Novo Nordisk Foundation Visiting Scholarship in Art & Art History (Denmark)

The aim of the visiting scholarship is to strengthen and enrich the Danish environments with insights into current international movements within art and art history.

Field of Research

• The Visiting Scholarships are awarded to ambitious and excellent projects within art history and fine arts. Please note that project proposals within all research fields must demonstrate relevance for the visual arts as well as for the research environment at the Danish host institution/university.

Funding Information

• Two Visiting Scholarship are available for funding. NNF will fund each scholarship with up to DKK 125,000 per month, for a total budget of max. DKK 1.5 million per grant.
• The Visiting Scholarship can have a duration of 3-24 months. The scholarship must start no later than 18 months after the grant is awarded. For this application round the start date can be no later than 1 November 2026.
• The Visiting Scholarship can be conducted as one consecutive visit, or it can be conducted as series of visits at any collaborating institution. It is possible to include expenses related to the visiting scholarship between and after visits.
• Please note that obtaining a Danish residency/work permit for the visiting scholar may take some time and may entail some costs. It is important to reserve an amount in the budget for ‘relocation costs. In case the salary/honorarium for the visiting scholar must be revised after a grant has been awarded due to tax conditions, any surplus budget may be reallocated to budget posts for activities in the project following approval from NNF.

Eligible Expenses

• Salary/honorarium: for the Visiting Scholar and scientific or student assistance (project employees at administrating institution).
• Relocation and accommodation expenses.
• Travel expenses.
• Collaborative activities: such as small-scale workshops/seminars, network meetings/events, maximum DKK 1,000 per person for dinner events.
• Publication costs: maximum DKK 50,000.
• Project supplement (Danish universities only).
• Bench fee (Not applicable for Danish universities).
• Administration fee (Not applicable for Danish universities).

Ineligible Expenses

• The foundation will not award funding for:
  • Large-scale conferences and symposia
  • Commercial activities
  • Overhead/indirect costs (such as rent, electricity, water and maintenance)
  • Double funding of projects

Eligibility Criteria

• Universities and higher art educations in Denmark that have research and educational activities within art history and fine arts can apply for the Visiting Scholarship.
• Design schools, architect schools, film schools and music schools are not eligible to apply.
• The application must have one main applicant, which is the administrating institution of the Visiting Scholarship, and will function as the host institution. However, a Visiting Scholarship is also open to collaborations between Danish institutions. Collaborating institutions must describe their roles and participation in the project.
• The visiting scholar must be a researcher or artist at the level of tenure track assistant professor, associate professor or professor, from a recognised, international university, research institution or art academy. The visiting scholar can also be a practicing artist not associated with an institution. In this case, the Danish administrating institution must make a formal assessment of the visiting scholar’s qualifications, ensuring that they are at tenure track assistant professor level or higher, in alignment with the legal framework for appointment of artistic and scientific staff at the institution.
• During the grant period, the visiting scholar must be anchored at the Danish host institution and take active part in the research and teaching activities in the relevant department, i.e. through masterclasses and short courses.
• A leading researcher within the relevant field of research at the Danish host institution must prepare and submit the application.
• It is the responsibility of the applicant/administrating institution to clarify tax regulations and tariffs. It is also the responsibility of the applicant/administrating institution to clarify any residency/work permit for the visiting scholar in Denmark.

For more information, visit Novo Nordisk Foundation.