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Blog 45: Declutter Your PhD 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 45: Declutter Your PhD.
'The PhD of the future' guide Published by PNN, NEWS and The Young Academy
Call: First-generation Booster Grant 2026 for Amsterdam UMC PhD Candidates and Postdoctoral Researchers Are you a first‑generation researcher at Amsterdam UMC and do you want to contribute to better health and care for diverse and/or underrepresented patient groups? Then submit a proposal for the First‑generation Booster Grant 2026. The grant is provided by the UvA Fund from the First‑generation Fund.

Join our study on the effectiveness of an online module on reproducibility!

The effectiveness of an online module on reproducibility

Let's meet in Maastricht for EDCNS 2026! - 18-19 September

Organized by EDCNS

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 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

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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