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Fulbright uddeler legater for det akademiske år 2027/2028 (In Danish)

Fulbright Denmark uddeler legater til danske kandidat- og ph.d.-studerende, forskere og undervisere på mellem 50.000-200.000 DKK, som tager på studie- eller forskningsophold i USA. De tilbyder samtidig gratis, uafhængig…

Reimagining nature is a dance with people

Carlsberg Foundation awards DKK 50 million to an interdisciplinary research centre that will investigate how natural processes can be restored while improving people's lives.

ERC Grants for three NBI researchers

No less than three ERC Starting Grants for NBI.

Frederik has been awarded a Proof-of-Concept grant from KU Lighthouse

Through his research, Frederik has identified novel phage-antibiotic combinations that show great promise in vitro, and he is now taking it to the next stage.

Research aims to make plant-based foods safer

A Sapere Aude grant will support research into how microbial communities influence pathogenic bacteria in plant-based foods. The aim is to strengthen future food safety risk assessments.

CIP hosts international conference on sociolinguistics and AI

From 19-21 August 2026, researchers from around the world gathered at the University of Copenhagen's South Campus for the conference Sociolinguistics and AI 2026, hosted by the AI-UNI research group.

Nine projects received UCPH Geopolitics Seed Money 2026-2027

See which projects received funding through UCPH Geopolitics’ Seed Money Call for 2026–2027.

When the green transition hits the backyard: New research project to strengthen democratic ownership

We broadly support the green transition. But when it changes our landscape, our daily lives, or our local communities, difficult dilemmas arise. It is this tension that a new research project from the Department of…

Two new grants will support clinical translation of cell therapies for dementia and kidney disease

Grants for Little and Kirkeby Group will support clinical translation of cell therapies for dementia and kidney disease.

Researchers receive Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Grant to screen for appetite-regulating targets in stem cell models

Agnete Kirkeby and Matthew Gillum receive Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Grant to screen for appetite-regulating targets in stem cell models.

Researchers receive Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Grant to screen for appetite-regulating targets in stem cell models

A research project based at the Department of Biomedical Sciences receives a grant of 75 million DKK over 6 years from the Novo Nordisk Foundation

Congratulations to Dr Adrian Henggeler

on the award of a Swiss National Foundation Postdoc Fellowship

Researchers aim to rethink how ADHD is understood

Assistant Professor Jelle Bruineberg has been awarded the Sapere Aude: DFF-Starting Grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for a project that aims to develop a new understanding of ADHD. The project combines…

William Hamilton Byrne receives the DFF Sapere Aude Grant

MOBILE researcher receives 6.3 million DKK for the EVOLAW project

Professor Oliver Rando set to join CBMR on prestigious ERC grant

Professor Rando's research asks how ancestral experiences are epigenetically transmitted to future generations.

Congratulations to Niels Mailand

with the ERC Advanced Grant

Craig Day has received the prestigious Sapere Aude: DFF-Research Leader Grant

The Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen congratulates Craig Day, Assistant Professor, on receiving the prestigious Sapere_Aude: DFF-Research Leader Grant.

TreeSense welcomed into the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Rasmus Fensholt is new member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Nordic center to advance research on the brain’s cleansing system

With a grant of DKK 78 million from the Lundbeck Foundation, a new joint Nordic center is being established to strengthen research into the glymphatic system. The aim is both improved diagnostics and new approaches to…

Honorary Grant Awarded to Julie Laursen

Julie Laursen from the Copenhagen Centre for Criminology (CCC) has received a grant from the Ellen and Hans Hermer foundation for her significant effort in research on punishment and prisons.

New investment to democratise access to genomics technology

Up to DKK 95 million in funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will enable the implementation of the Genomics Research Infrastructure (GRI) and ensure open access to advanced functional genomics technology and…

Introducing ToRS Grant Lab

Introducing the very first iteration of the ToRS Grant Lab concept.

Mapping neuron complexity to tackle Parkinson’s at its earliest stage

Dr. Janko Kajtez from the Kirkeby Group named ASAP CRN Discovery Fellow to study the earliest stages of Parkinson's disease.

Podcast about food waste featuring CIP project

On behalf of the project group behind "Fighting food waste - navigating values choices and habits", Janus Mortensen participated in the podcast the ESG panel.