Apply for Research Grants in Open Competition Program (Round 3)

Deadline: 12-Sep-2024

The LEO Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Research Grants in Open Competition Program.

Supported Areas of Research 

• With the Research Grants in Open Competition program, the LEO Foundation aims to support the best dermatology research projects worldwide.
• The proposed activities can be within basic, translational, technical, epidemiological, or clinical research.
• They welcome applications for research projects that improve the understanding of skin biology, as well as the underlying medicinal, biological, chemical, or pharmacological mechanisms of dermatological diseases and their symptoms.
• They also welcome applications that address clinical issues among people who are at risk of developing, or have developed, a skin disease, including how it impacts their quality of life and the societal costs involved
• The LEO Foundation only supports investigator-initiated clinical trials, i.e., the applicant has conceived the proposed research project, and will conduct and publish the involved trial or study independent of commercial interests.

Funding Information

• The typical grant amount applied for is DKK 2–4 million for a period of 1–3 years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Any researcher who has obtained at least a PhD degree or equivalent academic qualifications may apply.
• The applicant must be affiliated with a university, hospital, or other non-profit organization.
• The LEO Foundation welcomes applicants from anywhere in the world.
• Important Notes: 
  • Only one application per call may be submitted from any applicant. If more are submitted only the first may be accepted for evaluation. The rest will be administratively rejected.
  • An application can only have one main applicant and one host organization to which all funding will be paid out. If an application involves collaboration(s) which require redistribution of funds such redistribution is the responsibility of the main applicant along with his or her host organization.
  • A grantee can only hold one active grant from the LEO Foundation at any given time. Additional funding for other projects or continuations may be submitted within the last year of the grant period of the active grant but cannot be initiated before the existing grant has ended.
  • Please note that you are only allowed one resubmission of any application previously reviewed. If your application has been previously submitted (partly or in full) to the LEO Foundation, you should describe all relevant changes made from the previous version in a cover letter uploaded along with the mandatory attachments.

Ineligible

• The Foundation does not support:
  • Projects on skin cancer (e.g., melanoma, CTCL, BCC and SCC), at present. However, research using skin cancer models may be permitted if the models are used as tools to investigate other aspects of skin biology or skin diseases.
  • Research projects involving commercial companies.
  • Research projects involving drug testing for commercial purposes.

For more information, visit LEO Foundation.