Do you have a sustainable plan for your research? Do you want to make sure your research is less harmful to the world? Or do you want to advance health care, but in a sustainable way? Then apply now for the AR&D Sustainability Grant 2024.

For the AR&D Sustainability Grant 2024 we can award three types of grants associated with our research institute. It is possible to submit smaller projects.

DO grant (€5,000)
Bring a good idea to fruition with a (likely) sustainable outcome that supports your research (e.g. do a course to get better at one part of sustainability, buy a smart meter, etc.).

IMPLEMENT grant (€10,000)
Implement a known sustainable action in research practice or start a pilot study on more sustainable care(e.g. make an investment from the LEAF program, de-implement intravenous paracetamol, use more sustainable research materials, etc.).

RESEARCH grant (€15,000)
Conduct a small study in parallel with your own research (e.g. calculate environmental impacts of actions within your research, conduct a survey study within your research population with a sustainability issue underlying it, etc.).

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible to apply for the AR&D Sustainability Grant 2024 the following criteria need to be met:

  1. AR&D researchers at all stages of their career that are currently employed at Amsterdam UMC/UvA/VU are eligible to apply.
  2. Anyone who wants to submit, should be affiliated with AR&D, as evidenced by their PURE profile. All grant applications must be supported by at least one AR&D Principal Investigator (PI), as evidenced by their PURE profile.
  3. An applicant can submit only one proposal for the AR&D Sustainability grant 2024. An AR&D PI is however allowed to support more than one proposal as the responsible AR&D PI.
  4. Research proposals should be written in concise English with a clear objective or research question and should be understandable to a researcher in an adjacent science field within AR&D.
  5. The research proposals of the IMPLEMENT Grant and RESEARCH Grant must indicate a clear and achievable timeline. Research projects must have a start date between September 1st and October 1st 2024, and must be executed at Amsterdam UMC/UvA/VU.
    Please note that in all presentations and communications on your project the AR&D visual is used, and it is mentioned that: this project was made possible by funding of Amsterdam Reproduction and Development research institute.

    Guidelines conflict of interest

    AR&D formulated guidelines regarding integrity and conflict of interest.

    Application

    The application form should include:

    • Information of applicant(s) and affiliation(s)
    • Project details

      The application forms can be downloaded here:

      Convert the completed application form to a PDF-file and email your application to AR&D (ARandD@amsterdamumc.nl).

      Submission deadline

      Call closed.

      The deadline for submission is: 30 June 2024, 13:00.

      Incomplete applications, applications over the maximum word limit, and applications submitted after the deadline will not be taken into consideration.

      Selection procedure

      The submitted proposals will be assessed by an independent committee based on the following criteria:

      DO grant

      • Quality of the project idea or activity
      • Relevance to the AR&D research field and future sustainable research within AR&D
      • Impact on environmental sustainability
      • Feasibility of the project or activity within the proposed costs

      IMPLEMENT grant

      • Quality with respect to the design and methods of the project idea
      • Relevance to the AR&D research field and future research within AR&D
      • Impact on environmental sustainability
      • Feasibility of the project within the proposed time and costs

      RESEARCH grant

      • Quality with respect to the design and methods of the research project
      • Relevance to the AR&D research field and future sustainable research within AR&D
      • Impact on environmental sustainability
      • Connection to or fit within existing research project
      • Feasibility of the research project within the proposed time and costs

          Final report

          All awarded proposals are obliged to send a final report to AR&D, using the format provided by AR&D, on the outcomes of the project within 3 months after finalization of the project. This report has to include an overview of the financial accountability.

          Time line

            Contact

            For questions contact AR&D (ARandD@amsterdamumc.nl).