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
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