Amsterdam Movement Sciences Research Institute has since its launch in 2017 had numerous calls aimed at its researchers. During the initial period, the aim of the grants was to stimulate and initiate multidisciplinary research collaboration between researchers at our partners from Amsterdam UMC, ACTA and VU Amsterdam.
Grants given to young academics have a multi layered effect; they can bring innovative research results in the exact direction the institute is aiming for; they often bring new, multidisciplinary research collaboration, and can give young aspiring academics the push they want in their career.
We are pleased to announce that the first research grants for 2026 have been secured.
AMS Laureates 2026
| Name researcher | Type grant | Project title | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports program | Program investment | Program strengthening activities | € 80.000 |
| Thomas Baltes | Sports program training visit | Aspetar Orthopedic and Sports medicine Hospital in Doha, Qatar. | € 2.000 |
| Tom Wormhoudt | Sports program Conference visit | ESSKA 2026, in Prague, the Czech Republic | € 875 |
| Elou Kingma | Sports program Conference visit | FESS-EFSHT Conference in Basel, Switzerland | € 2.000 |
| Pfeifeng Zheng | Sports program Conference visit | European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy Congress 2026 | € 1.600 |
| Alice Micale | Sports program Conference visit | XVlII Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology (FEPSAC), in Timisoara, Romania | € 1.000 |
| Minke van de Kamp | Sports program Conference visit | the 4th International Conference on Sports Psychiatry in Bern, Switzerland | € 624 |
| Koen Zwetsloot | Sports program Conference visit | BRMEC 15 in Cambridge, UK | € 400 |
| Timo van den Bogaard | Sports program Conference visit | International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics (ICEE) 2026 in Kuching, Malaysia | € 1.959 |
| Anouk Slaghekke | Sports program Conference visit | BRMEC 15 in Cambridge, UK | € 400 |
| Ilona Fassaert | Sports program training visit | University of Zurich, UZH, in Switzerland | € 1.700 |
| Elze Geurts | Sports program Conference visit | ESSKA 2026, in Prague, the Czech Republic | € 2.000 |
| Rijk Dersjant | Sports program Conference visit | 4th European Paediatric Physiotherapy Congress 2026 (EUPPT) in Stockholm, Sweden | € 1.440 |
| Arjen Pelgröm | Sports program Conference visit | American Thoracic Society Conference 2026, in Orlando, FL | € 2.000 |
| Anastasia Sclocco | Sports program Conference visit | 2026 Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Global Learning Conference in Dallas, TX | € 1.765 |