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The Amsterdam UMC PhD Science & Awards Day is a course which you absolutely must attend! Also check the SDB Leerplatform.
Besides offering a platform to expand your network and get involved in interesting discussions with fellow researchers across the borders of different departments and research institutes, encouraging collaboration and communication between researchers of the Amsterdam UMC, it gives a unique opportunity to present your research via a poster.
During the Science & Awards Day (7 March 2025) the Amsterdam UMC Doctoral School will grant the three most outstanding PhD candidates' posters:
- 1st prize: 500 Eur
- 2nd and 3rd prize: 250 Eur
Are you willing and able to present the methodology of your research, as well as some (first) results? Then join this great opportunity to present your research! To get EC points for joining the Science & Awards Day, presenting a poster is part of the program.
Send in your abstract and digital poster as from 1 December 2024 to 15 January 2025 (23.59)
- Max. 80 PhD candidates will be invited to present their printed poster during the Science & Awards Day
- If there are more applicants, all posters will be shown in a continuous slide presentation during the Science & Awards Day
- All posters will be collected in a digital book for this day
- 3 PhD candidates will be awarded for the Best PhD Poster; see below for more information
Necessary documents:
- Send in a digital version of your poster (in pdf) and abstract (in word and pdf) to the Doctoral School, as from 1 December 2024 up to 15 January 2025 (23.59).
- For the poster you can choose your own format and design (in portrait)
- For the abstract please use the format below. Choose in the abstract the applicable Research Intitute your research is embedded in, and one of the listed catagories
Note: After sending in your submission, you will receive a confirmation of receipt from the Doctoral School within two weeks. If not, please contact us!
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Selection
A jury, consisting of experienced Amsterdam UMC scientists from a range of disciplines, will independently review the submitted posters and abstracts
- Presentation, quality, clarity, comprehensibility of the information, the lay-out and recognizability (Amsterdam UMC + Research Institute) will be taken into account, as well as methodology, societal and clinical impact of the research
- At the latest in the third week of February 2025, max. 80 PhD candidates will be invited to present their printed poster during the Science & Awards Day
- All of these 80 PhD candidates are expected to join the Science & Awards Day and bring and expose their poster
- To determine the winner, three PhD candidates will be invited (at the latest in the third week of February) to present a 3-minute pitch during the afternoon programme of the Science & Awards Day
- The other participants have a chance to win one of 7 incentive prizes, that also will be awarded during the Science & Awards Day
- Please note that you should be able to be present on 7 March 2025!