Funding opportunities
Funding overview, incl. deadlines
| Filter options by career levels: postdoc, starting, consolidator and advanced. |
The overview includes the major foundations below:
- AUFF
- Carlsberg Foundation
- DANIDA
- EMBL/EMBO
- GUDP
- Horizon Europe
- Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF)
- Innovation Fund Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- UFM
- VILLUM/VELUX Foundation
Starting grants
Most important career grants for young researchers:
- Independent Research Fund Denmark: Sapere Aude: DFF-Starting Grant
- Villum Foundation: Villum Young Investigator
- European Research Council (ERC): Starting Grant
- Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF): Inge Lehman (targeted female applicants)
- Carlsberg Foundation: Semper Ardens Accelerate (targeted newly appointed associate professors)
- EMBO Young Investigator
- Novo Nordisk Foundation: Emerging Investigator
For students and PhD Students
- Aase og Jørgen Münters fond
- Augustinus-fonden
- Bertebos Foundation
- Botanisk forening
- Botanisk Rejsefond
- Brorsons rejselegat
- Dansk Tennis Fond
- Fiedlers legat (no webpage)
- Frands Chr. Frantzens Fond
- Franks Minde Legat
- Frimodt-Heineke Fonden
- GSNS grants for PhD Students
- Hede Nielsens Fond
- IDAs og Berg-Nielsens Studie- og Støttefond
- Knud Højgaards Fond
- Niels Bohr Fondet
- Oticon fonden
- Selskabet for Arktisk Forskning og Teknologi (no webpage)
- SERI Scholarships and grants
- Siemens fonden
Infrastructure/equipment
- Carlsberg Research Infrastructure
- Novo Nordisk Research Infrastructure - Large equipment and facilities
- Novo Nordisk Exploratory Research Instrumentation
- Stibofonden (minor/medium equipment/infrastructure)
Mobility/travel
The list includes opportunities for all career levels (postdoc, starting, consolidating, advanced)
- Nat-Tech Research Committee: Sabbaticals
- AUFF International Mobility
- Carlsberg Field trips / Research Stays
- EMBO Scientific Exchange
- EMBO Core Facility Fellowships
- Circle U Calls
- Fulbright
- The Company of Biologists
- MSCA Staff Exchange
- Humboldt Research Fellowship
- Humboldt Foundation
- Global Innovation Network Programme
Foreign public institutions (not EU)
Entrepreneurship/Innovation
Foundations for diverse purposes
- 15. Juni Fonden
- Aage V Jensens Naturfond
- Aage V. Jensen Fond (no webpage)
- Aage V. Jensen Charity Foundation
- Beckett-Fonden
- Bodil Pedersen fonden
- Circle U Funding Scheme
- COWI-fonden
- Dansk Center for Havforskning
- Den Raben-Levetzauske Fond (no webpage)
- Den danske maritime fond
- Den Danske Naturfond
- Elisabeth og Knud Petersens Fond (no webpage)
- Elna og Erik Mariagers Fond af 1980 (no webpage)
- EMBO
- Frants Christian Frandsens Legat (no webpage)
- Frimodt-Heineke Fonden
- MUDP
- GUDP
- Hedeselskabet
- Ib Henriksens fond
- Industriens Fond
- Jægernes Naturfond
- Kronprins Frederiks og Kronprinsesse Marys Fond
- Lundbeckfonden
- MTHP fond
- Poul Due Jensens Fond
- Realdania
- Torben og Alice Frimodts Fond (no webpage)
- Troels Myndel Fonden (no webpage)
- Troels Myndel Pedersen Botanisk-Taxonomiske-Forskningsfond (no webpage)
Unsolicited applications
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Check their websites or a scientific officer from the foundation to learn more.
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