Research supporting services

  • WMO
  • Non-WMO

Amsterdam UMC offers many support services to assist researchers, their teams, and departments throughout the research process.

Department Research Support

  • Research Grant Support / rgs@amsterdamumc.nl
    Research Grant Support (RGS) has a portfolio of services to develop high quality proposals. The team offers tailored support for prestigious personal grant applications and interdisciplinary consortium grants, both nationally and interantionally.

  • Research Data Management / RDM Service Portal
    Research data management (RDM) oversees the entire data management lifecycle - from study preparation, data acquisition, and data processing to statistical analysis, publication, archinving and open data sharing.

  • Clinical Monitoring Center / cmc_diensten@amsterdamumc.nl
    For investigator-initiated WMO-studies initiated by Amsterdam UMC, the Clinical Monitoring Center (CMC) provides independent monitoring as delegated by the Executive Board. CMC offers guidance on how to request for monitoring, cost requisition for participating sites, and other monitoring services.

  • Innovation Exchange Amsterdam / info@ixa.nl
    Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA) is the valorization center of Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA). IXA supports the entire valorization process, from patenting inventions and negotiating research and licensing contracts to establishing start-ups based on UMC technologies and fostering industry collaborations.

  • Legal Research Support / lrs@amsterdamumc.nl
    The department of Legal Research Support (LRS) advises on legal issues related to medical scientific research, including clinical trials, pre-clinical lab research, intellectual property, privacy and EU projects. Services include reviewing and drafting research-related agreements and providing general legal advice.

  • Methodological and statistical support / Service Portal EDS-Consult / AMC / VUmc
    Amsterdam UMC researchers are offered advice by a qualified team of epidemiologists, bioinformaticians, clinimetricians, health economists and statisticians from the department of Epidemiology and Data Science (EDS). Support includes designing a study, defining clinical and health-economic outcome measures, sample size calculations, statistical and bioinformatical analysis, and data representation and reporting. Assistance is also available for the use of statistical software, grant proposals and addressing feedback during the peer-review process of a scientific article.

  • Medical Research Ethics Committee Office/ metc@amsterdamumc.nl
    Medical scientific research involving human subjects, their data and/or bodily material has to be conducted in accordance with (inter)national laws and regulations. Dedicated ethical committees review research protocols to, among others, safeguard the rights, safety and welfare of participants.

  • Medical Library / bibliotheek@amsterdamumc.nl or mics.ub@vu.nl
    The medical library, a collaboration between University Libraries (VU) and Amsterdam UMC, offers access to an extensive journal and database collection, as well as assistance in searching (e.g. for systematic reviews), publication, and managing your personal page on AmsterdamUMC.org.

  • Amsterdam UMC Research BV
    Amsterdam UMC Research BV (shortly Research BV) supports its clients, such as researchers and employees, by taking care of the financial management and Human Resource (HR) aspects of their externally funded research projects.

  • Research Policy Office / researchsupport@amsterdamumc.nl
    The central Research Policy Office (RPO) is responsible for the preparation, coordination and implementation of research policies aligned with Amsterdam UMC's mission and strategic goals.

  • Privacy Protection and Information Security / privacy@amsterdamumc.nl
    The team Privacy Protection and Information Security (PB&IB) supports the Executive Board, management and the work floor in safeguarding privacy and information security. The PB&IB team plays an important advisory and supervisory role, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations (including the GDPR and NEN7510).

      Other centralised research support services

      • Kenniscentrum Geneesmiddelenonderzoek
        The 'Kenniscentrum Geneesmiddelenonderzoek' provides comprehensive support for drug research. Experienced pharmacists with knowledge of current legislation (GCP, GMP) and diverse therapeutic areas assist with both industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated trials. Since investigator-initiated research involving medicinal products is often complex and time-consuming, it is recommended to register your research or consult with our hospital pharmacist in the early stages of your project. The 'Kenniscentrum Geneesmiddelenonderzoek' offers regulatory advice, guidance on the preparation, storage, and distribution of medicinal products, and holds a manufacturer’s license, which is mandatory for product preparation, packaging, labeling, or importing. Additionally, it has an exemption for using opiates in scientific research. Important: agreements between the manufacturer and hospital pharmacy must be documented in a separate pharmacist’s agreement, which can be appended to the Clinical Trial Agreement.

      • Research Imaging Core Center / ricc@amsterdamumc.nl
        If your research involves imaging techniques (e.g. x-rays, ultrasound, CT scans, MRI or nuclear medicine imaging) the Research Imaging Core Center (RICC) can provide the necessary support. Request should be submitted via email to receive a link to a registration form. The RICC assesses whether there is sufficient capacity for the requested imaging services, provides a cost quotation, and makes arrangements for preparation, implementation and data transfer related to your study.

      • Central Research Laboratory / CRL-VUmc@amsterdamumc.nl or CRL-AMC@amsterdamumc.nl
        The Central Research Laboratory (CRL) provides support for patient-related and experimental research, including laboratory animal research. The CRL also takes care of shipping provisions for patient care and the storage of materials. Researchers can request support by sending an email to the trail coordinator and together they will fill out an application form.

      • Amsterdam UMC Biobank / contact form
        For all biobanking activities, including the initiation of new biobanks, management of historical collections, and issuance of materials from existing cohorts, it is recommended to consult the Amsterdam UMC Biobank at an early stage. The process also involves obtaining approval from the Commissie Toetsing Biobanken (CTB), after which sample and data collection can start. Pre-analytic services are provided by specialized laboratories based on protocols harmonized under the auspices of Health-RI. Researchers can access key information on biobank collections at Amsterdam UMC through the catalog of BBMRI.nl, which facilitates standardized and transparent sample requests.

      • Pathology-Biobanking & Research / biobank-pathologie@amsterdamumc.nl or biobank-pathologie-amc@amsterdamumc.nl
        Pathology-Biobanking & Research (PBR) ensures that human biospecimens that remain after pathological assessment and diagnostics procedures are properly stored and can be issued for high quality scientific research. This research ranges from immunohistochemistry to genomics, artificial intelligence, and computational pathology. The PBR coordinates the collection, management, processing, an distribution of (anonymized) biospecimens and/or pathology data for scientific research. It also strives to provide service to researchers for approval from the CTB.

      • Experimentele en Klinische Research Unit / f5ekru@amsterdamumc.n
        The 'Experimentele en Klinische Research Unit' (EKRU) admits patients and healthy volunteers participating in medical scientific research. The department supports researchers by facilitating nursing procedures, such as data collection and the administration of study medication, in accordance with strict research protocols.

      • Heart center - CURIUS / researchcardiologie@amsterdamumc.nl
        Investigators requiring echocardiograms or ECGs for research purposes in Amsterdam UMC can request support by sending an e-mail and completing an application form.

      • Medical Technology / adviesmedischehulpmiddelen@amsterdamumc.nl
        Medical devices used in medical scientific research must be registered. This not only concerns the medical device under investigation, but also any equipment loaned for the duration of the study (for example blood pressure monitors). The team of Medical Technology offers advice, technical support and assistance with the mandatory registration of medical devices.

      • Medical Microbiology & Infection Prevention
        The department of Medical Microbiology & Infection Prevention is specialized in diagnostic laboratories for virology, bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, in addition to central laboratories for molecular and serological diagnostics. The department also houses several research laboratories. Researchers can request support by sending an email to the study coordinator and together they will fill out an application form.

      • ICT services for research / Service Portal (service-now.com)

      • EPD - EvA Service Centre Research / EvaWiki