CFAs: Project Grants in Nursing Research (Denmark)

Areas of support include nursing research on disease prevention and health promotion, treatment methods, rehabilitation and palliative care, and research on nursing aspects of management and organization within the health care system with the overall purpose to improve human health.

Funding Information

• A total of DKK 3 million is available for funding of projects with a duration of one, two, or three years and with a budget of a minimum of DKK 50,000 per budget year and up to DKK 200,000 per budget year.
• The minimum amount applied for is DKK 50,000 for a one-year project. The maximum amount applied for is DKK 600,000 for a three-year project.
• Please note: Applications outside this budget frame will not be considered.
• Furthermore, you must aim for an even distribution of funds across all years applied for. Minor variances across years are allowed, however, you may not apply for e.g., DKK 300,000 for the first year and DKK 150,000 for subsequent years.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant must be a certified nurse and be occupied with nursing research. The research activities applied for must take place at a Danish university, university college, hospital or other non-profit research institution.
• The following elements must be satisfied for an application to be considered:
• The application must address a subject within a nursing research field, and there must be a considerable focus on research.
• The applicant must have an education as nurse and be considered a researcher at one of the Danish nursing research environments, at a university, hospital or other non-profit research institution where the project must be anchored.
• The project can be a complete stand-alone project, or a clearly defined part of a larger, active research project, e.g. in relation to a PhD- or postdoctoral project. In case of the latter, the larger project as well as its full budget, must be described in the application.
• The application and all additional materials must be submitted in English.

Ineligible

• The Foundation will not award funding for:
  • Commercial activities.
  • Overhead/indirect costs (such as rent, electricity, water and maintenance).
  • Double funding of projects.
  • If the applicant has received funding for the proposed project from other sources, in part or in full, this must be accounted for in the budget, as no budgetary overlaps are allowed.
  • If an identical or overlapping project proposal has been submitted to other funding institutions than the Foundation, it must be noted in the application.
  • If the applicant receives funding for the project, or parts of the project, from other sources following submission of the application to the Foundation, the Foundation must be informed immediately.
  • Expenses in relation to PhD supervisors or other supervisors.

Assessment Criteria

• NNF’s Committee on Nursing Research will primarily assess the applications based on the following criteria:
  • The applicant’s qualifications.
  • The research environment of the project.
  • The supervision of the applicant.
  • The scientific quality, originality, methods and feasibility of the project.

For more information, visit Novo Nordisk Foundation.