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AmSIA ’21 winner SolarFoil spins out UvA
UvA’ most recent spinout SolarFoil aims to increase greenhouse productivity by optimizing sunlight to increase crop yields. In doing so, the use of SolarFoil aims to reduce the use of energy- hungry artificial lighting and make horticulture more sustainable. The team behind SolarFoil, professor Peter Schall and PhD Arnon Lesage of the UvA’ Institute of […]
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Innovation Awards 2021 voor digitale urineweegschaal, nanofolie en dyslexiespel voor kinderen
Amsterdamse Science & Innovation Awards 2021 voor digitale urineweegschaal, nanofolie en dyslexiespel voor kinderen In NEMO Amsterdam zijn voor de 15e keer de jaarlijkse Innovation Awards uitgereikt. De innovatieprijzen zijn een initiatief van de Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA). IXA bekroont met de Awards vernieuwende ideeën om de samenleving te verbeteren van jonge wetenschappers, allemaal verbonden […]
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Amsterdam Impact Awards for research into refugees and diversity, climate adaptation and virus antibodies
Halleh Ghorashi, Jeroen Kluck and Hergen Spits winners Impact Award 2021!
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Amsterdamse Impact Awards voor onderzoek naar vluchtelingen en diversiteit, klimaatadaptatie en virusantilichamen
Halleh Ghorashi, Jeroen Kluck en Hergen Spits winnaars Impact Award 2021!
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Presenting the finalists of Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award 2021
The finalists for the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award 2021 are presented. The jury, led by Gigi Wang, and the public have selected nine finalists for the Innovation Award from all submissions from the Amsterdam knowledge and research institutes. The innovations and new technologies offer innovative solutions for a wide range of social issues. The finalists […]
NewsPublic voting for the AmSIA 2021 is closed
Thanks for all the votes! Per category, the participant with the most votes will go to the final. The ballot boxes are open! Vote for your favorite innovative idea that contributes to a better world. We have selected the pre-finalists of the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award. You can now vote which ideas should be […]
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Experiencing the AmSIA as a finalist
What is it like to participate in the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award? We spoke to Dr Monalisa Goswami about her participation in 2017. The Amsterdam Science and Innovation Award is “a celebration of innovation coming out from scientists,” says Monalisa. “It makes you feel special.” The Amsterdam Science and Innovation Award (AmSIA) is the […]
NewsPre-finalists of the Innovation Award announced!
The pre-finalists for the Innovation Award, the Amsterdam competition for innovative ideas that contribute to a better world, are now selected! The pre-finalists have a chance to win one of the three Innovation Awards and €10,000. The Innovation Award has three categories: Society, Health and Environment & Climate. In the coming months, all pre-finalists will […]
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AmSIA finalists at Business News Radio
Finalists Reinout Bem and Imran Avci were interviewed by Karlijn Meinders in BNR’s broadcast Wetenschap Vandaag during Spitsuur. To listen to the interview click here.
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Winners Amsterdam Science & Innovation Awards 2019
The Amsterdam Science & Innovation Awards go to innovations in 3D-printed embryo models, following criminal money through bank data and tackling the phosphate challenge. The Impact Awards go to Jaap Bonjer, Erwin Peterman and Gijs Wuite, and Roeland van Geuns Marissa de Boer (UvA), Jill Coster van Voorhout (UvA) and Bernadette de Bakker (Amsterdam UMC), […]
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