Valorisation & Impact funding

IXA gives Amsterdam researchers from all research fields access to a variety of funds. You can receive financial support for early-stage activities, such as carrying out feasibility studies, starting your innovation-driven enterprise, start-up or setting up collaborations with companies or non-profits.

Follow the links for more information, how to apply, terms and conditions:

  • Amsterdam UMC – TKI-grant
    To stimulate Amsterdam UMC researchers to perform research projects together with companies in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).
  • HvA – Impact Fonds
    To prepare implementation and validation of research results towards practical application and exploitation (i.e., feasibility studies, business plan, proof of concept, etc.).
  • UvA – Proof of Concept Fund
    For further conceptualization and validation of research- based concepts and innovations, towards (commercial) exploitation.
  • UvA – SSH Concept Fund
    To further conceptualize and validate SSH research based ideas into an initial concept/ businessplan for a company (non-profit or for-profit).
  • UvA – SSH Impact Fund
    This fund aims to capitalize on SSH research by supporting the development of spin-offs that address societal challenges.
  • VU – Impact Fund
    For further conceptualization and validation of innovations and projects, towards (commercial) exploitation.
  • AUMC, UvA and VU – Thematic Technology Transfer Artificial Intelligence (TTT-AI) program
    Funding and support that aims to transform academic research into ground-breaking AI applications and spin-offs.

External innovation funds:

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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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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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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