Interview with Prof. Bert Windhorst of Immune-Image project ttopstart supports Prof. Bert Windhorst, working as Professor radiopharmaceutical chemistry at the Amsterdam University Medical Center, in multiple phases of research and innovation projects. From writing...
Why start a spin-off company? Academic spin-offs are important drivers of knowledge valorisation from academic institutions. By looking at the Dutch medical biotech academic spin-off sector, we identified three reasons for starting a spin-off.With Intellectual...
Funding opportunities from the Innovative Healthcare Initiative: fostering healthcare innovations with public-private partnerships” By Marc Derieppe, Rilana Huiberts and Viktorija Globyte IHI fosters healthcare innovations with public-private partnerships. In...
How to make your spin-off journey a success? Setting up and developing an innovation through an academic spin-off company can be a rollercoaster, especially when you are not experienced in setting up a business. In this blog, we identify three phases spin-off...
Patient involvement: what is next for IHI? Four insights on the effective implementation of patient involvement practices in IHI projectsInvolving patients has become essential to effectively accelerate development of better and safer medicines and therapies. Multiple...
How to create sustainable impact in consortiaEuropean projects are all about impact these days, and consortia are becoming larger and more international. While this is great, it also comes with challenges. How do you ensure your internal and external partners are...
Our 3 key lessons learned for the MSCA-DNttopstart submitted two high quality proposals for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks. In this article we selected 3 key lessons learned.In the fall of this year, ttopstart had the great opportunity to...
Reporting in Horizon Europe projects: deliverables, milestones, technical and financial reportingWithin a Horizon Europe grant, there are various ways of reporting to the European Commission. This resource describes the different reporting requirements, the difference...
From IMI to IHI: 5 insights on sustainability Insights learnt from eight coordinators in sustainable IMI projects Europe confirmed the importance of cross-sectorial and cross-country cooperation by launching the new Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) building...
Why a grant writing strategy is key for your funding successIt has occurred to us that many scientists prepare subsidy proposals without coordination of their institute. This creates competition for the same subsidy amongst fellow researchers of the same institute.It...
How to build a successful consortium for large research projectsWe view grant writing as professional sports. To become and remain successful, you need to train hard in order to remain at the top of your highly competitive field. You will only realise your goals if...
Our expectations on when we will be eating cultured meatWhen will we be eating cultured meat? In this blog we tell you our expectations.Cultured meat companies have been optimistic in social media about when they will be able to enter the market. Years have passed by,...