Purpose
The purpose is to support internationalisation of promising and ambitious young researchers and enable them to do post-doctoral research abroad and facilitating the return to, and integration in, the Danish academic research environment. The fellowship offers an opportunity to carry out a research project within bioscience and basic biomedicine, where 3 years are dedicated to work at a university, hospital or other research institution abroad, followed by up to 1 year at a university, hospital or other research institution in Denmark.
Eligibility
- A research institution in Denmark must employ the applicant for the entire fellowship period and this institution must administrate the fellowship grant.
- The start date of the applied project should be after April 1 2026 and no later than April 1 2027.
- An applicant can submit one application to one of the two Novo Nordisk Foundation Postdoc Fellowship calls and cannot submit a new application for a Novo Nordisk Foundation funded postdoctoral fellowship while the application is under review.
Please refer to the guidelines for further details.
Funding
A total of up to DKK 15 million is available for grants. The total duration of the fellowship is 4 years.
Payout of the fourth and final grant year is conditional on the grantee returning to Denmark.
Up to three fellowship grants will be awarded in 2025.
Please read the guidelines.
Application process
Submit your application via the foundation’s application system (the green ‘Apply’ button at the top of the screen) from the indicated ‘Application opens’ date.
When all applications have been assessed, applicants will be notified about whether they have been awarded a grant. The notification e-mail will be sent from [email protected] to the e-mail address used when creating a profile in NORMA.
PLEASE NOTE: The Foundation does not provide feedback in case an application is declined
