News about Awards

Esteemed colleagues from reNEW elected members of EMBO

CEO and Executive Director of reNEW, Professor Melissa H. Little and Principal Investigator at reNEW’s Copenhagen node, Professor Joshua Brickman, have this year been elected members of the prestigious European Molecula…

Clinical professor left school to read a book on the immune system

Cancer patients who undergo immune therapy experience a host of adverse effects. One of this year’s KFJ Award winners, Inge Marie Svane, wants to change that.

Patients infected with new virus sparked professor’s interest in virology

Today, Professor Jens Bukh receives the preclinical KFJ Award for his ground-breaking research into i.a. hepatitis C.

Eske Willerslev receives international award

Professor Eske Willerslev from Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, wins the Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2024.

Søren Frank Jensen receives the prestigious Carlsberg Internationalization Fellowship

Our Postdoctoral Researcher, Søren Frank Jensen, will start his project MINES, OCEANS, COMETS. NATURAL HAZARDS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AGENCY AND COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY IN RELIGIOUS TEXTS (1550–1650) in November 2024.

Peter Haahr secures a DKK 10M Lundbeck Foundation Fellowship

For the project: 'The cellular stress response and mRNA translation in health and disease'.

Stig Hjarvard is awarded the SMID Prize 2024

At the biannual meeting of the Association of Media Researchers in Denmark on May 2, 2024, Professor Stig Hjarvard from Section of Media Studies at COMM was awarded the SMID Prize 2024.

John Urry Article Prizewinner 2023

Brian L. Due has been awarded the John Urry Memorial Article Prize 2023.

Tagea Brandt's travel grant to Susanne Ditlevsen

Susanne Ditlevsen has received the Tagea Brandt Travel Grant 2024, awarded annually since 1924 to female researchers, writers, artists, musicians or actors.

Kristine C. Harper named 2023 AAAS Fellow 

Professor Kristine C. Harper receives lifetime honor for contributions to the history of science and geoengineering.

Award-winning researcher dreams of stellar explosions and strives for equity and inclusion in academia

She studies the giant explosions of dying stars and dreams of experiencing and extracting data from a supernova close to Earth. Professor Irene Tamborra from the Niels Bohr Institute also tirelessly promotes equity and…

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen wins the EliteForsk Award

H. M. Queen Mary and Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund will today present the prestigious EliteForsk awards to Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, one of five young researchers who have distinguished…

Tune H Pers receives award for outstanding research on obesity and diabetes

Tune H Pers receives the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research in 2024 for his research.

Albert H. Werner receives additional grant from Villum Foundation

Albert H. Werner’s new research project is called “Standard operating procedures for robust characterization and calibration of quantum hardware”.

Sari Nauman awarded the honourable Birger Karlsson’s Science Prize 2023

The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg has awarded PRIVACY Scholar Sari Nauman the honourable Birger Karlsson’s Science Prize 2023.

Students from the Department of Computer Science secure the title of Danish National Champions in AI

For two years in a row, students from the Department of Computer Science (DIKU) have demonstrated their outstanding skills in AI and earned the title of national champions in artificial intelligence at the Danish…

DDEA Award Recipient Jordi Merino Wants to Leave a Lasting Impact with His Genetics Research

Jordi Merino receives a DDEA Early-Career Researcher Award in the field of diabetes for his highly promising career track and his notable contributions to research in diabetes prevention and care.

Robert Burklund receives Villum Young Investigator Grant

Robert Burklund, a postdoc at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, has received DKK 7 million from the VILLUM Young Investigator Program.

Dr Tine Friis receives Junior Scholar Award

Dr Tine Friis receives Junior Scholar Award for her contributions to making the research field of Medical Science and Technology Studies more visible.

Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports is still ranked among the world's absolute elite in Sport Science

The Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports together with the Department of Sports Medicine at Bispebjerg Hospital – both from the University of Copenhagen – is ranked as the world's second best research environmen…

Two SUND researchers each receive new DKK 12M grant in skin research

Assistant Professor Terkild Buus and Assistant Professor Stine Rønholt receive the LEO Foundation Dr Abildgaard Fellowship grant.

Associate Professor Jakub Sedzinski Awarded ERC Grant

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Associate Professor Jakub Sedzinski and his team a two million euro grant for their work on understanding how mechanical forces regulate embryo development.

The Boeing Quantum Creators Prize awarded to Freek Witteveen

At the newly held Chicago Quantum Summit, postdoc Freek Witteveen from the department’s QMATH Centre won the 2023 Boeing Quantum Creators Prize.

Denmark funds BRIC cancer research projects

From left: Fena Ochs, Jesper Andersen, Niels Behrendt Thanks to the generous donations made during the 2023 Knæk Cancer show last month, run by Danish Cancer Society and TV2, BRIC researchers Fena Ochs, Niels Behrend…