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  • Blog 44: What do you want to do after your PhD?
    Blog 44: What do you want to do after your PhD? People start PhDs for various reasons, and people end up in various places afterwards. How and when do you figure out the next steps? This blog provides some tips
  • Blog 43: Research, AI, and Buddhism
    Blog 43: Research, AI, and Buddhism This month's blog is written by your fellow PhD candidate Trang Nguyen! You may remember her from her previous blogs about productivity. We are pleased to anounce that Trang will share her insights as an Amsterdam UMC PhD candidate more often through regular blogs on this platform! This time her blog gives a unique perspective on the use of AI in research, and how this is connected to Buddhism...
  • Blog 42: We are Social Safety
    Blog 42: We are Social Safety Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read Blog 41: We are Social Safety.
Promovendi Netwerk Nederland (PNN) is looking for new board members

Applying is possible until May 26th, 2026
How to efficiently plan and write successful grants

Grant Writing Course by Research Support; 15 June 2026
Training Career orientation for PhD candidates*

For VU PhD candidates; start: 7 October 2026
PhD Bench - Support for PhD candidates

For VU PhD candidates
Valorisatie Festival (second edition) - 22 October

Save the Date!
Informatieve Infolunches 2026 (only in Dutch)- 'Samen leren - samen verbeteren'

In juni, september, december 2026

Summer School - The Art of Academic Writing "from grant writing to manuscript"

July 2026: The Amsterdam UMC together with the University of Ghana organize a highly interactive summer school
BioBusiness Summer School - 22-26 June 2026

A free of charge workshop for PhD candidates on Public and Patient Involvement in Research, in collaboration with PPI Ignite
About to finish your manuscript and to plan the date of your defence?

VU and UvA both organize sessions to prepare you to the defence ceremony.

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