The dB SPL and AURORA Lab members have received a number of grants from many national and international organizations over the year. This has facilitated the continuous productivity of the two labs. We are grateful to funding sources for their continuing support.

2025 – 2031 NWO Open Technology Programme
(PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, co-PI: Dr. ir. G. Araiza-Illan)
ATHENA: Automating hearing assessments for all

2025 – 2029 ZonMw Programma Expertisefunctie Zintuiglijk Gehandicapten
(PIs: Dr. A. Vermeulen and Dr. M. Langereis, Pento; Dr. L. Rachman, UMCG/Pento; Dr. L. Ketelaar, NSDSK; Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, UMCG)
Theory of Mind in slechthorende en dove kinderen; effectiviteit van ToM en taaltraining

2025 – 2029  Horizon Europe Programme, Marie Sklodowska Curie Doctoral Networks Actions (Beneficiary: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, Co-PIs: Dr. L. Rachman, Dr. ir. G. Araiza-Illan)
VoCS: The Voice Communication Sciences Project

2024 – 2026 Universiteit van het Noorden – Aanjaagfonds
(Given to Lab Member; PIs: Lieke Brons, Drenthe College, Noorderpoort, Alfa-college; Sanja Balalic, Hanzehogeschool; Jenny van Doorn, Faculty of Economics and Business, RUG; Gloria Araiza-Illan, ENT Department, UMCG)
Interdisciplinary human-robot teams for a future-proof Northern Netherlands healthcare system

2024 – 2025   Het Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie
(Host: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, PI: Dr. E. Harding, Culture partner: Het Clockhuys)
Gehoor in Koor: een project voor ouderen met gehoorverlies

2023 – 2026   The SingWell Project
(Co-PI’s: Lo, C. Y., Good, A., Zendel, B., Başkent, D., Harding, E., Rachman, L., Coffey, E., Habibi, A., Kreutz, G., Siedenburg, K., Sharma, M., Henshaw, H., McKay, C., Russo, F.)
Multisite choir study for older adults with untreated hearing loss

2023   Fonds Klinisch Onderzoek en Onderwijs, UMCG
(PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, co-PI: Dr. ir. G. Araiza-Illan)
UMCG Robots in Healthcare

2022 – 2026  UMCG Kolff Institute PhD funding
(Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, co-promotor: Dr. E. Gaudrain, PhD Student PI: F. Rotteveel)
Pitch perception in cochlear implants: Using real-life sounds to get back on the right track

2022 – 2024   ZonMw Programma Expertisefunctie Zintuiglijk Gehandicapten
(PI: Dr. Laura Rachman, Partners: Dr. E. Dirks, NSDSK; Dr. R. Benard, Pento/UMCG; Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, UMCG)
Ik hoor je lachen, ik zie je huilen: auditieve en visuele emotieherkenning bij kinderen met hoortoestellen (eFAVO)

2022 Program of Incentive Funds, Interdisciplinary Projects, RUG
(Given to Lab Members: Co-PIs: Dr. L. Rachman, Dr. E. Harding, Collaborator: Dr. A. Sarampalis)
Older adults at the cocktail party: is it better with a musical background?

2021 – 2025   Turkish Ministry of National Education PhD funding
(Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, co-promotor: Dr. T. Koelewijn, PhD: Drs. S. Türüdü)
Variations of Digits in Noise Test

2021 – 2025   ERA-NET NEURON Translational Research on Sensory Disorders
(Consortium: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, UMCG; Dr. E. Gaudrain, CNRS, France; Prof. Sarah Verhulst, Ghent Univ, Belgium; Dr. Jérôme Bourien and Prof. Jean-Luc Puel, France; Prof. Manuel Malmierca, Spain; and Prof. Marlies Knipper, Dr. Lukas Rüttiger, and Dr. Kerstin Just, Germany)
CoSySpeech: The functional role of cochlear synaptopathy for speech coding in the brain

2021 – 2024   ZonMw Programma Expertisefunctie Zintuiglijk Gehandicapten
(Partner PIs: Prof. E. Dirks, NSDSK; Dr. R. Benard, Pento/UMCG; Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, UMCG)
AUDIOLISTIC: Insight in the conditions to participate in daily life for young children with moderate hearing loss: Towards an acoustic friendly and high-quality linguistic environment

2021 – 2022     International Research PhD Fellowship, TUBITAK
(Co-supervisor: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, PhD student: Drs. G. Babaoglu, PhD supervisor: Prof. Gonca Sennaroglu, Hacettepe University)

2021 – 2022     Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher Grant
(Co-supervisor: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, PhD student: Drs. P. Ertürk, Host PI: Prof. J. Arenberg, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School)
Comparing speech on speech perception between normal hearing and hearing impaired listeners

2020 – 2024    Dorhout Mees Stichting
(PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, Co-PI: Dr. E. Harding)
The CI GAME: Musical training with Guided AudioMotor Exploration for cochlear-implant users

2020 – 2024  University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts, PhD scholarship
(Promotors: Prof. dr. W. Lowie, Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, PhD: N. Jansen, co-supervisors: Dr. H. Loerts, Dr. E. Harding)
Music perception skills and the acquisition of second language prosody

2020 – 2024   UMCG Kolff Institute PhD funding
(Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, co-promotors: Dr. Gloria Araiza-Illan, Dr. L. Rachman, PhD: L. Meyer)
R2D2 for KNO: Use of a Humanoid Robot for Rehabilitation of Deaf Individuals

2019 – 2024    Sonova Industry Support
(Co-PIs: Dr. L. Rachman, Dr. E. Gaudrain, Prof. G. Sennaroğlu, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, Collaboration: Dr. M. Chatterjee, Boystown; Dr. G. Singh, Sonova; Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, UMCG)
Vocal emotion perception in children with hearing aids

2017 – 2023   NWO ZonMw VICI
(PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent)
It takes two to communicate: Voice perception and linguistic content

2016 – 2020   H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015
(Beneficiary: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, co-PI: Dr. A. Wagner)
ENRICH: Enriched communication across the lifespans
http://www.enrich-etn.eu/

2016 – 2020   UMCG BCN Brain PhD funding
(Promotors: Prof. dr. F. Cornelissen, Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, PhD: Drs. M. De Boer)
Perceiving the emotion in communication by persons with combined visual and auditory impairment

2016 – 2020    UitZicht
(Co-PIs: Prof. dr. F. Cornelissen, Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent)
What visual speech cues help visually impaired people?

2016 – 2019   UMCG Mandema Stipendium
(Supervisor: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, Co-supervisor: Dr. R. Free, PI: Dr. C. Fuller)
Auditory perception in early-deafened, late-implanted cochlear-implant users

2015 – 2016   MED-EL Industry Support
(PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, Co-PI: Dr. A. Wagner)
Aging effects on adaptation following cochlear implantation

2014 – 2018   2+2 Advanced Bionics UMCG grant
(Co-PIs: Dr. E. Gaudrain, Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent)
Enhancing speech-in-noise perception by optimizing frequency allocation

2013 – 2016   UMCG BCN Brain PhD funding
(PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, PhD: Drs. A. Luckmann)
Bringing state-of-the art to better management of deafness: Using neurofeedback to increase cochlear implant performance.

2013 – 2015   FP7 Marie-Curie Intraeuropean Fellowship
(PI: Dr. A. Wagner, Host: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent)
MARCI: Mental representations of and adaptation to the speech signal transmitted
via cochlear implants: How the impoverished signal finds its way to the mental lexicon

2013   Advanced Bionics Industry Support
(PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent, Co-PIs: Dr. R. Free, Dr. C. Fuller)
Music therapies and training with cochlear-implant users

2012   Action in Hearing Loss, UK
(PI: Prof. dr. P. van Dijk, Co-PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent)
Impaired gap detection: translation to human tinnitus

2012   NWO Aspasia, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
(PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent)

2012   Stichting Steun Gehoorgestoorde Kind 
Quantification of listening effort with cochlear implants

2010 – 2015    NWO VIDI, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
(PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent)
The curious case of phonemic restoration: a cognitive approach to speech perception with hearing impairment

2010 – 2014    Cochlear Europe Ltd. Industry Support
(PI: Prof. dr. ir. D. Başkent)
Optimization and identification of bimodal/bilateral benefits with cochlear implants

2010 – 2013    NWO ZonMw, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Co-PI)
A safe auditory environment for persons with visual and intellectual disabilities

2010   Dorhout Mees Stichting (Co-PI)
Optimization of electric-acoustic hearing

2010 – Present    Heinsius Houbolt Fonds (Co-PI)

2009 – 2014    RUG/UMCG Rosalind Franklin Fellowship

2009   NIH/NIDCD RO3 (Recommended for funding)
Phonemic restoration and its impairments

2004 – 2005   The National Organization of Hearing Research (NOHR)
Is the information transmission by cochlear implants limited by listeners‘ peripheral auditory system?