Project Grants in Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine (Denmark)

Areas of Support

• Bioscience and basic biomedicine including (but not limited to): Molecular biology, cell biology, bioinformatics, modelling of biological systems, enzymology, genetics, microbiology, animal models, pharmacology, experimental physiology, biophysics, biochemistry, biology, and biostatistics etc. The supported research will typically be carried out in animals, model systems, cellular or subcellular systems, or in silico.
• The Novo Nordisk Foundation also offers near identical calls for project grants within the areas listed.
  • Endocrinology and metabolism
  • Clinical and translational medicine
  • Physical and technical sciences
  • Industrial and environmental biotechnology
  • Plant science, agriculture, and food biotechnology.

Funding Information

• A total of up to DKK 86 million is available for grants between DKK 300.000 and 3.000.0000 for projects lasting up to 3 years.

Types of Expenses

• Applicants may apply for funding for the following types of expenses:
  • Salary for employees
  • Tuition fee
  • Operating expenses
  • Equipment
  • Conference participation
  • Travel
  • Publication costs
  • Bench fee
  • Direct administrative expenses (up to 5 % of the total funding applied for).

Eligibility Criteria

• Principal investigators anchored in Denmark are eligible to apply. I.e. experienced independent researchers who have already established their own line of research or researchers that are in the process of establishing themselves as independent researchers. 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. Applications from Ph.D. students and postdocs will not be taken into consideration.
• Where must the research primarily take place?
  • The research activities applied for must be anchored at a university, hospital, or other non-profit research institution in Denmark.
• What types of projects can be supported?
  • The application must describe a clearly defined research project with an appropriate budget. The project can be an independent project, delimited project or a clearly defined part of a larger, running project. In the latter case, the large project must be briefly described.
  • Project grants in bioscience and basic biomedicine are individual grants at the disposal of the applicant. If the applied project involves collaboration, the collaborators and the nature of the collaboration should be described in the project description, but the applicant must be the clear driver of the project, and the applicant’s research must be central to the project. The merits of collaborators will not be assessed under the evaluation and it is implicit that collaborators support the application. Co-applicants are not allowed within this call.

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