News about Grants

DKK 22 million project intensifies the hunt for the fundamental building blocks of the Universe at CERN

Research Infrastructure will upgrade the University of Copenhagen’s particle detectors and data processing facilities at CERN, so that in the future we can increase our knowledge about the early state of the Universe.

3 million DKK grant to study violence and threats against prison guards and fare conductors can contribute to a better work environment

A new research project carried out by the Department of Sociology will contribute with knowledge, that can be converted into recommendations and tools to deal with conflicts.

Official opening of Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks (Hy-Q)

The official opening of the new Center of Excellence, Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks (Hy-Q) was celebrated on September 17 in Festauditoriet at the Faculty of Science.

VILLUM Experiment millions to six NBI researchers

Six researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have received just under DDK 11 million in research funding from the Villum Foundation, which will be used for projects or ideas that are…

What causes superconductivity? It will take legwork!

With a grant of 5,662,844 DKK from the Danish Council for Independent Research, Brian Møller Andersen at the Niels Bohr Institute will have the opportunity to try to understand the superconducting properties of…

The Carlsberg foundation supports the search for hidden particles with a grant of 4.4 million DKK

Oleg Ruchayskiy, lector in the research group Experimental Subatomic Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen receives grant of 4.4 million DKK from the Carlsberg Foundation for Microphysics of the…

Markus Ahlers receives 7.3 million DDK to find the sources of cosmic neutrinos

Markus Ahlers, assistant professor in the Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology research group at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen receives a Villum Young Investigator grant on 7.350.000 DDK for…

Giorgos Leloudas receives 10 million DKK to investigate the “blackest” of black holes in the Universe

The research in the black holes in the center of galaxies gets a boost on 10 million DKK with a Villum Young Investigator grant to assistant professor Giorgos Leloudas at DARK Cosmology Centre.

Lars Egstrøm Kristensen receives 9.3 million DKK to look for the building blocks of life in the Universe

From dead molecules to life – but how? Lars Egstrøm Kristensen, associate professor at the Astro and Planetary research section, has received 9.368.760 DKK from the Villum Young Investigator programme.

Climate research receives a 4.5 million DKK grant from the Carlsberg Foundation

Carlsberg Foundation supports a climate project with 4.5 million DKK grant, that will provide new knowledge about the mechanisms of the sudden climate change of the past, improving our ability to handle the risk of the…

Jan Haerter receives DKK 10 million for research on atmospheric complexity

Jan Haerter from the Atmospheric Complexity Group at the Niels Bohr Institute receives an ERC Consolidator Grant of DKK 10 million for research on cloud-cloud interaction and for better understanding of the climate…

Eugene Polzik receives DKK 10 million for fundamental research and innovation in quantum optics

QUANTOP at the Niels Bohr Institute has attracted DKK 10 million funding from two funding agencies, the John Templeton Foundation (USA) and EUREKA – the European framework targeting cooperation between SMEs and research…

Large ERC grant for Kim Sneppen

An advanced ERC grant for Kim Sneppen of DKK 16.500.000 was awarded for development of new methods and models to explore the diverse and complex world within and between cells, for investigating how diversity emerges an…

Niels Bohr Institute welcomes 6 new Marie Curie Fellows

From “Quantum Supremacy” to planet-disks interactions, the Niels Bohr Institute opens its doors to ever more scientific excellence, with 6 new Marie Curie Grants for a total of € 1,3 million, so just short of 10 Million…

Carlsberg supports Danish Mars research

Morten Bo Madsen, head of the Mars Group at the Niels Bohr Institute, has received a grant of 2.5 million kroner from the Carlsberg Foundation for the project: A Field Trip 250 million km from home – Salary for Essentia…

Large EU grant for astronomy project

Astrophysicist Heidi Korhonen, associate professor in the Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute has received a grant of 3.2 million kroner to lead an EU project that will train young researchers in…

Quantum technology boosted by 20 million kroner from the Ministry of Science

Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation has awarded 20 million kroner to a new centre, QUANTECH, which will build up a research infrastructure comprised of a facility with a number of instruments for…

Star and planetary scientists get millions of hours on EU supercomputers

The universe is full of mysteries. Mysteries that cannot be solved by observation alone, but researchers can examine them using modelling. However, this requires enormous processing power and is very expensive.

Four research projects at the Niels Bohr Institute receive funding from FNU

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have received grants totalling more than 13.5 million kroner from the Danish Council for Independent Research | Natural Sciences, FNU under the Ministry of Higher Education and…

Quantum photonic researchers start new company, Sparrow Quantum

Researchers in the research group Quantum Photonics at the Niels Bohr Institute have formed a new company, Sparrow Quantum, which will produce photonic chips that could be used for quantum technology based on light.

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz receives Niels Bohr Professorship for exploring the universe

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, will be a Niels Bohr Professor at Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of…

Jan Thomsen in a new EU project on ultra-precise atomic clocks

Jan Thomsen, Associate Professor and head of the Ultracold Atoms research group at the Niels Bohr Institute is part of a grant of 14 million kroner to participate in an EU project to develop ultra-precise atomic clocks…

Massive investment: From theoretical quantum physics to usable quantum technology

In a major new effort to translate quantum physics into practical quantum technology, the Innovation Fund Denmark has therefore invested 80 million kroner in a nationwide project involving three universities.

Innovation project will bridge the gap between industry and research

Three universities are joining forces to help Danish companies use brand new methods for product development. Innovation Fund Denmark has just invested 50 million kroner in the social partnership LINX, so that Danish…