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Amsterdam UMC offers a variety of courses aimed to stimulate personal and academic development and further improve soft skills that are important for post-doctoral researchers.

The MSCA-PF 2024 call (deadline: 11th September 2024) represents an exciting opportunity for postdocs to carry out a research fellowship in another country or when still within the mobility rule options to stay at Amsterdam UMC. The goal of the MSCA-PF is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers through international and intersectoral mobility.

This is a digital two-part workshop specifically designed for applicants of this year's MSCA postdoctoral fellowship, where MSCA-PF applicants will be provided with information on the MSCA-PF opportunities, tips and tricks on writing a successful application, lessons learned from previous years and options for support in preparing your application. This session is open to both incoming and outgoing applicants. Speakers will include an experienced MSCA-PF reviewer and last year’s laureate(s). Please click here to register.

If you are interested in more information or want to discuss whether you could apply for a MSCA-PF with Amsterdam UMC as hosting institution, please contact Research Grant Support (RGS) rgs@amsterdamumc.nl. Incoming applicants will receive support in the forms of toolkits, travel grant, walk-in sessions and reviews of proposals.

Date, Time and Location: 27th May, 9:30am-2:30pm AMC, Fonteynzaal

Registration: Registration is closed.

Content: This five-hour-long grant-writing course will give you the necessary skills to write well-structured, clear, concise, reader-friendly and persuasive grant proposals. We will discuss what to write in each of the different sections of a grant proposal, including sections in regards to open science, data management, exploitation and valorisation. Amsterdam UMC postdocs and last year PhD students are invited to register. Both beginners and advanced grant writers will benefit from this workshop.

Detailed (tentative agenda)

9:30-9:45. Grant Planning. We will go over how grant planning can help you to reach your research and career goals, and how you can design your multi-year funding plan.

9:45-10:00. Narrative CV. We will expose important concepts when developing your narrative CV (a CV in a format that provides a structured written description of a person's contributions and achievements reflecting a broad range of relevant skills and experiences).

10:00--10:30. Grant Writing: Writing for Reviewers. We will define how to produce a grant narrative that convinces and enthuses a grant committee of reviewers.

10:30-11:00. Grant Writing: Two writing templates. We will review two writing templates to help you improve your story line to enhance the clarity, structure, cohesion and simplicity of any text.

11:00-11:15. Break. Coffee and snacks will be served.

11:15-12:00. Grant Structure: Grant Template & Abstract. We will discuss how we can incorporate a specific grant writing template to help you write the different sections of the grant. We will also review and provide actionable tips to write grant abstracts. Finally, we will go over the structure of a grant proposal and provide tips and tricks on what to consider when writing each of the different sections of a grant proposal.

12:12:45. Lunch. Lunch will be served.

12:45-13:15. Open Science. We will go through the different open science practices that researchers can incorporate in their proposal.

13:15-13:45. Data Management. We will discuss the different types of data a research project can generate, and how data can be managed FAIRly.

13:45-14:30. Valorisation and commercialisation. We will go over the most important points to consider when writing the exploitation section of grant proposals.

This workshop is organized by Research Policy Office and will be instructed by Amsterdam UMC staff from four different Research Support Domains: Research Grant Support (Bart Jordi and Silvia Calpe), Medical Library (Lieuwe Kool), Research Data Management (Meriem Manaï), and Valorization (Maaike Alderliesten).

For more information about this workshop please contact the organizers: Raiza Hasrat (RPO, researchsupport@amsterdamumc.nl) or Silvia Calpe (RGS, s.calpe@amsterdamumc.nl).

Post-doctoral researchers are given opportunity to discuss work-related non-research issues in groups of peers under guidance of a policy advisor of the Research Policy Office. These meetings are designed to connect peers and create a confidential environment for open discussion and reflection.

Course overview

Intervision is a form of peer learning that helps to create a safe and reflective space to tackle a common challenge or problem. During intervision you will get support from peers (fellow postdoctoral researchers), reflect and discuss issues without hierarchical differences. You get insight and find possible solutions to the cases, which could be recognizable for everyone in the group. At the end of each session, the case presenter and all other participants find new and helpful ways to address an issue at their workplace.

Please make sure you are available during these meetings.

Dates

TBA

Number of participants

Groups will consist of 4-8 participants.

For more information contact

researchsupport@amsterdamumc.nl

Are you a PhD or Postdoc and have you ever thought about the impact your research can have outside of academia? Would you like to explore how you can increase the impact you’re already making?

IXA offers a new modular learning path on getting involved in valorisation and creating impact particularly suitable for late phase PhD students and postdocs who want to become proficient in valorising their research.

The objective

To inspire you and make you aware of the power that comes with creating value and impact through your research. The learning path consists of 3 modules; an introductory session, an in depth session and two sessions in which you work on your own idea. The contents are modular and focused on translating your own research into a more concrete impact plan. You can follow all modules as a continuous learning path or as self-standing.

No costs

There are no costs associated with the learning path. Simply register beforehand please.

You can register now for Module 2 Impact through research: in-depth look at valorisation and Module 3 Impact through research: focusing on your own practice.

More information and registration

For other questions send an email to info@ixa.nl.

Workshops for creating your impact plan!

Spots are still open for Module 3, which consists of two interactive half-days sessions for concretising your own impact plan.

What can you expect? You'll be working on your own research idea, and learn about stakeholder analyses, funding possibilities, working with external partners, protection of your knowledge and various templates (impact plan, business plan, communication plan).

When and location?

Session 1: Thursday 30 May from 9:30 – 12:30, location: VU Campus, Medical Faculty

Session 2: Thursday 20 June from 9:30 – 12:30 location: UvA Universiteitsbibliotheek Singel, Singel 421-427

Registration here

Amsterdam UMC offers various leadership courses to improve your guidance of more junior researchers and how to balance your work with new additional responsibilities.

Leiderschapsontwikkeling (tulpintranet.nl)

Amsterdam UMC, Locatie VUmc - Superb supervision - mentoring your PhD candidate towards responsible conduct of research

Amsterdam UMC, Locatie VUmc - Cursus Projectmanagement in de zorg

Amsterdam UMC, Locatie VUmc - Basismodule Spin in het web & Vervolgmodule Projectmatig werken

Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc - courses on Research Integrity

The VIRT2UE course explores what it entails to perform ‘good’ research as a researcher and discusses the moral dilemmas encountered in research. Moreover, it explains what it means to act professionally and with integrity.

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