Deadline: 31-Aug-23
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is seeking applications for the Exploratory Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme 2023 to strengthen the synergy between researchers, across disciplines, organizations and national borders.
Goals
- The goals of the Exploratory Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme are to:
- Enable creative and novel, high-risk/high-gain interdisciplinary research
- Support early-stage attempts at attacking such novel interdisciplinary ideas
- Stimulate an emerging interdisciplinary research culture that spans across scientific disciplines and techniques
- Break down or overcome the barriers that exist between the different disciplines
- Strengthen and internationalize Danish research
Research Areas
- Research funded under this programme must aim at reaching novel insight through interdisciplinary approaches to resolve complex challenges in relation to NNF’s strategic focuses on medical sciences, life sciences, and natural and technical sciences with potential future applications within health or sustainability.
- If the application falls inside the Natural and technical sciences area, the applicant must explain in the application text how the topic has potential applications to health or sustainability.
Funding Information
- Up to DKK 5 million can be requested for a project running up to 3 years. The total annual budget for this call is DKK 53.75 million.
Eligibility Criteria
- The project should be based on a novel research idea, where an interdisciplinary, high-risk/high-gain challenge is at the centre. The programme supports projects where 2-4 research groups collaborate (a main applicant plus 1-3 co-applicants).
- To be eligible for a grant:
- The main applicant should be at least 50% associated to a Danish university, hospital or other non-profit research organisation that will be considered the host institution of the project.
- The research groups of the co-applicants can be either located in Denmark or abroad. The co-applicants should significantly contribute to the scientific advancement of the project and receive part of the funding, shared by the host institution of the grant according to the details under the budget. Ideally, all applicants should have the same level of obligation and commitment to the project.
- Collaboration with industry is possible within this programme, however funding cannot be awarded to industrial partner(s).
For more information, visit Novo Nordisk Foundation.