You have done years of research at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and of course you want to share the results of your PhD research with the outside world. In order to draw attention to the content of your PhD defence, we kindly request you to fill in the digital form: www.vu.nl/promoveren on after you set the date of your defence with the beadle, unless you are affiliated with Amsterdam UMC. Please note: You can fill in the form in English but service our target audience we kindly ask you to submit your information in Dutch. If you are not proficient in Dutch, please ask someone to help you translate. If you are a PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine, please contact Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc via communicatie@amsterdamumc.nl.
We send out the digital Science Newsletter every two weeks, in which we bring all PhD defences to the attention of the media. In order to do this as well as possible, we would like to receive the answers to the four questions in the form and the contact details where you can be reached for us. We will never pass this on without your permission.
With the information you provide, we will draw up a summary in consultation with you, which will appear in the newsletter. This means that more than 700 newspapers, television, radio, relevant organizations and professional magazines are aware of your promotion. In addition, we will also place the summary in the agenda on the VU website.
On www.vu.nl/press you can see which faculty science information officer will contact you about the summary of your PhD.