News about Grants

PhD Fellow Nine Riis receives Elite Research Travel Grant

PhD Fellow Nine Riis has been awarded an Elite Research Travel Grant of DKK 200,000 from the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

Alberto Dinarello has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship

The aim of the project is to describe the biological mechanisms behind how chromatin modulation affects differentiation. This study builds on a previous study by Yan Fung Wong, published in Nature Cell Biology, which…

Social networks explored in new SODAS project

How do social networks actually emerge and how do different social behavioural strategies affect their structure? This is what Josefine Bohr Brask will explore with the support of a large grant from Novo Nordisk.

Eleven projects received funding from the CEMES Spring Call 2024

The distribution proved challenging as so many projects showed high quality and original ideas. The Committee decided to support the following applications (in alphabetical order): “Academia and cultural production as…

Large grant makes it possible to continue groundbreaking research in the brain

DKK 35 million grant enables Professor Ole Kiehn to continue his research into brain motor control and to shed light on fundamental mechanisms of motor disorders in neurodegenerative diseases.

17 million for Danish research in data science

Two researchers from SUND each receive a grant for their projects in data science from the Novo Nordisk Foundation's Data Science Investigator Program. The funds will be used for deep learning and machine learning to…

COVID-19 can be harsh on our organs. Now, a significant grant aims to prevent serious consequences

Most of the Danish population has been infected with COVID-19, and several studies indicate that the infection may impact the functioning of our organs. Horizon Europe is now providing 67.6 million DKK to prevent seriou…

COVID-19 can be harsh on our organs. Now, a significant grant aims to prevent serious consequences

Most of the Danish population has been infected with COVID-19, and several studies indicate that the infection may impact the functioning of our organs. Horizon Europe is now providing 67.6 million DKK to prevent seriou…

SAMF Data Lab 2023-24 Digital Infrastructure Research Grant (Early Career Researchers)

The SAMF Data Lab has funds available for social science researchers within the University of Copenhagen for the creation and support of research infrastructure.

Uncovering natures lessons in plant-root microbiome co-evolution

Associate Professor Christopher Barnes has secured a Villum Young Investigator grant for his ambitious research project aimed at unravelling the mysteries of the co-evolution between plants and their root microbiomes. A…

BRIC professor Janine Erler awarded Novo Nordisk Foundation Distinguished Innovator Grant

Professor Janine Erler receives a DKK 5,94 million grant to support the development of a new anticancer therapy for clinical applications. Her goal is to produce RNA-based therapies targeting metastatic tumor growth.

William Hamilton Byrne receives grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark

MOBILE assistant professor William Hamilton Byrne has received a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

A new equipment grant has been awarded to a consortium of ICMM groups

to purchase a Microscale AKTA Protein Purification System. The grant is from the Carlsberg Foundation.

A new equipment grant has been awarded to a consortium of ICMM groups

to purchase a Microscale AKTA Protein Purification System. The grant is from the Carlsberg Foundation.

AI and the University: Research grant from the Carlsberg Foundation

The Carlsberg Foundation has decided to fund Professor Janus Mortensen’s project "AI and the University – Towards a sociolinguistics of literacy and voice in the age of generative language technology" (AI-UNI) with a…

New project on philosophy of consumer medicine

The COPE project will investigate the epistemic, social, and ethical implications of Consumer Medicine.

Professor Nanna MacAulay awarded Lundbeck Foundation Professorship

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receives DKK 20 million for brain research focusing on the cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the brain. The aim is to help people who suffer i.a. brain haemorrhages.

New initiative puts Danish vaccine science on the global map

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and the Novo Nordisk Foundation are joining forces on a new research initiative within vaccines and immunity. The goal is to develop new vaccine…

New initiative puts Danish vaccine science on the global map

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and the Novo Nordisk Foundation are joining forces on a new research initiative within vaccines and immunity. The goal is to develop new vaccine…

New initiative puts Danish vaccine science on the global map

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and the Novo Nordisk Foundation are joining forces on a new research initiative within vaccines and immunity. The goal is to develop new vaccine…

Remember to apply for CEMES Spring call 2024

The deadline for the CEMES Spring Call of 2024 is approaching, but there is still time for you to apply for this easily applied-for grant which may support a variety of interdisciplinary activities such as…

Nora Stappert receives Inge Lehmann grant

MOBILE-associate professor Nora Stappert has received the Inge-Lehmann grant of the Danske Frie Forskningsfond.

Award of NordForsk grant for university cooperation within Pharmaceutical Translation and Innovation

The consortium received up to 20 MNOK in funding from NordForsk under their University Cooperation call and the new project commencing next year will be led by Professor Christel Bergström from Uppsala University. All…

Research on vaccines against potential future pandemics receives giant grant

Horizon Europe awards DKK 60 million to researchers, including those from SUND, who will develop vaccines for potential future pandemics, building on their COVID-19 vaccine expertise.