-systeem' worden gerealiseerd dat nauwkeuriger, betrouwbaarder en veelzijdiger is dan het bestaande Global Positioning System, GPS.

  Fondation de France Jacques Monod prize
  Dr. Pierre Mangeol (9 February 2012)

  New Frontiers In Cosmology prize
  Prof. dr. Wim Ubachs (12 October 2012) 

  Japanese Morino Lectureship 2012
  Dr. John Kennis (15 November)

  Foundation Kinderen Kankervrij: Diagnosis of vital tumor tissue by OCT and MRI in retinoblastoma patients
  Prof.dr. Johannes de Boer (266 keur), December 2012 

  STW HTSM 2012 grant: Quantitative disease characterization and Retinal tracking in Ophthalmic Imaging (Q-ROI)
  Prof.dr. Johannes de Boer (669 keuro), December 2012 

  ZonMW topsubsidie: Quantitative in vivo characterization of optical properties of ocular tissue for diagnosis and monitoring of chorioretinal diseases.
  Prof.dr. Johannes de Boer (675 keuro ), December 2012

• 2011

  ERC starting grant
  Prof. dr. Roberta Croce (25 July 2011)

  ERC Proof of Concept
  Dr. Davide Iannuzzi:  Small, but many: scalability to volume production in fiber-top technology (10 March 2011)

  VENI
  Dr. Bart van Oort: Mapping photosynthetic energy migration in relation to stress with novel microscopies (20 July 2011) 

  VICI
  Prof. dr. Roberta Croce: Harvesting the sun....safely (26 January 2011)

  VICI 
  Dr. Erwin Peterman: Intracellular-traffic monitoring in living animals with single-motor resolution (26 January 2011)

  NWO BAZIS
  Dr. Freek Ariese, Prof. dr. Wilfried Niessen and Prof. dr. Peter Schoenmakers: Instrumentation for targeted bioanalysis of living systems (1 February 2011)

  NWO Middelgroot
  Prof. dr. Marloes Groot: Hoe doen enzymen hun werk? (1 February 2011)
  
  NWO Middelgroot
  Dr. John Kennis: From sunlight to fuel: a versatile all-timescale spectrophotometer to assess solar energy conversion in artificial photosynthetic devices. (1 February 2011) 

  STW-perspectief
  Dr. Yves Bollen en dr. Erwin Peterman

  NWO Vernieuweingsimpuls
  Dr.  Steven Knoop: Giant few-body states probed with ultracold atoms (1 June 2011)

  Senter-Novem
  Prof. dr. Ton van Leeuwen: IOP PHOTONIC DEVICES PROJECT LCHH OCT: Low-cost handheld optical coherence tomography device. (total subsidy 1.25 M€, 2011-2015)

  EMBO Long-Term Fellowship
  Dr. Graeme King: Quantifying the Biophysical Properties of DNA (June 2011)

  APS Beller Lectureship
  Prof. dr. Rienk van Grondelle
  
  G.G. Stokes Award
  Prof. dr. Johannes de Boer

  Best poster prize at the "Nano meets spectroscopy" conference in Teddington, UK
  Title: Time-Resolved, Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
  Ingeborg Iping Petterson, Biomolecular Spectroscopy group

• 2010

  ERC Advanced Grant
  Prof. dr. Rienk van Grondelle

  ERC Strating Grant
  Prof. dr. Gijs Wuite

  VICI
  Prof. dr. Johannes de Boer

  VIDI
  Dr. Raoul Frese
  Dr. Steven Knoop

  VENI
  Dr. Stefan Witte
  Dr. Rudi Berera
  Dr. Matthijs de Groot
  Dr. Iddo Heller
  Dr. Lieneke van der Sneppen

  FOM
  Prof. dr. Rienk van Grondelle 
  Prof. dr. Wim Ubachs
  Dr. Davide Iannuzzi

  NWO
  Prof. dr. Wim Ubachs
  Prof. dr. Harold Linnartz

  Research Grant from Human Frontier Science Program
  Prof. dr. Gijs Wuite