Research funding

Upcoming deadlines for project outlines

If you want to apply for funding for housing of a project at the Saxo Institute, through one of the calls listed below, please forward a project outline (at least one page) and a draft for a staffing plan (if relevant) to research support consultant, Mads Torbenfeldt Christoffersen, xml234@hum.ku.dk, no later than 7 August 2024. This information will be presented to the management at the Saxo Institute for approval of housing conditions.

Download template for staffing plan (Excel).

Current opportunities

DFF (Independent Research Fund Denmark)
  • DFF Research Project 2
    Funding of up to 4.3 million DKK, excluding overhead, for a duration of up to 4.5 years for a collaborative project. The applicant must have a PhD age of at least 8 years.
    Deadline for submission to DFF: 8 October 2024
  • Sapere Aude: DFF Starting Grant
    Funding of up to 4.3 million DKK, excluding overhead, for a duration of up to 4 years for a collaborative project. The applicant must have a PhD age of no more than 8 years (leave can be deducted in the calculation of PhD age) .Deadline for submission to DFF: 8 October 2024
  • DFF International Postdoctoral Grant
    Postdoc Fellowships of up to 1.5 million DKK, excluding overhead, for a duration of 2 years with at least 12 consecutive months abroad. To be eligible, you must have obtained a PhD degree, expect to submit your dissertation for defence within 12 months and your PhD age must not exceed 3 years at the expiration of the application deadline (leave can be deducted in the calculation of PhD age).
    Deadline for submission to DFF: 30 October 2024
  • Explorative Network | Humanities
    Up to 550.000 DKK for a duration of up to 3 years for collaboration between different Danish and, ideally, international research environments. The network is expected to facilitate the exploration of new opportunities across institutions, research traditions and scientific fields, though with the main emphasis on the fields that fall within the scope of DFF | Humanities. Funding will only be provided for the establishment of new networks and not for funding of research projects. Applicants must as a minimum be at associate professor/senior researcher level.
    Deadline for submission to DFF: 11 September 2024
  • Non-university Research Education (PhD)
    Funding for the education of researchers at public non-university research institutions. The instrument covers national non-university research institutions, sector research institutions, university colleges, business academies as well as state archives, libraries, museums, etc. Applicants will the support of employment from a non-university research institution, and can apply for approval of enrollment at the PhD School with affiliation at the Saxo Institute.
    Deadline for submission to DFF: 17 September 2024
  • International Research Stays | Social Sciences
    Up to 200.000 DKK excluding overhead for research stays at a foreign research institution for consecutive periods of at least 3 months. Funding is provided for coverage of expenses related to your research stay, and not for salaries or non-research related expenses such as travelling and housing expenses for accompanying spouse and children, child care expenses, schooling expenses, etc. In order to apply, you must have obtained a PhD degree or achieved equivalent qualifications through your research, and you must be employed at a research institution in Denmark.
    Deadline for submission to DFF: 11 September 2024

Read the English version of the call, including descriptions of the various instruments, at dff.dk (pdf)

For Danish (pdf)

Carlsberg Foundation: Ordinary research call
Instruments relevant for housing at the Saxo Institute:

  • Semper Ardens Advance:
    15-25 million DKK for five-year grants for internationally recognised professors to pursue visionary research projects at the highest international level aiming at scientific breakthroughs. Projects venturing into new scientific territory will be prioritised. It is possible to apply as a single applicant (PI) or as a team of maximum four PIs. Members of a PI team must be tenured associate professors or professors employed at a Danish research institution.
  • Semper Ardens Accelerate:
    Up to 7 million DKK grants for a duration of up to 4 years to newly appointed tenured associate professors to support the consolidation of the applicant’s independent research group or research environment. The applicant must be a tenured associate professor who has been appointed for a maximum of two years at the date of the application deadline.
  • Reintegration Fellowships:
    Two-year postdoctoral fellowship at a Danish research institution subsequent to an internationalisation fellowship funded by the Carlsberg Foundation or another research stay abroad. Applicants who, at the time of the application deadline, have more than five years’ experience since obtaining their PhD degree are not eligible (periods of leave can be deducted in the calculation of the PhD age). The Reintegration Fellowships are only awarded to postdoctoral fellows with strong connection to Danish research and a previous research stay abroad.
  • Monograph Fellowships:
    One-year full-time fellowships for leading, visionary researchers within the humanities or social sciences with a project aimed at producing a ground-breaking monograph. Monograph fellowships are only awarded to tenured senior researchers with 5–20 years of past tenure as an associate professor, senior researcher or professor.
  • Digital Research Infrastructure
    Grants of at least 300.000 DKK for the procurement or establishment of digital infrastructure; access to databases, establishing text corpora and databases. While the Carlsberg Foundation encourages interdisciplinary research, there must be a strong humanities or social sciences aspect. In the case of establishing databases or similar, it is possible to apply for funding for a research assistant for up to 12 months. The research assistant must have a master’s or PhD degree. The applicant must be a tenured associate professor/senior researcher or professor employed at a Danish research institution.
  • Research Infrastructure:
    Grants of at least 300.000 DKK for the procurement of research infrastructure. It is only possible to apply for funding to purchase equipment or apparatus. Applicants must be tenured associate professors/senior researchers or professors.
  • Field Trips / Research Stays:
    Funding for expenses related to field trips abroad and research stays at international research institutions with a budget exceeding DKK 100,000. The applicant must be at associate professor/senior researcher or professor level.

Deadline for submission of applications to the Carlsberg Foundation for all the instruments listed above: 1 October 2024.
The call also includes funding opportunities for postdoc fellowships abroad, which cannot be hosted and administrated by the Saxo Institute.
Go to Carlsbergfondet.dk for an overview of the different calls instruments.

Carlsberg Foundation: Science Communication call

  • Carlsberg Mindelegat:
    Funding to promote knowledge, popular education and general interest in science and research. This includes strengthening science and the current position of research in society and in public conversation and debate. Support for communication projects for a period of maximum two years with an application amount of DKK 50,000-200,000. The applicant must as a minimum have a PhD and be affiliated to a Danish research institution. Buy-out of the applicant or other researchers cannot be applied for.
  • Science Communication:
    Up to 3 million DKK for science communication projects to promote knowledge, popular education and general interest in science and research. Applicants must have documented professional experience with communication, e.g. journalism or media production.

Deadline for submission of proposals for the science communication calls is 1 September 2024.
For more about calls and guidelines go to carlsbergfondet.dk

ERC Consolidator Grants
Up to 2 million EUR for a project with a duration of up to five years. For researchers with a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal. Applicants are eligible if they have 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD (extensions are possible under certain circumstances).
Tentative deadline for submission to ERC: 14 January 2025
Read more about ERC Consolidator Grants at erc.europa.eu

Innovation Fund Denmark: Industrial Researcher (postdoc and PhD fellowships)
Funding of up to half of the salary for postdocs or PhD fellows for employment in a public sector organization or a private company and affiliation/enrollment at the university. Fellows are expected to divide their time equally between the organization/company and the research institution. Innovation Fund Denmark supports Industrial Researcher projects that fall within one of these four themes: a) Green research, technology development and innovation b) Life science, health and welfare technology c) Digitalisation, technology and innovation d) AI. In addition to the above, part of the funding in the Industrial Researcher program is without thematization:

Within the Industrial Researcher instrument, Realdania and Innovation Fund Denmark also supports PhD and postdoc projects with the regenerative built environment:

Deadline submission of proposals for all Industrial Researcher instruments: 12 September 2024.

All potential applicants, currently not employed at the Saxo Institute, need to submit an updated CV, a list of publications and a description of collaboration at the Saxo Institute along with the project outline.

Applicants for PhD fellowships should also forward a transcript of grades and an approval of supervision from a Saxo researcher. Applicants, who wish to be enrolled as a PhD fellow at the Saxo Institute, but hired by another institution, should furthermore forward an approval from the hiring institution.

If you want to apply for an instrument or foundation not listed above, please contact research support consultant, Mads Torbenfeldt Christoffersen, xml234@hum.ku.dk, well in advance and no later than 10 weeks before the submission deadline.