Applications open for Semper Ardens Accelerate Grants (Denmark)

Funding Information

• The total amount applied for must not exceed DKK 7 million.

Eligible Expenses

• Grants are given as a framework grant and may be used to cover expenses that are relevant and necessary for completing the activity.
• The following running costs may be applied for:
  • Consumables
  • Equipment
  • Travel, research stays, inviting researchers, conferences, research leadership courses or similar
• The budget may include the following salary items:
  • Salaries for postdoctoral fellows
  • Salaries and tuition fees for PhD students (enrolment of the PhD students at a Danish PhD graduate school is required)
  • Salary for a research assistant for a limited time period

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant must be a tenured associate professor, employed at a Danish research institution who has been appointed for a maximum of two years at the date of the application deadline.
• The exact date on which the applicant took up their position as a tenured associate professor, irrespective of the country, must be clearly stated in the CV and declaration of support from the host institution. The Carlsberg Foundation reserves the right to request additional documentation.
• Any periods of leave will be accepted as extensions of this time limit (parental leave, family care leave, illness, military service, etc.)
• The foundation expects the applicant to dedicate at least 50% of their research time to the project.
• For this reason, it is not deemed possible to hold similar “career” grants if the applicant at the time of the application deadline is in the first half of the grant period.
• If the applicant holds a career grant from another source and is in the second half of the grant period, the applicant must provide an account of the time commitment for the different projects in the project description.

Requirements 

• The application must be submitted through the CF-Grant application system.
• Please note that failure to comply with the following requirements will result in an administrative rejection of the application. Please ensure that the correct type of grant is chosen in CF-Grant. Applying for the wrong funding type of grant will also result in an administrative rejection.
• The application must be written in English.
• The following appendices, and only these, must be uploaded with the application in PDF format (please note that other formats are not accepted):
  • Project description
  • Budget
  • Curriculum vitae
  • List of publications of the applicant
  • Description of the research group and its organisation and national/ international networks
  • Declaration of support from the host institution
• If relevant to the application:
  • Quotes for infrastructure, such as equipment and register data, exceeding DKK 200,000.

For more information, visit Carlsberg Foundation.