Grants and funding                                                                                                                                      

2021

K.F. Hein Fonds / Utrechts Universiteitsfonds & Public Engagement UU Seed fund

´Wetenschap in vogelvlucht – stadsduiven in Utrecht’, Citizen Science project

2020

Research grant, ZonMw Programme More Knowledge with Fewer Animals (MKMD), systematic review on the impact of early life experiences in farmed bird species

2017

Research grant, Dr. J. L. Dobberke Stichting, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: “Transport of 18 day old eggs – effects on physiology and behaviour in broiler chicken?”

2015 

Research grant, Dr. J. L. Dobberke Stichting, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: “Maternal effects of social dominance on behaviour and physiology in Japanese quail.” and “Individual coping capacity during the development of intra- and inter-specific attachment bonds in dog puppies.”

Research grant, Koninklijke Hondenbescherming: “Development of intra- and interspecific attachment in dog puppies.”

2014

Research grant, University of Bielefeld: “How to preserve steroids in egg yolk?”.

Research grant, Volkswagen Foundation: “Social modulation of the immune response and transgenerational effects.”

2012

Research grant, post doc and PhD position, Volkswagen Foundation: “Evolution of transgenerational effects: function & genetics of epigenetics.”

Research grant, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: "The role of proximate, hormonal factors for the evolution of cooperative kin societies – an experimental field approach."

2008

Research grant, Dr. J. L. Dobberke Stichting, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: “Improving quality of stress research and animal welfare: Alternative methods to manipulate corticosterone in birds.”

2003 

Travel grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Co-promotor PhD project: Monitoring of Welfare risks in dairy cows

Co-promotor PhD project: Poultry and Pig Low-input and Organic production systems' Welfare  https://www.ppilow.eu/

Promotor PhD project: Evolution of transgenerational effects: function & genetics of epigenetics. The effects of the social environment on behaviour, hormones, and gene expression across several generations of Japanse quail (Coturnix japonica).

Supervision of several B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD student projects relating to maternal effects, stress and learning, behavioural phenotyping.

Lab training "Measurement of steroid hormones in plasma and egg yolk."