About the Accelerate Programme

The UvA Data Science Centre (DSC) aims to accelerate data driven research within the University of Amsterdam, to strengthen data science expertise across all faculties of UvA, and promote cross-disciplinary collaboration and sharing of knowledge among the data science community at UvA.

One of the mechanisms by which the DSC achieves this is through the Accelerate programme. The Accelerate programme stimulates the hiring of data scientists and data engineers within faculties through the provision of matching funding. This funding helps support the costs of hiring a new or existing staff member in these roles.

Staff members hired through the Accelerate programme automatically become Affiliate members of the DSC. This means becoming a part of an interdisciplinary community of like-minded data scientists and engineers across UvA faculties, and having access to opportunities that will further data driven research and data science careers such as specialised training and workshops.

Since its launch in 2021, the Accelerate programme has led to the successful hiring of the equivalent of 28 FTE data scientists and engineers across a range of UvA faculties. In 2023, we awarded funding via the Accelerate Programme for 8.5 FTE positions.