Denmark: Project Grants in Nursing Research

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.

Funding Information

• A total of DKK 3 million is available for funding of: 1-, 2- and 3-year project grants within the frame of DKK 50,000-200,000 per budget year. The total amount applied for must be within the frame from DKK 50,000 and up to DKK 600,000.
• Please note, that applications outside this budget frame will not be considered.

Types of Expenses

• Applicants may apply for funding for the following types of expenses:
  • Salary for scientist/researcher
  • Salary for research technician/research nurse
  • Salary for postdoctoral researchers
  • Salary for PhD students (including tuition fee up to DKK 80,000 per year which must be specified in the budget)
  • Salary for pre-graduate scholars, up to DKK 150,000 per budget year Travel expenses in relation to the project, 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 expenses related to the project, e.g. studying abroad (the stay must be described in detail in the application and documentation from the institution must be included)
  • Publication of results originating from the project, up to DKK 25,000 per budget year
  • Minor equipment
  • Operating expenses: Direct expenses for developing, implementing and operating the project, including materials and equipment, statistics and data processing
  • 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 main applicant must be a registered nurse and be occupied with nursing research. The main applicant must be affiliated with and present at a Danish university, university college, hospital or other non-profit research institution at which the research project must be anchored.
• The main applicant must be the Principle Investigator and be an experienced independent researcher who has already established their own line of research, or a researcher who are in the process of establishing themselves as independent researcher. Please note, as this grant cannot cover salary of the grantee, the applicant must be guaranteed his or her own salary for the entire applied project period.
• The application must address a subject within the field of nursing research and must describe a clearly defined research project with an appropriate budget.
• The project can be either an independent project, delimited project or a clearly defined part of a larger, running research project, e.g. a PhD scholarship or postdoc fellowship within nursing research. In case of the latter, the larger project and its full budget must be described in the application.

Ineligible

• NNF will not award funding for:
  • Salary for main applicant
  • Expenses in relation to PhD supervisors or other supervisors/mentors
  • Commercial activities
  • Overhead
  • Organising conferences.

For more information, visit NNF.