We are pleased to inform you that the call for the “Kootstra Talent Fellowship” (KTF), round Spring 2021 is open. The application deadline is 1 May 2021.

In the first HS-BAFTA round of 2021, the following HS-BAFTA 'Talented PhD candidates' have been awarded: Kim Maasen and Job Stoks

Early recognition of talent is one of the key strategies of CARIM to coach and prepare gifted young academics for their future academic career. CARIM stimulates and supports talented students and staff by offering grants for research programs at each step of their career, be it at Bachelor, Master, post graduate, PhD or post-doc level.

As of the first of January 2021, prof. Frans Feron has been appointed as an independent external confidential advisor for PhD candidates at FHML/Maastricht UMC+.

On 11 December, the outgoing chairman of the board of the Federation of Dutch Thrombosis Services (FNT), Prof. Hugo ten Cate (Dept. of Internal Medicine), was presented with the Jordan Medal during the General Members' Meeting in Hoevelaken.

Six doctors from three different UMCs, including Prof. Robert van Oostenbrugge and Prof. Dr. Wim van Zwam (Dept. of Neurology), were jointly awarded the prestigious gold Winkler medal by the Dutch Neurology Society.

The following awards and prizes were awarded during the annual CARIM Symposium that took place on 25 November 2020.

Mohamed Kassem (Radiology) has received the prize for the Best (e-)poster in the topic 'Prevention 2' from the Joint European Stroke Organisation and World Stroke Organization Conference (ESO-WSO 2020).

The postervideos for the CARIM Symposium 2020 are online now!