Make a flying start with your innovative idea: sign up for AmSIA 2025

Do you have an innovative idea that could have a positive impact on tomorrow’s world?

Sign up your idea before 9 February and compete to win one of the three prizes of €10.000! Participating in this contest will give you an excellent opportunity to develop your idea further, get professional feedback and share it with the public.

The Innovation Award is open to ideas from all research disciplines and domains, no matter what stage the idea is in. The Amsterdam Science and Innovation Awards hands out three Innovation Awards. The three winners will be selected from each category: Society, Environment & Climate and Health.

For whom?

This competition is open to (teams of) researchers, staff and students in all disciplines from all participating Amsterdam universities, universities of applied sciences, academic medical centres and public research centres.

Important dates

• The application deadline is Sunday 9 February 2025 at 23:59.
• The festive finale is Tuesday 17 June 2025 in NEMO Science Museum.

Need help with writing your application?

Join our workshop ‘Improve your AmSIA application’, on Thursday 23 January 2025, and learn valuable tips and tricks for writing a standout application.
Time: 9:30-11:00
Location: Demonstrator Lab at the VU Campus
Register here!

Participating in AmSIA offers you the following possibilities:

• Receive expert feedback from the IXA team;
• All pre-finalists get a professional pitch video;
• Finalists get professional pitch training;
• PR opportunities to promote your idea;
• You will get public exposure for your idea;
• You will have great networking opportunities to find partners and/or financing;
• Get a chance to win €10,000!

Learn how AmSIA helped former participant and VU researcher Maaike van Rest to develop her innovation.

How to participate?

More information about AmSIA and how to submit your idea can be found on the AmSIA website. You can read more about the procedure and can download the registration form.

About the AmSIA

The Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award is the Amsterdam prize for the most innovative idea. It is an initiative of IXA (Innovation Exchange Amsterdam), the knowledge transfer office of Amsterdam UMC, UvA, VU and HvA. Partner is NKI-AvL.