The APH Global Health junior council is offering a grant of up to €1,000 to support a junior researcher in organizing a symposium covering Global Health. This symposium should engage (junior) researchers from the Amsterdam Public Health (APH) Institute and foster discussion on global health challenges.

Eligibility Criteria

  1. Affiliation: The applicant must be a junior researcher (PhD candidate or early-career postdoc) affiliated with the APH Global Health program.
  2. Participation: The symposium must be open to participation for other junior researchers in Global Health within APH and the Amsterdam UMC/AIGHD and promoted actively to them (support to do this is available from APH-GH).
  3. Topic Relevance: The symposium must focus on a Global Health issue.
  4. Delivery: Both in-person and hybrid symposia will be considered. For in-person, be especially mindful of the feasibility within the budget.

    Requirements & grading criteria

    • A short proposal (max. 1 A4 page) including:

      • Title
      • Theme of the symposium
      • Target audience (with expected number of participants)
      • Global outline of symposium programme and mode of delivery
      • Expected outcomes, including added value for (junior researchers of) APH-GH
      • Budget (for in-person, be mindful to present a feasible budget)

    After organizing the symposium, you need to submit a picture and a short paragraph about the symposium that may be used on social media.

    Timeline: All expenses have to be declared before 1 December 2026.

    Submission deadline: 17th of May 2026 at aph.globalhealth@amsterdamumc.nl

    For questions please contact us at aph.globalhealth@amsterdamumc.nl