News about Grants

Congratulations to Hans Wandall

with the new DNRF Center of Excellence "Center for Glycocalyx Research (CGR)" .

DKK 130 million for two new research centres at SUND

The Danish National Research Foundation grants DKK 130 million to establish two new research centres at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.

Flea toads, dwarf pygmy goby fish and bumblebee bats: Researcher aims to solve the riddle of miniature animals

Just seven millimetres long, flea toads are among the smallest vertebrates on Earth. Despite their diminutive size, their organs and functions hardly differ from animals a thousand times larger. While examples of extrem…

Project on the dual role of lobbying supported by ERC grant

Do lobbyists equip politicians with valuable information, or do they entice our elected representatives to look after special interests? Probably both, is the assumption behind an upcoming research project by Wiebke…

Six one-month fellowships

The Center for Subjectivity Research (CFS) advertises up to 6 one-month fellowships connected to its ongoing Who are We? research project. Fellows accepted into the program will be offered the opportunity to spend one…

Lisa Gottlieb Becomes a Branco Weiss Fellow

Lisa, BRIDGE and Danish Cardiovascular Academy fellow and postdoc in the Jespersen Group, has received DKK 4.6 million from the Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science for her project "Crosstalk in the Whole Heart:…

Mapping concerns about rising seawater

How do citizens living on the coasts of four countries in the North Sea region worry about future sea level rise and storm surges? This is the question Kristoffer Langkjær Albris will investigate in a project that DFF i…

New funding for Silk Ribbons In Museum Amager

In late June, the research project "Silk Ribbons at Museum Amager - A Window to Europe'' received 75.000 kr. from Manufakturhandlerforeningen i Kjøbenhavns Almene Fond.

Henriette Stoy receives an EMBO fellowship

Henriette Stoy has received DKK 1.340.000 as an EMBO postdoctoral Fellowship for the project “DNA structural elements in the genome-wide regulation of transcription”. This collaborative project between the Møllegaard la…

4M euros for research into nuclear metabolism

Associate Professor Jan Żylicz has been awarded an MSCA Doctoral Networks Grant for project; NUCLEAR - metabolic regulation of genome function and cell identity.

Helene Borregaard Stephensen receives a postdoc from the Carlsberg Foundation

Former CFS researcher, Helene Borregaard Stephensen, receives a postdoc from the Carlsberg Foundation with the project “Psychosis between alienation and institution: Rethinking the spaces of care”.

How are people affected by aesthetic atmospheres?

With support from VELUX FONDEN, Tone Roald from the Department of Psychology will investigate how we experience atmospheres created by music and architecture.

Andreas Mæchel Fritzen receives DFF-grant to explore his best idea

Associate Professor Andreas Mæchel Fritzen receives more than DKK 6 million for exploring some of his best ideas.

DKK 50 million for further development of world-leading mass spectrometry research and new protein studies

Professor Jesper Velgaard Olsen has received the Novo Nordisk Foundation Laureate Research Grant 2024 for proteomics research into single-cell protein signalling pathways using mass spectrometry. The project will pave…

Six projects received funding from the CEMES Mid-Year Call 2024

On 17 June the Steering Committee reviewed the applications for the CEMES Spring Call. We received 13 applications for a wide variety of themes, fields and interdisciplinary activities. We distributed grants for…

New DFF-funded project explores the dual role of lobbying

Do lobbyists equip politicians with valuable information, or do they entice our elected representatives to look after special interests? Probably both, is the assumption behind an upcoming research project by Wiebke…

Younger researchers receive DFF-grants to explore their best ideas

Assistant Professor Peter C. Petersen and Associate Professor Andreas Mæchel Fritzen each receive more than DKK 6 million for exploring some of their best ideas.

Claus investigates COVID-19's long-term effects

Associate Professor Claus Desler leads the POINT project, which investigates the long-term health consequences of COVID-19. The goal is to develop innovative strategies for preventing and managing non-communicable…

Work automation is being put under the microscope

Who benefits when our labour is replaced by machines or artificial intelligence? Nicolai Waldstrøm will explore this. He is backed by a postdoc grant from the Carlsberg Foundation.

30 million DKK for three researchers from the Department of Biomedical Sciences

Three researchers from the department has received five-year grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Research Leader Programme. The grants are all for 10 million DKK.

Exploring the role of root microbiome in plant domestication

In a new research project funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Assistant Professor Jazmín Ramos Madrigal will dive into the pivotal role of the root microbiome in plant adaptation and evolution during domestication to…

Exploring the role of root microbiome in plant domestication

In a new research project funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Assistant Professor Jazmín Ramos Madrigal will dive into the pivotal role of the root microbiome in plant adaptation and evolution during domestication to…

Groundbreaking risk assessment framework for the future

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a Challenge Programme grant of DKK 60 million to Professor Søren Sørensen for assessing the safety of bio-solutions.

New research centre on complex health issues

Professor Naja Hulvej Rod will be heading a new research centre focussing on complex health issues. The Copenhagen Health Complexity Center has been made possible by a six-year grant of DKK 30 million from TrygFonden.