Areas of support
The infrastructure applied for should enable research and development within NNF’s strategic focuses on biomedicine and health sciences, sustainability and biotechnology, and 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, who should hold a PhD, must be employed and have his/her primary affiliation as senior scientist, academic technical staff (“AC-TAP”), associate professor, or professor in a time-unlimited position, at a university or other not-for-profit research institution in Denmark. The applicant must be able to account for own salary during the grant. The applicant must document expertise at the highest level within the relevant research field.
The research infrastructure must be anchored at a Danish research institution with expertise within the relevant field. This is to ensure that the infrastructure develops in parallel with the scientific progress in the area, and that there are qualified personnel to operate and maintain the equipment, as well as to supervise others in its use.
Besides the applicant, there must be a group of 3-5 core collaborators associated with Danish research environments, committed to be core users of the equipment or facility.
Funding
A total of up to DKK 135 million is available for grants between DKK 5 million and DKK 25 million for projects with a duration of up to six 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 Information and Guidelines for Applicants carefully before initiating the application process. Additional essential information on the call and application process is found in these guidelines.
