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The knowledge transfer office of UvA, HvA, VU and Amsterdam UMC

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Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award

The award for the most innovative, knowledge based idea of Amsterdam

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Amsterdam Venture Studios

Amsterdam hub for innovative knowledge based startups

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Pre-incubator, learning-by-doing, entrepreneurship laboratory

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The Amsterdam competition for research based ideas
A chance to work on your innovation, get professional feedback and win €10.000!
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A fantastic event in 2023

The Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award 2023 will help you move your innovative idea towards societal impact. 

“By winning the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award we received a lot of media attention for the brain scanner in the ambulance of the Amsterdam UMC. Thanks to this media attention we also achieved our Heart Foundation crowdfunding campaign goal to finance the equipment. In 2022, we founded the Amsterdam UMC spin-off company TrianecT to iterate our research into a commercially available brain scanner that can help all suspected stroke patients in every ambulance”.

Wouter Potters and Jonathan Coutinho AmSIA Winners 2018

Criteria for participation

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  • 1

    The Innovation Award is open to (teams of) researchers, staff, and students from one of the knowledge institutes in Amsterdam.

  • 2

    The participant's ideas or innovations should fit within the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

A professional and diverse jury will make a decision based on five criteria:

  • Innovativeness
  • Societal benefit
  • Application
  • Feasability
  • Entrepreneurship

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Frequently asked questions

All frequently asked questions

  • What is the mission of the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award?

    The aim is to stimulate researchers, staff and students to generate ideas with practical application based on research at one of the Amsterdam universities, universities of applied sciences, academic medical centers and public research centers. It also aims to celebrate those researchers who have created a positive impact to society.

  • When is the finale of the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award?

    The finale of the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award 2023 will be held on November the 21st of 2023. More information will be published soon.

  • Who organizes the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award?

    The Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award is organized by Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA), the valorisation centre of Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA).