•BBMRI-NL rainbow grant, euro 105k, PI, 2011-2014
•VENI grant from Dutch research organization, euro 250k, PI, 2011-2014
•BBMRI-NL complementation grant, euro 100k, PI, 2011-2014
•NIH U41, co-PI, 2013-2015
•NIH U01, co-PI, 2012-2015
•June 2009: ‘best paper’ (on Pindel) presented at the Short-SIG on Next-Generation Sequence and Algorithms for Short Read Analysis, ISMB/ECCB 2009 at Stockholm, Sweden. 500 GBP
•‘Researcher of 2008’, Faculty of Science, Leiden University.
•2008 C. J. Kok prize, Leiden University, the Netherlands. 2,500 EURO
•2008 PhD Cum Laude, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
•NGI/EBI fellowship, The Netherlands. 36,000 euro per year.
•‘Top Outstanding PhD students abroad’ Award, China. 5,000 USD