Scholarships, Grants and Prizes

June 2021
Radboud University and Glasgow University, Nijmegen (NL) and Glasgow (UK)
Radboud-Glasgow Collaboration Fund awarded to a consortium of six researchers for conducting two sets of case studies on the practices of innovative firms on their pathway to ecological sustainability.
March 2021
European Research Council (ERC), Brussels (NL)
ERC Consolidator Grant (ad personam) to establish a research team (3 PhD students, 1 PostDoc) investigating how digital labour markets take shape over time.
Sept. 2019
NWO (The Netherlands’ Organisation for Scientific Research), Den Haag (NL)
Aspasia Grant (ad personam) in additional support of the on-going Vidi research project on the topic of digital labour markets (‘gig economy’).
June 2017
NWO (The Netherlands’ Organisation for Scientific Research), Den Haag (NL)
Vidi grant (ad personam) to establish a research team (2 PhD students, 1 PostDoc) investigating the institutional foundations of digital labour markets (‘gig economy’).
April 2015
Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Union, Brussels (Belgium)
Horizon-2020 grant (FIRES) awarded to an international research consortium of 9 European universities to investigate institutional influences on entrepreneurship.
October 2014
International Research Consortium “Climate KIC”, Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Practitioner grant awarded for the development of a “Best Practice Guide on Entrepreneurial Team Formation”.
September 2012
International Research Consortium “Climate KIC”, Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Research grant awarded for data collection and analyses of institutional influences on venture creation processes.
February 2010
Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Union, Brussels (Belgium)
Marie Curie International Research Fellowship for a research period of 2 years at the Center on Organizational Innovation (COI) of Columbia University (NY, USA) and the Innovation Studies Group (ISG) of Utrecht University (The Netherlands).
November 2009
Council for European Studies, Columbia University, New York (USA)
Nomination of book ‘One Political Economy, One Competitive Strategy?’ Oxford University Press (2008) for the ‘CES Book Award’.
July 2009
NWO (The Netherlands’ Organisation for Scientific Research), Den Haag (NL)
Focus en Massa Grant to fund a PhD research position of 4 years. Together with Prof. Marko Hekkert.
October 2007
Minerva Stiftung, München (Germany)
Minerva Research Fellowship awarded to conduct research project on ‘High-tech Entrepreneurship’.
Grant declined in favour of position as Assistant Professor at Utrecht University.
March 2007
Pro Generika e.V. (German Association of Generics Producers), Berlin (Germany)
Dissertation nominated for the junior scientist award ‘Nachwuchspreis Gesundheitsökonomie / -politik’ by Pro Generika.
October 2006 – August 2008
Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG), Köln (Germany)
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
September 2005 – August 2006
European University Institute (EUI), Florence (Italy)
Scholarship in full support of doctoral studies at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence (Italy).
September 2002 – August 2005
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn (Germany)
Scholarship in full support of doctoral studies at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence (Italy).
September 2001 – August 2002
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn (Germany)
‘Jahresstipendium’ in full support of MSc studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK).