One of the assignments of the annual AGEM PhD candidate course, is to design a research proposal in collaboration with PhD candidates from different departments of the Amsterdam UMC. Since 2020, AGEM awards the PhD candidates who write the best proposal with €5.000 to help them realize their proposed research.
| Year | Laureates | Project title |
| 2025 | Marta Hanczar, Raya Geels, Roberta Tandari. | Happy PhD student, thriving research |
| 2024 | Karlijn Koops, Romy de Kroon and Han Jiao | Microglial cell activity in Cushing's syndrome |
| 2021 | Jeska Fritzsche, Richie Golding, Maurice Kroon, Sophie Schaper | Unravelling the etiology of sex differences in the intestinal microbiome: a role for the gonadal hormones? |
| 2020 | Dion Muller, Jelmer Jukema, Anne Linde Mak | Auto brewery syndrome in the general population and its associated gut microbiota |