The Amsterdam UMC Young Talent Fund offers travel grants for Amsterdam UMC PhD candidates to visit top international research institutes for research or training

For 2027, max. ten Amsterdam UMC Foundation Young Travel Grants will be awarded

The Amsterdam UMC Young Talent Fund is enabled by Amsterdam UMC Foundation and wants the very best young talents to have a chance to further develop and improve themselves. The goal is to enable young excellent PhD candidates to do an internship or follow courses at one of the top international research institutes anywhere in the world. The maximum grant is € 5.000. Please note that this year's submission deadline is already at the end of summer! This way, the travel grant can be used for all of 2027.

Deadline for submission is Friday October 2nd, 2026.

Please note that the instructions have been slightly updated compared to last year.

"The most vital moment in my research career? No doubt my visit to this top institute in my research field when I was still a young researcher. What I saw and learned there has been crucial for myself and my career in science."* 

* statement former winner Young Talent Fund

Requirements, application, submission, selection

Requirements

PhD candidates in the beginning (approximately first half) of their PhD trajectory and registered with the Amsterdam UMC Doctoral School are eligible to apply. 


Application

Instructions and application form:

Submission

Deadline for submission is Friday October 2nd, 2026 at midnight.

Please note: After submitting your entry, you will receive a confirmation of receipt from the Doctoral School within a couple of weeks. If you do not receive this confirmation, or in case of questions, please contact us!

Selection

A special selection committee assesses all applications early November.

Did you apply for a PhD Young Talent grant? The timeline of 2027 is as follows.

Selection round (committee members):

  • November 2026
  • All candidates will receive notification by e-mail from the Doctoral School and learn whether they are selected for the grant or not, no later than mid December (exact information will follow) 

Testimonial

Since the start of the fund in 2012, more than a hundred PhD candidates have been awarded a travel grant. One of the grants is enabled by the Louise Gunning Public Health Study Fund. Its goal is to enable a young Amsterdam UMC researcher to follow a course or summer school in the field of Public Health at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA

Enclosed are a few reports a report from winners of the Amsterdam UMC Young Talent Fund in 2023:

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