The AR&D Travel Grants enable young AR&D researchers to go abroad for a work visit to a foreign research group or to visit a conference. Below an overview of last years' awarded grants, along with short stories of the experiences and results.

Laureates 2025

Working visit (€2500)
Heleen Haspels BC Children’s Hospital centre for health complexity Country, Canada, Vancouver
Luna Klomp Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Nephrology, Germany, Aachen
Veerle Michels University College London, Dept of Mechanical Engineering Country, London, UK
Conference (€1000)
Yara Dixon 6th European Conference on Donor Health and Management (ECDHM), the Netherlands, Wijk aan Zee
Wenjing Gou Human Development - From Embryos to Stem Cell Models, Suzhou, China
Janette Huijser ESHRE 41st Annual, France, Paris
Fangxu Lin International Federation of Placenta Associations, Germany, Erfurt
Lennart Maljaars IUGA/EUGA Joint Meeting, Spain, Barcelona
Kirsten Muller 6th Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS) 2025, Serbia, Belgrade
Jacqueline Muts ESPGHAN 57th annual meeting 2025, Finland, Helsinki
Saskia Smits International Consortium on Newborn Screening Conference (ICoNS) 2025, UK, London
Esmée Vesseur European Pediatric Psychology Conference 2025 (EPPC), Spain, Málaga
Hannah Vos Digestive Disease Week 2025, USA, San Diego
Anne van der Wel 57th Annual Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group (DPSG) Meeting, Scotland, Glasgow

Laureates 2024

Working visit (€2500)
Lois van der Minnen Institute, department: Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen / Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway, Bergen
Tessa Stolk University College Hospital London, UK
Conference (€1000)
Eva Cohen 12th International Shared Decision Making Conference (ISDM), Switzerland, Lausanne
Trix Katz Pediatric Academic Society (PAS), Country, city: Toronto, Canada
Laura Ventura American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting 2024
Nikki Hubers The Joint 7th World Congress on Twin Pregnancy and 19th Congress of the International Society of Twin Studies (ISTS), Assisi, Perugia, Italy
Dorinde Korteling PROMIS health organization, Cologne, Germany
Jillis van Maaren 16th NYRA meeting, Brussels, Belgium
Mirthe Klein Haneveld Global Evidence Summit, Prague, Czech Republic

Laureates 2023

Working visit (€2500)
Iris Sanou MRC Centre for Reproductive Health UK, Edinburgh
Marieke Buijtendijk Evelina London Children’s Hospital, department of paediatric and fetal cardiology, King’s College London
Renee Burger St. George’s, University of London, department of Obstetrics, United Kingdom, London
Conference (€1000)
Amber Boots The Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2023 Annual Meeting, Montreal Canada
Marissa Harmsen ESHRE 39th Annual Meeting, Copenhagen Denmark
Marlene Werner Annual Meeting of the International Association of Sex Research (IASR), Montreal Canada
Wenqing Liu 22nd European Testis Workshop, 2023 Switzerland, Montreux
Jantine van Voorden The 71th Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), Vancouver CA
Doortje Rademaker Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), National Harbor, Maryland, USA
Clara de Bruijn 55th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) Vienna
Jasper Linsthorst European Human Genetics Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Laureates 2022

Working visit (€2500)
Liselot van der Laan Verspeeten Clinical Genome Centre, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada
Elsa Ronde Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, University College London (GOSH), London, United Kingdom
Conference (€1000)
Thomas Dierikx European Academy of Pediatric Societies (EAPS), Barcelona, Spain
Mandy Spaan DOHaD World Congress, Vancouver, Canada
Michelle Romijn 9th congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS), Spain, Barcelona
Nienke Halbmeijer 9th congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS), Spain, Barcelona
Philip Jansen European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) meeting 2022, Vienna, Austria
Sanne Prins International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Glasgow, Scotland
Kim Verhostert The American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) and International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) 2022 Scientific Meeting, Austin, Texas, United States of America
Hannah Heinrich ISUOG World Congress 2022, London, United Kingdom
Lisa van der Vaart The American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) and International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) 2022 Scientific Meeting, Austin, Texas, United States of America
Danah Kamphuis European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Milan, Italy
Bet Bo SUOG World Congress 2022 on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, London, United Kingdom

Laureates 2019

Working visit (€2500)
Ruud van Leuteren Politecnico di Milano University, TechRes lab, Milano, Italy
Tamara den Harink Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Marinde van Lennep Sydney’s children’s hospital, pediatric gastroenterology, Sydney, Australia
Conference (€1000)
Britt van Keulen European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology 2019, Vienna, Austria
Nienke van Welie American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 2019 Scientific Congress and Expo, Philadephia, US
Sanne Stegwee European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tjitske Zaat American Society for Reproductive Medicine Congress & Expo, Philadelphia, US
Ivy van Dijke Controversies in Preconception, Preimplantation and Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis (CoGEN), Paris, France
Maud van Muilekom International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), San Diego, US