Deadline: 24-Aug-21
The Novo Nordisk Foundation has announced Laureate Research Grants for outstanding established scientists to come to Denmark to strengthen their groundbreaking research programs. These grants provide funding for research leaders to conduct large and long-term projects with transformative potential. The NNF is seeking to support exceptional scientists working within any area of biomedical and/or biotechnological sciences.
NNF Laureate Research Grants are intended to enable exceptional researchers to conduct larger and longer-term projects, as well as to facilitate collaboration across scientific and geographic borders.
The NNF is seeking to support outstanding scientists working within any area of biomedical and/or biotechnological sciences. Research within biotechnology can be related to medical and/or non-medical uses of the technology. The scientific program can involve basic, translational, clinical and/or epidemiological research.
Funding Information
- A total of up to DKK 100 million is available for up to two 7-year grants of up to DKK 50 million (~USD 8 million, ~EUR 6.7 million).Up to DKK 14 million may be utilised for establishment of the laboratory during the first year with following years funded at up to DKK 6 million per year.
After 5 years of research supported by the NNF Laureate Research Grant, the grant holder may apply for one extension period of up to 7 years. Extension period funding may be up to DKK 5 million per year, with a limit of DKK 35 million in total (~USD 6 million, ~EUR 5 million).
Eligible Expenses
Applicants may apply for funding for the following types of expenses:
- salaries, including for the grant recipient
- tuition fee
- direct project costs, including materials/consumables and purchase of services
- equipment costs
- travel expenses in relation to relocation and for project-related work
- conference participation
- publication costs
- bench fee
- direct administrative expenses for the grant (up to 5% of the funding applied for).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility – An applicant:
- must be a principal investigator with an independent research program that s/he has directed for 7 or more years in total.
- must be employed as a scientist outside of Denmark at a public or private research institution, or at a commercial organisation.
- must expect the work time at the host institution to be at a level of at least 75 % of a fulltime position
- must, if awarded a Laureate Research Grant, establish her/his principal research group in Denmark as soon as possible within two years after receiving the grant.
- may have any nationality.
- may have visiting faculty status in Denmark that must end by May 1, 2022.
- may at the time of application be associated with a Danish university as an affiliated professor not receiving salary from the institution.
For more information, visit https://novonordiskfonden.dk/da/grants/nnf-laureate-research-grant/