Many researchers have already preceded you. Would you like to learn from them how they took the first steps in their impact journey? Watch the videos or read the blogs of a number of researchers and learn how they started, what they encountered, what their next steps were or how they obtained funding.
The impact story of Amsterdam UMC researchers Rogier Sanders en Godelieve de Bree: watch their video about designing a vaccine against HIV.
The impact story of VU researcher Melvyn Roerdink: watch the video of Melvyn Roerding about improving Parkinsonian gait with augmented reality
The Impact journey of HvA spin-off Hipper Therapeutics: Watch the video: Eerder naar huis en in de eigen omgeving revalideren
The Impact journey of researcher Laura Rupp: Watch the video of Laura Rupp about VU Global English Centre for better understanding and more inclusve education
The Impact story of researcher Maaike van Rest: Watch the video of Maaike van Rest about Sociale Informatie verwerking Test voor kinderen met licht verstandelijke beperking
The Entrepreneurial journey of Imran Avci: read the blog of Imran Avci: from research to founder of start-up Rapid Photonics
Funding from KWF for palliative cancer patients in meaning-making at home
The diagnosis of incurable cancer profoundly disrupts patients’ lives, often causing existential crises and a sense of lost purpose. The KWF-funded project “In Search of Stories” (ISOS) aimed to support these patients by partnering them with spiritual counsellors and professional artists. This co-creation process proved highly beneficial. New funding from KWF Dutch Cancer Society supports […]
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Impact in education and beyond: VU researcher Laura Rupp secures Comenius Leadership Fellow grant
Laura Rupp has been awarded the Comenius Leadership Fellow grant for a three-year period. This grant of 500,000 Euros, will fund a project titled “Global English and International Dutch on the VU Campus”. Over the years, Rupp has successfully reached more than 100,000 people online worldwide, teaching how to understand diverse English accents and speak […]
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Max Nieuwdorp’s innovative research on gut microbes: a path to combat fatty liver disease
Internist Max Nieuwdorp, of Amsterdam UMC, discovered a few years ago that the microorganisms in the intestines of many overweight people produce alcohol to an increased extent. Breaking down excessive alcohol leads to fatty liver disease, which in turn poses a risk of serious conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Nieuwdorp has now received an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 million euros for a major study into the underlying causes of this excessive alcohol production.
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