12 EC
Semester 1, period 2
50522FB12Y
In week 1-3 the students develop a business idea into a full business model, exploring involved stakeholders. In a set of workshops the students will obtain skill sets related to entrepreneurship and private sector research (knowledge on business models including financial aspects, venture capital investors, R&D and Pharma, property rights and how to give a pitch). Entreneurship teaching and business proposal writing coaching is assisted by the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE, http://www.ace-amsterdam.org/en/) and the ACE Venture Labs incubator for start-ups (http://www.ace-venturelab.org/). At the end of these 3 weeks the students hand-in a business model of their explorative research idea and they will pitch their developed plan in front of a dedicated jury (the pitch presentations will take place at AceVentureLab).
In week 4-8 students will identify a fundamental research question aimed at addressing a health societal challenge. The students will write and present a research proposal of an original idea for basic biological research in collaboration with an industrial partner. Students will get support and guidance for writing the research proposal.
To get an idea of ongoing active research in the areas of interest, guest lecturers will present ‘highlights’. Students will actively prepare for these lectures by reading assigned papers to be able to discuss the presented science with the guest lecturer in a Q&A session and the students will write a brief highlight including 3 questions.
To continue active research engagement, students will write a blogpost about the topic of their STW proposal, in order to communicate the value of their fundamental research question to a broad audience.
By the time the course is completed, the student should be able to
Students will get support and guidance for writing the research proposal in an introductory lecture and in small groups. Most of the writing will be done in the student’s own time. All research proposals are presented at the end of week 8.
In week 3-7 guest speakers will present highlight lectures twice a week. Out of a courtesy to these guest researchers that are often from outside the University of Amsterdam, attendance at the highlight lectures is mandatory.
Activity | Number of hours |
Hoorcollege | 8 |
Presentatie | 20 |
Werkcollege | 76 |
Zelfstudie | 232 |
Programme's requirements concerning attendance (OER-B):
Additional requirements for this course:
Additional requirements for this course:
| Item and weight | Details |
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Final grade | |
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45% Business case topic | Must be ≥ 5.5 |
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45% SWT proposal | Must be ≥ 5.5 |
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10% Overview of the Highlight lecture | Must be ≥ 5.5 |
The students have to attend all workshops or have performed a separate personal assignment regarding the missed workshops. All assignments should be passed, i.e. business report and research proposal and respective presentations a minimum grade of 5.5 and Highlight lecture questions and overview 'pass'. If the minimum mark is not reached the students have to perform an additional assignment to be decided on.
Students will propose an original case topic to report on in their business plan. In the business case topic the students will describe their initial steps of entrepreneurship, i.e. the business model building blocks, relevant stakeholders, the market position, the business strategy and financial plans.
Students will present and defend their business case topic in a pitch presentation.
Students will identify their fundamental research question and write a STW research proposal to obtain funding to study their research question. The impact of the society, innovation and novelty of the research as well as potential stakeholders are important issues in the proposal.
The students will present their research proposal.
The students will write a blogpost on the topic of their STW proposal.
Students will actively prepare for the highlight lectures and prepare at least 3 questions to ask after the lectures
Students will write and hand-in a short summary of each of the highlight lectures to actively work with the presented material.
Onderstaande opdrachten komen aan bod in deze cursus:
Dit vak hanteert de algemene ‘Fraude- en plagiaatregeling’ van de UvA. Onder plagiaat of fraude wordt verstaan het overschrijven van het werk van een medestudent dan wel het kopiëren van wetenschappelijke bronnen (uit bijvoorbeeld boeken en tijdschriften en van het Internet) zonder daarbij de bron te vermelden. Uiteraard is plagiaat verboden. Hier wordt nauwkeurig op gecontroleerd en streng tegen opgetreden. Bij verdenking van plagiaat wordt de examencommissie van de opleiding ingeschakeld. Wanneer de examencommissie overtuigd is dat er plagiaat gepleegd is dan kan dit maximaal leiden tot een uitsluiting van al het onderwijs van de opleiding voor een heel kalenderjaar. Zie voor meer
informatie over het fraude- en plagiaatreglement van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.www.uva.nl/plagiaat
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Should be taken together with Frontiers in Medical Biology II (12 EC). This track will be offered in English.
A minimum of 10 and a maximum of 30 students.
Students from other programs and/or disciplines that are interested in taking this course are advised to contact the course coordinator to discuss their potential participation.
This course has a Blackboard-site. Changes or updates regarding the timetable and/or details on group composition will be communicated via Blackboard. All other course materials will be posted here as well. Students are advised to check the site regularly.