Become involved in start-ups
The Amsterdam research landscape sees a continuous emergence of new opportunities, new companies and new products and services. These benefit society in areas as diverse as education, healthcare, clean energy and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). New companies started by staff and students offer opportunities for cooperation and investment.
SAM Application fights loneliness, selected for the Startup in Residence Programme Amsterdam
Meaningful social contact is the slogan of SAM Application. Elena Köstler and her team are developing a mobile app to combat loneliness among young adults (18-35). They want to bring people together offline via an online platform. “34 million people are socially isolated in the EU. Today, it is more likely to become lonely between […]
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Call for Amsterdam UMC TKI-PPP grant proposals
We are very happy to announce that the call for Amsterdam UMC TKI-PPP grants is now open. For the first time the TKI grant procedures from AMC and VUmc will be combined (now that VUmc has also been allowed by Health~Holland to evaluate its own projects)! This means that the grant amounts available to both […]
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Collaboration Het Oranje Kruis and Amsterdam UMC with “Stop the bleeding – save a life”
First Aid Instructors of Het Oranje Kruis who have successfully completed the instructor course “Stop the bleeding – save a life” will receive an annotation on their First Aid Instructor diploma. Het Oranje Kruis and Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, signed a collaboration agreement for this on September 23rd. The course and the eponymous campaign “Stop […]
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