Public voting is now open for the pre-finalists to pitch their ideas in the finale of the , the competition for innovative ideas from all research disciplines. Which innovative ideas will make it to the stage during the AmSIA '25 finale? about the innovative ideas and cast your vote before 12 May.
At the finale on June 17, the AmSIA expert jury will award €10,000 to the three best ideas in the categories of Society, Health, and Environment & Climate. You can here.
Your vote decides! The competing VU researchers and students are:
Category of Society:
- Tieme Janssen, Nienke van Atteveldt, Funda Jelsma (Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences):
- Quint Wiersma and Francisco Blasques (School of Business and Economics): : Revolutionizing speech therapy for children: an innovative AI-powered digital assistant
- Reshmi Gopalakrishna Pillai, Constanza Gajardo Leon, Antske Fokkens (Faculty of Social Sciences): : Empowering communities with AI-supported solutions journalism
Category of Health:
- Anouk Post, Tyla Danskin, Johannes de Boer (Faculty of Science): : a pill-sized camera for the early detection of oesophageal cancer
- Moira van Leeuwen, Mohammadreza Mahaki (Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences): : An innovative fall prevention training shoe for older adults
- Martin Gevonden, Cor Stoof, Eco de Geus (Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences):
- Felix Paulussen, Ana Alcalde Ordóñez (Faculty of Science): molecules for the treatment of colorectal cancer
- Marvin Albers, Tom Grossmann (Faculty of Science): : Smart RNA delivery enables novel therapeutic strategies
Category of Environment & Climate:
- David Poole, Twan Hopstaken (Faculty of Science):
- Daniel Muth, Gergely Muth (Faculty of Science): to unlock the full potential of their energy and storage systems.
- Maria Margalef, Marja Lamoree, Jeroen Kool, Julien Slagboom (Faculty of Science): : Revolutionizing Water Research & Risk Assessment
- Nicolas Paul Cullen (Faculty of Science): using magnesium salts from industrial waste streams or salt mines
- Maryam Alimardani (Faculty of Science): : a serious VR game to promote pro-environmental consumption
of each pre-finalist to learn more about their idea through a personal video.
The Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award is organised by , the joint knowledge transfer office of Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ (VU).