Postdoc Fellowships in Nursing Research 2023 (Denmark)

The purpose is to support ambitious researchers to conduct excellent research leading to a significant contribution to the field of nursing research in Denmark.

Areas of Support

• The overall goal is to support nursing research with a clear relevance to patients and nursing practice. 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 organisation within the health care system with the overall purpose to improve human health.

Benefits

• A total of DKK 6.6 million is available for funding of up to three grants each of up to DKK 2.2 million.
• The research project applied for must correspond to a full time 3-year postdoc project. A detailed budget for the Postdoc Fellowship must be included in the application and the amount applied for must be DKK 2.2 million.
• Please note, the applicant can choose to work part time on the postdoc project, if he/she wishes to combine the Postdoc Fellowship with clinical work. The applicant must work at least 50% on the postdoc project, and the project period must be extended correspondingly.

Types of Expenses

• Applicants may apply for funding for the following types of expenses:
  • Salary for the main applicant
  • Salary for research technician/nurse
  • Operating expenses: Direct expenses for developing, implementing and operating the project, including materials and equipment, statistics and data processing
  • Travel expenses, e.g., conference and workshop participation and presentation of research results derived from the project, up to DKK 25,000 per budget year
  • Other travel expensesrelated to the project, e.g., studying abroad. The stay must be described in detail in the application and documentation from the host institution abroad must be included
  • Publication of results originating from the project, up to DKK 25,000 per budget year
  • Bench fee: Support for individual researchers for the coverage of direct expenses needed to conduct the research project applied for (must be specified in the budget)
  • Administrative support can account for a maximum of 5% of the total budget and must be included therein.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant must be a registered nurse and have acquired a PhD degree (or a similar academic qualification), or the PhD must have been accepted for defence at the application deadline. The PhD degree must have been obtained before the Postdoc Fellowship can be activated.
• There is no limitation in number of years from PhD degree (PhD age).
• The applicant must be anchored at a university, university college, hospital or other non-profit research institution in Denmark throughout the course of the Postdoc Fellowship.
• The mentor/supervisor/group leader and the hosting research institution must be stated in the application and must agree to participate in the project.
• A hosting letter signed by the head of department, where the research project will take place, must be submitted. The hosting letter must briefly confirm that the institution has agreed to host the project, administer the grant and provide office/work facilities.
• Postdoc Fellowships are personal grants and cannot be shared between two or more applicants.
• An applicant may submit only one application per call and only one application for a specific research project per calendar year. If an applicant submits identical or nearly identical project proposals for different calls within the same calendar year, the latter application(s) will receive an administrative rejection. Submitting two or more applications for different purposes/projects to different calls is permitted if it is not to the same type of grant.
• It is permitted to hold two or more active grants of different types, i.e., researchers with an active grant of a specific type may apply for a new grant of a different type.

Ineligible

• NNF will not award funding for:
  • commercial activities
  • overhead
  • expenses in relation to mentor/supervisor/group leader.

For more information, visit NNF.