Accelerate Your Medical Breakthroughs with the exquAIro AI & Data Bootcamps 2025

Are you looking to leverage AI and data-driven methodologies to advance your medical research? Do you see opportunities for AI applications in your research? Then join the exquAIro AI & Data Bootcamp in 2025! This year, we offer two editions of our program, with the first starting in June 2025. Register now!

What is the exquAIro AI & Data Bootcamp?

This innovative and uniquely Dutch AI & Data Bootcamp is a high-level educational program designed to equip researchers with essential AI skills. The bootcamp is developed by exquAIro, a non-profit startup from UMCG, and AI Consultancy market leader Rewire. The first class of 2025 starts on June 2^nd in Groningen. If you are unable to attend in June, you can join the second cohort in the fall, starting October 27^th. With limited spots available, early registration is highly recommended.

The program builds a conceptual understanding of the tools available to researchers, supports you in applying these to medical data and translate your ideas to grant proposals that can get funding support through the exquAIro foundation. The bootcamp empowers participants to apply cutting-edge AI methodologies to their research. You can find more information below or in our brochure.

Who is the Bootcamp for?

The AI & Data Bootcamp is suited for clinicians with research affinity aiming to use machine learning, image recognition or Gen AI-models in their research domain, biomedical researchers eager to acquire essential data science and impact skills to accelerate their research and pharmacologists with an analytical background who want to expand their expertise into AI applications to enhance drug development.

There are a total of 12 spots available, with 10 spots for biomedical researchers from UMCG and 2 wildcards for researchers from other UMCs. Over a span of two blocks of 3 weeks full time training, you get the unique opportunity to dive deep into the world of data science and AI in health together with top consultants in AI.

Why Join the exquAIro AI & Data Bootcamp?

The rapid growth of (bio)medical data—ranging from multi-omics and imaging data to electronic health records (EHRs)—demands expertise in AI. Understanding and utilizing AI techniques is crucial for top-tier researchers. During the bootcamp, you will:

Master state-of-the-art AI methodologies, supplementedby all the necessary skills to lead these to real world impact, and apply them to your specialization.
Develop a fully-fledged, high-quality AI research proposal with guidance from leading experts in scientific, medical, and data science fields.
Increase your chances of securing funding
Receive support from an interdisciplinary team, including innovative and disruptive professors, principal investigators (PIs), and AI specialists.

Participation truly boosts your career. You significantly increase your chances of groundbreaking medical breakthroughs with relatively low effort through a carefully designed selection process and multidisciplinary guidance by experts.

Dates of the exquAIro AI & Data Bootcamp 3 & 4

Bootcamp Class 3
Block 1: June 2^nd to 20^th, 2025, with an extra kick-off day on 26th of May; 3 consecutive weeks, 5 days a week, on-site in Groningen
Block 2: September 8^th to 26^th, 2025; 3 consecutive weeks, 5 days a week, on-site in Groningen

Bootcamp Class 4
Block 1: October 27th to November 14th, 2025; 3 consecutive weeks, 5 days a week, on-site in Groningen
Block 2: January 12^th to February 1^st, 2026; 3 consecutive weeks, 5 days a week, on-site in Groningen

Registration and selection process

After your registration, a selection process takes place to ensure that the exquAIro AI & Data Bootcamp is a good match. There will also be an information meeting on the 3^rd of March, where you can obtain extra information about the AI & Data Bootcamp 3 & 4 2025. Below you will find the details of registration and the selection process.

• Registration is possible from Thursday, February 6^th up and until March 13^th via this registration form.

• Information session: March 4^th from 17:00-17:45 (online). You can sign up via info@exquairo.com or call head facilitator Ilya Petoukhov on 0651878958.

• Selection process:

o Announcement date and time for interview (including time): March 15

o Interviews with nominated participants: March 19^th, 13:00 – 18:00 or March 20, 10:30 – 14:00 hours, followed up by a learning goals / technical level conversation with the head facilitator on March 24^th 10:00 – 18:00.

o Announcement of selected participants: no later than March 26^th, 2025