Purpose
With the Exploratory Research Instrumentation Programme, NNF wishes to strengthen the Danish research and innovation environments by supporting the development of new research instrumentation and methodology that is not commercially available today and/or is significantly more sustainable or otherwise advantageous than commercially available solutions. The goal of the programme is to:
- Develop novel research instrumentation and methodology from idea to prototype.
- Create a strong Danish ecosystem for technology and method development by expanding the necessary scientific and technical expertise at non-profit research institutions.
- Facilitate new research and insights, as well as new research infrastructures, based on
the instrumentation and/or methodology developed.
Areas of support
The instrumentation and/or methodology to be developed should enable research and development within NNF’s strategic focuses on biomedicine and health sciences, sustainability and biotechnology, natural and technical sciences as well as data science.
Specific overarching research fields include:
- Biomedicine
- Clinical and translational medicine
- Industrial and environmental biotechnology
- Plant science, agriculture, and food biotechnology
- Natural sciences with potential applications in health or sustainability
- Technical sciences with potential applications in health or sustainability
- Computational science, including data science, with potential applications in health or sustainability.
Eligibility
The applicant must hold a PhD degree and should be employed with a primary affiliation (at least 80 %) as postdoctoral researcher, (senior) scientist, assistant professor, associate professor, professor, or academic technical staff (“AC-TAP”) at a university or other not-for-profit research institution in Denmark. The applicant should have a documented interest in instrument and/or method development and significant expertise relevant for the project at a level corresponding with the applicant’s career stage
Funding
A total of up to DKK 21 million is available for grants between DKK 2 million and DKK 7.6 million for projects lasting up to four years.
Application process
The application must be completed and submitted using the foundation’s application system NORMA that can be accessed via the link “Apply now”.
Please read the guidelines provided in a link on the call page carefully before initiating the application process. Additional essential information on the call and application process is found in these guidelines.
