STIMAG
Stichting Management Apothekers en de Gezondheidszorg
About STIMAG
The objective of STIMAG is to promote health care. Innovative research is needed to achieve improvements in healthcare. STIMAG wants to contribute to this by subsidizing scientific research initiated by young researchers.
Criteria and conditions for funding round 2026 are available and have changed compared to 2025.
For whom?
Subsidies can be applied for by young scientists working at Dutch institutions that aim to achieve a public benefit. Applications can be submitted by researchers who obtained their PhD no more than 5 years* ago on the date of the deadline.
PhD students are no longer eligible as of 2026. If the grant application is submitted during the PhD period for a period thereafter, the expected PhD defense date must be provided.
*This means you defended your thesis after March 31, 2021. Extensions apply to: biological mothers (18 months), parents (6 months), per child born after the doctorate date, if the child is part of your own household; scientists in training to become specialists (1 year)
Conditions
- Grant applications can be submitted for scientific research, leading to improvements in healthcare in the Netherlands.
- Research projects within primary, secondary or tertiary care and public, outpatient or clinical pharmacy are eligible for subsidy.
- Grants can be applied for by scientists working at Dutch institutions that have a common purpose. Applications can be submitted by young scientists (see “For whom?” for specification).
- An applicant or co-applicant cannot submit more than 1 application per round. If an applicant is on multiple applications, the application will not be assessed, regardless of whether this is the main applicant.
- A STIMAG grant is awarded to a main applicant only once.
- Grants are not awarded to commercial institutions.
- Preferred criteria:
- Pharmacological/pharmaceutical research; research in which the drug plays a central role.
- Research projects with cross-institutional (Dutch) collaborations
- The application must be complete to be evaluated. If any of the requested documents is missing, the application will not be assessed. This includes the cover letter.
Other
- Project summaries or titles cannot be submitted for pre-selection.
- STIMAG has no capacity to provide individual feedback on submitted applications after announcement of grant allocation.
- The application form is designed in such a way that research projects can be described briefly.
- Applications may be submitted in Dutch or English.
Grant application round 2026
Apply?
Deadline: March 31, 2026
Decision: before July 2026
More information
Budget
The maximum amount that can be requested for a research project in the grant application round of 2026 is €50,000 per application.
Grant rules
For more information regarding the procedure of assessment and commitments after grant approval see document: STIMAG Grant Rules.
Submission
Applications can be submitted via e-mail:
[email protected]